NC County Information

County	Land (acres)					Value of Timber Harvested ($1,000)	Employment		Payroll
County	Total	Forest	Govern- ment Owned	Forest Industry Owned	Privately Owned	Value of Timber Harvested ($1,000)	Forest Products Industry ($1,000)	Total Manufacturing Industry ($1,000)	Forest Products Industry ($1,000)	Total Manufacturing Industry ($1,000)
Alamance	277,210	126,888	1,140	206	125,542	4,982	820	20,362	23,170	474,023
Alexander	165,530	100,729	27	7,049	93,653	2,647	3,822^b	5,712	84,226^b	124,889
Alleghany	150,093	70,596	112	575	69,909	17,948	144^a	1,286	2,343^a	22,354
Anson	341,210	248,527	6,330	41,633	200,564	21,132	254	3,575	5,015	75,420
Ashe	272,742	166,423	555	2,702	163,166	23,209	200^c	3,287	5,015	62,781
Avery	158,125	114,418	28,233	1,111	85,074	23,858	N/A^d	891	N/A^d	15,630
Beaufort	528,704	323,964	3,397	168,499	152,068	33,923	239^a	6,180	4,266^a	150,213
Bertie	448,595	311,563	8,552	114,086	188,925	26,473	523^a	3,841	9,926^a	62,346
Bladen	562,509	416,315	32,849	93,134	290,332	30,482	296^c	5,088	5,189^c	97,741
Brunswick	550,714	407,162	8,717	191,497	206,948	18,740	267^b	2,447	6,156^b	88,129
Buncombe	421,971	266,786	52,736	285	213,765	6,131	791^b	18,785	16,508^b	513,858
Burke	322,848	235,508	46,817	10,321	178,370	8,091	5,561^b	18,385	124,398^b	412,916
Cabarrus	233,011	108,406	1,684	0	106,722	2,415	115^a	15,752	2,550^a	427,473
Caldwell	301,549	232,783	50,325	14,320	168,138	5,548	11,885	17,499	245,747	368,737
Camden	153,914	74,511	9,203	15,927	49,381	4,240	53	69	775	1,443
Carteret	336,365	157,678	49,236	41,262	67,180	9,713	696^a	1,864	10,591^a	30,941
Caswell	273,606	165,055	13,625	5,652	145,778	5,688	56	973	855	21,115
Catawba	253,222	115,396	1,286	945	113,165	2,112	17,072	41,776	394,567	1,019,180
Chatham	439,090	302,103	12,887	32,000	257,216	13,381	1,240	6,620	32,767	158,281
Cherokee	289,171	251,890	98,366	7,379	146,145	3,516	100^a	3,116	1,482^a	57,964
Chowan	116,192	53,678	401	11,555	41,722	6,130	182	1,383	3,580	30,407
Clay	136,902	103,253	58,775	681	43,797	813	N/A^d	244	N/A^d	3,339
Cleveland	299,642	138,801	668	6,032	132,101	4,777	428^b	14,964	8,340^b	420,436
Columbus	600,602	420,770	240	182,108	238,422	33,915	1,053^c	5,812	27,127^c	152,817
Craven	448,941	310,504	54,939	108,056	147,509	26,092	489^c	4,199	10,376^c	118,746
Cumberland	420,646	233,266	32,673	7,928	192,665	18,824	710	11,626	13,954	388,720
Currituck	163,578	63,038	12,392	4,902	45,744	2,721	21	63	596	1,060
Dare	250,106	142,212	126,494	0	15,718	1,882	N/A^d	347	N/A^d	6,715
Davidson	350,899	181,866	2,257	3,562	176,047	2,844	11,324	21,802	257,129	528,833
Davie	170,618	75,257	314	221	74,722	2,586	1,699	4,782	38,645	107,397
Duplin	524,301	291,037	7,766	39,600	243,671	17,892	260	7,265	4,484	143,807
