Forests covered only 11.4% of the area, compared to the national average of 22.2%, as of January 1, 1937.

The Jews and the Germans preferred to live in the cities and towns, especially in Warsaw itself.

The Voivodeship's biggest industrial center was the city of Warsaw, together with towns in its suburbs (Żyrardów, Pruszków, Piaseczno).

Warsaw was one of key centers of Polish industry, with numerous factories of various kinds.

)l Warsaw Voivodeship in mid-1939 consisted of 22 powiats (counties), 53 cities and towns and 293 villages.