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Most Popular U.S. Beaches

The Daily Beast crunches the numbers to figure out which sand-and-surf destinations are America’s favorite.

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With busiest beach month now upon us, The Daily Beast crunches the numbers to figure out which sand-and-surf destinations are America’s favorite.

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Attendance 2010: 9,000,000
Resident Population: 22,051

Bruce Lipsky, Florida Times-Union / AP Photo

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Attendance 2010: 4,000,000
Resident Population: 6,998

JIM WATSON

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Attendance 2010: 14,214,282
Resident Population:  88,065

Richard Bickel / Corbis

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Attendance 2010: 4,500,000
Resident Population: 16,221

Charles Slate

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Attendance 2010: 3,000,000
Resident Population: 5,896 

AP Photo

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Attendance 2010: 3,912,483
Resident Population: 24,131

Chelsea Sektnan

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Attendance 2010: 7,102,152
Resident Population: 81,680 

Paul Bersebach

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Attendance 2010: 3,056,601
Resident Population: 14,701

Amy Toensing

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 Attendance 2010: 7,986,932
Resident Population: 193,366

Lori Shepler

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Attendance 2010: 1,763,255
Resident Population: 4,543

Sandy Huffaker

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Attendance 2010: 23,969,337
Resident Population: 1,306,300

Sandy Huffaker / Corbis

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Attendance 2010: 2,965,000
Resident Population: 22,225

Richard Cummins / Corbis

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Attendance 2010: 3,440,422
Resident Population: 61,593

Gregory Bull / AP Photo

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Attendance 2010: 9,000,000
Resident Population: 495,890

Richard Cummins / Corbis

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Attendance 2010: 3,500,000
Resident Population: 106,081

William A. Bake / Corbis

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Attendance 2010: 15,554,292
Resident Population: 907,574

Carolyn Kaster / AP Photo

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Attendance 2010: 916,375
Resident Population: 3,058

Gerry Broome / AP Photo

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Attendance 2010: 25,92,600
Resident Population: 27,003

Robert Holmes / Corbis

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Attendance 2010: 3,500,000
Resident Population: 151,759

Michael Spooneybarger / AP Photo

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Attendance 2010: 3,835,213
Resident Population: 172,901

Stuart Westmorland / Corbis

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