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Carbon in United States Forests
and Wood Products, 1987-1997: State-by-State Estimates
by Richard A. Birdsey & George M. Lewis
Average storage of carbon in the United States
by region, State, and forest-ecosystem component, 1997, in pounds
per acre.
| |
|
Forest-Ecosystem Component
|
| Region and State |
Total
|
Trees
|
Soil
|
Forest Floor
|
Understory
|
| Southeast |
|
|
|
|
|
| Florida |
111,748
|
33,428
|
65,533
|
12,105
|
682
|
| Georgia |
124,780
|
47,255
|
64,214
|
12,346
|
964
|
| North Carolina |
144,691
|
64,529
|
68,476
|
10,369
|
1,317
|
| South Carolina |
122,591
|
46,992
|
62,500
|
12,140
|
959
|
| Virginia |
148,533
|
67,823
|
69,770
|
9,557
|
1,384
|
| Sub Total |
130,469
|
52,005
|
66,099
|
11,303
|
1,061
|
| South Central |
|
|
|
|
|
| Alabama |
120,959
|
45,118
|
61,172
|
13,748
|
921
|
| Arkansas |
125,717
|
51,389
|
61,850
|
11,429
|
1,049
|
| Kentucky |
151,825
|
68,879
|
72,102
|
9,438
|
1,406
|
| Louisiana |
133,301
|
55,945
|
64,086
|
12,127
|
1,142
|
| Mississippi |
124,378
|
47,846
|
61,820
|
13,736
|
976
|
| Oklahoma |
98,408
|
24,922
|
60,814
|
12,163
|
509
|
| Tennessee |
137,879
|
63,976
|
62,993
|
9,604
|
1,306
|
| Texas |
114,297
|
36,153
|
64,957
|
12,449
|
738
|
| Sub Total |
125,845
|
49,279
|
63,724
|
11,837
|
1,006
|
| Northeast and Mid-Atlantic |
|
|
|
|
|
| Connecticut |
187,546
|
58,718
|
109,550
|
18,080
|
1,198
|
| Delaware |
168,581
|
71,425
|
80,544
|
15,153
|
1,458
|
| Maine |
199,397
|
38,352
|
138,019
|
22,244
|
783
|
| Maryland |
186,838
|
74,237
|
94,785
|
16,301
|
1,515
|
| Massachusetts |
193,187
|
58,213
|
115,102
|
18,683
|
1,188
|
| New Hampshire |
224,535
|
66,952
|
134,969
|
21,248
|
1,366
|
| New Jersey |
157,734
|
50,424
|
91,053
|
15,228
|
1,029
|
| New York |
202,824
|
50,077
|
133,043
|
18,682
|
1,022
|
| Pennsylvania |
201,290
|
60,363
|
120,761
|
18,934
|
1,232
|
| Rhode Island |
159,437
|
44,804
|
97,298
|
16,421
|
914
|
| Vermont |
227,104
|
67,267
|
137,458
|
21,006
|
1,373
|
| West Virginia |
194,114
|
68,568
|
106,442
|
17,705
|
1,399
|
| Sub Total |
191,882
|
59,117
|
113,252
|
18,307
|
1,206
|
| North Central |
|
|
|
|
|
| Illinois |
186,564
|
57,892
|
109,082
|
18,409
|
1,181
|
| Indiana |
203,714
|
76,014
|
109,030
|
17,119
|
1,551
|
| Iowa |
143,618
|
42,575
|
82,207
|
17,967
|
869
|
| Michigan |
185,832
|
54,745
|
110,533
|
19,437
|
1,117
|
| Minnesota |
171,600
|
36,439
|
114,935
|
19,482
|
744
|
| Missouri |
146,439
|
33,320
|
94,908
|
17,531
|
680
|
| Ohio |
181,639
|
59,575
|
102,391
|
18,458
|
1,216
|
| Wisconsin |
175,875
|
46,185
|
110,992
|
17,755
|
943
|
| Sub Total |
174,410
|
50,843
|
104,260
|
18,270
|
1,038
|
| Great Plains |
|
|
|
|
|
| Kansas |
142,937
|
39,757
|
88,631
|
13,737
|
811
|
| Nebraska |
127,053
|
42,401
|
69,933
|
13,854
|
865
|
| North Dakota |
131,224
|
29,829
|
82,581
|
18,205
|
609
|
| South Dakota |
150,160
|
36,891
|
82,817
|
29,699
|
753
|
| Sub Total |
137,844
|
37,220
|
80,990
|
18,874
|
760
|
| Rocky Mountain |
|
|
|
|
|
| Arizona |
137,274
|
37,354
|
68,966
|
30,192
|
762
|
| Colorado |
153,791
|
39,752
|
71,247
|
41,982
|
811
|
| Idaho |
175,622
|
60,089
|
78,724
|
35,582
|
1,226
|
| Montana |
164,911
|
52,614
|
75,515
|
35,708
|
1,074
|
| Nevada |
155,243
|
36,107
|
62,327
|
56,072
|
737
|
| New Mexico |
127,899
|
26,467
|
69,472
|
31,420
|
540
|
| Utah |
154,896
|
34,330
|
72,203
|
47,662
|
701
|
| Wyoming |
148,134
|
40,090
|
73,105
|
34,121
|
818
|
| Sub Total |
152,221
|
40,850
|
71,445
|
39,092
|
834
|
| Pacific Coast |
|
|
|
|
|
| Alaska |
173,978
|
36,006
|
87,850
|
49,388
|
735
|
| California |
184,771
|
56,840
|
88,403
|
38,367
|
1,160
|
| Hawaii |
113,809
|
5,680
|
86,964
|
21,050
|
116
|
| Oregon |
196,230
|
71,964
|
84,976
|
37,822
|
1,469
|
| Washington |
208,688
|
81,430
|
88,916
|
36,681
|
1,662
|
| Sub Total |
175,495
|
50,384
|
87,422
|
36,661
|
1,028
|
| U.S. Total |
155,452
|
48,528
|
83,885
|
22,049
|
990
|
|
Avg.
Carbon in Forests 1997
