County	Acres of Timberland ¹	% Timberland	Stumpage ² Value	Delivered ³ Value	Rank ⁴
Alamance	133,383	49%	$3,667,444	$6,854,982	61
Alexander	105,528	63%	$2,880,217	$5,621,127	65
Alleghany	70,079	47%	$4,318,545	$8,238,913	54
Anson	211,328	62%	$15,779,008	$27,971,138	8
Ashe	175,938	65%	$8,100,243	$14,878,027	27
Avery	126,960	80%	$3,360,816	$5,702,807	64
Beaufort	344,399	65%	$21,630,263	$39,752,195	2
Bertie	320,934	72%	$13,620,290	$30,701,356	6
Bladen	404,729	72%	$18,520,345	$36,894,508	4
Brunswick	416,696	77%	$16,500,230	$32,458,671	5
Buncombe	221,664	53%	$3,897,799	$7,564,303	57
Burke	236,442	73%	$6,150,894	$12,441,817	36
Cabarrus	92,407	40%	$2,134,386	$4,131,636	76
Caldwell	239,548	79%	$3,799,576	$6,976,883	60
Camden	73,558	48%	$878,491	$2,400,940	87
Carteret	169,536	52%	$4,978,804	$8,435,624	52
Caswell	192,952	71%	$3,299,911	$8,698,003	49
Catawba	84,497	33%	$1,777,158	$3,873,228	79
Chatham	274,053	63%	$7,530,292	$14,323,446	28
Cherokee	258,893	89%	$1,857,931	$4,061,003	78
Chowan	51,649	47%	$2,504,414	$5,319,918	67
Clay	87,652	64%	$1,084,546	$2,742,476	85
Cleveland	132,485	45%	$2,096,345	$5,388,527	66
Columbus	371,859	62%	$18,142,304	$39,420,245	3
Craven	271,238	60%	$23,842,608	$41,522,312	1
Cumberland	234,361	56%	$6,266,777	$12,300,006	37
Currituck	40,822	24%	$97,691	$277,568	98
Dare	52,745	21%	$8,561	$26,016	99
Davidson	189,711	54%	$7,408,931	$14,176,871	30
Davie	85,785	51%	$2,590,196	$5,224,499	68
Duplin	264,647	51%	$4,535,885	$8,621,892	50
Durham	94,529	52%	$290,302	$522,137	96
Edgecombe	172,697	53%	$5,060,514	$12,912,248	35
Forsyth	111,846	43%	$1,557,956	$3,296,006	81
Franklin	201,180	64%	$9,493,922	$20,980,867	21
Gaston	100,699	44%	$658,553	$1,527,948	92
Gates	119,700	55%	$4,219,256	$9,316,884	46
Graham	147,998	79%	$528,971	$1,271,521	94
Granville	228,150	67%	$7,509,344	$15,920,488	26
Greene	56,361	33%	$2,545,435	$5,054,379	71
Guilford	178,048	43%	$5,434,130	$10,600,959	43
Halifax	289,523	62%	$10,231,912	$24,272,893	14
Harnett	217,539	57%	$7,838,516	$14,115,599	31
Haywood	206,850	58%	$3,404,962	$7,128,743	59
Henderson	163,514	68%	$2,173,538	$4,170,780	75
Hertford	159,998	71%	$5,880,686	$12,203,620	38
Hoke	173,299	69%	$1,991,590	$4,200,316	74
Hyde	198,841	51%	$945,755	$1,858,065	89
Iredell	119,779	33%	$3,731,741	$7,846,645	55
Jackson	259,998	83%	$2,460,221	$4,756,847	72
Johnston	232,491	46%	$8,543,687	$19,411,218	22
Jones	221,319	73%	$11,769,934	$21,471,133	19
Lee	97,168	60%	$3,806,073	$7,265,524	58
Lenoir	135,109	53%	$5,367,532	$9,838,422	45
Lincoln	78,746	41%	$1,567,301	$3,199,873	83
Macon	232,984	71%	$813,694	$2,216,479	88
Madison	266,532	93%	$645,044	$1,012,928	95
Martin	223,581	76%	$13,291,177	$24,978,714	11
McDowell	221,102	78%	$5,809,468	$11,189,477	41
Mecklenburg	92,652	28%	$544,776	$1,609,701	91
Mitchell	98,061	69%	$2,052,956	$3,525,897	80
Montgomery	241,187	77%	$14,434,639	$25,234,029	10
Moore	316,848	71%	$15,385,646	$27,853,069	9
Nash	184,011	53%	$10,471,084	$23,000,927	16
New Hanover	36,093	29%	$1,306,653	$2,439,384	86
Northampton	238,287	69%	$10,826,420	$24,793,582	12
Onslow	348,293	71%	$7,227,577	$14,061,559	32
Orange	135,605	53%	$1,690,150	$3,219,228	82
Pamlico	151,568	70%	$6,665,203	$11,684,890	40
Pasquotank	28,525	20%	$2,044,962	$5,129,745	69
Pender	424,554	76%	$11,555,089	$22,508,103	17
Perquimans	72,314	46%	$1,599,396	$4,426,847	73
Person	140,325	56%	$3,101,102	$9,284,489	47
Pitt	159,992	38%	$9,612,868	$18,522,554	24
Polk	100,259	66%	$1,724,410	$4,099,655	77
Randolph	286,715	57%	$4,641,560	$9,118,374	48
Richmond	246,904	81%	$11,717,759	$21,127,333	20
Robeson	335,571	55%	$10,616,289	$23,907,600	15
Rockingham	250,529	69%	$6,157,469	$12,948,560	34
Rowan	137,662	42%	$5,779,337	$11,687,600	39
Rutherford	212,696	59%	$7,490,361	$18,575,253	23
Sampson	256,306	42%	$11,741,893	$29,622,072	7
Scotland	139,403	68%	$7,353,103	$14,180,629	29
Stanly	116,089	46%	$3,382,746	$6,378,845	62
Stokes	205,491	72%	$4,285,823	$8,541,777	51
Surry	200,118	59%	$5,123,099	$10,170,106	44
Swain	86,524	26%	$181,973	$459,034	97
Transylvania	219,376	91%	$0	$0	100
Tyrrell	102,474	41%	$821,794	$1,648,018	90
Union	155,604	38%	$2,269,942	$5,091,623	70
Vance	105,468	65%	$3,482,899	$7,588,621	56
Wake	150,669	28%	$8,807,838	$17,337,135	25
Warren	216,825	79%	$10,484,472	$24,330,995	13
Washington	98,255	44%	$5,513,676	$10,706,883	42
Watauga	122,639	61%	$3,548,523	$6,377,473	63
Wayne	164,310	46%	$4,299,381	$8,321,150	53
Wilkes	342,831	71%	$11,227,764	$22,313,878	18
Wilson	83,133	35%	$5,504,333	$13,203,845	33
Yadkin	81,187	38%	$1,461,179	$3,154,813	84
Yancey	151,299	76%	$844,215	$1,495,614	93
State Total	18,082,711	58%	$577,812,479	$1,169,222,539	-

