The U.S. Census Bureau released the Business Dynamics Statistics of Coastal Counties (BDS-CC) experimental data product today. The BDS-CC provides annual measures of job creation, job destruction, openings, and closings for businesses in Coastal Shoreline (CS), Coastal Non-Shoreline (CNS), and Non-Coastal (NC) counties. Counties are grouped into these categories based on definitions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This product allows for comparisons across industries and coastal regions of the impact of natural disasters and other events that affect coastal areas. The annual statistics are available for 1978-2022.

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