508 



TIMBER RESOURCES F€R AJMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 4. — Commercial forest land area in private ownership in the United States and Coastal Alaska and number of private 



owners, by size class of owner and State, 1953 ' — Continued 



State 



All classes 



Under 100 acres 



100 to 500 acres 



500 to 5,000 acres 



5,000 to 50,000 acres 



50,000 acres and 

 larger 





Area 



Owners 



Area 



On-ners 2 



Area 



Owners 



Area 



Owners 



Area 



Owners 



Area 



Owners 



Ma.ssachusetts 



Thousand 

 acres 

 2,860 



12, 462 

 7,940 



14, 722 



13, 447 

 4,857 



1,419 

 77 

 4,000 

 1,729 

 1,733 

 11, 107 



17, 393 



255 

 5,099 

 5,548 

 9,768 

 11, 879 



404 

 10, 975 



596 

 11,129 

 11,536 



392 



3,416 

 13,768 

 9,806 

 8,878 

 11,431 

 412 



19 



Number 

 29,758 

 174, 422 

 140, 562 

 133. 394 

 201, 025 

 14,536 



53,831 

 180 

 49, 373 

 27, 150 

 2,037 

 254,942 



267, 056 

 8,500 



149, 529 

 82, 033 

 36, 253 



301, 604 



12, 330 

 116,215 



17,963 



185, 133 



119^707 



748 



39, 912 

 211, 187 



47, 667 



133, 571 



176,906 



802 



286 



Thousand 

 acres 

 1,214 

 5,301 

 4.168 

 3,822 

 6,331 

 295 



1,397 



4 



1,125 



623 



32 



6,194 



7,105 

 255 



3,383 



2,213 

 869 



6,715 



209 

 3,117 



408 



4,618 



3,050 



21 



1,232 

 4,928 

 1,323 

 3,617 

 6,304 

 23 



10 



Number 

 25, 175 



158, 702 

 123, 431 

 103, 444 

 175, 343 



7,374 



53,731 

 82 

 35, 401 

 24, 920 

 718 

 238,231 



231, 565 

 8,500 



141, 228 

 71, 875 

 23,921 



277, 563 



11.110 

 88.795 

 17.602 

 164, 929 

 96, 379 

 329 



29, 257 

 176,996 



35, 920 

 120, 126 



159, 776 

 454 



246 



Thousand 

 acres 

 1,262 

 3,018 

 2,699 

 4,490 

 4,782 

 840 



22 



15 



1,672 



215 



235 



2,305 



5,745 



Number 

 4,316 



15, 041 



16, 564 

 27, 500 

 24, 596 



5,471 



100 

 68 

 13, 463 

 1,272 

 1,076 

 15, 470 



34,080 



Thousand 



acres 



301 



562 



329 



3.156 



1,630 



1,625 



Number 



262 



610 



548 



2,348 



1,0.54 



1,671 



Thousand 

 acres 

 83 

 941 

 744 

 1,498 

 704 

 222 



Number 

 5 

 55 

 19 

 90 

 32 

 IG 



Thousand 

 acres 



Number 





2,640 



(') 



1,756 

 (') 

 1,875 



14 



Minnesota -. -- - 



(4) 





12 



Missouri .. ._ 



(') 



Montana 



4 









58 

 492 

 746 

 328 

 901 



1,727 



30 

 482 

 952 

 196 

 1,174 



1,294 



711 

 145 

 453 

 843 



1,269 



P) 



27 



6 



40 



59 



108 







New Hampshire .- . 



(') 



(') 

 685 

 864 



1,547 



(f) 





(*) 



New Mexico 







S 



North Carolina 



9 



North Dakota 





Ohio 



1,420 

 1,699 

 2,010 

 3,159 



155 

 3,959 



143 



2,955 



3,360 



40 



1,569 

 5,178 

 2,206 

 2,240 

 3,213 

 69 



9 



8,150 

 9,541 

 10, 273 

 22, 710 



1,190 



24, 965 



353 



19, 065 



22,445 



226 



10, 557 

 31,643 

 10,547 

 12,660 

 16,250 

 224 



40 



183 



462 



2,144 



852 



40 

 1,551 



45 



1,543 



1,008 



248 



94 



2,217 



1,402 



574 



786 



320 



143 



582 

 1,917 

 1,261 



30 



2,355 



8 



1,021 



788 



184 



70 



2,472 



1,118 



673 



852 



124 



113 



1, 174- 



2,129 



830 



8 

 35 

 127 

 65 







Oklahoma ._ . 



