Table 35.  Land area by county and land-use class, Delaware, 1999 
  
                                                             (In thousands of acres) 
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                                                                      Land class                                                                
               County          _______________________________________________________________________________________          All   
                                                 Productive    Unproductive       Other          Total       Nonforest        classes           
                                  Timberland      reserved       reserved        forest      forest land        land                            
           ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
           Sussex                     226.1             .0             .0            7.3          233.4          366.7          600.1  
           Kent/New Castle            149.5             .0             .0             .0          149.5          501.4          650.9  
                               _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
           Total                      375.6             .0             .0            7.3          382.9          868.1        1,251.0  
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                                  Table 36.  Area of timberland by county and forest-type group, Delaware, 1999 
  
                                                             (In thousands of acres) 
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                                                              Forest-type group                                                                 
       County         _________________________________________________________________________________________________      Total        SE   
                         White/    Spruce/   Loblolly/     Oak/       Oak/    Oak/gum/   Elm/ash/   Northern     Aspen/                         
                       red pine      fir     shortleaf     pine     hickory    cypress   red maple  hardwoods    birch                          
   ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
   Sussex                    .0         .0       42.5       34.8      128.9        9.5        9.0        1.4         .0      226.1        3.9  
   Kent/New Castle           .0         .0        6.9        2.5      111.8       16.0        5.6        6.7         .0      149.5        5.8  
                      _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
   Total                     .0         .0       49.4       37.3      240.6       25.5       14.7        8.0         .0      375.6        3.3  
   ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
   SE                        .0         .0       27.5       31.9        8.8       39.2       50.7       51.6         .0        3.3 
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                                   Table 37.  Area of timberland by county and ownership class, Delaware, 1999 
  
                                                             (In thousands of acres) 
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                                                              Ownership class                                                                   
        County        ______________________________________________________________________________________________      All                    
                        National      Misc.                County and     Forest                                      ownerships         SE     
                          Forest     federal      State     municipal   industry      Farmer    Corporate  Individual                           
    _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
    Sussex                    .0          .0          .0          .0        22.2        37.7        57.4       108.8       226.1         3.9  
    Kent/New Castle           .0          .0        25.0          .0         3.5        34.7        23.7        62.5       149.5         5.8  
                      ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
    Total                     .0          .0        25.0          .0        25.7        72.5        81.1       171.3       375.6         3.3  
    _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
    SE                        .0          .0        34.9          .0        39.1        21.7        21.6        12.6         3.3 
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