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Major uses of land in the United States, 2017 / Clayton Winters-Michaud, Alfredo Haro, Scott Callahan, and Daniel P. Bigelow
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Winters-Michaud, Clayton (Clayton P.), author.
- Haro, Alfred, author.
- Callahan, Scott, author.
- Bigelow, Daniel P., author.
- Series:
- Economic information bulletin ; no. 275.
- Economic information bulletin ; number 275
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land use--United States--Statistics.
- Land use.
- Land use, Rural--United States--Statistics.
- Land use, Rural.
- Farms--United States--Statistics.
- Farms.
- Rangelands--United States--Statistics.
- Rangelands.
- Forests and forestry--United States--Statistics.
- Forests and forestry.
- Genre:
- Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 68 pages) : color illustrations
- Other Title:
- Also known as: EIB-275
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, September 2024
- Summary:
- The United States has a total land area of 2.26 billion acres. In 2017, the major uses of land were grassland pasture and rangeland at 659 million acres (29 percent of the U.S. total), forest-use land at 622 million acres (28 percent), cropland at 390 million acres (17 percent), special uses (primarily parks and wildlife areas) at 318 million acres (14 percent), miscellaneous other uses (such as wetlands, tundra, and unproductive woodlands) at 197 million acres (9 percent), and urban land at 74 million acres (3 percent). This study presents findings from the most recent (2017) inventory of U.S. major land uses, drawing on data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Department of the Interior, and various other sources. The data sources are collected for each 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 discussed using earlier major land-use estimates.-- Provided by publisher
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-59)
- Title from PDF cover (ERS, viewed October 3, 2024)
- OCLC:
- 1458558187
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