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THE OUTLOOK FOR TIMBER IN THE UNITED STATES 



Table 6. — Net volume of softwood growing stock on commercial timberland in the United States, by ownership and section, 

 region, and State, as of December 31, 1952 and 1962, and January 1, 1970 ' 



[Million cubic feet] 



Section, region, and State 



Total 



all ownerships 



National Forest 



Other public 



Forest industry 



Farm and miscellaneous 

 private 





1970 



1962 



1952 



1970 



1962 



1952 



1970 



1962 



1952 



1970 



1962 



1952 



1970 



1962 



1952 



New England: 

 Connecticut 



228 



14,763 



769 



2,901 



19 



1,507 



202 



12, 562 



732 



2,534 



18 



1,379 



158 



10,092 



631 



2,207 



15 



1,250 





 20 





 332 





 42 





 18 





 290 





 38 





 14 

 

 252 

 

 34 



23 

 244 

 95 

 80 



1 

 45 



20 

 135 



90 



70 



1 



41 



16 



112 



78 



61 



1 

 37 







8,383 



63 



487 







221 







5,221 



60 



426 







203 







4,193 



52 



371 





 184 



204 

 6,115 



611 



2,000 



18 



1,197 



181 

 7,186 



581 



1,747 



17 



1,095 



141 





5,772 

 501 



Massachusetts 



New Hampshire. . 



Rhode Island 



1,521 

 13 



Vermont -- 



993 







Total.. 



20, 190 



17, 428 



14,354 



395 



346 



302 



490 



360 



306 



9,157 



5,911 



4,800 



10, 147 



10, 810 



8,944 





Middle Atlantic: 

 Delaware 



229 

 531 

 385 

 3,291 

 1,600 

 657 



229 

 639 

 319 

 3,036 

 1,435 

 583 



236 

 716 

 249 

 2,748 

 1,229 

 492 





 

 

 

 49 

 158 





 

 

 

 44 

 140 





 

 

 

 38 

 118 



4 

 20 

 39 

 412 

 191 

 37 



4 

 25 

 32 

 380 

 172 

 33 



5 

 28 

 25 

 344 

 147 

 27 



15 

 47 

 

 356 

 63 

 25 



16 

 56 

 

 329 

 57 

 22 



14 

 63 

 

 298 

 49 

 19 



209 

 462 

 344 

 2,521 

 1,294 

 436 



208 

 557 

 285 

 2,326 

 1,161 

 387 



217 



Maryland . 



624 



New Jersey 



223 



New York 



2,106 



Pennyslvania 



994 



West Virginia 



327 







Total 



6,694 



6,243 



5,673 



207 



184 



156 



706 



648 



578 



509 



483 



444 



5,270 



4,927 



4,493 



Lake States: 

 Michigan 



4,313 



3,896 







18 



2,662 



3,508 



3,607 







15 



2,067 



2,369 



2,849 







13 



1,550 



695 



977 











379 



553 



905 











293 



270 



780 











136 



1,015 



1,861 







17 



625 



801 



1,723 







13 



486 



533 



1,285 







11 



485 



764 



306 











470 



661 



283 











366 



563 



232 











110 



1,837 



749 







1 



1,188 



1,491 



694 







2 



922 



1,002 



Minnesota 



551 



North Dakota 







South Dakota (East) 



Wisconsin 



2 

 818 







Total 



10, 891 



9,199 



6,782 



2,052 



1,752 



1,187 



3,519 



3, 024 



2,316 



1,541 



1,311 



905 



3,777 



3,110 



2,374 







Central: 

 Illinois 



19 



70 



3 







621 



384 



114 



123 



16 



49 



4 







554 



316 



98 



108 



16 



27 



3 







492 



259 



72 



94 



13 



10 











175 



199 



28 



8 



11 



5 











156 



163 



25 



7 



5 

 3 





 

 139 

 132 

 19 

 6 





 16 

 

 

 78 

 7 

 5 

 11 





 14 

 

 

 70 

 7 

 4 

 10 





 14 

 

 

 62 

 5 

 3 

 8 



1 

 

 

 

 12 

 10 

 

 4 



1 

 

 

 



11 



9 

 



4 





 

 

 

 10 

 7 

 

 3 



4 



42 



3 







354 



167 



80 



98 



3 



29 



4 







316 



137 



69 



87 



10 



Indiana.. 



