Houston County 2019 Economic Impact Analysis

The forest sector directly contributed $10.4 million in industry output and employed 73

people with a payroll of $2.5 million in Houston County. The county received $3.4 million directly from the

forest sector through payroll, other employee compensation, and property taxes. Including direct,

indirect, and induced impacts, the forest sector had a total economic impact of $16 million in industry

output and supported 119 jobs with a payroll of $6.5 million. Every job created in the sector resulted in

another 0.63 jobs in the county. Every dollar generated in the sector contributed an additional 53 cents to

the rest of the county economy.

Economic Impacts of the Forest Sector in the County

Houston County ranked 35th among all East Texas counties in terms

of output value of the forest sector in 2019.

The wood-based sector ranked 7th among manufacturing sector

employers in the county in 2019.

For more information on economic impacts of the forest

industry in Texas, please visit http://tfsweb.tamu.edu.

Industry Output

(million $) Value Added

(million $) Employment

(jobs) Labor Income

(million $)

Direct Impact

Forestry 0.03 0.03 15 0.00

Logging 1.98 1.40 28 0.97

Primary solid wood products 8.07 1.91 28 1.58

Secondary solid wood products 0.13 0.00 1 0.00

Secondary paper and paperboard products 0.23 0.01 1 0.00

Total 10.44 3.35 73 2.53

Total Impact

Forestry 0.02 0.03 15 0.00

Logging 2.76 1.82 37 1.19

Primary solid wood products 12.70 4.57 65 3.11

Secondary solid wood products Secondary paper and paperboard products

0.17 0.03 2 0.02

Secondary paper and paperboard products 0.29 0.04 1 0.02

Total 15.95 6.48 119 4.31

SAM Multiplier Forestry 0.67 0.82 0.99 1.12

Logging 1.39 1.29 1.30 1.23

Primary solid wood products 1.58 2.40 2.32 1.97

Secondary solid wood products Secondary paper and paperboard products

1.36 8.86 1.31 7.70

Secondary paper and paperboard products 1.28 6.10 1.67 9.43

Total 1.53 1.93 1.63 1.71

Economic impacts are based on 2017 IMPLAN data and reported in 2019 dollars. Numbers in columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.