Table 1.13—Employment, wages and salaries, and value added by manufacture in forest industries in the South, by industry group, 
region and State, 1982 and 1985! 
Lumber and wood products” 
Employment Wages and salaries Value added 
1982 1985 Change? 1982 1985 Change* 1982 1985 Change?* 
Million Million Million Million 
Thousand Thousand 1985 1985 1985 1985 
employees employees Percent dollars dollars Percent dollars dollars Percent 
Southeast 
Virginia 19.6 21.4 9.2 261.0 292.8 12.2 462.8 685.4 48.1 
North Carolina 32.0 34.7 8.4 425.5 474.6 11.5 765.8 959.9 25.3 
South Carolina 13.0 14.9 14.6 178.9 207.5 16.0 322.6 435.6 35.0 
Georgia 26.3 27.6 4.9 358.0 418.5 16.9 706.0 733.6 3.9 
Florida 19.0 21.1 11.1 273.3 316.6 15.8 450.9 611.7 35.7) 
Total 109.9 119.7 8.9 1,496.8 1,710.0 14.2 2,708.1 3,426.2 26.5 
South Central 
Alabama 22.6 23.0 1.8 307.9 332.5 8.0 553.2 727.6 31.5 
Mississippi 19.3 20.8 7.8 273.0 310.9 13.9 513.3 580.6 1371 
Tennessee 14.1 14.9 5.7 172.9 196.4 13.6 275.8 385.6 39.8 
Arkansas 16.9 16.0 = 5.3 237.2 242.1 2.1 414.9 471.6 13.7 
Louisiana 10.8 10.4 —3.7 158.1 171.7 8.6 278.2 364.9 81K 
Texas 33.4 33:3 —0.3 513.0 511.7 —0.3 938.2 1,138.4 21-3 
Oklahoma 3.6 2.5 —30.6 56.9 40.9 —28.1 102.5 76.5 —25.4 
Total 120.7 120.9 0.2 1,719.0 1,806.2 5.1 3,076.2 3,745.2 21.7 
Southwide total 230.6 240.6 4.3 3,215.8 3,516.2 9.3 5,784.3 7,171.4 24.0 
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