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Table 16.1--Area of forest land by State and year, Southern United States

	Year
State	1630a	1907a	1938a	1953a	1963a	1982b	1989c	1999d
	Thousand acres
Alabama	29,540	20,000	18,878	20,771	21,770	21,375	21,725	21,965
Arkansas	31,940	24,200	20,963	19,681	20,051	17,139	17,687	18,790
Florida	29,840	24,128	21,740	20,817	19,050	17,134	16,549	16,221
Georgia	35,700	22,300	21,433	24,057	26,365	24,243	24,137	24,413
Kentucky	23,140	10,000	11,546	11,647	11,791	12,161	12,256	12,699
Louisiana	26,160	16,500	16,211	16,230	16,176	14,529	13,883	13,792
Mississippi	26,700	17,500	16,253	16,890	17,076	16,716	16,993	18,595
North Carolina	29,630	19,600	18,400	20,113	20,662	20,025	18,953	19,278
Oklahoma	13,330	10,500	10,415	10,329	9,235	8,513	7,283	7,665
South Carolina	17,570	12,000	10,704	11,943	12,250	12,575	12,257	12,646
Tennessee	24,010	15,000	13,000	12,808	13,629	13,360	13,603	14,405
Texas	41,980	30,000	26,949	24,708	23,954	23,279	20,505	18,354
Virginia	24,480	14,000	14,832	16,032	16,412	16,417	15,968	16,027
Total	354,020	235,728	221,324	226,026	228,421	217,465	211,799	214,848

Numbers in columns may not sum to totals due to rounding

a Data from Smith and others 2001.

b Data for 1982 are based on FIA inventories conducted between 1972 and 1982, except for Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Texas. Data for these three States are taken from Smith and others 2001.

c Data for 1989 are based on inventories conducted by FIA between 1982 and 1989, except for Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Texas. Data for these three States are taken from Smith and others 2001.

d Data for 1999 are based on FIA inventories conducted between 1990 and 1999, except for Oklahoma and Texas. Data for these two States are taken from Smith and others 2001.

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