Table 16.7--Area of timberland by State, year, and stand-size class for softwood and hardwood, Southern United States

State	Yeara	All classes	Stand-size class						Nonstocked
			Sawtimber		Poletimber		Sapling-seedling
			Softwood	Hardwood	Softwood	Hardwood	Softwood	Hardwood
		Thousand acres
Alabama	1982	21,358	2,930	3,945	2,706	4,514	2,376	4,774	114
	1989	21,659	2,985	4,593	2,042	4,334	2,201	5,409	95
	1999	21,932	2,587	5,053	2,139	3,773	2,722	5,615	44
Arkansas	1982	16,707	2,467	4,892	934	4,429	903	3,066	16
	1989	17,245	2,149	5,206	920	4,158	1,123	3,678	11
	1999	18,392	2,652	5,887	1,319	4,133	1,107	3,263	32
Florida	1982	15,664	1,946	3,020	2,409	1,711	2,832	1,735	2,011
	1989	14,983	1,833	3,094	2,330	1,553	2,909	1,492	1,772
	1999	14,651	1,655	3,132	2,437	1,587	3,083	2,330	428
Georgia	1982	23,734	4,444	5,065	3,769	3,953	3,020	2,790	694
	1989	23,631	3,946	5,340	3,038	3,257	3,934	3,455	663
	1999	23,796	3,569	6,044	3,253	2,390	3,818	4,333	390
Kentucky	1982	11,902	242	5,042	89	2,763	362	3,389	15
	1989	11,902	242	5,042	89	2,763	362	3,389	15
	1999	12,347	294	6,829	203	2,994	185	1,843	\xe2\x80\x94
Louisiana	1982	14,518	2,719	5,144	1,322	2,108	1,016	1,889	319
	1989	13,873	2,881	5,172	961	1,557	1,134	2,079	89
	1999	13,783	2,681	5,468	957	1,205	1,370	2,034	70
Mississippi	1982	16,685	2,574	4,844	1,451	3,199	1,219	3,223	175
	1989	16,987	2,386	5,369	1,046	2,696	1,361	4,087	42
	1999	18,588	2,129	5,618	1,474	2,299	2,149	4,847	73
North Carolina	1982	19,545	2,268	5,944	2,181	4,111	2,280	2,273	488
	1989	18,450	2,576	6,403	2,049	3,238	1,615	2,242	328
	1999	18,710	2,586	6,531	2,061	2,878	1,548	2,953	153
Oklahoma	1982	4,316	349	868	245	1,274	221	1,354	6
	1989	4,741	392	905	221	1,422	343	1,458	\xe2\x80\x94
	1999	4,895	392	1,105	530	1,474	176	1,218	\xe2\x80\x94
South Carolina	1982	12,503	2,309	3,145	1,762	1,791	1,450	1,773	273
	1989	2,179	2,382	3,129	1,359	1,727	1,651	1,657	274
	1999	12,455	1,954	2,811	1,468	1,670	2,097	2,364	92
Tennessee	1982	12,960	439	4,884	519	4,510	394	2,213	\xe2\x80\x94
	1989	13,265	596	5,926	471	3,926	331	2,010	6
	1999	13,965	622	6,569	359	3,099	488	2,734	94
Texas	1982	11,662	2,810	3,356	937	1,868	857	1,822	12
	1989	11,565	2,511	3,217	786	1,661	958	2,415	17
	1999	11,774	2,069	3,199	1,040	1,549	1,188	2,688	42
Virginia	1982	15,973	975	5,381	1,259	4,746	1,168	2,193	252
	1989	15,436	1,060	6,269	1,326	3,777	942	1,864	198
	1999	15,448	1,149	6,450	1,230	3,480	937	2,097	104
All States	1982	197,525	26,472	55,528	19,582	40,977	18,098	32,493	4,374
	1989	195,916	25,939	59,663	16,639	36,068	18,863	35,235	3,510
	1999	200,736	24,337	64,693	18,470	32,532	0,866	38,316	1,522

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

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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.