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Table 165. — Number of private ownerships of commercial forest land on a State and regional, sectional, or 

 national basis in the United States and Coastal Alaska, by size class, 1953 ^ 



Section and region 



State basis ' 



Regional, sectional, or 

 national basis ^ 





Small 



Medium 



Large 



Medium 



Large 



North: 



New England 



Middle Atlantic . . . _ _ _ 



Number 

 254, 378 

 764, 124 

 885, 984 

 491, 774 

 157, 023 



Number 



160 



239 



83 



93 



20 



Number 



33 



24 



4 



23 



Number 



141 



239 



83 



87 



20 



Nutnber 



31 

 24 



Central 



4 



Lake . _ 



21 



Plains 











Total .- -- 



2, 553, 28S 



595 



84 



563 



75 







South: 



South Atlantic _ - - . 



594, 165 

 777, 620 

 453, 712 



268 

 893 

 331 



25 



83 

 64 



244 

 827 

 308 



23 



Southeast _ 



82 



West Gulf . . 



57 







Total - - - _- _ - 



1, 825, 497 



1,492 



172 



1, 367 



156 







West: 



Pacific Northwest ..-_. . .-. 



83, 696 



10, 307 



27, 130 



7,687 



191 



141 



39 



58 



33 

 16 



9 

 11 



186 



141 



37 



56 



30 



California 



16 



Northern Rocky Mountains 



9 



Southern Rockv Mountains 



11 







Total 



128, 820 



429 



69 



409 



62 







Coastal Alaska _ _ - 



286 





















All regions . , _ 



4, 507, 886 



2, 516 



325 



2, 330 



283 







' Size of an individual holding determined by area held 

 within a given State. Small = 3-5,000 acres in East and 

 10-5,000 acres in the West. Medium = 5,000-50,000 acres. 

 Large = more than 50,000 acres. 



2 Size of an individual holding determined by area held 



within a region, section, or the country as a whole. Num- 

 ber of owners less on region than on State basis, and still 

 less on section or national basis because of duplication 

 of owners. 



Table 166. — Number oj private ownerships on commercial jorest land in the United States and Coastal 



Alaska, by type of ownership and section, 1953 ^ 



Type of ownership 



All sections 



North 



South 



West 



Coastal 

 Alaska 



Forest industries : 



Lumber manufacturer 



Number 

 21, 284 

 159 

 2,009 



Number 

 8, 053 

 69 

 705 



Number 

 11, 170 

 62 

 973 



Number 

 2,061 

 28 

 331 



Number 



Pulp manufacturer _ - - 





Other wood manufacturer 









Total 



23, 452 



3, 382, 502 

 1, 104, 773 



8,827 



1, 928, 752 



616, 383 



12, 205 



1, 389, 804 



425, 152 



2,420 

 63, 946 

 62, 952 





Farm 





Other private ___ _-- 



286 







Total all private 



4, 510, 727 



2, 553, 962 



1, 827, 161 



129, 318 



286 







1 Estimates available only on State basis; hence, figures given here exceed totals shown on a sectional and national 

 basis in table 164. 



