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Table 156. — Commercial jorest area, plantable area, and acceptable plantations on commercial forest land, 



by section and region, continental United States, 1952 





Total com- 

 mercial 

 forest area 



Plantable area 



Area of acceptable 

 plantations up to 

 and including 1952 



Acceptable plantations 

 estabhshed in 1952 



Section and region 



Total area 



Proportion 

 of planta- 

 ble area 



North: 



New England - 



Thousand 

 acres 

 30, 658 

 42, 225 

 53, 272 

 42, 394 

 5,492 



Thousand 

 acres 

 1,228 

 3,725 

 7,651 

 7,869 

 975 



Percent 



2.4 



7. 2 



14.7 



15. 1 



1.9 



Thousand 



acres 



159 



780 



1,391 



283 



56 



Percent 



3.0 



15.0 



26. 7 



5.4 



1. 1 



Thousand 



acres 



4 



45 



47 



30 



1 



Percent 

 3 



Middle Atlantic 



1 2 



Lake States 



. 6 



Central 



. 4 



Plains _ _ _ - 



. 1 







Total --- - 



174, 041 



21, 448 



41.3 



2,669 



51.2 



127 



. 6 







South: 



South Atlantic 



46, 152 

 94, 985 

 52, 151 



4,081 



14,214 



3,652 



7. 8 



27.4 



7.0 



300 



1, 182 

 495 



5.8 



22. 7 



9. 5 



30 



125 



58 



. i 



Southeast 



. 9 



West Gulf - - 



1. 6 







Total - - - 



193, 288 



21, 947 



42.2 



1,977 



38.0 



213 



1. 







West: 



Pacific Northwest 



45, 365 

 17,317 

 33, 840 

 20, 489 



2,468 



4, 104 



1, 169 



812 



4.8 

 7. 9 

 2. 2 

 1.6 



376 

 26 



115 

 47 



7. 2 

 . 5 



2. 2 

 . 9 



53 

 4 



2 



1 



2. 1 



California 



. 1 



Northern Rocky Mountain 



Southern Rocky Mountain 



.2 

 . 1 



Total 



117,011 



8,553 



16.5 



564 



10.8 



60 









Total United States _ . ._ 



484, 340 



51, 948 



100. 



5, 210 



100. 



400 



. 8 







Table 157. — Commercial Jorest area, plantable area, and acceptable plantations on commercial forest land, 



by type of ownership, continental United States, 1952 





Total com- 

 mercial 

 forest area 



Plantable area 



Area of 



acceptable 



Acceptable plantations 

 estabhshed in 1952 



Ownership 



plantations up to 

 and including 1952 



Total area 



Proportion 

 of planta- 

 ble area 



Federal: 



National forest 



Thousand 



acres 



81,314 



5,513 



6,945 



5, 102 



Thousand 



acres 



4,567 



247 



210 



593 



Percent 



8.8 



. 5 



. 4 



1. 1 



Thousand 



acres 



1,419 



14 



12 



141 



Percent 



27. 2 



.3 



. 2 



2.7 



Thousand 

 acres 

 39 



> 3 



Percent 

 0. 9 



Bureau of Land Management 



Indian _ _ _ 



} '- 



Other Federal.. .. 



J 







Total - -. 



98, 874 



5,617 



10.8 



1,586 



30.4 



42 



. 7 







Other public: 



State . _ - -_ .- 



19, 169 

 8,047 



1,439 

 1, 196 



2.8 

 2.3 



900 

 250 



17.3 

 4.8 



41 

 11 



2.8 



County and municipal. 



. 9 







Total 



27, 216 



2,635 



5. 1 



1, 150 



22. 1 



52 



2. 







Private . ..... 



358, 250 



43, 696 



84. 1 



2,474 



47.5 



306 



. 7 







All ownerships . 



484, 340 



51, 948 



100.0 



5,210 



100. 



400 



. 8 







' Data by type of ownership not available. 



