APPENDIX I. FOREST STATISTICS, 1970 



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Table 1. — Land areas in the United States, by major class of land, section, region, and State, January 1, 1970 ' 



[Thousand acres] 





Total land 

 area 2 



Forest land 



Crop land 3 





Section, region, and State 



Total 



Commercial 



Productive 

 reserved 



Deferred 



Unproduc- 

 tive 



Other land * 



New England: 

 Connecticut. 



3,116 



19, 797 

 5,013 

 5,781 

 671 

 6,935 



2,186 

 17, 748 

 3,520 

 5,131 

 433 

 4,391 



2,169 

 16, 894 

 3,491 

 5, 020 

 429 

 4,364 



11 



220 



18 



23 



4 



7 





 

 

 

 

 



6 

 633 

 11 

 88 

 

 20 



225 

 894 

 250 

 210 

 36 

 760 



705 



Maine 



Massachusetts.. 



1,154 

 1,243 



New Hampshire 



Rhode Island 



439 

 203 



Vermont _ 



784 



Total 



40, 314 



33, 410 



32, 367 



284 







759 



2,374 



4,530 



Middle Atlantic: 

 Delaware 



1,268 

 6,369 

 4,820 

 30, 636 

 28, 816 

 15,413 



391 

 2,960 

 2,463 

 17, 377 

 17, 832 

 12, 172 



390 



2,882 

 2,354 

 14, 489 

 17, 478 

 12, 092 



1 

 35 



67 



2,480 



194 



46 





 

 

 

 

 





 43 

 42 

 407 

 160 

 34 



495 



1,780 



660 



5,825 



5,575 



880 



382 



Maryland 



New Jersey 



1,629 

 1,697 



New York 



7,433 



Pennsylvania 



5,409 



West Virginia 



2,361 







Total 



87,324 



53, 196 



49, 685 



2,824 







687 



15, 215 



18, 913 







Lake States: 

 Michigan 



36, 492 

 50,745 

 44, 339 

 41, 727 

 34,858 



19, 273 



18,984 



421 



334 



14, 945 



18,800 



16, 875 



406 



223 



14, 536 



268 



562 



3 







34 





 

 

 

 



206 



1,647 



12 



111 



374 



9,454 

 22,243 

 27,445 

 18,129 

 12,043 



7,764 





9,517 



North Dako ta_ 



16, 471 



South Dakota (East) 



23,262 





7,869 







Total 



208, 162 



53, 959 



50, 840 



867 







2,251 



89, 316 



64,885 







Central: 



35, 761 

 23,161 

 35, 867 

 52, 616 

 25,504 

 44,189 

 48, 974 

 26,261 



3,789 

 3,908 

 2,455 

 1,344 

 11,968 

 14, 919 

 1,045 

 6,498 



3,680 

 3,840 

 2,430 

 1,187 

 11,826 

 14,600 

 1,023 

 6,422 



44 

 38 

 25 

 

 80 

 91 

 13 

 76 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 



65 



30 







167 



61 



228 



8 







23, 867 

 13, 317 

 26,356 

 29,421 

 8,725 

 17, 960 

 22, 099 

 11, 525 



8,103 





5,935 





7,056 





21,760 





4,811 





11,310 





25,829 



Ohio. 



8,228 







Total 



292, 226 



45,928 



45, 008 



370 







550 



153, 272 



93, 024 







Total, North 



628,026 



186, 494 



177,901 



4,345 







4,247 



260, 178 



181, 353 







South Atlantic: 

 North Carolina 



31, 367 

 19, 366 

 25,496 



20, 613 

 12, 493 

 16, 389 



20, 192 

 12, 410 

 15, 859 



372 



70 



313 





 

 



48 



12 



216 



5,274 

 4,033 

 3,438 



5,478 





2,838 



Virginia.. - 



5,669 







Total 



76,229 



49, 496 



48,463 



755 







277 



12, 746 



* 13,986 







East Gulf: 

 Florida... 



35, 179 

 37, 295 



17, 932 

 25,545 



16,231 

 25, 102 



94 

 389 





 



1,606 

 54 



3,692 

 6,367 



13,554 



Georgia 



5,382 







Total 



72, 474 



43, 478 



41,334 



483 







1,661 



10, 059 



18, 936 



Central Gulf: 



32, 678 

 30, 290 

 26, 474 



21, 770 

 16, 913 

 13, 136 



21,742 

 16, 891 

 12, 819 



21 



21 



316 





 

 



6 

 

 



5,118 



6,565 

 7,855 



5,789 

 6,812 



Mississippi 



Tennessee 



5,483 







Total 



89,444 



51,819 



51, 453 



359 







6 



19, 539 



18,085 







West Gulf: 



33,324 



28,867 

 44,149 

 168, 300 



18, 277 

 15, 380 

 9,340 

 24,091 



18,206 

 15, 342 

 4,817 

 12, 924 



41 

 38 

 34 



7 





 

 

 



29 







4,488 



11, 160 



8,525 

 5,558 

 13, 010 

 34,268 



6,521 





7,928 





21, 799 



Texas 



109, 940 







Total 



274, 642 



67,090 



51, 290 



120 







15, 678 



61, 362 



146, 189 







Total, South 



512, 791 



211,884 



192, 542 



1,719 







17,623 



103, 707 



197, 198 







See footnotes at end of table. 



