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TIMBER TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES 



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PACIFIC 

 COAST ^ 



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Sections and Regions of the 

 United States 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN 



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NORTH 



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Figure 33 



Table 52. — Land area 



of the United States, by type of land and section, 



January 1, 1963 





Total U.S. 



North 



South 



Rocky 

 Mountains 



Pacific 



Type of land 



Area 



Proportion 



coast 



Commercial forest land ... 



Thousand 

 acres 

 ' 508,845 



234,012 

 16,008 



Percent 

 22 A 



10.3 



.7 



Thousand 

 acres 

 171,789 



2,589 

 4,062 



Thousand 

 acres 

 201,069 



17,956 

 1,279 



Thousand 

 acres 

 65,623 



70,499 

 7,200 



Thousand 

 acres 

 70.364 



Noncommercial forest land: 



Unproductive 



Productive-reserved 



142,968 

 3,467 







Total 



250,020 



11.0 



6,651 



19,235 



77,699 



146,435 



Total forest land 



758,865 



33.4 



178,440 



220.304 



143,322 



216,799 



Cropland 



448,305 

 1,064,173 



19.7 

 46.9 



269,017 

 181.768 



110,342 

 182,045 



42,166 

 369,852 



26.780 



Other land . _ ... 



330,508 







Total land area. . . 



2,271,343 



100.0 



629,225 



512,691 



555,340 



574,087 







' Not included in this analysis are roughly 320,000 acres of forest land in Puerto Rico. 



