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DeSoto County Forest Products Profile

Acreage

Total Acres in the County: 329,800
Acres of Forest: 111,400
Percent of Forest: 33.8

Forest Type	Acres (Thousands)	Percent
Pine	4.2	3.8
Hardwood	98.8	88.7
Pine/Hardwood	8.5	7.6

Forest Ownership Profile

Owner	Acres (Thousands)	Percent
Government	11.9	10.7
Private	99.6	89.3

Harvested Timber Volumes

	Sawlogs, MBF, Doyle		Pulpwood, Cords
Year	Pine	Hardwood	Pine	Hardwood
2007	727	1,442	7,680	612

Industry	# of Establishmetns
Other Mills	8
Pole Mills	1

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