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. [2] Tree volumes and weights are not directly measured in the field, but computed from other variables that can be measured. [3] [4]
This is only the total amount of timberland. Actual forest cover for each state may be significantly higher. [5] [1]
| Rank | State, district or territory | Percent forest (2016) [2] [note 1] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Maine | 89.46% |
| 2 |  New Hampshire | 84.32% |
| 3 |  American Samoa | 80.84% |
| 4 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 80.37% |
| 5 |  West Virginia | 79.01% |
| 6 |  Vermont | 77.811% |
| 7 |  Alabama | 70.57% |
| 8 |  South Carolina | 68.19% |
| 9 |  Georgia | 67.28% |
| 10 |  Mississippi | 65.07% |
| 11 |  Virginia | 62.93% |
| 12 |  New York | 62.88% |
| 13 |  Massachusetts | 60.57% |
| 14 |  North Carolina | 59.73% |
| 15 |  Pennsylvania | 58.60% |
| 16 |  Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 57.16% |
| 17 |  Arkansas | 56.31% |
| 18 |  Puerto Rico | 55.62% |
| 19 |  Michigan | 55.62% |
| 20 |  Connecticut | 55.24% |
| 21 |  Rhode Island | 54.38% |
| 22 |  Louisiana | 53.20% |
| 23 |  Tennessee | 52.83% |
| 24 |  Guam | 52.82% |
| 25 |  Washington | 52.74% |
| 26 |  Florida | 50.68% |
| 27 |  Kentucky | 49.35% |
| 28 |  Wisconsin | 48.98% |
| 29 |  Oregon | 48.51% |
| 30 |  Hawaii | 42.53% |
| 31 |  New Jersey | 41.72% |
| 32 |  Idaho | 40.55% |
| 33 |  Maryland | 39.36% |
| 34 |  Texas | 37.33% |
| 35 |  Missouri | 35.16% |
| 36 |  Alaska | 35.16% |
| 37 |  Utah | 34.48% |
| 38 |  Colorado | 34.42% |
| 39 |  Minnesota | 34.08% |
| 40 |  District of Columbia | 33.90% [6] |
| 41 |  California | 32.71% |
| 42 |  New Mexico | 31.99% |
| 43 |  Ohio | 30.92% |
| 44 |  Oklahoma | 28.80% |
| 45 |  Montana | 27.45% |
| 46 |  Delaware | 27.26% |
| 47 |  Arizona | 25.64% |
| 48 |  Indiana | 21.06% |
| 49 |  Wyoming | 18.42% |
| 50 |  Nevada | 15.89% |
| 51 |  Illinois | 13.64% |
| 52 |  Iowa | 8.43% |
| 53 |  Kansas | 4.78% |
| 54 |  South Dakota | 3.93% |
| 55 |  Nebraska | 3.20% |
| 56 |  North Dakota | 1.72% |
| — |  U.S. Minor Outlying Islands [note 2] | No data |
| Rank | Region | Percent forest (2016) [2] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | U.S. territories [note 3] | 56.74% |
| 2 | Southern region [note 4] | 50.13% |
| 3 | Pacific Northwest region [note 5] | 37.52% |
| 4 | Northern region [note 6] | 30.04% |
| 5 | Interior West region [note 7] | 28.14% |
| — | Total | 36.21% |
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