Table 1. — Minnesota forest areas by county in 1962, and changes since 1953 





Land 



1/ 

 area — 





Forest land £/ 





: Commercial 

 : forest as 

 : a percent 



Change in 

 forest land 



Change in 



County 



Total 



Commer- 

 1 cial 1/ 



Noncommercial 4/ 



commercial 



Productive: 



Unproduc- 



forest land 









reserve ** : 



tive 1/ 



: of area 



since 1953 



since 1953 





Thousand 



Thousand 



Thousand 



Thousand 



Thousand 



Percent 



Thousand 



Thousand 





acres 



acres 



acres 



acres 



acres 





acres 



acres 



Aitkin 



1,167.4 



900.4 



850.6 



_ 



49.8 



72.9 



-41.7 



-43.3 



Anoka 



272.0 



74.4 



62.1 



- 



12.3 



22.8 



+28.2 



+15.9 



Becker 



841.6 



390.1 



385.9 



3.5 



.7 



45.8 



+42.1 



+38.2 



Beltrami 



1,610.9 



1,178.2 



993.0 



.3 



184.9 



61.6 



-80.3 



-227.2 



Benton 



258.6 



35.0 



27.3 



- 



7.7 



10.6 



-14.9 



-21.7 



Big Stone 



326.4 



4.0 



3.8 



- 



.2 



1.2 



+ .7 



+ .7 



Blue Earth 



473.6 



33.3 



31.4 



.1. 



1.8 



6.6 



-4.4 



-6.3 



Brown 



392.3 



15.8 



14.7 



.2 



.9 



3.7 



-5.2 



-6.1 



Carlton 



550.4 



383.4 



367.0 



8.4 



8.0 



66.7 



-7.1 



-2.4 



Carver 



229.1 



28.4 



23.9 



- 



4.5 



10.4 



+ 1.9 



-2.6 



Cass 



1,313.9 



1,023.8 



1,006.4 



- 



17.4 



76.6 



+2.8 



-11.5 



Chippewa 



372.5 



8.5 



7.8 



.3 



.4 



2.1 



+2.4 



+1.7 



Chisago 



268.2 



66.1 



52.9 



.1 



13.1 



19.7 



-2.0 



-15.0 



Clay 



672.0 



24.9 



20.0 



.1 



4.8 



3.0 



+5.6 



+ .7 



Clearwater 



643.2 



394.5 



367.7 



19.4 



7.4 



57.2 



-4.6 



-11.9 



Cook 



897.9 



868.9 



710.0 



157.0 



1.9 



79.1 



+ 1.6 



-12.8 



Cottonwood 



409.6 



7.1 



6.7 



- 



.4 



1.6 



+2.7 



+2.3 



Crow Wing 



639.4 



449.5 



447.5 



- 



2.0 



70.0 



-15.5 



-11.9 



Dakota 



365.4 



42.1 



33.6 



- 



8.5 



9.2 



+5.5 



-3.0 



Dodge 



278.4 



9.0 



8.5 



- 



.5 



3.0 



-5.1 



-5.6 



Douglas 



407.7 



48.2 



42.3 



.3 



5.6 



10.3 



+6.3 



+ .6 



Faribault 



456.3 



13.6 



12.8 



- 



.8 



2.8 



-.1 



-.9 



Fillmore 



549.8 



90.1 



83.7 



- 



6.4 



15.2 



-5.1 



-8.9 



Freeborn 



449.3 



16.4 



15.4 



.1 



.9 



3.4 



+2.3 



+1.4 



Goodhue 



485.1 



71.1 



63.0 



.6 



7.5 



13.0 



+4.6 



-1.6 



Grant 



356.5 



5.4 



5.1 



- 



.3 



1.4 



+ .6 



+ .4 



Hennepin 



361.6 



36.8 



30.6 



.2 



6.0 



8.5 



+5.4 



-.8 



Houston 



361.6 



127.8 



114.8 



.4 



12.6 



31.7 



+ 1.9 



-7.5 



Hubbard 



596.5 



445.8 



440.1 



3.8 



1.9 



73.8 



+ .5 



-.5 



Isanti 



282.9 



60.9 



51.2 



- 



9.7 



18.1 



-4.1 . 



