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George County Forest Products Profile

Acreage

Total Acres in the County: 301,000
Acres of Forest: 220,800
Percent of Forest: 73.4

Forest Type	Acres (Thousands)	Percent
Pine	55.1	25
Hardwood	118.1	53.5
Pine/Hardwood	27.2	12.3

Forest Ownership Profile

Owner	Acres (Thousands)	Percent
Government	40.4	18.3
Private	180.5	81.7

Harvested Timber Volumes

	Sawlogs, MBF, Doyle		Pulpwood, Cords
Year	Pine	Hardwood	Pine	Hardwood
2007	17,582	3,393	146,360	22,597

Industry	# of Establishmetns
Other Mills	3
Pole Mills	1
Hardwood Mills	1

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