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Benton County Forest Products Profile

Acreage

Total Acres in the County: 258,600
Acres of Forest: 198,500
Percent of Forest: 76.8

Forest Type	Acres (Thousands)	Percent
Pine	46.2	23.3
Hardwood	111.3	56.19
Pine/Hardwood	41.1	20.7

Forest Ownership Profile

Owner	Acres (Thousands)	Percent
Government	50.3	25.3
Private	148.3	74.7

Harvested Timber Volumes

	Sawlogs, MBF, Doyle		Pulpwood, Cords
Year	Pine	Hardwood	Pine	Hardwood
2007	4,805	1,030	20,426	12,840

Industry	# of Establishmetns
Hardwood Mills	1

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