Table 5. Forecast change (1992–2020) in interior forest for metropolitan statistical areas of the U.S. south with percent losses of interior forest of 10% or more.

Metropolitan statistical area
 
Change in area that is interior forest (ha)
 
Change in percent area of county that is interior forest
 
Percent change in area of interior forest
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida  
-20,267
 
-2.35%
 
-34.47%
Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida  
-8,532
 
-2.04%
 
-24.61%
Fort Myers-Cape Coral, Florida  
-5,171
 
-1.66%
 
-23.13%
Columbia, South Carolina  
-10,837
 
-2.74%
 
-20.55%
Jacksonville, Florida  
-10,903
 
-1.35%
 
-19.19%
Atlanta, Georgia  
-45,597
 
-2.84%
 
-18.06%
Orlando, Florida  
-18,025
 
-1.73%
 
-18.02%
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, Florida  
-4,735
 
-1.27%
 
-16.74%
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina  
-15,336
 
-1.67%
 
-15.86%
Punta Gorda, Florida  
-4,379
 
-1.97%
 
-15.27%
Fayetteville, North Carolina  
-1,366
 
-0.80%
 
-14.82%
Pensacola, Florida  
-5,867
 
-1.11%
 
-13.77%
Nashville, Tennessee  
-18,969
 
-1.77%
 
-13.51%
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina  
-3,277
 
-1.01%
 
-13.43%
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, Florida  
-4,367
 
-1.10%
 
-13.31%
Tallahassee, Florida  
-3,468
 
-1.09%
 
-12.82%
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, North Carolina-South Carolina  
-16,619
 
-1.86%
 
-12.05%
Baton Rouge, Louisiana  
-2,187
 
-0.50%
 
-11.37%
Panama City, Florida  
-4,229
 
-1.58%
 
-11.26%
Wilmington, North Carolina  
-4,068
 
-1.14%
 
-11.02%
Daytona Beach, Florida  
-6,061
 
-1.17%
 
-11.01%
Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia  
-3,659
 
-0.66%
 
-10.56%
Knoxville, Tennessee  
-16,898
 
-2.58%
 
-10.45%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Arkansas  
-9,876
 
-2.08%
 
-10.18%
Houston, Texas  
-25,004
 
-1.78%
 
-10.17%
Gainesville, Florida  
-3,045
 
-1.21%
 
-10.13%
Greenville, North Carolina  
-1,039
 
-0.61%
 
-10.06%
Louisville, Kentucky-Indiana  
-1,787
 
-0.77%
 
-10.03%