This data series contains estimates for major land uses in the United States, by State, for 1945-2007. The series is the only consistent historical accounting of major land uses, public and private, in all 50 States.
The United States has a total land area of nearly 2.3 billion acres. In 2007, the major land uses were forestland at 671 million acres (30 percent); grassland pasture and rangeland at 614 million (27 percent); cropland at 408 million (18 percent); special uses (primarily parks and wildlife areas) at 313 million acres (14 percent); miscellaneous uses (like tundra or swamps) at 197 million acres (9 percent); and urban land at 61 million acres (3 percent). The annual cropland portion of the series has been consistently maintained since 1910 and has recently been updated through 2010.
Released Monday, December 19, 2011
See
http://wwwers.usda.gov/Data/MajorLandUses/
| Summary Table 2--Major uses of cropland, by region and State, United States, 2007 1/ |
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| Regions and States |
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Cropland used for crops |
Idle cropland |
Cropland pasture |
Total 3/ |
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| --------------------------------------------------------------------1,000 acres--------------------------------- |
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| Northeast |
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11,043 |
1,036 |
887 |
12,967 |
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| Maine |
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341 |
85 |
37 |
462 |
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| New Hampshire |
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76 |
10 |
17 |
103 |
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| Vermont |
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413 |
27 |
47 |
487 |
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| Massachusetts |
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139 |
14 |
16 |
169 |
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| Rhode Island |
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18 |
2 |
2 |
22 |
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| Connecticut |
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111 |
13 |
13 |
136 |
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| New York |
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3,594 |
266 |
280 |
4,140 |
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| New Jersey |
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415 |
24 |
40 |
479 |
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| Pennsylvania |
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4,325 |
513 |
427 |
5,264 |
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| Delaware |
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404 |
10 |
9 |
423 |
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| Maryland |
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1,208 |
71 |
0 |
1,279 |
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| District of Columbia |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Lake States |
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36,070 |
3,037 |
1,452 |
40,559 |
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| Michigan |
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7,145 |
553 |
316 |
8,014 |
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| Wisconsin |
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9,069 |
738 |
395 |
10,203 |
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| Minnesota |
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19,857 |
1,745 |
740 |
22,342 |
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| Corn Belt |
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82,698 |
4,642 |
3,677 |
91,018 |
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| Ohio |
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10,141 |
431 |
352 |
10,923 |
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| Indiana |
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12,201 |
262 |
284 |
12,747 |
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| Illinois |
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22,778 |
970 |
309 |
24,056 |
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| Iowa |
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24,277 |
1,608 |
845 |
26,730 |
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| Missouri |
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13,301 |
1,372 |
1,887 |
16,561 |
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| Northern Plains |
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84,459 |
8,913 |
4,316 |
97,688 |
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| North Dakota |
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23,290 |
3,569 |
817 |
27,676 |
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| South Dakota |
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17,026 |
1,516 |
1,311 |
19,853 |
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| Nebraska |
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19,495 |
1,221 |
896 |
21,612 |
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| Kansas |
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24,649 |
2,608 |
1,292 |
28,548 |
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| Appalachian |
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17,306 |
1,578 |
3,770 |
22,654 |
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| Virginia |
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2,570 |
194 |
487 |
3,251 |
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| West Virginia |
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678 |
51 |
192 |
921 |
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| North Carolina |
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4,258 |
247 |
339 |
4,843 |
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| Kentucky |
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5,395 |
676 |
1,550 |
7,621 |
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| Tennessee |
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4,406 |
410 |
1,203 |
6,019 |
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| Southeast |
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9,370 |
1,061 |
2,052 |
12,483 |
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| South Carolina |
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1,536 |
201 |
264 |
2,001 |
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| Georgia |
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3,665 |
364 |
590 |
4,619 |
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| Florida |
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2,098 |
90 |
571 |
2,760 |
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| Alabama |
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2,070 |
406 |
627 |
3,104 |
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| Delta States |
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15,160 |
930 |
2,140 |
18,230 |
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| Mississippi |
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4,411 |
376 |
769 |
5,556 |
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| Arkansas |
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7,409 |
94 |
736 |
8,240 |
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| Louisiana |
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3,340 |
460 |
635 |
4,435 |
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| Southern Plains |
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30,684 |
5,553 |
10,718 |
46,955 |
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| Oklahoma |
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9,169 |
890 |
2,781 |
12,840 |
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| Texas |
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21,515 |
4,663 |
7,938 |
34,115 |
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| Mountain |
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30,724 |
7,432 |
5,088 |
43,244 |
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| Montana |
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12,631 |
3,558 |
1,678 |
17,867 |
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| Idaho |
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4,680 |
789 |
511 |
5,980 |
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| Wyoming |
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1,657 |
141 |
420 |
2,218 |
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| Colorado |
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8,110 |
2,076 |
1,242 |
11,428 |
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| New Mexico |
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1,174 |
545 |
648 |
2,367 |
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| Arizona |
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818 |
96 |
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914 |
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| Utah |
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1,137 |
198 |
403 |
1,738 |
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| Nevada |
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516 |
30 |
185 |
731 |
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| Pacific |
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17,377 |
2,875 |
1,858 |
22,110 |
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| Washington |
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5,733 |
1,521 |
372 |
7,626 |
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| Oregon |
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3,560 |
696 |
677 |
4,934 |
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| California |
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8,084 |
657 |
809 |
9,550 |
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| 48 States 2/ |
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334,893 |
37,057 |
35,959 |
407,908 |
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| Alaska |
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31 |
48 |
7 |
86 |
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| Hawaii |
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72 |
49 |
23 |
145 |
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| U.S. Total 2/ |
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334,996 |
37,154 |
35,989 |
408,139 |
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| 1/ Footnotes to other files may be applicable. |
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| 2/ Distributions may not add to totals due to rounding. |
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| 3/ Between 2002 and 2007, total cropland decreased by 34 million acres to its lowest level since this series began in 1945, even though harvested cropland (which accounts for most land planted to crops) increased 5 million acres due to a recovery of failed cropland from severe droughts in 2002. A 26-million acre decline in cropland pasture contributed to this trend, partly due to methodological changes in the 2007 Census of Agriculture that reclassified some cropland pasture to permanent grassland pasture and range. |
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| Sources: USDA/National Agricultural Statistics Service (2008, 2009a and 2009b) and USDA/Farm Services Agency (2008). |
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