Northern Global Change Research Program

Carbon in United States Forests and Wood Products, 1987-1997: State-by-State Estimates
by Richard A. Birdsey & George M. Lewis

		Forest-ecosystem component
Region and State	Total	Trees	Soil	Forest Floor	Understory	Products
Southeast
Florida	916,173	246,454	483,162	89,249	5,030	92,279
Georgia	1,624,103	523,277	711,078	136,714	10,679	242,355
North Carolina	1,427,267	564,845	599,389	90,760	11,527	160,746
South Carolina	813,720	269,670	358,663	69,665	5,503	110,219
Virginia	1,187,812	493,659	507,832	69,560	10,075	106,686
Sub Total	5,969,074	2,097,905	2,660,123	455,948	42,814	712,284
South Central
Alabama	1,426,321	449,496	609,438	136,968	9,173	221,246
Arkansas	1,234,842	437,992	527,145	97,414	8,939	163,353
Kentucky	909,113	396,299	414,845	54,305	8,088	35,576
Louisiana	972,417	349,766	400,661	75,820	7,138	139,032
Mississippi	1,246,852	403,568	521,441	115,862	8,236	197,745
Oklahoma	364,492	86,652	211,444	42,290	1,768	22,336
Tennessee	940,338	394,739	388,670	59,256	8,056	89,618
Texas	1,053,030	300,990	540,791	103,642	6,143	101,464
Sub Total	8,147,405	2,819,503	3,614,434	685,555	57,541	970,371
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
Connecticut	165,157	49,611	92,560	15,276	1,012	6,698
Delaware	32,052	12,618	14,229	2,677	258	2,270
Maine	1,685,808	308,092	1,108,755	178,690	6,288	83,983
Maryland	257,266	90,939	116,110	19,968	1,856	28,393
Massachusetts	290,414	86,193	170,425	27,663	1,759	4,373
New Hampshire	521,669	150,482	303,359	47,758	3,071	17,000
New Jersey	149,970	45,542	82,237	13,753	929	7,508
New York	1,754,185	422,062	1,121,331	157,458	8,614	44,721
Pennsylvania	1,588,828	462,858	925,983	145,183	9,446	45,357
Rhode Island	30,938	8,316	18,059	3,048	170	1,345
Vermont	490,012	140,575	287,259	43,899	2,869	15,410
West Virginia	1,091,609	376,586	584,592	97,237	7,685	25,508
Sub Total	8,057,907	2,153,874	4,824,900	752,610	43,957	282,566
North Central
Illinois	387,708	112,770	212,484	35,859	2,301	24,294
Indiana	435,537	155,207	222,621	34,955	3,167	19,587
Iowa	155,754	39,593	76,450	16,709	808	22,195
Michigan	1,695,653	480,124	969,388	170,464	9,798	65,879
Minnesota	1,350,092	277,618	875,656	148,426	5,666	42,725
Missouri	976,576	212,297	604,712	111,702	4,333	43,533
Ohio	672,114	212,269	364,827	65,768	4,332	24,918
Wisconsin	1,339,790	334,411	803,670	128,563	6,825	66,321
Sub Total	7,013,224	1,824,290	4,129,808	712,445	37,230	309,451
Great Plains
Kansas	119,463	27,864	62,117	9,627	569	19,286
Nebraska	63,986	18,222	30,054	5,954	372	9,384
North Dakota	44,218	9,114	25,231	5,562	186	4,124
South Dakota	117,763	27,305	61,298	21,983	557	6,620
Sub Total	345,429	82,505	178,700	43,126	1,684	39,414
Rocky Mountain
Arizona	1,303,092	337,613	623,332	272,886	6,890	62,370
Colorado	1,494,658	383,527	687,394	405,042	7,827	10,868
Idaho	1,858,184	597,918	783,352	354,065	12,202	110,647
Montana	1,869,287	554,445	795,772	376,290	11,315	131,466
Nevada	699,284	162,603	280,677	252,510	3,318	175
New Mexico	926,744	186,141	488,598	220,976	3,799	27,230
Utah	1,110,523	244,553	514,343	339,524	4,991	7,112
Wyoming	811,091	199,030	362,938	169,398	4,062	75,663
Sub Total	10,072,863	2,665,830	4,536,406	2,390,692	54,405	425,531
Pacific Coast
Alaska	10,073,220	2,080,362	5,075,902	2,853,571	42,456	20,928
California	3,436,367	993,819	1,545,685	670,831	20,282	205,751
Hawaii	90,289	4,506	68,992	16,700	92	----------
Oregon	2,962,380	970,136	1,145,547	509,871	19,799	317,026
Washington	2,309,458	808,649	882,986	364,261	16,503	237,059
Sub Total	18,871,715	4,857,473	8,719,112	4,415,234	99,132	780,764
U.S. Total	58,477,619	16,501,381	28,663,483	9,455,609	336,763	3,520,382