$485 million: Amount the nation’s Christmas tree farmers received from sales in 2005

$126 million: Amount of sales in Oregon, the top state in tree sales

13th: Maine’s ranking, based on the 164,406 trees harvested in 2002

$5 million: Annual estimated amount pumped into Maine’s economy by the Christmas tree industry

18: Number of people per day an acre of Christmas trees can provide with oxygen

Sources: www.ers.usda.gov/; http://www.christmastree.org/facts.cfm; Maine Christmas Tree Association