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Amite County Forest Products Profile

Acreage

Total Acres in the County: 479,200
Acres of Forest: 383,800
Percent of Forest: 80.1

Forest Type	Acres (Thousands)	Percent
Pine	234.5	61.1
Hardwood	99.1	2.6
Pine/Hardwood	51	13.3

Forest Ownership Profile

Owner	Acres (Thousands)	Percent
Government	64.4	16.7
Private	320.1	83.3

Value of Harvested Timber in County by Year(in Millions)

Year	Standing*	Delivered**	Rank***
2007	17.2	30

Harvested Timber Volumes

	Sawlogs, MBF, Doyle		Pulpwood, Cords
Year	Pine	Hardwood	Pine	Hardwood
2007	34,972	45,83	134,555	406,63

Industry	# of Establishmetns
Other Mills	2
Pole Mills	1
Softwood Mills	2

Statistics derived from the Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory and US Census