Ranking as the state's number one manufacturing industry, Alabama's forest products industry is a vital component of the state's economy. The industry employs 67,000 workers with an annual payroll of $2 billion. Alabama's paper and wood manufacturing workforce represents 12.8 percent of the state's total manufacturing workforce.
Approximately 68 percent of Alabama is forested.
Alabama's Land Area (in thousands of acres)
Total Land Area: 32,480
Forests: 21,964
Forests as Percent of Total: 67.6%
Federal Lands: 1,110
National Forest System: 665
Timberland (in thousands of acres)
Government
Federal: 823
State: 212
County & Municipal: 95
Forestry Industry: 4,796
Other Private Nonindustrial: 15,985
Total Timberland: 21,911
Federal Land Set-Asides (in thousands of acres)
National Parks: 21
Reserved National Forest: 42
Fish & Wildlife Service: 58
Total: 121
Recycled Paper Consumption (in thousands of short tons): 2,241
also includes Mississippi's recycled paper consumption
Tree Planting (acres)
Federal: 2,490
State, County & Municipal: 450
Forest Industry: 144,500
Farmer & Other Private: 162,330
Total: 309,770
Value of Industry Shipments (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $4,381,779
Paper Manufacturing: $6,287,709
Capital Expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $128,377
Paper Manufacturing: $635,509
Annual Production
Softwood Lumber (million board feet): 2,238
Hardwood Lumber (million board feet): 373
Structural Panels (million square feet): 1,506
Paper (in thousands of short tons): 3,791
Paperboard (in thousands of short tons): 4,722
Timberland Ownership
Government: 5%
Forest Industry: 22%
Other Private Nonindustrial: 73%
Alabama's total softwood and hardwood inventory has increased 87 percent since 1953 despite increasing production of wood and paper products.
Employment
Forestry: 2,963
Lumber & Wood Products (includes logging): 43,486
Paper & Allied Products: 20,987
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