Forests

Most Forested States in the U.S. 2025

Pct of Land Area Forested (2022 report)

20%
40%
60%
80%
State
Pct of Land Area Forested (2022 report)
Trees per Capita (2025 estimate)
Maine Flag
Maine89.06%3,292
New Hampshire Flag
New Hampshire83.04%883
West Virginia Flag
West Virginia78.05%1,674
Vermont Flag
Vermont76.47%1,803
Alabama Flag
Alabama71.35%1,163
South Carolina Flag
South Carolina67.21%631
Georgia Flag
Georgia66.93%584
Mississippi Flag
Mississippi64.53%1,663
Virginia Flag
Virginia63.48%460
New York Flag
New York62.62%243
Massachusetts Flag
Massachusetts60.6%117
North Carolina Flag
North Carolina60.51%443
Pennsylvania Flag
Pennsylvania59.01%330
Connecticut Flag
Connecticut58.34%118
Arkansas Flag
Arkansas57.17%1,549
Michigan Flag
Michigan56.13%501
Rhode Island Flag
Rhode Island55.89%86
Louisiana Flag
Louisiana54.19%753
Tennessee Flag
Tennessee52.93%513
Washington Flag
Washington52.52%722
Florida Flag
Florida50.09%186
Wisconsin Flag
Wisconsin49.26%687
Kentucky Flag
Kentucky49.23%694
Oregon Flag
Oregon48.39%948
New Jersey Flag
New Jersey42.28%53
Idaho Flag
Idaho40.82%3,022
Maryland Flag
Maryland39.4%112
Texas Flag
Texas37.76%538
Alaska Flag
Alaska36.95%43,401
California Flag
California36.88%20
Hawaii Flag
Hawaii35.79%203
Missouri Flag
Missouri35.02%570
Utah Flag
Utah34.79%1,170
Colorado Flag
Colorado34.38%1,059
Minnesota Flag
Minnesota34.17%767
New Mexico Flag
New Mexico31.69%2,945
Ohio Flag
Ohio30.89%163
Delaware Flag
Delaware28.95%87
Oklahoma Flag
Oklahoma27.96%758
Montana Flag
Montana27.79%5,965
Arizona Flag
Arizona25.61%137
Indiana Flag
Indiana21.27%167
Wyoming Flag
Wyoming16.89%4,536
Nevada Flag
Nevada15.04%860
Illinois Flag
Illinois14.02%87
Iowa Flag
Iowa8.18%238
Kansas Flag
Kansas4.83%446
South Dakota Flag
South Dakota4.02%548
Nebraska Flag
Nebraska3.12%203
North Dakota Flag
North Dakota1.82%261
  • “FIA” data are calculated using the definition of “forest” used by the US Forest Service’s annual Forest Inventory and Analysis report.
  • “RPA” data are calculated using the definition of “forest” used by the Forest Service Research and Development (R&D) Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment program.
  • District of Colombia trees per capita value of 1 is placeholder. Precise value was not given by source, but was stated to be less than 1 per capita.
  • Forests are inventoried on a 5-year or 7-year cycle. As such, many states’ data comes from 1-7 years earlier than the current report year. For example, totals listed in the 2022 report range in age from 2018-2021.
  • Trees per Capita values were computed using 2017 data.