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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, 1997, in thousands of acres.
| |
Forest Land Class
|
| |
All
|
Unreserved
|
Reserved
|
Other
|
| Region and State |
Forest Land
|
Timberland
|
Timberland
|
Forest Land
|
| Southeast |
|
|
|
|
| Florida |
16,254
|
14,605
|
602
|
1,047
|
| Georgia |
24,413
|
23,796
|
595
|
22
|
| North Carolina |
19,298
|
18,639
|
615
|
44
|
| South Carolina |
12,651
|
12,419
|
232
|
0
|
| Virginia |
16,047
|
15,345
|
655
|
47
|
| Sub Total |
88,662
|
84,803
|
2,699
|
1,160
|
| South Central |
|
|
|
|
| Alabama |
21,964
|
21,911
|
52
|
0
|
| Arkansas |
18,790
|
18,392
|
231
|
167
|
| Kentucky |
12,684
|
12,347
|
305
|
32
|
| Louisiana |
13,783
|
13,693
|
90
|
0
|
| Mississippi |
18,595
|
18,587
|
8
|
0
|
| Oklahoma |
7,665
|
6,234
|
45
|
1,387
|
| Tennessee |
13,603
|
13,265
|
337
|
0
|
| Texas |
18,354
|
11,766
|
133
|
6,455
|
| Sub Total |
125,438
|
116,196
|
1,202
|
8,040
|
| Northeast and Mid-Atlantic |
|
|
|
|
| Connecticut |
1,863
|
1,815
|
23
|
25
|
| Delaware |
389
|
376
|
3
|
10
|
| Maine |
17,710
|
16,952
|
346
|
412
|
| Maryland |
2,701
|
2,423
|
153
|
124
|
| Massachusetts |
3,264
|
2,965
|
149
|
150
|
| New Hampshire |
4,955
|
4,551
|
117
|
287
|
| New Jersey |
1,991
|
1,864
|
105
|
21
|
| New York |
18,581
|
15,406
|
2,953
|
222
|
| Pennsylvania |
16,905
|
15,853
|
833
|
219
|
| Rhode Island |
409
|
356
|
8
|
45
|
| Vermont |
4,607
|
4,461
|
91
|
55
|
| West Virginia |
12,108
|
11,900
|
181
|
27
|
| Sub Total |
85,484
|
78,923
|
4,963
|
1,598
|
| North Central |
|
|
|
|
| Illinois |
4,294
|
4,058
|
236
|
0
|
| Indiana |
4,501
|
4,342
|
159
|
0
|
| Iowa |
2,050
|
1,944
|
88
|
19
|
| Michigan |
19,335
|
18,667
|
577
|
90
|
| Minnesota |
16,796
|
14,819
|
1,136
|
842
|
| Missouri |
14,047
|
13,411
|
325
|
311
|
| Ohio |
7,855
|
7,568
|
140
|
147
|
| Wisconsin |
15,963
|
15,701
|
201
|
61
|
| Sub Total |
84,842
|
80,510
|
2,862
|
1,470
|
| Great Plains |
|
|
|
|
| Kansas |
1,545
|
1,491
|
18
|
37
|
| Nebraska |
947
|
898
|
32
|
18
|
| North Dakota |
674
|
442
|
0
|
232
|
| South Dakota |
1,632
|
1,487
|
22
|
123
|
| Sub Total |
4,798
|
4,317
|
71
|
409
|
| Rocky Mountain |
|
|
|
|
| Arizona |
19,926
|
4,073
|
1,771
|
14,082
|
| Colorado |
21,270
|
11,555
|
2,407
|
7,307
|
| Idaho |
21,937
|
17,123
|
3,529
|
1,285
|
| Montana |
23,232
|
19,164
|
3,620
|
448
|
| Nevada |
9,928
|
169
|
688
|
9,071
|
| New Mexico |
15,505
|
4,833
|
1,420
|
9,252
|
| Utah |
15,705
|
4,700
|
770
|
10,235
|
| Wyoming |
10,945
|
5,085
|
3,903
|
1,957
|
| Sub Total |
138,448
|
66,702
|
18,108
|
53,637
|
| Pacific Coast |
|
|
|
|
| Alaska |
127,380
|
12,395
|
9,836
|
105,148
|
| California |
38,546
|
17,952
|
5,968
|
14,626
|
| Hawaii |
1,749
|
700
|
196
|
853
|
| Oregon |
29,720
|
23,749
|
2,482
|
3,489
|
| Washington |
21,893
|
17,418
|
3,495
|
980
|
| Sub Total |
219,288
|
72,214
|
21,977
|
125,096
|
| U.S. Total |
746,959
|
503,666
|
51,883
|
191,410
|
|
1997
Forest Land
