Maine

Ranking as one of the state’s top manufacturing industries, Maine’s forest products industry is a vital component of the state’s economy. The industry employs 31,000 workers with an annual payroll of $1 billion. Maine’s paper and wood manufacturing workforce represents 26.4 percent of the state’s total manufacturing workforce.

Approximately 90 percent of Maine is forested.

Maine's Land Area (in thousands of acres)
Total Land Area: 19,753
Forests: 17,711
Forests as Percent of Total: 89.7%
Federal Lands: 192
National Forest System: 53

Timberland (in thousands of acres)
Government
    Federal: 51
    State: 469
    County & Municipal: 109
Forest Industry: 7,298
Other Private Nonindustrial: 9,024
Total Timberland: 16,951

Federal Land Set-Asides (in thousands of acres)
National Parks: 89
Reserved National Forest: 12
Fish & Wildlife Service: 55
Total: 156

Recycled Paper Consumption (in thousands of short tons): 738
also includes New Hampshire’s recycled paper consumption

Tree Planting (acres)
Federal: 8
Forest Industry: 9,924
Farmer & Other Private: 927
Total: 10,859

Value of Industry Shipments (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $925,361
Paper Manufacturing: $4,460,440

Capital Expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $50,368
Paper Manufacturing: $241,627

Annual Production
Softwood Lumber (million board feet): 1,057
Hardwood Lumber (million board feet): 162
Structural Panels (million square feet): 692
Paper (in thousands of short tons): 3,935
Paperboard (in thousands of short tons): *
*withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual company

Timberland Ownership
Government: 4%
Forest Industry: 43%
Other Private Nonindustrial: 53%

Maine’s total softwood and hardwood inventory has increased by 35 percent since 1953 despite increasing production of wood and paper products.

Employment
Forestry: 1,472
Lumber & Wood Products (includes logging): 14,854
Paper & Allied Products: 14,426