Appendix 1 
Table 1.1—Total land area, cropland, and pasture (1982) and timberland (1985) in the South, by region and State 
Region and State 
Southeast 
Virginia 
North Carolina 
South Carolina 
Georgia 
Florida 
Total 
South Central 
Alabama 
Mississippi 
Tennessee 
Arkansas 
Louisiana 
East Texas” 
East Oklahoma?’ 
Total 
Southwide total 
Timberland 
Total Pro- 
land area Acreage portion! 
Thousand ~ Thousand 
acres acres Percent 
25,410 15,436 60.7 
31,227 18,358 58.8 
19,323 12,230 63.3 
37,146 23,535 63.4 
34,657 15,337 44.3 
147,763 84,896 SES 
32,458 21577 66.5 
30,176 16,072 53.3 
26,323 12,937 49.1 
33,334 15,950 47.8 
28,207 13,797 48.9 
22,192 12,187 54.9 
10,513 4,748 45.2 
183,203 97,268 52.8 
330,966 182,164 55.0 
' Acreage in this category as a percentage of total land area. 
Cropland Pasture All other land 
Pro- Pro- Pro- 
Acreage portion! Acreage portion! Acreage portion! 
Thousand Thousand Thousand 
acres Percent acres Percent acres Percent 
3,397 13.4 3,392 13.3 3,185 12.5 
6,695 21.4 1,980 6.3 4,194 13.4 
3,579 18.5 1,208 6.3 2,306 11.9 
6,568 17.7 DOO TE 8.0 4,066 10.9 
32557 10.3 4,273 12.3 11,490 33.2 
23,796 16.1 13,830 9.4 25,241 17.1 
4,510 13.9 3,817 11.8 2,554 7.9 
7,415 24.6 3,975 13.2 2,714 9.0 
5,592 21.2 5,356 20.3 2,438 953 
8,102 24.3 5,794 17.4 3,488 10.5 
6,409 ZT, 2,368 8.4 5,633 20.0 
1,565 desk 6,813 30.7 1,627 7.3 
466 4.4 2,950 28.1 2,349 223 
34,059 18.6 31,073 17.0 20,803 11.4 
57,855 17.5 44,903 13.6 46,044 13.9 
? Estimated for the 43 counties in eastern Texas and the 18 counties in eastern Oklahoma covered by USDA Forest Service forest survey. 
Note: Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 
Sources: Total land area, cropland, and pasture: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, National Resources Inventory, 1982. 
Timberland area: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1985. 
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