• Number of CAMA counties: 20
  
  

  Beaufort	Hertford
  Bertie	Hyde
  Brunswick	New Hanover
  Camden	Onslow
  Carteret	Pamlico
  Chowan	Pasquotank
  Craven	Pender
  Currituck	Perquimans
  Dare	Tyrrell
  Gates	Washington

  
  
  

• Miles of ocean beaches in North Carolina: 320

• Miles of estuarine shoreline in the state: more than 8,000

• Acres of sounds, creeks and marshes: 2 million-plus

• Acres preserved through the N.C. Coastal Reserve Program: 32,000-plus

• Economic impact of tourism in the 20 CAMA counties in 2001: $1.76 billion

• Year the General Assembly passed CAMA: 1974

• Number of local governments that have adopted CAMA land-use plans: 92

• Number of CAMA-funded public beach and waterfront access sites: 280

• Number of Coastal Resources Commission members: 15

• Number of Coastal Resources Advisory Council members: 45

Did you know?

Nationwide, coastal counties represent only 13 percent of the country's land, but are home to more than 50 percent of Americans, according to a study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Nationally, coastal counties produce eight times more income per square kilometer than inland counties, the study said.

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