Deforestation statistics for United States

Tree cover loss data for United States

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% tree cover loss since 2000	Avg tree cover loss/year (ha)	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
10	948475616	315372830	33.30%	302533961	31.90%	285631867	30.10%	39474502	12.50%	2193028	2257241	2112762
15	948475616	303416335	32.00%	292164754	30.80%	275473565	29.00%	39165295	12.90%	2175850	2247411	2086399
20	948475616	294256260	31.00%	283582832	29.90%	267127945	28.20%	38825687	13.20%	2156983	2237080	2056861
25	948475616	287413567	30.30%	280191938	29.50%	263924406	27.80%	38546454	13.40%	2141470	2227892	2033442
30	948475616	279745903	29.50%	272326407	28.70%	256251052	27.00%	38197067	13.70%	2122059	2212171	2009419
50	948475616	244901893	25.80%	227879594	24.00%	213158201	22.50%	35297209	14.40%	1960956	2057582	1840174
75	948475616	198575077	20.90%	180221629	19.00%	167471127	17.70%	30476427	15.30%	1693135	1772593	1593813

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for United States

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Biomass loss 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg biomass loss/year (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year (Mt)
10	948475616	315372830	302533961	70344065184	5851345015	325074723	10727465919	595970329
15	948475616	303416335	292164754	69547944112	5838097864	324338770	10703179507	594621084
20	948475616	294256260	283582832	68747419071	5819761248	323320069	10669562198	592753455
25	948475616	287413567	280191938	68032638528	5800789588	322266088	10634780958	590821164
30	948475616	279745903	272326407	67349279638	5780388042	321132669	10597378022	588743223
50	948475616	244901893	227879594	63499871017	5582375232	310131957	10234354454	568575247
75	948475616	198575077	180221629	57086400998	5160363243	286686847	9460665943	525592552

