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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
Area of forest land in the United States by region,
State, and forest land class, 1987, in thousands of acres.
| |
Forest Land Class
|
| |
All
|
Unreserved
|
Reserved
|
Other
|
| Region and State |
Forest Land
|
Timberland
|
Timberland
|
Forest Land
|
| Southeast |
|
|
|
|
| Florida |
16,721
|
14,983
|
493
|
1,245
|
| Georgia |
24,187
|
23,660
|
509
|
18
|
| North Carolina |
19,281
|
18,749
|
489
|
43
|
| South Carolina |
12,257
|
12,179
|
78
|
0
|
| Virginia |
16,108
|
15,570
|
476
|
62
|
| Sub Total |
88,554
|
85,140
|
2,045
|
1,368
|
| South Central |
|
|
|
|
| Alabama |
21,725
|
21,659
|
66
|
0
|
| Arkansas |
16,987
|
16,673
|
91
|
223
|
| Kentucky |
12,256
|
11,908
|
267
|
81
|
| Louisiana |
13,883
|
13,873
|
10
|
0
|
| Mississippi |
16,694
|
16,673
|
9
|
12
|
| Oklahoma |
7,283
|
6,087
|
11
|
1,185
|
| Tennessee |
13,258
|
12,839
|
395
|
24
|
| Texas |
20,505
|
12,414
|
780
|
7,311
|
| Sub Total |
122,591
|
112,126
|
1,629
|
8,836
|
| Northeast and Mid-Atlantic |
|
|
|
|
| Connecticut |
1,815
|
1,776
|
23
|
16
|
| Delaware |
398
|
388
|
3
|
7
|
| Maine |
17,713
|
17,175
|
276
|
262
|
| Maryland |
2,632
|
2,461
|
153
|
18
|
| Massachusetts |
3,097
|
3,010
|
0
|
87
|
| New Hampshire |
5,021
|
4,803
|
70
|
148
|
| New Jersey |
1,985
|
1,914
|
41
|
30
|
| New York |
18,776
|
15,799
|
2,739
|
238
|
| Pennsylvania |
16,997
|
15,918
|
708
|
371
|
| Rhode Island |
399
|
368
|
8
|
22
|
| Vermont |
4,509
|
4,424
|
39
|
46
|
| West Virginia |
11,942
|
11,799
|
116
|
27
|
| Sub Total |
85,281
|
79,835
|
4,177
|
1,270
|
| North Central |
|
|
|
|
| Illinois |
4,266
|
4,030
|
236
|
0
|
| Indiana |
4,439
|
4,296
|
143
|
0
|
| Iowa |
1,562
|
1,459
|
76
|
27
|
| Michigan |
18,221
|
17,364
|
623
|
234
|
| Minnesota |
16,583
|
13,571
|
1,178
|
1,834
|
| Missouri |
12,523
|
11,996
|
224
|
303
|
| Ohio |
7,309
|
7,141
|
119
|
49
|
| Wisconsin |
15,319
|
14,727
|
261
|
331
|
| Sub Total |
80,222
|
74,584
|
2,860
|
2,778
|
| Great Plains |
|
|
|
|
| Kansas |
1,358
|
1,207
|
23
|
128
|
| Nebraska |
722
|
536
|
23
|
163
|
| North Dakota |
460
|
337
|
0
|
123
|
| South Dakota |
1,689
|
1,447
|
23
|
220
|
| Sub Total |
4,229
|
3,527
|
69
|
634
|
| Rocky Mountain |
|
|
|
|
| Arizona |
19,384
|
3,789
|
2,066
|
13,529
|
| Colorado |
21,338
|
11,739
|
1,933
|
7,665
|
| Idaho |
21,818
|
14,533
|
3,790
|
3,495
|
| Montana |
21,909
|
14,736
|
2,795
|
4,379
|
| Nevada |
8,928
|
221
|
294
|
8,413
|
| New Mexico |
15,826
|
5,180
|
1,233
|
9,413
|
| Utah |
16,234
|
3,078
|
990
|
12,165
|
| Wyoming |
9,966
|
4,332
|
3,253
|
2,381
|
| Sub Total |
135,403
|
57,608
|
16,355
|
61,440
|
| Pacific Coast |
|
|
|
|
| Alaska |
129,045
|
15,763
|
8,042
|
105,240
|
| California |
39,381
|
16,712
|
4,903
|
17,766
|
| Hawaii |
1,749
|
700
|
196
|
853
|
| Oregon |
28,773
|
22,801
|
1,923
|
4,049
|
| Washington |
22,521
|
17,514
|
3,297
|
1,710
|
| Sub Total |
221,469
|
73,490
|
18,361
|
129,618
|
| U.S. Total |
737,749
|
486,310
|
45,495
|
205,944
|
|
1987
Forest Land
1997
Forest Land
