Hawaii

Ranking as one of the state’s top manufacturing industries, Hawaii’s forest products industry is a vital component of the state’s economy. The industry employs 1,000 workers with an annual payroll of $19 million. Hawaii’s paper and wood manufacturing workforce represents one percent of the state’s total manufacturing workforce.

Approximately 42 percent of Hawaii is forested.

Hawaii’s Land Area (in thousands of acres)
Total Land Area: 4,111
Forests: 1,748
Forests as Percent of Total: 42.5%
Federal Lands: 605
National Forest System: <1

Timberland (in thousands of acres)
Government
    State: 336
    County & Municipal: 2
Other Private Nonindustrial: 362
Total Timberland: 700

Federal Land Set-Asides (in thousands of acres)
National Parks: 252
Fish & Wildlife Service: 295
Total: 547

Tree Planting (acres)
State, County & Municipal: 42
Farmer & Other Private: 983
Total: 1,025

Value of Industry Shipments (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: *
Paper Manufacturing: $26,466
*withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual company

Capital Expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: *
Paper Manufacturing: $334
*withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual company

Annual Production
Hardwood Lumber (thousand board feet): <500

Timberland Ownership
Government: 48%
Other Private Nonindustrial: 52%

Hawaii’s total softwood and hardwood inventory has increased 25 percent since 1953 despite increasing production of wood and paper products.

Employment
Forestry: 92
Lumber & Wood Products (includes logging): 671
Paper & Allied Products: 190