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in United States

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% cover in 2018	Loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% loss since 2000	Avg loss/year since 2000 (ha)	Loss 2001-2010 (ha)	loss between 2000-2010	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Loss 2011-2018 (ha)	loss between 2011-2018	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
Alabama	13386316	9112097	8741013	7548356	56%	2804855	31%	155,825	1612198	18%	161,220	1192657	14%	149,082
Alaska	150872104	50021611	54712423	53087074	35%	5033150	10%	279,619	3407801	7%	340,780	1625349	3%	203,169
Arizona	29551303	1810351	1076214	986668	3%	203192	11%	11,288	113646	6%	11,365	89546	8%	11,193
Arkansas	13792648	7709348	7166523	6489021	47%	1721383	22%	95,632	1043881	14%	104,388	677502	9%	84,688
California	40993852	9851870	10586364	9724900	24%	1745180	18%	96,954	883716	9%	88,372	861464	8%	107,683
Colorado	26999422	4779929	4042389	3917114	15%	360793	8%	20,044	235518	5%	23,552	125275	3%	15,659
Connecticut	1292657	1003864	974991	966254	75%	18491	2%	1,027	9754	1%	975	8737	1%	1,092
Delaware	530908	169365	169124	164211	31%	12875	8%	715	7962	5%	796	4913	3%	614
District of Columbia	16709	3805	2990	2965	18%	55	1%	3	30	1%	3	25	1%	3
Florida	14784376	7436737	7210114	6450162	44%	1784517	24%	99,140	1024565	14%	102,457	759952	11%	94,994
Georgia	15272184	9911322	9348284	7974470	52%	3042552	31%	169,031	1668738	17%	166,874	1373814	15%	171,727
Hawaii	1675555	659590	627345	617774	37%	16134	2%	896	6563	1%	656	9571	2%	1,196
Idaho	21664451	7256778	6400035	5842174	27%	1206296	17%	67,016	648435	9%	64,844	557861	9%	69,733
Illinois	15031662	2207246	2073776	2060649	14%	20855	1%	1,159	7728	0%	773	13127	1%	1,641
Indiana	9453822	2124859	2015301	1998694	21%	25869	1%	1,437	9262	0%	926	16607	1%	2,076
Iowa	14604211	1183390	1035917	1030148	7%	8103	1%	450	2334	0%	233	5769	1%	721
Kansas	21336899	894384	703578	696099	3%	12981	1%	721	5502	1%	550	7479	1%	935
Kentucky	10480824	5456815	5243538	5145396	49%	234810	4%	13,045	136668	3%	13,667	98142	2%	12,268
Louisiana	12107026	6322137	6334068	5649822	47%	1756666	28%	97,593	1072420	17%	107,242	684246	11%	85,531
Maine	8452057	7264490	7240141	6848151	81%	845957	12%	46,998	453967	6%	45,397	391990	5%	48,999
Maryland	2579243	1242022	1191570	1172373	45%	53327	4%	2,963	34130	3%	3,413	19197	2%	2,400
Massachusetts	2109161	1568597	1525268	1501726	71%	45250	3%	2,514	21708	1%	2,171	23542	2%	2,943
Michigan	25070194	8681096	8504171	8264640	33%	487448	6%	27,080	247917	3%	24,792	239531	3%	29,941
Minnesota	22560072	8045861	7943334	7651340	34%	594529	7%	33,029	302535	4%	30,254	291994	4%	36,499
Mississippi	12378522	7751862	7518366	6594316	53%	2183208	28%	121,289	1259158	16%	125,916	924050	12%	115,506
Missouri	18084835	6754876	6247793	6132330	34%	297477	4%	16,527	182014	3%	18,201	115463	2%	14,433
Montana	38121842	7415159	6458072	6050333	16%	1255395	17%	69,744	847656	11%	84,766	407739	6%	50,967
Nebraska	20042903	328910	211317	202642	1%	12909	4%	717	4234	1%	423	8675	4%	1,084
Nevada	28642397	652984	366373	350018	1%	29022	4%	1,612	12667	2%	1,267	16355	4%	2,044
New Hampshire	2403637	2094142	2062163	1998303	83%	134750	6%	7,486	70890	3%	7,089	63860	3%	7,983
New Jersey	1976650	1122710	1103105	1090930	55%	29454	3%	1,636	17279	2%	1,728	12175	1%	1,522
New Mexico	31495918	2365937	1414276	1315000	4%	181796	8%	10,100	82520	3%	8,252	99276	7%	12,410
New York	13543508	8498473	8551724	8480972	63%	133621	2%	7,423	62869	1%	6,287	70752	1%	8,844
North Carolina	12815680	8080588	7667485	6898608	54%	1686020	21%	93,668	917143	11%	91,714	768877	10%	96,110
North Dakota	18332587	401864	534070	532972	3%	6235	2%	346	5137	1%	514	1098	0%	137
Ohio	12015219	3560547	3454591	3396914	28%	124704	4%	6,928	67027	2%	6,703	57677	2%	7,210
Oklahoma	18127488	3436999	2856124	2699234	15%	391252	11%	21,736	234362	7%	23,436	156890	5%	19,611
Oregon	25161763	9730376	9722433	8957816	36%	1716955	18%	95,386	952338	10%	95,234	764617	8%	95,577
Pennsylvania	11749359	7540116	7379541	7282243	62%	214600	3%	11,922	117302	2%	11,730	97298	1%	12,162
Rhode Island	284444	191613	185665	179913	63%	8418	4%	468	2666	1%	267	5752	3%	719
South Carolina	8031875	5269984	5004912	4306740	54%	1567156	30%	87,064	868984	16%	86,898	698172	14%	87,272
South Dakota	19994663	505898	426120	341229	2%	134166	27%	7,454	49275	10%	4,928	84891	20%	10,611
Tennessee	10943892	6225910	5916341	5698239	52%	580215	9%	32,234	362113	6%	36,211	218102	4%	27,263
Texas	68714824	8377151	7309643	6584054	10%	1775816	21%	98,656	1050227	13%	105,023	725589	10%	90,699
Utah	22001128	2025338	1564558	1483799	7%	169962	8%	9,442	89203	4%	8,920	80759	5%	10,095
Vermont	2499299	1989927	1992436	1970338	79%	46504	2%	2,584	24406	1%	2,441	22098	1%	2,762
Virginia	10406905	6976912	6705436	6222403	60%	1071174	15%	59,510	588141	8%	58,814	483033	7%	60,379
Washington	17509577	8720102	8643601	7922111	45%	1544340	18%	85,797	822850	9%	82,285	721490	8%	90,186
West Virginia	6283487	5165634	5045309	4941704	79%	203104	4%	11,284	99499	2%	9,950	103605	2%	12,951
Wisconsin	16951826	7183370	7087640	6925765	41%	341892	5%	18,994	180017	3%	18,002	161875	2%	20,234
Wyoming	25343732	2660957	2028842	1901945	8%	321654	12%	17,870	194757	7%	19,476	126897	6%	15,862