¹Timberland = forest land capable of producing in excess of 20 cubic feet per acre per year of industrial wood in natural stands ↲

²Stumpage = price paid to landowners for standing timber ↲

³Delivered = price paid to timber buyers upon delivery of timber to the mill ↲

⁴Ranking is highest (1) to lowest (100) based on counties’ delivered income values ↲

Data sources: US Forest Service, Evalidator Version 1.8.0.01 Forest Inventory and Analysis Data (01/14/2020), 2018 Timber Products Output Survey, and 2019 Timber Mart South, Vol. 43

North Carolina Facts

Wood delivered to mills represents about $1,169 million in 2019, up $219.1 million (23.1%) from 2018.
Forestry, primary and secondary wood products manufacturing contributed $33.6 billion to NC’s 2018 economy, 150,000 jobs, and a payroll of $8.3 billion ^a.

2018 Harvest Utilization ^b

(million cubic feet)
Sawlogs	357
Pulpwood	268
Veneer logs	32
Composites ( other industrial, bioenergy)	175

Sources:

^a Economic contribution of the forest sector in North Carolina, 2018 ↲

^b 2018 USFS Timber Products Output Survey ↲

Pie Chart. Private 86%, National Forest 6%, State and local 6%, Other2%

2019 Area of Timberland by Ownership

Non0forest land 40%, Unreserved forestland (timberland) 58%, Reserved forest 2%

2019 Forested Area of North Carolina

Prepared by

Rajan Parajuli, Ph.D.

Extension Specialist

Robert Bardon, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Extension,

Department Extension Leader

Extension Forestry

Campus Box 8008

NC State University

Raleigh, NC 27695-8008

919-513-2579

Authors

Rajan Parajuli: Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Forest Economics
Forestry & Environmental Resources

Robert Bardon: Associate Dean for Extension, Professor
Forestry & Environmental Resources

Publication date: Jan. 14, 2021
Reviewed/Revised: Jan. 8, 2026

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