Wood material use in the U.S. wood furniture industry

Wood household, upholstered, and wood office furniture manufacturing locations in the U.S. were sampled to provide an assessment of wood materials use. Total hardwood lumber used in 1989 was estimated at over 2.3 billion board feet. Softwood lumber consumption was estimated at 865 million board feet and over 1.3 billion square feet of particleboard (3/4-in. basis) was consumed. By geographic region, the South was the largest consumer of most wood materials. The most common hardwood species used was red oak, representing 27 percent of hardwood lumber use in 1989.

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