Urban Forest Data for Washington

This page contains links to reports, metadata and results from state urban and community forest assessments as part of the national RPA assessment (Resource Planning Act). These pages summarize cover and population information for urban and community areas within each state. Results are reported at the county, county subdivision and place level based on National Land Cover Data (NLCD) and US Census Bureau data. Data tables are provided in Excel format. GIS data files are also included with the state data.

Available Data

1. State Summary Report
2. State-Level Data (3.5 MB Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet * ) | Metadata
3. GIS shapefiles (including the state of Washington) | Metadata
   • States (1.7 MB zip)
   • Counties (9.5 MB zip)
   • Places (20.5 MB zip) Updated 11/8/2011
   • County Sub-Divisions (36.1 MB zip)

Urban¹ Forest Data for Washington

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Urban Population	4,831,106
Percent Urban Population Change from 1990	29.9%
Percent of Total State Population	82.0%
Percent Urban Land of State Land Area	3.2%
Percent Urban Land Change from 1990	20.9%
Urban Population Density	883.8
Percent Urban Population Density Change from 1990	7.5%
Percent Urban Tree Canopy Cover of Urban Land	25.9%
Tree Canopy Cover Per Capita (square meters/person)	292.9
Urban Carbon Storage (metric tons)	12,900,000
Urban Carbon Storage Value ($)	$294,100,000
Urban Carbon Sequestration of Urban Trees(metric tons/year)	425,000
Urban Carbon Sequestration of Urban Trees ($/year)	$9,690,000
Total Air Pollution Removal from Urban Trees (CO, NO2, SO2, PM10 in metric tons/year)	11,610
Total Air Pollution Removal Value from Urban Trees ($/year)	$89,000,000

¹Urban land is based on population density and was delimited using the United States Census definitions of urbanized areas and urban clusters.

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