Properties of structural lumber are indicated below.

Nominal
Dimension
(in)

Actual Dimension Area

(in)
(in2)

Section Modulus
(in3)

Moment of Inertia Weight

(in4)
(lb/ft)

2x3

1.5 x 2.5

3.75

1.56

1.95

0.9

2x4

1.5 x 3.5

5.25

3.06

5.36

1.3

2x6

1.5 x 5.5

8.25

7.56

20.8

2.0

2x8

1.5 x 7.25

10.875

13.14

47.6

2.6

2 x 10

1.5 x 9.25

13.875

21.4

98.9

3.4

3x2

2.5 x 1.5

3.75

0.94

0.70

0.9

3x4

2.5 x 3.5

8.75

5.10

8.93

2.1

3x6

2.5 x 5.5

13.75

12.6

34.7

3.3

3x8

2.5 x 7.25

18.125

21.9

79.4

4.4

3 x 10

2.5 x 9.25

23.125

35.7

165

5.6

3 x 12

2.5 x 11.25

28.125

52.7

297

6.8

4x2

3.5 x 1.5

5.25

1.31

0.98

1.3

4x3

3.5 x 2.5

8.75

3.64

4.56

2.1

4x4

3.5 x 3.5

12.25

7.15

12.5

3.0

4x6

3.5 x 5.5

19.25

17.6

48.5

4.7

4x8

3.5 x 7.25

25.375

30.7

111

6.2

4 x 10

3.5 x 9.25

32.375

49.9

231

7.9

4 x 12

3.5 x 11.25

39.375

73.8

415

9.6

6x2

5.5 x 1.5

8.25

2.1

1.55

2.0

6x3

5.5 x 2.5

13.8

5.7

7.16

3.3

6x4

5.5 x 3.5

19.3

11.2

19.7

4.7

6x6

5.5 x 5.5

30.3

27.7

76.3

7.4

6x8

5.5 x 7.5

41.3

51.6

193

10.0

6 x 10

5.5 x 9.5

52.3

82.7

393

12.7

6 x 12

5.5 x 11.5

63.3

121

697

15.4

8x2

7.25 x 1.5

10.9

2.7

2.04

2.6

8x3

7.25 x 2.5

18.1

7.6

9.44

4.4

8x4

7.25 x 3.5

25.4

14.8

25.9

6.2

8x6

7.5 x 5.5

41.3

37.8

104

10.0

8x8

7.5 x 7.5

56.3

70.3

264

13.7

8 x 10

7.5 x 9.5

71.3

113

536

17.3

8 x 12

7.5 x 11.5

86.3

165

951

21.0

8 x 14

7.5 x 13.5

101

228

1538

24.6

8 x 16

7.5 x 15.5

116

300

2327

28.3

10 x 10

9.5 x 9.5

90.3

143

679

21.9

10 x 12

9.5 x 11.5

109

209

1204

26.6

10 x 14

9.5 x 13.5

128

289

1948

31.2

10 x 16

9.5 x 15.5

147

380

2948

35.8

10 x 18

9.5 x 17.5

166

485

4243

40.4