Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Texas

• Texas has 41.0 million acres of forests and is 25% forested.
• Texas forest carbon stocks have increased by 6% from 1990 to 2019.
• Average carbon density in aboveground trees across Texas forests is 8.3 US tons per acre.
• In Texas, forests, urban trees, and harvested wood products:
  • Remove 1% of all CO₂ emissions in the state. (Across the US, this value is 14%.)
  • Store the equivalent of nine years of all CO₂ emissions produced in the state.