Deforestation statistics for United States

United States: Demographic data

Population (2022)	331,002,651
Annual population growth rate (2022)	0.60%
Population density (people/sq km)	36
Net migration	954,806
Fertility rate	1.8
Median age	38
Urban population share	83%

United States: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 9,147,420

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 279,377,871
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 30.50%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 42,235,290
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 15.10%

Tropical primary forest
Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 199,885
Primary forest extent as % of land area: 0.00%
Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 0.10%

Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 1,390
Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 0.70%

Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 198,495
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 0.00%
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 0%

United States: Annual forest and tree cover data

United States: Tropical primary forest loss by year All figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2002: 13
2003: 9
2004: 32
2005: 11
2006: 20
2007: 38
2008: 33
2009: 40
2010: 29
2011: 43
2012: 96
2013: 86
2014: 163
2015: 266
2016: 285
2017: 26
2018: 88
2019: 74
2020: 40

United States: Tree cover loss by year 30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2001: 1,943,326
2002: 2,038,444
2003: 1,649,390
2004: 2,746,270
2005: 2,691,558
2006: 2,605,868
2007: 2,435,137
2008: 2,213,731
2009: 1,608,987
2010: 2,167,672
2011: 1,663,698
2012: 1,964,101
2013: 1,736,452
2014: 1,736,533
2015: 2,289,661
2016: 2,264,076
2017: 2,311,367
2018: 2,092,367
2019: 2,109,928
2020: 1,966,724

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 1)

Sub-national admin area 1	Tree cover extent (2001) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Alabama	9,097,763	805,354	804,925	727,695	706,580	3,044,554	33.5%
Florida	7,424,735	514,835	508,850	436,895	492,060	1,952,639	26.3%
Georgia	9,893,279	812,343	854,466	828,524	813,317	3,308,650	33.4%
Hawaii	659,496	3,538	3,025	4,504	7,126	18,193	2.8%
Idaho	7,251,041	251,167	396,878	314,202	326,025	1,288,272	17.8%
Illinois	2,203,741	3,658	4,081	6,534	8,969	23,243	1.1%
Indiana	2,120,555	3,531	5,761	8,451	11,897	29,641	1.4%
Iowa	1,181,709	984	1,360	3,300	5,126	10,770	0.9%
Kansas	893,151	2,746	2,808	4,582	4,400	14,536	1.6%
Kentucky	5,441,915	59,355	76,928	50,689	64,216	251,188	4.6%
Louisiana	6,310,747	528,462	542,738	437,544	384,420	1,893,164	30.0%
Alaska	50,000,791	1,931,906	1,475,163	1,159,115	1,073,189	5,639,373	11.3%
Maine	7,257,541	220,553	233,147	206,531	301,214	961,445	13.2%
Maryland	1,238,908	18,263	15,839	10,181	14,612	58,895	4.8%
Massachusetts	1,565,836	10,726	10,947	9,746	21,034	52,453	3.3%
Michigan	8,668,931	107,472	140,176	134,651	180,390	562,690	6.5%
Minnesota	8,038,473	133,843	168,491	181,430	177,804	661,568	8.2%
Mississippi	7,738,298	634,871	622,461	553,659	561,537	2,372,528	30.7%
Missouri	6,744,776	72,215	109,555	65,558	73,308	320,637	4.8%
Montana	7,407,747	494,009	352,954	154,195	298,622	1,299,779	17.5%
Nebraska	328,269	2,449	1,816	6,701	2,679	13,645	4.2%
Nevada	652,650	6,911	5,749	8,749	13,830	35,239	5.4%
Arizona	1,808,869	86,091	27,406	65,632	53,756	232,885	12.9%
New Hampshire	2,091,353	31,038	39,777	33,359	48,170	152,343	7.3%
New Jersey	1,120,297	7,855	9,391	5,792	12,257	35,296	3.2%
New Mexico	2,364,105	49,660	32,790	79,994	26,228	188,672	8.0%
New York	8,486,301	31,068	31,733	32,722	59,860	155,383	1.8%
North Carolina	8,063,245	450,461	465,245	448,659	487,206	1,851,571	23.0%
North Dakota	401,184	2,703	2,436	1,040	82	6,261	1.6%
Ohio	3,554,456	29,089	37,847	32,288	36,435	135,659	3.8%
Oklahoma	3,432,388	113,555	120,573	99,358	85,926	419,412	12.2%
Oregon	9,721,301	562,634	388,857	382,649	669,601	2,003,741	20.6%
Pennsylvania	7,527,016	47,266	69,868	54,784	67,098	239,017	3.2%
Arkansas	7,696,080	507,330	535,401	411,273	399,565	1,853,569	24.1%
Rhode Island	191,227	1,235	1,424	767	5,768	9,195	4.8%
South Carolina	5,259,858	435,739	432,105	405,004	451,034	1,723,882	32.8%
South Dakota	505,273	26,948	22,282	57,206	44,552	150,987	29.9%
Tennessee	6,210,528	182,078	179,266	124,163	138,785	624,291	10.1%
Texas	8,361,271	512,421	536,565	492,046	364,690	1,905,722	22.8%
Utah	2,022,737	56,694	32,400	35,202	71,879	196,175	9.7%
Vermont	1,986,548	10,307	14,064	11,572	16,926	52,869	2.7%
Virginia	6,958,846	269,807	317,384	285,309	301,381	1,173,882	16.9%
Washington	8,712,861	405,801	416,500	375,614	484,995	1,682,910	19.3%
West Virginia	5,153,934	40,696	58,580	53,892	75,376	228,545	4.4%
California	9,842,706	295,927	587,162	339,980	967,966	2,191,034	22.3%
Wisconsin	7,174,480	78,587	101,257	87,920	135,077	402,841	5.6%
Wyoming	2,659,189	95,390	99,238	78,342	72,563	345,533	13.0%
Colorado	4,775,318	110,030	125,291	76,258	113,319	424,898	8.9%
Connecticut	1,002,004	4,880	4,861	3,426	7,887	21,054	2.1%
Delaware	169,125	4,451	3,503	2,708	3,667	14,330	8.5%
District of Columbia	3,776	7	23	16	13	59	1.6%

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Admin area 2	Tree cover extent (2000) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Hawaii	Hawaii	106,762	30	100	430	326	886	0.8%
Hawaii	Honolulu	30,391	11	21	129	86	247	0.8%
Hawaii	Kalawao	2,322	1	1	4	0	6	0.2%
Hawaii	Kauai	26,375	12	17	36	49	115	0.4%
Hawaii	Maui	34,034	11	21	54	52	138	0.4%

Primary forest loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Primary forest extent (2000) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-05) ha	Primary forest loss (2006-10) ha	Primary forest loss (2011-15) ha	Primary forest loss (2016-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) %
Hawaii	199,884	64	160	653	514	1,390	0.7%

Primary forest loss by year at the subnational area (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Admin area 2	Primary forest extent (2001) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-05) ha	Primary forest loss (2006-10) ha	Primary forest loss (2011-15) ha	Primary forest loss (2016-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) %
Hawaii	Hawaii	106,762	30	100	430	326	886	0.8%
Hawaii	Honolulu	30,391	11	21	129	86	247	0.8%
Hawaii	Kalawao	2,322	1	1	4	0	6	0.2%
Hawaii	Kauai	26,375	12	17	36	49	115	0.4%
Hawaii	Maui	34,034	11	21	54	52	138	0.4%

2019 forest data for United States | Archived forest data for United States | Forest data for United States

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

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