Logging Industry in the United States: Employment and Profitability
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data and Methodology
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Sources
2.3. Methodology
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Employment
3.2. Profitability
3.3. General Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Region | Total Employment, 1997 * | Total Employment, 2017 | Total Growth of Employment (%) | Annual Growth of Employment (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
New England | 3283 | 2750 | −16.2 | −0.9 |
Mid-Atlantic | 2284 | 1327 | −41.9 | −2.7 |
The South | 36,761 | 25,575 | −30.4 | −1.8 |
The Southwest | 3154 | 1430 | −54.7 | −3.9 |
Midwest | 5206 | 4176 | −19.8 | −1.1 |
The West | 20,853 | 12,553 | −39.8 | −2.5 |
Region | State | Report Year | Volume of Output | Value of Output | Hours Worked | Labor Productivity (Volume) | Labor Productivity (Value) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The South | Alabama | 1997–2015 | −1.5 | −1.3 | −2.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
Arkansas | 1997–2015 | −1.4 | −1.2 | −4.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | |
Florida | 1997–2015 | 0.3 | 0.5 | −1.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 | |
Georgia | 1997–2015 | −0.1 | 0.2 | −2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | |
Kentucky | 1997–2015 | −0.3 | 0.0 | −2.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | |
Louisiana | 1997–2015 | −0.3 | 0.0 | −2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | |
Mississippi | 1997–2015 | −1.3 | −1.1 | −2.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | |
N. Carolina | 1997–2015 | −1.7 | −1.4 | −1.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
S. Carolina | 1997–2015 | 0.8 | 1.0 | −0.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | |
Tennessee | 1997–2015 | −2.5 | −2.2 | −0.9 | −1.6 | −1.3 | |
Virginia | 1997–2015 | 0.0 | 0.3 | −0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |
The Southwest | Oklahoma | 1997–2015 | −1.4 | −1.1 | −5.1 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
Texas | 1997–2013 | −2.5 | −2.2 | −3.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | |
The West | California | 2000–2016 | −1.8 | −1.1 | −4.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
Colorado | 2002–2016 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 2.0 | |
Idaho | 2001–2015 | 0.9 | 2.2 | −2.4 | 3.3 | 4.7 | |
Oregon | 2003–2017 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 3.0 | −2.8 | −1.6 | |
Washington | 2002–2016 | −1.6 | −0.3 | −1.7 | 0.1 | 1.5 | |
Wyoming | 2000–2018 | 3.7 | 4.6 | −3.2 | 7.2 | 8.1 | |
Average | −0.3 | 0.2 | −1.8 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
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He, M.; Smidt, M.; Li, W.; Zhang, Y. Logging Industry in the United States: Employment and Profitability. Forests 2021, 12, 1720. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12121720
He M, Smidt M, Li W, Zhang Y. Logging Industry in the United States: Employment and Profitability. Forests. 2021; 12(12):1720. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12121720
Chicago/Turabian StyleHe, Mingtao, Mathew Smidt, Wenying Li, and Yaoqi Zhang. 2021. "Logging Industry in the United States: Employment and Profitability" Forests 12, no. 12: 1720. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12121720