Durham	186,538	89,242	15,079	235	73,928	1,680	485	37,336	15,885	1,954,647
Edgecombe	323,642	149,103	394	9,631	139,078	16,923	644^b	7,115	13,869^b	158,905
Forsyth	263,987	112,697	652	220	111,825	1,277	3,202	33,657	90,979	1,311,538
Franklin	316,403	191,027	203	8,596	182,228	17,585	807^b	2,042	18,873^b	54,892
Gaston	228,666	111,665	1,103	0	110,562	852	976	35,595	28,565	931,980
Gates	216,480	144,759	15,606	49,004	80,149	21,238	173	213	3,634	3,981
Graham	184,762	164,174	99,798	28	64,348	1,363	23^a	732	296^a	11,010
Granville	339,745	225,121	12,675	6,874	205,572	11,476	748^a	6,318	16,752^a	153,495
Greene	170,477	78,228	41	349	77,838	6,954	N/A^d	444	N/A^d	8,032
Guilford	416,493	164,815	5,252	0	159,563	4,221	10,795	57,667	267,050	1,925,593
Halifax	463,162	279,652	2,416	43,904	233,332	22,156	1,417^a	4,890	48,413^a	118,300
Harnett	384,710	221,237	8,279	7,683	205,275	12,678	962	5,692	20,699	130,180
Haywood	355,104	180,188	46,224	6,281	127,683	7,289	502^b	3,664	12,186^b	135,074
Henderson	239,610	150,188	18,412	2,094	129,682	1,730	1,188	8,083	34,913	252,852
Hertford	227,898	147,420	1,043	33,869	112,508	17,804	349	1,742	6,965	36,473
Hoke	250,342	162,933	86,739	4,152	72,042	9,651	34	3,516	616	71,945
Hyde	399,501	235,119	22,465	31,748	180,906	8,995	N/A^d	221	N/A^d	2,124
Iredell	367,437	161,551	198	1,619	159,734	5,358	3,650	18,380	86,188	476,828
Jackson	313,933	263,288	82,966	3,980	176,342	10,510	412^a	1,362	9,768^a	24,160
Johnston	509,062	239,997	417	2,315	237,265	23,504	513^b	7,805	11,155^b	205,468
Jones	300,806	221,076	61,433	75,247	84,396	16,478	44	205	776	2,432
Lee	165,939	108,109	208	7,432	100,469	6,444	747^b	12,215	17,069^b	288,279
Lenoir	257,485	125,530	755	11,756	113,019	12,712	226^b	8,719	3,640^b	225,697
Lincoln	190,886	90,826	132	680	90,014	3,457	1,959^b	7,448	44,266^b	178,341
Macon	330,611	269,638	140,332	522	128,784	4,097	230^a	1,226	5,530^a	25,494
Madison	288,838	211,293	52,021	412	158,860	3,908	12	1,012	201	20,215
Martin	294,886	175,218	763	62,948	111,507	14,515	172^b	5,194	3,517^b	157,490
McDowell	279,930	239,261	68,431	20,123	150,707	5,168	2,654^b	10,194	54,972^b	229,386
Mecklenburg	337,773	132,831	2,507	0	130,324	1,784	4,147	50,766	129,105	1,812,347
Mitchell	142,080	105,101	20,347	1,513	83,241	6,575	75^a	1,767	1,507^a	34,929
Montgomery	313,312	256,555	37,093	34,487	184,975	18,733	1,335^b	6,010	25,740^b	113,303
Moore	448,800	334,158	7,824	54,466	271,868	26,127	1,048^b	5,747	20,223^b	117,817
Nash	345,344	180,496	184	7,955	172,357	15,812	953^b	14,43	21,935^b	381,877
New Hanover	118,106	49,329	3,822	3,509	41,998	3,166	832	8,427	21,432	323,712
Northampton	344,525	211,383	698	29,224	181,461	17,019	465	1,025	12,693	25,117
