Indiana

Ranking as one of the state’s top manufacturing industries, Indiana’s forest products industry is a vital component of the state’s economy. The industry employs 49,000 workers with an annual payroll of $1.3 billion. Indiana’s paper and wood manufacturing workforce represents 5.6 percent of the state’s total manufacturing workforce.

Approximately 20 percent of Indiana is forested. Credited to regeneration and planting programs, the net annual forest growth exceeds harvests by a substantial margin.

Indiana's Land Area (in thousands of acres)
Total Land Area: 22,957
Forests: 4,501
Forests as Percent of Total: 19.6%
Federal Lands: 510
National Forest System: 196

Timberland (in thousands of acres)
Government
    Federal: 373
    State: 238
    County & Municipal: 13
Forest Industry: 17
Other Private Nonindustrial: 3,701
Total Timberland: 4,342

Federal Land Set-Asides (in thousands of acres)
National Parks: 15
Reserved National Forests: 13
Fish & Wildlife Service: 12
Total: 40

Recycled Paper Consumption (in thousands of short tons): 971

Tree Planting (acres)
Federal: 18
State, County and Municipal: 50
Farmer & Other Private.1,990
Total: 2,158

Value of Industry Shipments (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $3,167,438
Paper Manufacturing: $2,765,357

Capital Expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $71,747
Paper Manufacturing: $91,726

Annual Production
Softwood Lumber (million board feet): 1
Hardwood Lumber (million board feet): 412
Paper & Paperboard (thousands of short tons): 692*
*also includes Illinois’ production

Timberland Ownership
Government: 14%
Forest Industry: 1%
Other Private Nonindustrial: 85%

Indiana’s total softwood and hardwood inventory has more than doubled since 1953 despite increasing production of wood and paper products.

Employment
Forestry: 446
Lumber & Wood Products (includes logging): 33,091
Paper & Allied Products: 15,321