Table 2.5—Reported yellow pine lumber production in the South, by region and State, selected years 1869-1954 
Million board feet, lumber tally 
Southeast South Central 
Total Total 
Total South- North South South 
Year South east Florida Georgia Carolina Carolina Virginia Central Alabama Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Oklahoma Tennessee Texas 
1869 1,083 636 154 216 74 83 109 447 86 51 53 129 @) 35 93 
1879 2,034 1,168 235 408 144 164 217 866 230 107 3 125 (') 32 299 
1889 4,005 1,770 382 554 404 174 256 2,235 559 384 186 302 2 32 7710 
1899 9,314 4,195 703 1,252 1,110 423 708 5,119 991 1,107 795 962 i 69 1,189 
1904 11,132 4,191 746 1,064 1,069 549 764 6,941 1,116 1,056 1,930 1,358 1] 87 1,383 
1905 8,481 3,006 601 664 837 407 497 5,475 744 =1,024 = 1,738 1,017 5 36 910 
1910 13,830 4,733 921 901 1,322 626 962 9,097 1,323 1,174 2,865 1,701 118 89 1,827 
1915 12,055 3,642 831 526 1,130 592 563 8,413 1,023 1,082 2,882 1,658 162 49 L557, 
1920 8,877 2,581 744 479 517 436 405 6,295 986 586 2,066 1,323 135 74 1,125 
1925 13,165 3,900 794 1,173 750 784 399 9,265 1,954 904 = 2,290 2,562 152 By? 1,351 
1930 7,402 2,590 611 612 624 475 269 4,812 1,144 534 946 1,102 148 57 882 
1935 5,910 2,259 437 611 541 367 303 3,651 809 590 624 816 119 63 631 
1940 10,094 4,236 477 1,455 1,015 622 668 5,858 1,561 1,071 662 1,191 140 9] 1,143 
1945 7,027 3,284 356 1,102 816 518 49] 3,743 1,044 668 498 695 @) 117 720 
19508 9,481 (') OS ee os 2) (’) () () () () (‘) (') (2) 
1954 7,045 3,914 300 1,255 1,122 570 665 3,132 918 541 347 501 37 143 644 
' Data not available. 
? Included in Arkansas total. 
* Excludes Tennessee. 
Note: Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 
Sources: /869-]945—Steer, Henry B. 1948. Lumber production in the United States 1799-1946. Misc. Publ. 669. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of 
Agriculture. 233 p. /950-54—U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. [Annual issues.] Current industrial reports series: lumber production 
and mill stocks M13G. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 
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