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in United States

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2011-18 (Mt)
Alabama	13386316	9112097	8741013	1989029557	685918026	38106557	41263154	34160811
Alaska	150872104	50021611	54712423	5883424017	510815182	28378621	35458523	19528744
Arizona	29551303	1810351	1076214	433630330	57137147	3174286	3001640	3390094
Arkansas	13792648	7709348	7166523	1757851833	451308735	25072708	28189450	21176779
California	40993852	9851870	10586364	7106514059	1179265036	65514724	58976819	73687106
Colorado	26999422	4779929	4042389	1294327132	109321562	6073420	7208786	4654213
Connecticut	1292657	1003864	974991	210099524	4428314	246017	236358	258092
Delaware	530908	169365	169124	38393113	3299582	183310	206746	154016
District of Columbia	16709	3805	2990	649489	10934	607	616	596
Florida	14784376	7436737	7210114	1239110097	350540260	19474459	21108427	17431999
Georgia	15272184	9911322	9348284	2185460711	721325167	40073620	42067489	37581285
Hawaii	1675555	659590	627345	198756091	5094624	283035	207280	377728
Idaho	21664451	7256778	6400035	2288324562	406908391	22606022	22130249	23200738
Illinois	15031662	2207246	2073776	404124988	4046253	224792	172886	289674
Indiana	9453822	2124859	2015301	431082178	5504609	305812	199507	438693
Iowa	14604211	1183390	1035917	182620912	1272310	70684	42014	106521
Kansas	21336899	894384	703578	106559492	1648738	91597	78678	107745
Kentucky	10480824	5456815	5243538	1273203654	60328627	3351590	3581288	3064469
Louisiana	12107026	6322137	6334068	1474701418	475050870	26391715	30022165	21853653
Maine	8452057	7264490	7240141	1383393773	176282415	9793468	9702100	9907677
Maryland	2579243	1242022	1191570	276970839	13467634	748202	867968	598495
Massachusetts	2109161	1568597	1525268	351818335	11651367	647298	568355	745977
Michigan	25070194	8681096	8504171	1427022567	82746205	4597011	4206711	5084887
Minnesota	22560072	8045861	7943334	964546485	84668446	4703803	4360532	5132890
Mississippi	12378522	7751862	7518366	1661711232	537385122	29854729	32491880	26558291
Missouri	18084835	6754876	6247793	1213557504	60003655	3333536	3820012	2725442
Montana	38121842	7415159	6458072	2170280158	389055837	21614213	26401056	15630660
Nebraska	20042903	328910	211317	43025521	2068614	114923	75397	164330
Nevada	28642397	652984	366373	148813502	8068624	448257	394270	515740
New Hampshire	2403637	2094142	2062163	506039340	35458114	1969895	1863207	2103256
New Jersey	1976650	1122710	1103105	218383849	5563455	309081	338978	271710
New Mexico	31495918	2365937	1414276	647043317	55805937	3100330	2370040	4013192
New York	13543508	8498473	8551724	1785202294	30225917	1679218	1472611	1937476
North Carolina	12815680	8080588	7667485	1734010513	385589730	21421652	21757773	21001500
North Dakota	18332587	401864	534070	34487758	759861	42215	64082	14880
Ohio	12015219	3560547	3454591	767608547	30677271	1704293	1676195	1739416
Oklahoma	18127488	3436999	2856124	522142811	77341805	4296767	4845652	3610661
Oregon	25161763	9730376	9722433	7018510225	1301995611	72333090	71090737	73886030
Pennsylvania	11749359	7540116	7379541	1641921748	50695368	2816409	2807402	2827669
Rhode Island	284444	191613	185665	39426367	1971582	109532	63517	167052
South Carolina	8031875	5269984	5004912	1182423796	383209608	21289423	22357331	19954537
South Dakota	19994663	505898	426120	106294533	34632111	1924006	1234847	2785455
Tennessee	10943892	6225910	5916341	1396762177	142675617	7926423	9162381	6381477
Texas	68714824	8377151	7309643	1431671709	398978156	22165453	24329026	19460988
Utah	22001128	2025338	1564558	467597291	45704529	2539141	2337095	2791697
Vermont	2499299	1989927	1992436	456098712	11737155	652064	626444	684090
Virginia	10406905	6976912	6705436	1579115889	259880450	14437803	14616037	14215010
Washington	17509577	8720102	8643601	4548702112	743092155	41282898	40038803	42838016
West Virginia	6283487	5165634	5045309	1284221516	52766223	2931457	2630102	3308150
Wisconsin	16951826	7183370	7087640	1126982991	55895727	3105318	2964937	3280794
Wyoming	25343732	2660957	2028842	715629070	94099354	5227742	5836128	4467259

