Ohio

Ranking as one of the state’s top manufacturing industries, Ohio’s forest products industry is a vital component of the state’s economy. The industry employs 72,000 workers with an annual payroll of $2.2 billion. Ohio’s paper and wood manufacturing workforce represents 5.1 percent of the state’s total manufacturing workforce.

Approximately 30 percent of Ohio is forested. Credited to regeneration and planting programs, the net annual forest growth exceeds harvests by a substantial margin.

Ohio’s Land Area (in thousands of acres)
Total Land Area: 26,210
Forests: 7,855
Forests as Percent of Total.30%
Federal Lands: 397
National Forest System: 230

Timberland (in thousands of acres)
Government
    Federal: 220
    State: 227
    County & Municipal: 84
Forest Industry: 174
Other Private Nonindustrial: 6,862
Total Timberland: 7,567

Federal Land Set-Asides (in thousands of acres)
National Parks: 34
Fish & Wildlife Service: 8
Total: 42

Recycled Paper Consumption (in thousands of short tons): 1,705

Tree Planting (acres)
Federal: 97
State, County and Municipal: 31
Forest Industry: 1,106
Farmer & Other Private: 2,571
Total: 3,805

Value of Industry Shipments (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $2,385,614
Paper Manufacturing: $6,844,433

Capital Expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $96,405
Paper Manufacturing: $381,964

Annual Production
Softwood Lumber (million board feet): 2
Hardwood Lumber (million board feet): 385
Paper (thousands of short tons): 1,136
Paperboard (thousands of short tons): 1,331

Timberland Ownership
Government: 7%
Forest Industry: 2%
Other Private Nonindustrial: 91%

Ohio’s total softwood and hardwood inventory has increased substantially since 1953 despite increasing production of wood and paper products.

Employment
Forestry: 1,112
Lumber & Wood Products (includes logging): 34,046
Paper & Allied Products: 36,521