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Newton County Forest Products Profile

Acreage

Total Acres in the County: 400,900
Acres of Forest: 311,700
Percent of Forest: 77.8

Forest Type	Acres (Thousands)	Percent
Pine	144.9	46.5
Hardwood	134.8	43.2
Pine/Hardwood	30.7	9.8

Forest Ownership Profile

Owner	Acres (Thousands)	Percent
Government	11.2	3.6
Private	300.6	96.4

Harvested Timber Volumes

	Sawlogs, MBF, Doyle		Pulpwood, Cords
Year	Pine	Hardwood	Pine	Hardwood
2007	28,119	3070	37,999	35,840

Industry	# of Establishmetns
Census	2
Other Mills	2
Pole Mills	1
Hardwood Mills	2

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