Onslow	488,070	343,657	105,976	110,104	127,577	15,695	135	2,122	2,473	38,414
Orange	256,172	146,622	4,462	1,798	140,362	3,219	171^b	3,095	3,998^b	92,584
Pamlico	218,067	132,421	1,099	47,058	84,264	8,387	69	406	1,719	5,630
Pasquotank	145,920	49,813	4,139	3,666	42,008	6,175	596^c	1,242	11,266^c	23,392
Pender	559,885	459,450	62,568	232,742	164,140	25,134	95^b	963	1,811^b	18,270
Perquimans	157,696	76,070	661	22,730	52,679	10,297	22	170	296	2,131
Person	252,533	149,798	685	6,685	142,428	6,290	543	5,200	13,971	125,904
Pitt	420,173	208,306	476	21,966	185,864	13,894	1,044	11,094	40,580	319,410
Polk	152,512	118,359	5,489	12,926	99,944	2,804	70^b	982	1,202^b	20,368
Randolph	504,851	311,657	5,209	4,448	302,000	7,872	8,629	24,508	165,948	523,639
Richmond	305,402	237,353	32,258	40,028	165,067	11,408	604	6,004	13,051	119,626
Robeson	607,482	280,949	898	34,127	245,924	22,437	1,499^a	16,060	44,775^a	319,265
Rockingham	363,930	208,080	1,448	1,013	205,619	5,091	601^b	15,388	12,922^b	409,737
Rowan	332,173	150,498	748	616	149,134	4,673	1,255	14,394	29,567	399,396
Rutherford	363,277	267,970	598	28,842	238,530	7,287	1,126^b	12,933	25,076^b	304,983
Sampson	605,984	338,055	424	43,731	293,900	24,448	260^c	4,949	6,027^b	111,327
Scotland	204,371	123,144	22,619	10,548	89,977	3,862	944^b	8,749	19,424^b	235,357
Stanly	253,299	111,927	425	3,694	107,808	3,285	1,626^b	8,493	45,048^b	198,317
Stokes	289,305	183,554	339	865	182,350	4,549	161^a	1,688	3,011^a	38,026
Surry	345,178	189,185	877	578	187,730	4,763	1,411^b	16,718	27,417^b	311,908
Swain	336,627	101,754	50,392	119	51,243	2,433	93	416	1,299	5,701
Transylvania	242,099	203,070	78,038	0	125,032	2,084	N/A^d	2,957	N/A^d	111,308
Tyrrell	260,365	153,112	5,795	36,362	110,955	7,123	N/A^d	113	N/A^d	1,243
Union	409,139	178,026	1,587	2,298	174,141	7,605	1,130^b	13,913	24,117^b	333,449
Vance	159,226	102,275	9,322	3,417	89,536	10,272	670	5,735	13,265	115,542
Wake	537,133	246,464	15,821	2,012	228,631	20,941	1,597	28,243	43,725	902,762
Warren	273,344	195,445	1,008	33,321	161,116	20,727	559^b	1,262	9,457^b	22,365
Washington	212,243	87,254	1,422	41,366	44,466	10,850	138	307	3,323	5,770
Watauga	200,992	126,867	645	6,048	120,174	16,270	287	1,065	5,074	27,050
Wayne	354,368	144,623	1,340	3,247	140,036	14,890	1,030^b	7,564	26,880^b	176,776
Wilkes	481,414	341,422	10,229	23,620	307,573	9,631	1,842^b	9,360	43,868^b	189,699
Wilson	239,533	100,588	838	1,894	97,856	11,782	291^b	8,354	6,256^b	247,778
Yadkin	214,874	91,905	209	463	91,233	2,173	35^a	3,383	474^a	81,091
Yancey	200,704	157,117	35,111	1,962	120,044	4,936	100^a	1,653	1,694^a	36,072
Totals	31,228,220	18,710,381	2,002,663	2,420,378	14,287,340	1,075,230	145,092	862,290	3,533,334	23,928,007

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