SFRA Chapter 6 (SOCIO-1)

Figure 6.15--Forest population density index (FPD) in (A) people per square mile of forest by county for 1992 and (B) change in FPD for 1992 to 2020 [1992 forest land use from the National Resources Inventory (National Cartography and Geospatial Center (1998); 2000 forest use from the land use forecasting model described in Hardie and others (2000); population in 1992, U.S. Census Bureau (2002); and population in 2020 from county-level forecasts by NPA Data Service Inc. (1999)]

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Map of counties of the southern U.S. showing areas with a forest population density of greater than 1000 in much of southern Florida and around most major cities and less than 100 in rural areas from Texas and Arkansas down into southern Georgia and the Florida panhandle

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Map of counties of the southern U.S. showing little change in projected change in forest population density by the year 2020 for most areas of the South with increases in the hundreds in central Florida, New Orleans to Mobile, Birmingham to Raleigh, plus near Nashville, Richmond, Dallas, and Charleston

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