-13.8 



Itasca 



1,704.3 



1,480.9 



1,411.9 



1.4 



67.6 



82.8 



-16.1 



-45.8 



Jackson 



446.7 



6.8 



6.2 



.2 



.4 



1.4 



-1.3 



-1.7 



Kanabec 



336.0 



1Z7.4 



154.6 



- 



22.8 



46.0 



+9.1 



-11.5 



Kandiyohi 



527.4 



23.2 



21.2 



.7 



1.3 



4.0 



-11.6 



-13.2 



Kittson 



719.4 



119.7 



94.2 



.5 



25.0 



13.1 



-1.7 



-10.1 



Koochiching 



2,002.6 



1,868.7 



1/1,574.7 



- 



i/294.0 



78.6 



+7.5 



+52.8 



Lac qui Parle 



494.7 



8.6 



8.1 



- 



.5 



1.6 



-.7 



-1.0 



Lake 



1,364.5 



1,306.8 



1,104.0 



173.3 



29.5 



80.9 



-8.6 



-34.6 



Lake of the Woods 



837.1 



623.4 



528.5 



- 



94.9 



63.1 



-26.0 



-26.4 



Le Sueur 



282.2 



31.2 



29.5 



- 



1.7 



10.5 



+6.1 



+4.4 



Lincoln 



345.6 



5.4 



5.1 



- 



.3 



1.5 



+2.6 



+2.3 



Lyon 



456.3 



6.7 



5.9 



.4 



.4 



1.3 



+ 1.0 



+ .6 



Mahnomen 



367.4 



128.8 



126.6 



- 



2.2 



34.5 



-16.1 



-18.3 



Marshall 



1,152.0 



203.2 



151.6 



.2 



51.4 



13.2 



-24.1 



-74.5 



Martin 



452.5 



7.2 



6.8 



- 



.4 



1.5 



+3.0 



+2.6 



McLeod 



318.7 



11.0 



10.4 



- 



.6 



3.3 



-1.1 



-1.7 



Meeker 



396.8 



16.6 



15.7 



- 



.9 



4.0 



-.5 



-1.3 



Mille Lacs 



363.5 



157.5 



131.3 



6.1 



20.1 



36.1 



-14.1 



-40.0 



Morrison 



727.0 



230.3 



200.3 



.3 



29.7 



27.6 



-15.0 



-42.7 



Mower 



449.9 



9.9 



9.4 



- 



.5 



2.1 



-3.5 



-4.0 



Murray 



453.1 



5.1 



4.6 



.2 



.3 



1.0 



+ 1.2 



+ .9 



Nicollet 



293.8 



18.2 



17.1 



.1 



1.0 



5.8 



-1.5 



-2.4 



Nobles 



455.7 



3.3 



3.1 



- 



.2 



.7 



+ .8 



+ .6 



Norman 



566.4 



33.3 



30.0 



- 



3.3 



5.3 



-7.6 



-10.9 



Olmsted 



419.2 



52.9 



47.9 



- 



5.0 



11.4 



+4.9 



+ .9 



Otter Tail 



1,280.0 



268.2 



232.3 



.1 



35.8 



18.1 



+23.7 



-11.7 



Pennington 



398.1 



44.0 



35.6 



- 



8.4 



8.9 



-18.8 



-27.2 



Pine 



903.7 



515.9 



459.4 



26.6 



29.9 



50.8 



-42.6 



-67.1 



Pipestone 



297.0 



1.9 



1.8 



- 



.1 



.6 



+ .7 



+ .6 



Polk 



1 ,287.7 



91.8 



74.5 



- 



17.3 



11.8 



-18.6 



-33.2 



