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The Forests of i\lAEYiiAND. 



THE LAND AREA OF MARYLAND. 

 Classified According to Present Use* 



COUNTIES 



Wooded 

 Area 



Improved 

 Farm 

 Land 



Waste 

 Land 



Salt I 

 Marsh ! ^ 

 Land 



163,832 



1 



62 



92,266 



34 



103,515 



24 



62,390 



45 



62,834 



30 



39,292 



13 



53,543 



24 



171,547 



59 



138,291 



37 



91,117 



21 



274,483 



63 



81,872 [29 



38,644 25 



33,776119 



68,821 



22 



127,200 



41 



59,270 



26 



119,080 



51 



68,387 



25 



45,822 



29 



72,274 



24 



111,608 



46 



148,182 



47 



Allegany 



Anne Arundel. . . 



Baltimore 



Calvert 



Caroline 



Carroll 



Cecil 



Charles 



Doreliester 



Frederick 



Garrett 



Harford 



HoTrard 



Kent 



Montgomery . . . . 

 Prince George's. 

 Queen Anne's. . . 



St. Mary's 



Somerset 



Talbot 



Washington . . . . 



Wicomico 



Worcester 



70,513 

 139,127 

 230,471 



74,128 

 128,206 

 225,598 

 140,980 



60,969 

 123,679 

 301,430 

 122,318 

 171,473 

 114,027 

 139,786 

 209,153 

 154,414 

 131,607 



98,247 



76,449 



87,643 

 191,842 

 109,092 145 

 121,830140 



32,018 

 41,891 

 65,739 



2,046 

 15,646 

 31,139 

 24,514 

 43,886 

 27,851 

 40,583 

 39,820 

 22,432 



6,771 



1,254 

 24,907 

 25,130 

 38,013 

 15,804 

 84,864 

 21,923 

 41,006 



7,431 

 20,287 



1,216 

 3,456 

 768 

 1.664 



4,160 

 14,144 

 78,848 



7,232 

 5,056 



128 

 2,880 



832 

 43,480 

 3,392 



14,144 

 22,656 



I I 



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The State 2,228,046 1 35 13,222,9821 51 



674,955 11 



204,056 3 



6,330,039 



*Note : Areas of salt marsh land — Conservation Commission, Slarj-Iand. 

 Improved farm land — Dept. of Agriculture, V. S. 

 Wooded area and waste land — State Board of Forestry, Maryland. 