9 



Iowa 



3 



Kansas 







Kentucky 



280 



Missouri 



115 



Nebraska 



50 



Ohio 



75 







Total 



1,338 



1,148 



967 



436 



368 



304 



120 



107 



94 



29 



26 



21 



751 



646 



546 







Total, North 



39, 114 



34, 020 



27, 777 



3,091 



2,652 



1,951 



4,838 



4,141 



3,295 



11,237 



7,732 



6,172 



19, 946 



19, 494 



16, 357 



South Atlantic: 

 North Carolina 



8,509 

 6,369 

 4,215 



7,938 

 5,324 

 4,343 



7,421 

 4,800 

 4,439 



317 

 649 

 171 



295 

 567 

 188 



274 

 581 

 193 



301 

 326 

 183 



281 

 238 

 181 



219 

 112 

 185 



1,181 



1,304 



710 



1,102 



1,017 



659 



1,262 

 700 

 673 



6,708 

 4,088 

 3,149 



6,258 

 3,502 

 3,314 



5,665 



South Carolina 



3,406 



Virginia 



3,387 







Total _ 



19,093 



17,606 



16, 661 



1,138 



1,051 



1,049 



812 



701 



517 



3,196 



2,778 



2,635 



13, 946 



13, 075 



12, 459 







East Gulf: 

 Florida.. . . 



6,904 

 11,839 



5,870 

 10, 215 



5,108 

 8, 924 



754 

 395 



616 

 341 



521 

 297 



510 

 724 



379 

 625 



295 

 545 



2,219 

 2,240 



1,860 

 1,932 



1,602 

 1,688 



3,419 



8,479 



3,013 

 7,316 



2,689 



Georgia 



6,391 







Total 



18, 743 



16, 086 



14,032 



1,150 



957 



818 



1,234 



1,004 



841 



4,459 



3,793 



3,291 



11,898 



10, 330 



9,081 



Central Gulf: 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



9,232 

 7,188 

 1,799 



7,673 

 5,259 

 1,479 



5,875 

 3,673 

 1,226 



443 



1,074 

 261 



368 



1,089 



293 



278 

 578 

 219 



178 

 373 



197 



147 

 221 

 101 



98 

 341 

 101 



2,555 

 1,373 



170 



2,124 



1,450 



96 



1,634 



1,419 



79 



6,055 

 4,368 

 1,170 



5,032 



2,498 



987 



3,864 

 1,334 



Tennessee 



826 







Total 



18,220 



14,411 



10, 776 



1,778 



1,750 



1,076 



748 



470 



541 



4,100 



3,671 



3,132 



11,593 



8,519 



6,025 







West Gulf: 

 Arkansas 



6,539 



7,595 



850 



7,361 



5,810 



6,118 



692 



6,061 



4,640 



4,253 



539 



4,211 



1,227 

 575 

 102 

 948 



1,148 

 472 

 117 



1,156 



885 

 267 

 73 

 679 



90 

 103 



26 

 125 



54 

 110 



2 

 85 



40 



82 



2 



49 



2,685 



2,420 



501 



3,250 



3,275 



3,003 



456 



2,662 



2,383 



2,145 



359 



1,901 



2,535 



4,496 



220 



3,037 



1,332 



2,532 



116 



2,156 



1,330 



Louisiana 



Oklahoma 



Texas 



1,758 



104 



1,582 







Total 



22, 346 



18, 682 



13,645 



2,853 



2,895 



1,905 



345 



252 



175 



8,856 



9, 396 



6,788 



10,290 



6,138 



4,775 







Total, South __ 



78,404 



66, 786 



55, 115 



6,921 



fi,f,-,| 



4,851 



3,140 



2,428 



2,075 



20, 613 



19,639 



15,848 



47,729 



38,063 



32, 340 





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See footnote at end of table. 



