Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (1 m)
WorldPhysical EnvironmentSocial / HealthAreas vulnerable to a 1-meter rise in sea level
ETOPO1A map shows global sea-level rise vulnerability (1 meter). The highest vulnerability areas, marked in blue, are along coastlines, notably in the United States, Europe, parts of Asia, and Australia.
Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (1 m) | African American, Protestant | Hispanic, Catholic | Hispanic, Evangelical Protestant | Native American, Catholic | Non-Hispanic White, Catholic | Non-Hispanic White, Evangelical Protestant | Non-Hispanic White, Mainline Protestant | Non-Hispanic White, Mormon | Other | |
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Northwest Territories | 0.106% | |||||||||
Nunavut | 0.118% | |||||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.134% | |||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.21% | |||||||||
New Brunswick | 0.167% | |||||||||
Alaska | 0.230% | 2.89% | 4.07% | 1.15% | 27.0% | |||||
Arizona | 4.74% | 9.93% | 11.9% | 7.14% | 8.87% | |||||
Utah | 2.76% | 9.08% | ||||||||
District of Columbia | 6.93% | 92.6% | 7.35% | |||||||
Florida | 0.876% | 3.30% | 2.06% | 3.46% | 1.18% | |||||
Idaho | 10.4% | 3.11% | 3.14% | |||||||
New Hampshire | 0.244% | 10.2% | ||||||||
Rhode Island | 3.07% | 30.9% | ||||||||
Vermont | 10.4% | 7.07% | ||||||||
Washington | 0.110% | 1.85% | 2.82% | 2.62% | 3.50% | 2.85% | ||||
Wyoming | 2.66% | 9.42% | 4.36% | 10.5% | ||||||
Montana | 1.65% | 1.27% | 2.22% | 3.31% | 1.16% | |||||
Maine | 0.127% | 12.8% | 2.21% | |||||||
North Dakota | 1.54% | 2.00% | 1.59% | 1.43% | ||||||
Kentucky | 1.13% | |||||||||
Virginia | 0.108% | 1.23% | 1.33% | 1.11% | 1.20% | |||||
Delaware | 5.31% | 21.0% | ||||||||
Mississippi | 1.38% | 1.04% | ||||||||
West Virginia | 2.31% | 1.67% | ||||||||
Nebraska | 3.31% | 1.02% | 1.09% | |||||||
Texas | 1.71% | 2.27% | ||||||||
Missouri | 1.23% | |||||||||
Louisiana | 0.728% | 1.34% | 1.26% | 1.66% | ||||||
Hawaii | 1.26% | 8.75% | 8.50% | |||||||
North Carolina | 0.189% | 1.09% | 1.15% | 1.35% | 1.86% | |||||
Oregon | 0.116% | 10.1% | 5.13% | 1.28% | ||||||
Alabama | 0.215% | 1.38% | 1.31% | |||||||
New Mexico | 2.37% | 4.93% | 4.54% | 5.33% | 1.14% | |||||
Kansas | 1.59% | 1.06% | 1.11% | 1.13% | ||||||
Wisconsin | 1.13% | 1.01% | 1.01% | |||||||
New Jersey | 2.79% | 1.33% | 4.27% | 1.78% | ||||||
South Carolina | 3.55% | 1.61% | 3.92% | 2.12% | 1.29% | |||||
Michigan | 1.98% | 1.38% | 1.18% | |||||||
Connecticut | 0.331% | 11.4% | ||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.25% | 2.14% | 1.14% | |||||||
Colorado | 1.14% | 1.23% | 2.13% | 2.47% | 3.13% | |||||
Nevada | 1.83% | 5.03% | 9.36% | |||||||
Massachusetts | 0.375% | 6.37% | ||||||||
Georgia | 0.545% | 1.41% | 1.08% | |||||||
New York | 0.163% | 2.66% | 2.10% | 1.83% | ||||||
Maryland | 0.568% | 4.85% | 4.56% | 3.79% | 4.66% | |||||
Oklahoma | 1.57% | 1.28% | ||||||||
Tennessee | 1.79% | 1.64% | ||||||||
California | 0.557% | 12.3% | 1.15% | 2.11% | ||||||
Arkansas | 1.24% | 1.70% | ||||||||
South Dakota | 3.35% | 1.35% | 2.05% | 2.19% | 3.25% | |||||
Ohio | 1.12% | 1.02% | 1.00% | |||||||
Indiana | 1.07% | 1.32% | 1.13% | |||||||
Minnesota | 3.74% | 1.16% | 1.86% | |||||||
Iowa | 1.78% | 1.29% | 1.02% | |||||||
Illinois | 1.74% | 1.35% | 1.43% | |||||||
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