40% of the US population lives in a coastal county:
* https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/population.html
Two-thirds of the US population lives with-in one hundred miles (160km) of the border:
* https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone
The US population is fairly concentrated, and it seems that many people like living next to other people (for personal and/or economic reasons).
40% of the US population lives in a coastal county:
* https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/population.html
Two-thirds of the US population lives with-in one hundred miles (160km) of the border:
* https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone
The US population is fairly concentrated, and it seems that many people like living next to other people (for personal and/or economic reasons).