Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in South Carolina

• South Carolina has 12.9 million acres of forests and is 67% forested.
• South Carolina forest carbon stocks have increased by 18% from 1990 to 2019.
• Average carbon density in aboveground trees across South Carolina forests is 26.3 US tons per acre.
• In South Carolina, forests, urban trees, and harvested wood products:
  • Remove 22% of all CO₂ emissions in the state. (Across the US, this value is 14%.)
  • Store the equivalent of 43 years of all CO₂ emissions produced in the state.