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Table 20.2--Comparison of total wetland and forested wetland acres and the predominant cause of change

State	Total wetland (Ac)	Percent of State land surface in wetland	Forested wetland (Ac)	Forested wetland change (Ac)	Predominant cause of change
Alabama	2.7 million	8%	2.2 million	97,000	Agriculture
Arkansas	3.6 million	10%	2.8 million	210,000	Agriculture
Florida	11 million	30%	5.5 million	184,100	Other wetland types and Urbanization
Georgia	7.7 million	20%	6.1 million	500,000	Other wetland types
Kentucky	388,000	1%	274,000	9884	Agriculture and mining
Louisiana	8.8 million	28%	4.9 million	628,000	Agriculture
Mississippi	4.4 million	14%	3.7 million	365,000	Agriculture
North Carolina	5 million	15%	3.4 million	1.2 million	Other
South Carolina	4.7 million	24%	3.6 million	125,000	Agriculture, Urban, Forestry
Tennessee	632,000	2%	630,000	25,000	Agriculture
Texas	6.4 million		2.5 million	60,540	Agriculture, reservoirs
Virginia			683,000	20,000

Data abstracted from Hefner and others (1994), Frayer and Hefner (1991) and Shepard and others (1998).