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Table 16.6--Area of timberland by State, year, and forest-type group, Southern United States

			Forest-type group
State	Yeara	All groups	White-red- jack pine	Longleaf- slash	Loblolly- shortleaf	Oak- pine	Oak- hickory	Oak-gum- cypress	Elm-ash- cottonwood	Maple-beech- birch	Non- stocked
		Thousand acres
Alabama	1982	21,358	—	1,512	6,499	5,081	5,650	2,479	23	—	114
	1989	21,659	—	1,409	5,819	4,426	7,415	2,456	40	—	95
	1999	21,932	5	1,187	6,255	4,522	7,650	2,253	16	—	44
Arkansas	1982	16,707	—	—	4,304	2,995	6,568	2,681	144	—	16
	1989	17,245	—	—	4,192	3,039	7,269	2,575	158	—	11
	1999	18,392	—	—	5,077	3,137	7,127	2,791	227	—	32
Florida	1982	15,664	—	6,024	1,163	1,320	1,240	3,846	61	—	2,011
	1989	14,983	—	5,743	1,330	1,116	1,114	3,826	84	—	1,772
	1999	14,651	—	5,621	1,554	1,463	1,981	3,562	42	—	428
Georgia	1982	23,734	81	4,595	6,557	2,922	5,448	2,990	447	—	694
	1989	23,631	74	4,048	6,794	3,048	5,582	3,109	312	—	663
	1999	23,796	85	3,403	7,153	3,567	5,421	3,555	222	1	390
Kentucky	1982	11,902	14	—	679	800	9,169	82	628	514	15
	1989	11,902	14	—	679	800	9,169	82	628	514	15
	1999	12,347	37	—	646	858	9,516	59	571	661	—
Louisiana	1982	14,518	—	988	4,069	2,169	1,680	4,897	395	—	319
	1989	13,873	—	927	4,049	1,897	2,165	4,337	409	—	89
	1999	13,783	—	864	4,143	1,887	2,079	4,345	396	—	70
Mississippi	1982	16,685	—	1,034	4,210	3,434	4,310	,391	131	—	175
	1989	16,987	—	854	3,939	3,470	5,508	3,040	134	—	42
	1999	18,588	—	866	4,885	3,218	5,834	3,561	151	—	73
North Carolinab	1982	19,545	151	532	6,046	2,484	7,034	2,171	425	214	488
	1989	18,450	223	571	5,446	2,252	6,844	2,244	385	158	328
	1999	18,710	246	411	5,538	2,568	6,975	2,453	172	194	153
Oklahoma	1982	4,316	—	—	814	704	2,369	331	93	—	6
	1989	4,741	—	—	956	747	2,600	360	78	—	—
	1999	4,895	—	—	1,099	702	2,591	410	94	—	—
South Carolina	1982	12,503	13	970	4,538	1,716	2,760	1,961	273	—	273
	1989	12,179	11	763	4,619	1,533	2,482	2,250	248	—	274
	1999	12,455	12	592	4,915	1,893	2,483	2,372	96	—	92
Tennessee	1982	12,959	50	—	1,303	1,422	9,259	757	32	137	—
	1989	13,265	64	—	1,334	1,592	9,477	639	43	111	6
	1999	13,965	104	—	1,365	1,625	9,911	609	241	16	94
Texas	1982	11,662	—	271	4,334	2,591	2,672	1,679	104	—	12
	1989	11,565	—	280	3,976	2,365	3,351	1,508	59	11	17
	1999	11,774	—	232	4,065	2,502	3,127	1,741	65	—	42
Virginia	1982	15,973	152	—	3,250	1,921	9,594	348	325	130	252
	1989	15,436	183	—	3,145	1,682	9,559	296	290	83	198
	1999	15,448	212	—	3,104	1,932	9,332	383	239	142	104
All States	1982	197,525	461	15,926	47,766	29,556	67,752	27,613	3,082	996	4,374
	1989	195,916	570	14,594	46,277	27,964	72,534	26,724	2,868	877	3,510
	1999	200,736	701	13,176	49,797	29,875	74,027	28,093	2,533	1,015	1,522

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

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell.

a Except for Kentucky, data for 1982, 1989, and 1999 are based on FIA surveys conducted between 1972-1982, 1982-1989, and 1990-1999, respectively. Kentucky data for 1999 are from the 1988 FIA survey, data for both the 1982 and 1989 reporting years are from the 1975 FIA survey of Kentucky.

b Estimates of white-red-jack pine in North Carolina include 7.9, 18.5, and 13.1 million acres of spruce-fir forest type for years 1982, 1989, and 1999, respectively.

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