- Georgia-Pacific’s Alabama River Cellulose plant in Monroeville is the largest producer of mass-market pulp in North America.
- There are 23 million acres of timberland in Alabama, and Monroe County is home to one of the world’s best hardwood and softwood forests, mainly on private land.
- Alabama ranks No. 1 in pulp production and No. 3 in paper production nationally.
- There are 22 logging establishments in Monroe County.
- The Port of Mobile is the world’s largest break-bulk forest products port.
- Our labor shed’s number of woodworking machine operators grew 34%, and the number of sawing machine operators grew 26% between 2013-2018.
- When compared to U.S. averages for a county our size, Monroe County has 1,731 times more people working in pulp mills, 247 times more people working in reconstituted wood products, 164 times more people working in softwood veneer, 64 times more people working in sawmills and forestry support activities, and 54 times more people working in logging.
Monroe County Companies: Georgia Pacific, Harrigan Lumber, Scotch Plywood Company, Inc.