306 



TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 175. — Number and area of farm and ^' other'' private ownerships of commercial forest land in the 

 United States and Coastal Alaska, by section and region, 1953 



Section and region 



Total farm and 

 "other" private 



Farm 



"Other' 



private 



Owner- 

 ships 



Area 



Owner- 

 ships 



Area 



Owner- 

 ships 



Area 



North: 



New England - - _ - - 



Thou- 

 sands 

 252 

 762 

 491 

 883 

 157 



Million 

 acres 

 21 

 35 

 29 

 38 

 5 



Thou- 

 sands 

 94 

 544 

 371 

 767 

 153 



Million 



acres 



6 



12 



15 



24 



4 



Thou- 

 sands 

 158 

 218 

 120 

 116 

 4 



Million 

 acres 



15 



Middle Atlantic 



23 



Lake States 



14 



Central _ _ 



14 



Plains . . _ . _ 



1 







Total - - 



2,545 



128 



1,929 



61 



616 



67 







South: 



South Atlantic 



591 

 774 

 450 



36 

 72 

 35 



475 

 617 

 298 



30 



46 

 14 



116 

 157 

 152 



6 



Southeast ._.__- ._ 



26 



West Gulf 



21 







Total . __ -__ 



1,815 



143 



1, 390 



90 



425 



53 







West: 



Pacific Northwest: 



Douglas-fir subregion 



66 

 16 



6 

 4 



39 

 6 



3 

 2 



27 

 10 



3 



Pine subregion _ 



2 







Total 



82 



10 



27 



8 



10 



5 

 6 

 4 



45 

 3 



11 

 5 



5 

 2 

 4 

 3 



37 

 7 



16 

 3 



5 



California _ . _ .. 



3 



Northern Rocky Mountain.. . . . . 



2 



Southern Rocky Mountain. 



1 







Total _ - _ 



127 



(') 



25 



64 



14 



63 



11 



Coastal Alaska 



(') 



Total, all regions _ . 



4, 487 



296 



3,383 



165 



1, 104 



131 







' Includes 286 "other" private owners with 19,000 acres of commercial forest land. 



Table 176. — Number of farm and "other" private ownerships of commercial forest land and area owned in 

 the United States and Coastal Alaska, by size of holding, 1953 



Size of holding (acres) 



Total farm and 

 "other" private 



Owner- 

 ships 



Area 



Farm 



Owner- 

 ships 



Area 



Other private 



Owner- 

 ships 



Area 



Less than 10 ' 



10 to 20 



20 to 30 



30 to 40 



40 to 50 



50 to 75 



75 to 100 



Total 2 



100 to 500 



500 to 5,000 



5,000 to 50,000 



50,000 and larger 



All holdings 2 



Thousands 

 796 

 864 

 580 

 368 

 354 

 513 

 389 



Thousand 

 acres 

 5,058 



12, 168 



13, 699 

 12, 390 

 15, 288 



30, 071 



31, 849 



Thousands 

 671 

 742 

 485 

 279 

 197 

 324 

 193 



Thousand 



acres 



4, 163 



10, 239 



11,205 



9,386 



8,453 



18, 734 



15, 601 



Thousands 

 125 

 122 

 95 

 89 

 157 

 189 

 196 



Thousand 



acres 



895 



1, 929 



2,494 



3,004 



6,835 



11, 337 



16, 248 



3, 864 

 623 



120, 523 

 95, 752 

 42, 957 

 20, 306 

 16, 339 



2,891 

 492 



77, 781 



59, 219 



23, 132 



4, 534 



551 



973 

 131 



42, 742 

 36, 533 

 19, 825 

 15, 772 

 15, 788 



4,487 



295, 877 



3,383 



165,217 



1, 104 



130, 660 



Ea.st only. 2 Excludes 10,000 acres in Coastal Alaska for which breakdown was not available. 



