What projection should I use along the Gulf coast - spanning the west coast of Texas to the Florida panhandle. I need to perform spatial analysis for a data-set along the coast. I see a similar question has been asked before but my query is different as I am specifically searching for a specific projection in ArcGIS which allows for spatial analysis in the region described above The answer to the similar question is to adopt an Orthographic projection near the center of the Gulf Coast Region. I am new to ArcGIS and wanted to confirm a projection which can be used for spatial analysis and will not generate wide error margins.
What are the most appropriate datum and projection I could use for the Gulf coast region - spanning  Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida? I have to analyze block group data along the coast.
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