‘Table 1.--Area of land and forest land, by counties, Illinois, 1962 
: forest as a 3: 
County Landl/ eS PRE ae aa percent of ; eel forest 
: : forest : commercial : : land area ; *1c¢ 1948 
Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand 
acres acres acres acres Percent acres 
Adams 554.2 68.9 2.0 66.9 real = 2h.7 
Boone 181.1 Bigit -- Sil a Ea =i4e2c9 
Brown 196.5 38.2 a FED 19.1 = 58! 
Bureau 555.5 25 .6 out 25.5 4.6 - 9.4 
Carroll 299.5 21.0 Le 19.8 6.6 =o 
Cass 230.0 32.0 a 32.0 13.5 =i iyo) 
Champaign 640 .0 picel -- Del 8 = 1.9 
Christian 453.8 mp5 —- 14.5 322 + 1.5 
Coles 32h.5 Pe) Mr 20.5 6.3 et Mees 
Cook 610.6 28.4 28.4 = = Sle 
DeKalb LOTLOnNa Seria == 5.1 Light: > Pots Ree ea 
DeWitt 255 4 9.2 ae 9.2 3.6 =eebae 
Douglas 268.8 Thay -- 7 Ie =e 
DuPage 211.8 10.5 a 10.5 5.0 Lie 
Edgar 401.9 18.8 -- 18.8 4.7 - 4.2 
Forde main SUES TE ue ee nd on iy i Fe. SU I ee 
Fulton 559.4 88.6 ails 88.5 15.8 =r elk 
Grundy 276.5 a Es ee -- 1-2 4.0 +. 22 
Hancock 510.1 hoy al: 49.3 9.7 + 3.4 
Henderson 243.8 28.6 an 28.5 Tah = Gee 
Henry MUN MOLO SON a mabey a3 15.4 2.9 =a es Ss 
Iroquois TAS: 136 -- 13.6 Weg #4 |G 
Jo Daviess 393.0 59.7 a2 59.5 aLFiga ay ate 
Kane 330.3 8.9 — 8.9 aot each isa 
Kankakee 435.2 nig ieok 1.0 IPI 2.8 ees 
Kendall COL eS “ES == 5 arian armies sete T= pare 
Knox 465 .9 46.5 ait 46.4 10.0 + 2.5 
Lake 292.5 13.9 aly 12.5 4.3 = Geek 
LaSalle TISTORS) SC Uney 18 29.9 he + 5.7 
Lee 466.6 10.0 = 10.0 DEL + 1.0 
Livingston Tm "OO (aD 5.3 = 5.3 3) igre er aa 
Logan 398.1 9.4 -- 9.4 2.4 = 56 
McDonough 372.5 26.2 8 25 4 6.8 = 1328 
McHenry 391.0 13.9 -- 13.9 3.6 =r Qe 
McLean 150.7 8.7 =< 8.7 2 = OES 
Macon 368.6 HORT. an 10.3 2.6 a ree 
Marshall 252.8 23.4 ne 23.4 9.3 =7E2G 
Mason 346.2 35.0 ail 34.9 10.1 a5 20) 
Menard 199.7 14.4 2 14.2 Tia Lip SE 
Mercer 355.8 24.3 = 2k ..3 6.8 = See 
Morgan 361.6 20.1 = 26.1 Wee gee OS ts 
Moultrie 220.8 10.1 — 10.1 4.6 SE ea I 
Ogle 48h 65 23.0 a5 22.5 4.6 =") 620 
Peoria 399.4 39.2 eile 39.1 9.8 = It236 
Piatt 279.7 4.9 = 4.9 ase: Soe 
Pike) la >QOLO aT MeesO Tak aye ie ey a aS ee 
Putnam 106.2 12.8 oui 12.8 ona =) Se 
Rock Island 268.8 29.5 52 29.3 10.9 See, 
Sangamon 563.2 2302 -- 23.2 Tea 8 
Schuyler 277.8 58.6 ail: 58.5 aa ph 
Scout maui ~ 100.6 TORT =i. 19.1 7 De) SSR aS 
Stark 186.2 5.0 _ 5.0 pada =\itt@ 
Stephenson 363.5 16 4 pee Sie - ik 
Tazewell 417.9 23.4 5 22.9 5.5 = eG 
Vermilion 574.7 25.5 Teak 2h 4.2 = eS 
Warren 346.9 19. -- 19. ai/ - 5. 
Whiteside 441.6 abies == 14.3 3-2 apa LA 
Will 540.8 20.3 a+ 20.3 3.8 =p 
Winnebago 332.8 15.5 -- 15.5 4.7 =uGes 
Woodford 343.7 20.6 == 20.6 6.0 Sees 
Total 23,376.6 1, 349.9 42.7 VS SORe 5.6 -248.1 
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