Oregon

Ranking as one of the state’s top manufacturing industries, Oregon’s forest products industry is a vital component of the state’s economy. The industry employs 71,000 workers with an annual payroll of $2.2 billion.  Oregon’s paper and wood manufacturing workforce represents 21.6 percent of the state’s total manufacturing workforce.

Approximately 48 percent of Oregon is forested. Credited to regeneration and planting programs, the net annual forest growth exceeds harvests by a substantial margin.

Oregon's Land Area (in thousands of acres)
Total Land Area: 61,444
Forests: 29,720
Forests as Percent of Total: 48.4%
Federal Lands: 32,431
National Forest System: 15,658

Timberland (in thousands of acres)
Government
    Federal: 14,217
    State: 815
    County & Municipal: 91
Forestry Industry: 5,012
Other Private Nonindustrial: 3,613
Total Timberland: 23,748

Federal Land Set-Asides (in thousands of acres)
National Parks: 197
Reserved National Forest: 3,030
Fish & Wildlife Service: 597
Bureau of Land Management: 3,679
Total: 7,503

Recycled Paper Consumption (in thousands of short tons): 1,910

Tree Planting (acres)
Federal: 56,358
State, County & Municipal: 3,266
Forest Industry: 77,389
Farmer & Other Private: 20,708
Total: 157,721

Value of Industry Shipments (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $8,432,222
Paper Manufacturing: $2,664,944

Capital Expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $255,755
Paper Manufacturing: $116,866

Annual Production
Softwood Lumber (million board feet): 6,314
Hardwood Lumber (million board feet): 135
Structural Panels (million square feet): 3,510
Paper (in thousands of short tons): 1,577
Paperboard (in thousands of short tons): 2,338

Timberland Ownership
Government: 64%
Forest Industry: 21%
Other Private Nonindustrial: 15%

Oregon’s total softwood and hardwood inventory has increased 5 percent since 1977 despite increasing production of wood and paper products.

Employment
Forestry: 7,033
Lumber & Wood Products (includes logging): 55,897
Paper & Allied Products: 8,430