Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Virginia

• Virginia has 16.0 million acres of forests and is 63% forested.
• Virginia forest carbon stocks have increased by 32% from 1990 to 2019.
• Average carbon density in aboveground trees across Virginia forests is 33.1 US tons per acre.
• In Virginia, forests, urban trees, and harvested wood products:
  • Remove 40% of all CO₂ emissions in the state. (Across the US, this value is 14%.)
  • Store the equivalent of 47 years of all CO₂ emissions produced in the state.