Forest cover by state and territory in the United States explained

In the United States, the forest cover by state and territory is estimated from tree-attributes using the basic statistics reported by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Forest Service.^[1] Tree volumes and weights are not directly measured in the field, but computed from other variables that can be measured.^{[2] [3]}

This is only the total amount of timberland. Actual forest cover for each state may be significantly higher.^{[4] [5]}

List by state, district, or territory

Rank	State, district or territory	Percent forest (2016)
		89.46%
		84.32%
		80.84%
	Northern Mariana Islands	80.37%
		79.01%
		77.811%
		70.57%
		68.19%
		67.28%
		65.07%
		62.93%
		62.88%
		60.57%
		59.73%
		58.60%
		57.16%
		56.31%
		55.62%
		55.62%
		55.24%
		54.38%
		53.20%
		52.83%
		52.82%
		52.74%
		50.68%
		49.35%
		48.98%
			48.51%
		42.53%
		41.72%
		40.55%
		39.36%
		37.33%
		35.16%
		35.16%
		34.48%
		34.42%
		34.08%
		33.90%^[6]
		32.71%
		31.99%
		30.92%
		28.80%
		27.45%
		27.26%
		25.64%
		21.06%
		18.42%
		15.89%
		13.64%
		8.43%
		4.78%
		3.93%
		3.20%
		1.72%
—	U.S. Minor Outlying Islands	No data

List by region

Rank	Region	Percent forest (2016)
		56.74%
		50.13%
		37.52%
		30.04%
		28.14%
—	Total	36.21%

See also

• Forests of the United States
• Forest cover by province or territory in Canada
• Forest cover by federal subject in Russia
• Forest cover by state or territory in Australia
• Forest cover by state in India

Further reading

• US Department of Agriculture. US Forest Resource Facts and HIstorical Trends. 2012. 64 p.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Forest Inventory and Analysis Fiscal Year 2016 Business Report . 25 July 2022 . United States Department of Agriculture.
2. Web site: FIA Volume Calculations. fs.fed.us. 21 April 2018. 21 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201121081721/https://www.fia.fs.fed.us/library/sampling/docs/supplement3_121704.pdf. dead.
3. Bechtold . William A. . Patterson . Paul L. . William A . Paul L . Bechtold . Patterson . The enhanced forest inventory and analysis program - national sampling design and estimation procedures . Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-80. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 85 p. . 25 July 2022 . en . 10.2737/SRS-GTR-80 . 2005. 2027/umn.31951d02988399b . free .
4. Web site: United States Map: Percent of Area with Forest, 2002 The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis . fedgazette . https://web.archive.org/web/20090107152841/http://www.minneapolisfed.org/Research/data/specmap/us02-11.cfm . January 7, 2009.
5. Web site: Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program - FIA Library. www.fia.fs.fed.us. 21 April 2018. 11 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201111213513/https://www.fia.fs.fed.us/library/maps/. dead.
6. Nowak . David J. . Greenfield . Eric J. . Declining urban and community tree cover in the United States . Urban Forestry & Urban Greening . 1 May 2018 . 32 . 32–55 . 10.1016/j.ufug.2018.03.006 . 25 July 2022 . en . 1618-8667. free .