Alabama

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Alabama in 2002. All numbers below are per 1,000 acres of usage, and encompass the 2.3 billion total acres of land in the U.S.

Land Type	1,000 Acres
Crop	3,737
Pasture	1,905
Forest	22,922
Special	1,522
Urban	1,139
Other	1,252

How Alabama Compares to Other States

• Alabama ranked 31st in Crop Land Usage by using 3,737,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Alabama ranked 26th in Pasture Land Usage by using 1,905,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Alabama ranked 5th in Forest Land Usage by using 22,922,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Alabama ranked 35th in Special Land Usage by using 1,522,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Alabama ranked 20th in Urban Land Usage by using 1,139,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Alabama ranked 33rd in Other Land Usage by using 1,252,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Other Land Usage was 4,477,000 acres.

Land Usage Expressed as Total Percentage of Overall Usage

The results in the charts above represent total land usage expressed in 1,000 acres. The chart below displays the same data, but expressed in total percentage of overall land usage.