Virginia
Ranking as one of the state’s top manufacturing industries, Virginia’s forest products industry is a vital component of the state’s economy. The industry employs 50,000 workers with an annual payroll of $1.5 billion. Virginia’s paper and wood manufacturing workforce represents 9.5 percent of the state’s total manufacturing workforce.
Approximately 63 percent of Virginia is forested. Credited to regeneration and planting programs, the net annual forest growth exceeds harvests by 44 percent.
Virginia's Land Area (in thousands of acres)
Total Land Area: 25,430
Forests: 16,047
Forests as Percent of Total: 63.1%
Federal Lands: 2,299
National Forest System: 1,660
Timberland (in thousands of acres)
Government
Federal: 1,586
State: 211
County & Municipal: 83
Forestry Industry: 1,537
Other Private Nonindustrial: 11,927
Total Timberland: 15,344
Federal Land Set-Asides (in thousands of acres)
National Parks: 352
Reserved National Forest: 281
Fish & Wildlife Service: 130
Total: 763
Recycled Paper Consumption (in thousands of short tons): 2,450
also includes North Carolina and West Virginia’s recycled paper consumption
Tree Planting (acres)
Federal: 372
State, County & Municipal: 137
Forest Industry: 29,739
Farmer & Other Private: 71,126
Total: 101,374
Value of Industry Shipments (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $2,774,487
Paper Manufacturing: $4,212,214
Capital Expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $133,805
Paper Manufacturing: $352,903
Annual Production
Softwood Lumber (million board feet): 674
Hardwood Lumber (million board feet): 769
Structural Panels (million square feet): 1,100
Paper & Paperboard (in thousands of short tons): 4,776
*includes Maryland’s and Delaware’s production
Timberland Ownership
Government: 12%
Forest Industry: 10%
Other Private Nonindustrial: 78%
Virginia’s total softwood and hardwood inventory has increased 54 percent since 1953 despite increasing production of wood and paper products.
Employment
Forestry: 1,433
Lumber & Wood Products (includes logging): 30,822
Paper & Allied Products: 18,086
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