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Perry County Forest Products Profile

Acreage

Total Acres in the County: 401,300
Acres of Forest: 336,800
Percent of Forest: 83.9



Forest Type

Acres (Thousands)

Percent

Pine

132.5

39.3

Hardwood

80

23.8

Pine/Hardwood

48.7

14.5



Forest Ownership Profile

Owner

Acres (Thousands)

Percent

Government

166.6

49.4

Private

170.4

49.6



Harvested Timber Volumes
Sawlogs, MBF, Doyle
Pulpwood, Cords

Year

Pine

Hardwood

Pine

Hardwood

2007

11,597

1,998

71,740

5,062



Industry

# of Establishmetns

Other Mills

 3

Pole Mills

 2

Softwood Mills

2

Plywood Mills

 1

Pulp Mills

 1

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