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TABLE 84.—Forests by States and extreme localities ! 
Ratio of forests to 
tax base of the 
Minimum and maximum ratios of 
forests to tax base 
State Counties, county | Town, township 
groups 2, or par- groups, or town- 
Region and State ishes ships 
Rural Total Rural Total Rural Total 
real tax real tax real tax 
estate base estate base estate base 
New England: Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent | Percent 
INiewaHampshires 2222 sees eae 9 Gls 2eee se sale cea ae 41-82 32-74 
VITO een eae Fatah oa ee Eure 20 13 7-93 7" ) ik Weare ge C4 | SIMRO 
Lake: 
Minn eso tates sees Sa ee ee ee 2 D2 SOs |e eee 64-100 |_-________ 
IWASCONSIM Me ee ne = ee ee ea eae 3 2 2-82 3 —67 28-89 23-86 
IMiGhivanes {it vs. Deu eee ee) 6 Ds | Seach S| re eae 132070 ae es 
Southeastern: 
INorthy@ arolin ae sess see 9 5 35-44 V5 2G is | essere nie leaner ream 
GOUT ATA ee is Ee i er 27 8 0-95 RAG he ST eee al eee S 
IMEISSISSIp pills Se Nook i ee 17 ll 7-94 B= 50M Eee eee ea ee 
Rocky Mountain: 
Colorad ors eee Rye ee Daa a 1 (2) 3 —12 CE | ae ei eT I 
MUERTOS St eR Eels 12 2-81 156s) eeo he ee oT 
Ion tana <2 hobo he Lae! Sete Se Se 4 2 3 —62 Se |e tea be ae gi 
Pacific: 
COS eee TE ape al rare he 3 eae A 36 18 2-91 af A eg a aS a 
Washington: 2.5 3ag3s 2 ees oe ek 18 9 5-90 est fl Bese reg eee Pate SAL 
! Sources of data: Based on tables 67 to 82. 
3 The area in Maine was divided into 2 groups as follows: Wild-lands territory and organized territory. 
3 Less than 0.5 percent. 
Tables 85 and 86 show distributions of the States and local political 
units by ratios of forests to the tax base. Since the counties in certain 
States and the smaller subdivisions in all States were selected pri- 
marily as representative of forest conditions, these distributions can- 
not be regarded as typical of the country in general. 
TaBLE 85.-—Distribution of States by ratios of forests to the tax base} 
States 
Ratio of forests to tax base Ruralresl 
Total tax 
estate 7 
tax base est 
Messithanblapercemtene ees Pek kee ee EE ee es ee ee ee 213 292 
t 16 12 
6 10 
9 4 
4 0 
BY ge) A a a a ype ge ee ae a z 48 48 
1 Based on table 67. 
2 Includes Kansas and Nebraska, where the ratios were not determined. 
