Table 1.8—Number of establishments, employment, wages and salaries, value of shipments, and value added for all manufacturing and for 
forest industries! in the South, by region and State, 1982 
Establishments Employment Wages and salaries Value of shipments Value added by manufacture 
All manu- Forest All manu- Forest All manu- Forest All manu- Forest All manu- Forest 
Region and State _ facturing industries facturing industries facturing industries facturing industries facturing industries 
Thousand Thousand Million — Million Million Million Million Million 
Number Number Percent? employees employees Percent? dollars dollars Percent _ dollars dollars Percent? dollars dollars Percent* 
Southeast 
Virginia 5,569 1,404 25.2 391.1 52:7 13.5 6,649.0 738.6 11.1 36,802.7 3,807.1 10.3 17,255.6 1,685.7 9.8 
North Carolina 10,134 2,554 25.2 799.1 121.7 15.2 11,723.5 1,590.2 13.6 64,250.5 7,486.9 11.7 28,510.2. 3531521 11.6 
South Carolina 4,205 1,087 25.9 367.4 28.8 7.8 5,538.6 468.2 8.5 27,831.33 2,987.4 = 10.7 12;216.9 1,116.2 9.1 
Georgia 8,535 2,047 24.0 503.2 60.5 12.0 7,912.2 1021.1 12:9 48.076.3 6,812.0 14.2 195212.2 ~:2;585.5. 13:5 
Florida 13,723 1,811 13.2 454.4 40.0 8.8 T1132 644.0 8.3 38,683.3 3,612.2 9:3 18,111.8 1,243.2 6.9 
Total 42,166 8,903 21.1 2,515.2 303.7 12.1 39,596.5 4,462.1 11.3 215,644.1 24,705.6 11.5 95,306.7 9,945.7 10.4 
South Central 
Alabama 5,528 1,810 32.7 329.6 46.9 14.2 5,234.4 624.3 15.7 29,794.3 5,303.5 17.8 12,045.7 2,358.2 19.6 
Mississippi 3,126 1,094 35.0 201.7 37.2 18.4 2,880.8 532.6 18.5 19,488.0 2,901.3 14.9 7,824.9 1,137.4 9 14.5 
Tennessee 6,417 1,191 18.6 461.6 46.0 10.0 E3I17 647.7 8.8 40,795.2 3,593.1 8.8 17,841.6 1,636.5 9:2 
Arkansas 3,313 1,023 30.9 189.8 32.4 171 2,823.7 520.4 18.4 19,746.5 3,433.7 17.4 T, 15953 % wi 5282-95 —s116%5 
Louisiana 4,107 830 20.2 202.0 22.3 11.0 4,304.2 433.9 10.1 57,058.1 2,852.8 5.0 11,754.6 991.4 8.4 
Texas 20,288 1,743 8.6 1,058.4 60.5 5.7 21,436.2 958.1 4.5 171,656.9 5,471.7 32 53,361.4 2,046.5 3.8 
Oklahoma 4,169 281 6.7 197.4 7.8 4.0 4,023.3 131.8 3.3 23,146.1 934.3 4.0 8,161.8 317.2 3.9 
Total 46,948 7,972 17.0 2,640.5 253.1 9.6 48,080.3 4,048.8 8.4 361,685.1  24,490.4 6.8 118,745.3. 9,770.1 8.2 
Southwide total 89,114 16,875 18.9 5,155.7 556.8 10.8 87,676.8 8,510.9 9.7 577,329.2  49,196.0 8.5 214,052.0 19,715.8 9.2 
' Logging contractors and manufacturers whose primary products include rough and dressed lumber, flooring, dimension stock, railroad ties, furniture 
frames, wood lath, wood chips, pulp, paper, paperboard, building paper and board, veneer, plywood, millwork, wood furniture and fixtures, wood 
containers, pallets, prefabricated wood structures and mobile homes, shingles, excelsior, particleboard, gums and wood chemicals, wood preserving, and 
converted paper and paperboard products. 
? Forest industries figure as a percentage of all manufacturing. 
Note: Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 
Source: Derived from data published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Census of Manufactures, 1982. For categories where 
the Bureau of the Census withheld data to avoid disclosure of information about particular companies, estimates were made based on approximate employment 
figures, industry averages, and information available on closely related industries. 
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