W 



2,616 

 323 



W 



Oregon .- 



15 



Permsylvania . _ .. 



5 



Rhode Island . 





South Carolina 



1,080 

 P) 



1,514 



1.042 



83 



521 

 740 



861 

 1,596 



465 

 (?) 



91 



111 

 79 

 9 



28 

 69 

 64 

 102 

 22 



1,268 



9 



South Dakota 





Tennessee .. .. .. 



499 

 3,076 



7 



Texas _. 



16 



Utah .. 





Vermont 



W 

 705 



4,014 

 851 

 663 



W 







Wasliington 



18 



West \'irginia . 



10 



Wisconsin 



6 

























' The determination of size class of ownersliip was based on the total 

 commercial forest land in the ownership within the State. 



2 Includes ownerships containing 3 to 100 acres of commercial forest land in 

 the East and 10 to 100 acres in the West. 



3 Included in the 500- to 5,000-acre size class in order to avoid possible 

 disclosure of individual o%vners. 



* Included in the 5,000- to 50,000-acre size class in order to avoid possible 

 disclosure of individual owners. 



Table .5. — Commercial forest land area in private ownership in the United States and Coastal Alaska and number of private 



owners, by type of ownership and State, 1953 



State 



All ownerships 



Farm 



Forest industries 



Other private 



Area 



Owners 



Area 



Owners 



Area 



Owners 



Area 



Owners 



Thousand 





Thousand 





Thousand 





Thousand 





acres 



Number 



acres 



Number 



acres 



Number 



acres 



Number 



19, 790 



169, 821 



8,114 



131, 057 



3,138 



1,522 



8,538 



37, 242 



125 



458 



46 



287 



2 



8 



77 



163 



16. 382 



160, 957 



6,733 



123, 184 



4,118 



760 



5,531 



37,013 



8,053 



10,464 



1,586 



2,675 



3,389 



385 



3.078 



7,404 



1,613 



4,333 



994 



2,168 







619 



2,165 



1,818 



45, 719 



526 



11,096 



3 



108 



1,289 



34, 515 



435 



7,576 



217 



6,543 



124 



173 



94 



860 



19,268 



93,583 



8,905 



52, 821 



4,369 



581 



5,994 



40, 181 



22,287 



196, 665 



15,854 



172, 314 



4,246 



1,434 



2,187 



22,917 



2,967 



10,831 



1, 166 



4,669 



1,180 



18 



621 



6,144 



3,712 



131, 101 



3.050 



116, 467 



10 



633 



652 



14,001 



3,762 



126, 190 



2.878 



108, 319 



9 



184 



875 



17,687 



2,463 



34, 738 



2,321 



31, 078 







142 



3,660 



1,663 

 10, 721 



57, 514 

 243, 488 



1,160 

 4,903 



56, 962 

 207, 916 







503 

 5.510 



552 



308 



1,329 



34, 243 



15, 051 



111,654 



3.160 



58,088 



4,281 



406 



7,610 



53, 160 



16, 419 



77, 479 



2.232 



30, 401 



6,617 



580 



7, 570 



46, 498 



2,683 



39,544 



1,169 



29,695 



57 



4 



1.457 



9,845 



2,860 



29,758 



740 



8,697 



259 



134 



1,861 



20,927 



12,462 



174, 422 



3,877 



126, 642 



1,447 



208 



7,138 



47, 572 



7,940 



140, 562 



4,881 



101, 298 



578 



375 



2,481 



3S.8S9 



14, 722 



133, 394 



6,958 



100, 712 



2,602 



594 



5. 162 



32,088 



13, 447 



201,025 



8,498 



168, 435 



460 



608 



4,489 



31, 982 



4,857 



14,536 



2,360 



4,930 



1,086 



4 



1.411 



9,602 



Alabama ___ 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



California 



Colorado 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



Florida 



Georgia 



Idaho 



Illinois-. - 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Mississippi _ 



Missouri _ 



Montana. ___ 



See footnotes at end of table 



