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Table 16.2--Area of timberland by State, year, and ownership class, Southern United States

State	Yeara	All owner- ships	Public						Private
			Total public	Federal			State	County and Municipal	Total private	Forest industry	Non- industrial Private
				Total Federal	National forest	Other
		Thousand acres
Alabama	1953	20,756	968	791	616	175	150	27	19,788	3,138	16,650
	1963	21,744	1,003	800	630	170	157	46	20,741	3,818	16,923
	1982	21,358	1,003	812	626	186	140	51	20,355	4,204	16,151
	1989	21,659	1,160	950	689	262	147	63	20,498	4,464	16,034
	1999	21,932	1,162	855	605	250	212	95	20,770	4,795	15,975
Arkansas	1953	19,627	2,916	2,799	2,292	507	115	2	16,711	4,157	12,554
	1963	19,971	2,856	2,651	2,385	266	194	11	17,115	4,007	13,108
	1982	16,707	3,011	2,659	2,329	330	311	41	13,696	4,258	9,438
	1989	17,245	3,077	2,679	2,298	382	342	55	14,168	4,364	9,804
	1999	18,392	3,296	2,835	2,372	463	394	67	15,096	4,497	10,599
Florida	1953	18,135	2,215	1,777	1,035	742	382	56	15,920	4,369	11,551
	1963	16,830	2,201	1,621	1,030	591	540	40	14,629	4,767	9,862
	1982	15,664	2,179	1,596	1,006	590	542	41	13,486	4,697	8,789
	1989	14,983	2,443	1,570	990	580	814	59	12,540	4,770	7,770
	1999	14,651	2,832	1,616	1,030	587	1,138	78	11,819	4,016	7,804
Georgia	1953	23,969	1,685	1,560	644	916	102	23	22,284	4,246	18,038
	1963	26,298	1,813	1,678	746	932	111	24	24,485	4,068	20,417
	1982	23,734	1,584	1,396	765	631	118	70	22,150	4,964	17,186
	1989	23,631	1,645	1,371	752	620	186	88	21,986	4,990	16,995
	1999	23,796	1,751	1,380	711	669	260	112	22,045	4,381	17,664
Kentucky	1953	11,497	725	672	455	217	53	0	10,772	308	10,464
	1963	11,651	652	575	438	137	77	0	10,999	308	10,691
	1982	11,902	896	819	589	230	76	1	11,007	255	10,752
	1989	11,909	890	856	583	273	34	0	11,019	205	10,814
	1999	12,347	1,004	863	628	235	141	0	11,344	205	11,139
Louisiana	1953	16,039	848	666	535	131	177	5	15,191	3,166	12,025
	1963	16,036	883	704	575	129	174	5	15,153	3,032	12,121
	1982	14,518	1,183	772	640	132	405	6	13,335	3,770	9,565
	1989	13,873	1,325	828	615	212	330	168	12,547	3,603	8,944
	1999	13,783	1,311	804	569	235	300	207	12,472	3,898	8,573
Mississippi	1953	16,853	1,709	1,235	1,036	199	54	420	15,144	2,461	12,683
	1963	17,044	1,708	1,255	1,109	146	55	398	15,336	2,526	12,810
	1982	16,685	1,751	1,516	1,258	258	112	123	14,934	3,029	11,905
	1989	16,987	1,950	1,581	1,218	363	253	116	15,037	3,200	11,838
	1999	18,587	1,951	1,541	1,107	435	310	100	16,636	3,238	13,398
North Carolina	1953	19,584	1,541	1,252	1,020	232	253	36	18,043	2,584	15,459
	1963	19,989	1,663	1,290	1,033	257	307	66	18,326	2,495	15,831
	1982	19,545	1,745	1,347	1,011	336	320	78	17,800	2,135	15,665
	1989	18,450	1,922	1,509	1,117	393	332	80	16,529	2,337	14,191
	1999	18,710	2,003	1,572	1,082	490	347	84	16,708	2,252	14,456
Oklahoma	1953	5,075	494	309	213	96	185	0	4,581	889	3,692
	1963	4,892	427	291	223	68	136	0	4,465	865	3,600
	1982	4,316	478	356	196	160	116	6	3,837	967	2,870
	1989	4,741	628	508	243	265	114	6	4,114	1,046	3,068
	1999	4,895	637	498	223	275	118	21	4,259	1,047	3,212
South Carolina	1953	11,884	955	802	563	239	128	25	10,929	1,650	9,279
	1963	12,171	1,034	858	564	294	153	23	11,137	2,010	9,127
	1982	12,503	1,091	901	579	322	167	23	11,413	2,243	9,170
	1989	12,179	1,173	913	577	337	233	27	11,006	2,626	8,379
	1999	12,455	1,114	904	560	344	177	33	11,341	2,322	9,019
Tennessee	1953	12,551	1,114	806	564	242	298	10	11,437	713	10,724
	1963	13,365	1,199	834	591	243	344	21	12,166	923	11,243
	1982	12,959	1,375	966	585	381	379	30	11,585	1,226	10,359
	1989	13,265	1,509	1,027	556	471	422	59	11,756	1,122	10,635
	1999	13,965	1,568	981	557	424	519	69	12,397	1,393	11,004
Texas	1953	13,081	782	745	654	91	35	2	12,299	3,019	9,280
	1963	12,960	832	780	623	157	50	2	12,128	3,362	8,766
	1982	11,662	843	774	661	113	52	17	10,820	3,835	6,985
	1989	11,565	769	700	610	90	57	12	10,797	3,796	7,001
	1999	11,774	790	675	577	98	68	47	10,985	3,720	7,265
Virginia	1953	15,497	1,493	1,355	1,198	157	86	52	14,004	1,095	12,909
	1963	15,753	1,535	1,395	1,203	192	88	52	14,218	1,454	12,764
	1982	15,973	1,956	1,704	1,458	246	183	69	14,017	1,670	12,347
	1989	15,436	1,994	1,708	1,487	221	209	77	13,442	1,834	11,608
	1999	15,448	1,983	1,689	1,468	221	211	83	13,464	1,537	11,927
Total	1953	204,548	17,445	14,769	10,825	3,944	2,018	658	187,103	31,795	155,308
	1963	208,704	17,806	14,732	11,150	3,582	2,386	688	190,898	33,635	157,263
	1982	197,527	19,095	15,618	11,703	3,915	2,921	556	178,433	37,251	141,182
	1989	195,923	20,485	16,202	11,734	4,468	3,473	810	175,438	38,356	137,082
	1999	200,736	21,401	16,211	11,487	4,724	4,195	995	179,335	37,301	142,034

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

a Data for 1982, 1989 and 1999 (except for Kentucky) are based on FIA inventories conducted between 1972-1982, 1982–1989 and 1990–1999, respectively. All data for Kentucky are taken from Smith and others 2001, as are data for years 1963, and 1953.

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