Kansas

Ranking as one of the state’s top manufacturing industries, Kansas’ forest products industry is a vital component of the state’s economy. The industry employs 11,000 workers with an annual payroll of $273 million. Kansas’ paper and wood manufacturing workforce represents 3.3 percent of the state’s total manufacturing workforce.

Approximately 3 percent of Kansas is forested. Credited to regeneration and planting programs, the net annual forest growth exceeds harvests by a substantial margin.

Kansas’ Land Area (in thousands of acres)
Total Land Area: 52,367
Forests: 1,545
Forests as Percent of Total: 3%
Federal Lands: 665
National Forest System: 108

Timberland (in thousands of acres)
Government
    Federal: 53
    State: 32
    County & Municipal: 8
Other Private Nonindustrial: 1,399
Total Timberland: 1,492

Federal Land Set-Asides (in thousands of acres)
National Parks: 12
Fish & Wildlife Service: 59
Total: 71

Recycled Paper Consumption (in thousands of short tons): 211
also includes Missouri’s recycled paper consumption

Tree Planting (acres)
Federal: 8
State, County and Municipal: 56
Forest Industry: 1
Farmer & Other Private: 1,470
Total: 1,535

Value of Industry Shipments (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $379,400
Paper Manufacturing: $544,885

Capital Expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $7,519
Paper Manufacturing: $23,010

Annual Production
Hardwood Lumber (million board feet): 12
Paper & Paperboard (thousands of short tons): 3,178*
*includes entire west North Central Region

Timberland Ownership
Government: 6%
Other Private Nonindustrial: 94%

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

Employment
Forestry: 45
Lumber & Wood Products (includes logging): 5,995
Paper & Allied Products: 5,222