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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
Total storage of carbon in the United States by
region, State, and forest-ecosystem component, 1987, in thousand
metric tons.
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Forest-ecosystem component
|
| Region and State |
Total
|
Trees
|
Soil
|
Forest Floor
|
Understory
|
Products
|
| Southeast |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Florida |
881,457
|
234,901
|
488,820
|
82,063
|
4,794
|
70,880
|
| Georgia |
1,514,509
|
494,782
|
696,418
|
119,070
|
10,098
|
194,143
|
| North Carolina |
1,363,318
|
546,512
|
590,762
|
88,562
|
11,153
|
126,329
|
| South Carolina |
790,006
|
278,680
|
357,583
|
61,977
|
5,687
|
86,079
|
| Virginia |
1,123,620
|
462,869
|
496,141
|
68,454
|
9,446
|
86,710
|
| Sub Total |
5,672,911
|
2,017,744
|
2,629,724
|
420,125
|
41,178
|
564,140
|
| South Central |
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|
|
|
|
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| Alabama |
1,309,064
|
411,225
|
590,665
|
132,296
|
8,392
|
166,485
|
| Arkansas |
1,089,981
|
381,443
|
482,741
|
82,963
|
7,785
|
135,049
|
| Kentucky |
873,848
|
362,204
|
418,416
|
57,483
|
7,392
|
28,353
|
| Louisiana |
916,608
|
340,611
|
382,106
|
76,566
|
6,951
|
110,375
|
| Mississippi |
1,088,740
|
375,438
|
466,532
|
84,867
|
7,662
|
154,241
|
| Oklahoma |
327,266
|
54,932
|
208,651
|
45,827
|
1,121
|
16,735
|
| Tennessee |
859,862
|
336,987
|
382,467
|
60,641
|
6,877
|
72,890
|
| Texas |
1,109,773
|
318,363
|
589,331
|
116,462
|
6,497
|
79,120
|
| Sub Total |
7,575,142
|
2,581,203
|
3,520,910
|
657,104
|
52,678
|
763,248
|
| Northeast and Mid-Atlantic |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Connecticut |
158,877
|
48,002
|
89,653
|
14,050
|
980
|
6,192
|
| Delaware |
32,657
|
11,647
|
15,926
|
2,702
|
238
|
2,144
|
| Maine |
1,700,979
|
312,757
|
1,126,052
|
186,859
|
6,383
|
68,929
|
| Maryland |
246,916
|
86,284
|
113,491
|
18,863
|
1,761
|
26,518
|
| Massachusetts |
271,579
|
77,653
|
163,863
|
25,764
|
1,585
|
2,713
|
| New Hampshire |
491,268
|
125,386
|
301,941
|
48,800
|
2,559
|
12,581
|
| New Jersey |
134,827
|
34,466
|
80,714
|
12,529
|
703
|
6,415
|
| New York |
1,702,154
|
386,652
|
1,111,637
|
158,909
|
7,891
|
37,066
|
| Pennsylvania |
1,567,850
|
459,073
|
914,255
|
147,948
|
9,369
|
37,205
|
| Rhode Island |
30,407
|
8,234
|
17,957
|
2,801
|
168
|
1,247
|
| Vermont |
440,539
|
98,848
|
284,846
|
42,389
|
2,017
|
12,439
|
| West Virginia |
999,358
|
291,680
|
581,795
|
97,606
|
5,953
|
22,324
|
| Sub Total |
7,777,410
|
1,940,681
|
4,802,131
|
759,219
|
39,606
|
235,773
|
| North Central |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Illinois |
382,816
|
112,765
|
211,177
|
35,543
|
2,301
|
21,031
|
| Indiana |
392,802
|
117,304
|
223,059
|
34,442
|
2,394
|
15,603
|
| Iowa |
141,353
|
29,850
|
76,712
|
12,418
|
609
|
21,763
|
| Michigan |
1,546,249
|
374,572
|
952,530
|
160,035
|
7,644
|
51,468
|
| Minnesota |
1,322,776
|
263,397
|
874,437
|
147,545
|
5,375
|
32,021
|
| Missouri |
916,081
|
186,655
|
586,932
|
100,538
|
3,809
|
38,147
|
| Ohio |
598,370
|
157,230
|
357,147
|
59,885
|
3,209
|
20,900
|
| Wisconsin |
1,278,826
|
296,189
|
794,400
|
130,710
|
6,045
|
51,482
|
| Sub Total |
6,579,273
|
1,537,962
|
4,076,394
|
681,116
|
31,387
|
252,414
|
| Great Plains |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Kansas |
96,264
|
20,337
|
48,839
|
8,195
|
415
|
18,478
|
| Nebraska |
50,073
|
12,490
|
24,291
|
4,448
|
255
|
8,590
|
| North Dakota |
32,291
|
5,937
|
18,803
|
3,228
|
121
|
4,202
|
| South Dakota |
122,997
|
32,682
|
60,765
|
23,346
|
667
|
5,536
|
| Sub Total |
301,626
|
71,446
|
152,699
|
39,217
|
1,458
|
36,806
|
| Rocky Mountain |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Arizona |
1,267,238
|
335,096
|
598,629
|
270,159
|
6,839
|
56,515
|
| Colorado |
1,490,435
|
373,073
|
686,928
|
414,902
|
7,614
|
7,918
|
| Idaho |
1,820,791
|
563,120
|
788,574
|
361,875
|
11,492
|
95,729
|
| Montana |
1,751,765
|
532,139
|
785,443
|
328,035
|
10,860
|
95,288
|
| Nevada |
648,534
|
145,245
|
274,150
|
226,091
|
2,964
|
84
|
| New Mexico |
950,454
|
202,761
|
487,888
|
226,363
|
4,138
|
29,304
|
| Utah |
1,130,492
|
242,148
|
519,792
|
357,432
|
4,942
|
6,178
|
| Wyoming |
781,152
|
180,600
|
354,706
|
158,322
|
3,686
|
83,837
|
| Sub Total |
9,840,859
|
2,574,182
|
4,496,110
|
2,343,180
|
52,534
|
374,853
|
| Pacific Coast |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Alaska |
10,158,232
|
2,094,119
|
5,092,489
|
2,913,879
|
42,737
|
15,007
|
| California |
3,375,477
|
944,209
|
1,554,093
|
685,808
|
19,270
|
172,098
|
| Hawaii |
90,271
|
4,506
|
68,992
|
16,682
|
92
|
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| Oregon |
2,873,802
|
907,354
|
1,136,927
|
515,621
|
18,517
|
295,382
|
| Washington |
2,330,685
|
843,107
|
891,137
|
369,387
|
17,206
|
209,847
|
| Sub Total |
18,828,468
|
4,793,295
|
8,743,638
|
4,501,378
|
97,822
|
692,334
|
| U.S. Total |
56,575,690
|
15,516,515
|
28,421,605
|
9,401,338
|
316,664
|
2,919,569
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Tot.
Carbon in Forests 1987
