The 2005 ACS Special Product for the Gulf Coast Area focuses on two distinct areas: the 117 FEMA-designated IPA counties, and the remaining counties in each state not identified as FEMA-designated IPA counties ("balance of the state"). The 2005 ACS Special Product for the Gulf Coast Area contains information for these two distinct areas for January through August of 2005 and for September through December of 2005. (Authors)