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	\xe2\x80\x94	1,512	6,499	5,081	5,650	2,479	23	\xe2\x80\x94	114
	1989	21,659	\xe2\x80\x94	1,409	5,819	4,426	7,415	2,456	40	\xe2\x80\x94	95
	1999	21,932	5	1,187	6,255	4,522	7,650	2,253	16	\xe2\x80\x94	44
Arkansas	1982	16,707	\xe2\x80\x94	\xe2\x80\x94	4,304	2,995	6,568	2,681	144	\xe2\x80\x94	16
	1989	17,245	\xe2\x80\x94	\xe2\x80\x94	4,192	3,039	7,269	2,575	158	\xe2\x80\x94	11
	1999	18,392	\xe2\x80\x94	\xe2\x80\x94	5,077	3,137	7,127	2,791	227	\xe2\x80\x94	32
Florida	1982	15,664	\xe2\x80\x94	6,024	1,163	1,320	1,240	3,846	61	\xe2\x80\x94	2,011
	1989	14,983	\xe2\x80\x94	5,743	1,330	1,116	1,114	3,826	84	\xe2\x80\x94	1,772
	1999	14,651	\xe2\x80\x94	5,621	1,554	1,463	1,981	3,562	42	\xe2\x80\x94	428
Georgia	1982	23,734	81	4,595	6,557	2,922	5,448	2,990	447	\xe2\x80\x94	694
	1989	23,631	74	4,048	6,794	3,048	5,582	3,109	312	\xe2\x80\x94	663
	1999	23,796	85	3,403	7,153	3,567	5,421	3,555	222	1	390
Kentucky	1982	11,902	14	\xe2\x80\x94	679	800	9,169	82	628	514	15
	1989	11,902	14	\xe2\x80\x94	679	800	9,169	82	628	514	15
	1999	12,347	37	\xe2\x80\x94	646	858	9,516	59	571	661	\xe2\x80\x94
Louisiana	1982	14,518	\xe2\x80\x94	988	4,069	2,169	1,680	4,897	395	\xe2\x80\x94	319
	1989	13,873	\xe2\x80\x94	927	4,049	1,897	2,165	4,337	409	\xe2\x80\x94	89
	1999	13,783	\xe2\x80\x94	864	4,143	1,887	2,079	4,345	396	\xe2\x80\x94	70
Mississippi	1982	16,685	\xe2\x80\x94	1,034	4,210	3,434	4,310	,391	131	\xe2\x80\x94	175
	1989	16,987	\xe2\x80\x94	854	3,939	3,470	5,508	3,040	134	\xe2\x80\x94	42
	1999	18,588	\xe2\x80\x94	866	4,885	3,218	5,834	3,561	151	\xe2\x80\x94	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	\xe2\x80\x94	\xe2\x80\x94	814	704	2,369	331	93	\xe2\x80\x94	6
	1989	4,741	\xe2\x80\x94	\xe2\x80\x94	956	747	2,600	360	78	\xe2\x80\x94	\xe2\x80\x94
	1999	4,895	\xe2\x80\x94	\xe2\x80\x94	1,099	702	2,591	410	94	\xe2\x80\x94	\xe2\x80\x94
South Carolina	1982	12,503	13	970	4,538	1,716	2,760	1,961	273	\xe2\x80\x94	273
	1989	12,179	11	763	4,619	1,533	2,482	2,250	248	\xe2\x80\x94	274
	1999	12,455	12	592	4,915	1,893	2,483	2,372	96	\xe2\x80\x94	92
Tennessee	1982	12,959	50	\xe2\x80\x94	1,303	1,422	9,259	757	32	137	\xe2\x80\x94
	1989	13,265	64	\xe2\x80\x94	1,334	1,592	9,477	639	43	111	6
	1999	13,965	104	\xe2\x80\x94	1,365	1,625	9,911	609	241	16	94
Texas	1982	11,662	\xe2\x80\x94	271	4,334	2,591	2,672	1,679	104	\xe2\x80\x94	12
	1989	11,565	\xe2\x80\x94	280	3,976	2,365	3,351	1,508	59	11	17
	1999	11,774	\xe2\x80\x94	232	4,065	2,502	3,127	1,741	65	\xe2\x80\x94	42
Virginia	1982	15,973	152	\xe2\x80\x94	3,250	1,921	9,594	348	325	130	252
	1989	15,436	183	\xe2\x80\x94	3,145	1,682	9,559	296	290	83	198
	1999	15,448	212	\xe2\x80\x94	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

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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.