Missouri

Ranking as one of the state’s top manufacturing industries, Missouri’s forest products industry is a vital component of the state’s economy. The industry employs 31,000 workers with an annual payroll of $751 million. Missouri’s paper and wood manufacturing workforce represents 6.1 percent of the state’s total manufacturing workforce.

Approximately 32 percent of Missouri is forested. Credited to regeneration and planting programs, the net annual forest growth exceeds harvests by 49 percent.

Missouri’s Land Area (in thousands of acres)
Total Land Area: 44,094
Forests: 14,047
Forests as Percent of Total: 31.9%
Federal Lands: 2,137
National Forest System: 1,493

Timberland (in thousands of acres)
Government
    Federal: 1,608
    State: 403
    County & Municipal: 42
Forest Industry: 222
Other Private Nonindustrial: 11,137
Total Timberland: 13,412

Federal Land Set-Asides (in thousands of acres)
National Parks: 83
Reserved National Forest: 78
Fish & Wildlife Service: 69
Total: 230

Recycled Paper Consumption (in thousands of short tons): 211
also includes Kansas’ recycled paper consumption

Tree Planting (acres)
Federal: 388
Farmer & Other Private: 2,250
Total: 2,638

Value of Industry Shipments (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $1,030,082
Paper Manufacturing: $2,986,338

Capital Expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $26,139
Paper Manufacturing: $90,552

Annual Production
Softwood Lumber (million board feet): 26
Hardwood Lumber (million board feet): 560
Paper & Paperboard (thousands of short tons): 3,178*
*includes entire west North Central Region

Timberland Ownership
Government: 36%
Forest Industry: 8%
Other Private Nonindustrial: 56%

Missouri’s total softwood and hardwood inventory has increased 57 percent since 1953 despite increasing production of wood and paper products.

Employment
Forestry: 780
Lumber & Wood Products (includes logging): 16,418
Paper & Allied Products: 13,527