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in United States

This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Avg biomass per ha (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2011-18 (Mt)
Alabama	13386316	9112097	8741013	1084925213	119	374137102	20785395	22507174	18633170
Alaska	150872104	50021611	54712423	3209140372	64	278626464	15479248	19341013	10652042
Arizona	29551303	1810351	1076214	236525633	131	31165712	1731428	1637258	1849142
Arkansas	13792648	7709348	7166523	958828273	124	246168409	13676023	15376064	11550971
California	40993852	9851870	10586364	3876280395	393	643235492	35735305	32169174	40192969
Colorado	26999422	4779929	4042389	705996619	148	59629942	3312775	3932066	2538661
Connecticut	1292657	1003864	974991	114599739	114	2415449	134192	128923	140778
Delaware	530908	169365	169124	20941698	124	1799770	99987	112770	84009
District of Columbia	16709	3805	2990	354267	93	5964	331	336	325
Florida	14784376	7436737	7210114	675878231	91	191203764	10622431	11513687	9508362
Georgia	15272184	9911322	9348284	1192069482	120	393450075	21858338	22945902	20498882
Hawaii	1675555	659590	627345	108412415	164	2778889	154383	113062	206033
Idaho	21664451	7256778	6400035	1248177034	172	221950035	12330558	12071046	12654947
Illinois	15031662	2207246	2073776	220431808	100	2207068	122615	94302	158006
Indiana	9453822	2124859	2015301	235135732	111	3002530	166807	108822	239288
Iowa	14604211	1183390	1035917	99611407	84	693980	38554	22916	58102
Kansas	21336899	894384	703578	58123367	65	899281	49960	42914	58768
Kentucky	10480824	5456815	5243538	694474713	127	32906533	1828141	1953430	1671529
Louisiana	12107026	6322137	6334068	804382590	127	259118664	14395481	16375727	11920174
Maine	8452057	7264490	7240141	754578423	104	96154054	5341892	5292055	5404188
Maryland	2579243	1242022	1191570	151075001	122	7345983	408110	473437	326452
Massachusetts	2109161	1568597	1525268	191900911	122	6355289	353072	310012	406896
Michigan	25070194	8681096	8504171	778375946	90	45134288	2507460	2294570	2773574
Minnesota	22560072	8045861	7943334	526116264	66	46182794	2565711	2378473	2799759
Mississippi	12378522	7751862	7518366	906387944	117	293119163	16284398	17722844	14486340
Missouri	18084835	6754876	6247793	661940458	98	32729247	1818292	2083642	1486604
Montana	38121842	7415159	6458072	1183789174	160	212212292	11789572	14400577	8525816
Nebraska	20042903	328910	211317	23468466	71	1128338	62685	41127	89634
Nevada	28642397	652984	366373	81171002	124	4401064	244504	215056	281313
New Hampshire	2403637	2094142	2062163	276021458	132	19340792	1074488	1016294	1147231
New Jersey	1976650	1122710	1103105	119118464	106	3034611	168590	184898	148205
New Mexico	31495918	2365937	1414276	352932718	149	30439603	1691089	1292749	2189014
New York	13543508	8498473	8551724	973746710	115	16486858	915937	803242	1056805
North Carolina	12815680	8080588	7667485	945823916	117	210321696	11684539	11867878	11455365
North Dakota	18332587	401864	534070	18811502	47	414468	23026	34954	8116
Ohio	12015219	3560547	3454591	418695573	118	16733062	929615	914290	948770
Oklahoma	18127488	3436999	2856124	284805168	83	42186450	2343692	2643083	1969453
Oregon	25161763	9730376	9722433	3828278305	393	710179430	39454413	38776766	40301471
Pennsylvania	11749359	7540116	7379541	895593683	119	27652015	1536223	1531310	1542364
Rhode Island	284444	191613	185665	21505291	112	1075407	59745	34645	91119
South Carolina	8031875	5269984	5004912	644958439	122	209023418	11612412	12194908	10884293
South Dakota	19994663	505898	426120	57978835	114	18890251	1049458	673553	1519340
Tennessee	10943892	6225910	5916341	761870278	122	77823076	4323504	4997663	3480806
Texas	68714824	8377151	7309643	780911841	93	217624423	12090246	13270376	10615083
Utah	22001128	2025338	1564558	255053066	126	24929734	1384985	1274779	1522743
Vermont	2499299	1989927	1992436	248781113	125	6402079	355671	341697	373139
Virginia	10406905	6976912	6705436	861335938	123	141752974	7875165	7972384	7753642
Washington	17509577	8720102	8643601	2481110245	285	405323001	22517945	21839347	23366191
West Virginia	6283487	5165634	5045309	700484464	136	28781562	1598976	1434600	1804445
Wisconsin	16951826	7183370	7087640	614717996	86	30488586	1693810	1617239	1789525
Wyoming	25343732	2660957	2028842	390343130	147	51326911	2851495	3183342	2436687

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.

Citation: Mongabay. "Deforestation statistics for [selected country name]". Accessed on [date] from worldrainforests.com.

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