National Forest System Land--States and Other Areas statistics


				Gross area			Gross area	National			National	Other lands			Other lands
	POST	5-digit	2-digit	within unit			within unit	Forest			Forest	within unit			within unit
State	OFFICE	FIPS	FIPS	bound-			bound-	System			System	bound-			bound-
and	ABBREV-	CODE	CODE	aries ¹			aries ¹	Land ²			Land ²	aries			aries
other areas	IATION
				1990	1996	1997	1998	1990	1996	1997	1998	1990	1996	1997	1998

Total				231,443	231,743	231,792	231,680	191,324	191,645	191,769	191,938	40,121	40,101	40,023	40,848

United States	US	00000	00	231,386	231,687	231,736	231,624	191,296	191,617	191,741	191,910	40,093	40,073	39,995	40,820

Alabama	AL	01000	01	1,280	1,288	1,290	1,288	658	663	665	665	622	625	625	623
Alaska	AK	02000	02	24,345	24,355	24,271	24,355	22,220	21,971	21,969	21,974	2,126	2,384	2,302	2,381
Arizona	AZ	04000	04	11,880	11,887	11,889	11,891	11,239	11,251	11,252	11,255	642	636	637	636
Arkansas	AR	05000	05	3,490	3,504	3,530	3,539	2,509	2,554	2,577	2,579	981	950	953	960
California	CA	06000	06	24,401	24,403	24,424	24,403	20,619	20,636	20,647	20,653	3,782	3,767	3,777	3,750
Colorado	CO	08000	08	16,039	16,052	16,058	16,052	14,462	14,505	14,508	14,509	1,577	1,547	1,550	1,543
Connecticut	CT	09000	09	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Delaware	DE	10000	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
District of Columbia	DC	11000	11	0	0	0		0	0			0	0	0	0
Florida	FL	12000	12	1,246	1,408	1,418	1,379	1,128	1,147	1,147	1,147	118	261	271	232
Georgia	GA	13000	13	1,846	1,856	1,847	1,856	859	865	865	865	987	991	982	991
Hawaii	HI	15000	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Idaho	ID	16000	16	21,674	21,658	21,688	21,655	20,438	20,458	20,461	20,459	1,236	1,199	1,227	1,196
Illinois	IL	17000	17	840	841	846	856	266	277	278	292	573	565	568	564
Indiana	IN	18000	18	644	644	647	644	188	194	196	196	456	450	451	448
Iowa	IA	19000	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kansas	KS	20000	20	116	116	116	116	108	108	108	108	8	8	8	8
Kentucky	KY	21000	21	2,102	2,102	2,110	2,102	670	692	693	693	1,431	1,410	1,417	1,409
Louisiana	LA	22000	22	1,022	1,025	1,025	1,024	601	604	604	604	422	421	421	420
Maine	ME	23000	23	93	93	93	93	53	53	53	53	40	40	40	40
Maryland	MD	24000	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Massachusetts	MA	25000	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michigan	MI	26000	26	4,885	4,895	4,898	4,895	2,816	2,857	2,857	2,857	2,069	2,038	2,041	2,038
Minnesota	MN	27000	27	5,467	5,467	5,477	5,467	2,810	2,837	2,837	2,838	2,657	2,630	2,640	2,629
Mississippi	MS	28000	28	2,310	2,310	2,312	2,310	1,150	1,157	1,158	1,159	1,160	1,153	1,154	1,151
Missouri	MO	29000	29	3,082	3,060	3,064	3,060	1,475	1,493	1,494	1,495	1,606	1,567	1,570	1,565
Montana	MT	30000	30	19,101	19,104	19,116	19,104	16,806	16,880	16,877	16,886	2,295	2,224	2,239	2,218
Nebraska	NE	31000	31	442	442	442	442	352	352	352	352	90	90	90	90
Nevada	NV	32000	32	6,275	6,275	6,285	6,275	5,797	5,819	5,824	5,826	478	457	461	449
New Hampshire	NH	33000	33	825	825	827	1,554	720	724	725	827	105	102	102	727
New Jersey	NJ	34000	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Mexico	NM	35000	35	10,367	10,367	10,367	10,367	9,321	9,327	9,327	9,327	1,046	1,040	1,040	1,040
New York	NY	36000	36	13	16	0	0	13	16	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Carolina	NC	37000	37	3,165	3,165	3,169	3,166	1,232	1,243	1,244	1,244	1,934	1,922	1,925	1,922
North Dakota	ND	38000	38	1,106	1,106	1,106	0	1,106	1,106	1,106	1,106	0	0	0	0
Ohio	OH	39000	39	833	834	841	835	203	227	227	229	630	607	614	606
Oklahoma	OK	40000	40	461	465	555	772	297	304	392	397	165	161	163	375
Oregon	OR	41000	41	17,502	17,507	17,503	17,496	15,651	15,665	15,656	15,656	1,851	1,842	1,847	1,840
Pennsylvania	PA	42000	42	744	743	743	743	513	513	513	513	231	230	230	230
Rhode Island	RI	44000	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Carolina	SC	45000	45	1,376	1,376	1,376	1,375	607	612	612	613	768	763	764	762
South Dakota	SD	46000	46	2,344	2,368	2,272	2,367	1,996	2,013	2,013	2,012	349	355	259	355
Tennessee	TN	47000	47	1,212	1,212	1,215	1,212	628	633	634	634	585	579	581	578
Texas	TX	48000	48	1,994	1,994	1,994	1,994	753	755	755	755	1,241	1,240	1,239	1,239
Utah	UT	49000	49	9,186	9,211	9,203	9,211	8,099	8,113	8,113	8,111	1,087	1,098	1,090	1,100
Vermont	VT	50000	50	815	815	827	817	340	359	366	368	475	456	461	449
Virginia	VA	51000	51	3,223	3,223	3,230	3,224	1,645	1,656	1,657	1,659	1,578	1,567	1,573	1,565
Washington	WA	53000	53	10,050	10,080	10,074	10,088	9,151	9,177	9,177	9,202	899	903	897	886
West Virginia	WV	54000	54	1,863	1,869	1,870	1,870	1,025	1,033	1,033	1,033	838	837	837	837
Wisconsin	WI	55000	55	2,023	2,023	2,025	2,023	1,517	1,520	1,521	1,521	506	503	504	502
Wyoming	WY	56000	56	9,704	9,703	9,693	9,704	9,255	9,248	9,248	9,238	449	455	445	466

Puerto Rico	PF			57	56	56	56	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Virgin Islands	VI			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Z Less than 500 acres.
1 Comprises all publicly and privately owned land within authorized boundaries of National forests, Purchase units, national grasslands, Land utilization projects, Research and experimental areas, and Other areas.
2 Federally owned land within the ``gross area within unit boundaries.''

Source: U.S. Forest Service, Land Areas of the National Forest System, annual.

http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/lar/

* National Forest System - A nationally significant system of Federally owned units of forest, range, and related land consisting of national forests, purchase units, national grasslands, land utilization project areas, experimental forest areas, experimental range areas, designated experimental areas, other land areas, water areas, and interests in lands that are administered by the USDA Forest Service or designated for administration through the Forest Service.

National Forest - A unit formally established and permanently set aside and reserved for National Forest purposes.

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http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/1147_national_forest_system_land_states_and.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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