Major Uses of Land in the United States, 2007
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...
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ftdatacite:10.22004/ag.econ.291937 2023-05-15T18:40:24+02:00 Major Uses of Land in the United States, 2007 Nickerson, Cynthia Ebel, Robert Borchers, Allison Carriazo, Fernando Nickerson, Cynthia Ebel, Robert Borchers, Allison Carriazo, Fernando 2011 https://dx.doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.291937 https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/291937 en eng Unknown Community/Rural/Urban Development Land Economics/Use Land use land-use change agricultural land nonagricultural land cropland forest-use land forestland pasture rangeland rural residential land urban land article-journal Text ScholarlyArticle 2011 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.291937 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z 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). This report presents fi ndings from the most recent (2007) inventory of U.S. major land uses, drawing on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, public land management and conservation agencies, and other sources. The data are synthesized by State to estimate the use of several broad classes and subclasses of agricultural and nonagricultural land over time. National and regional trends in land use are compared with earlier major land-use estimates. Text Tundra DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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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). This report presents fi ndings from the most recent (2007) inventory of U.S. major land uses, drawing on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, public land management and conservation agencies, and other sources. The data are synthesized by State to estimate the use of several broad classes and subclasses of agricultural and nonagricultural land over time. National and regional trends in land use are compared with earlier major land-use estimates. |
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