Alaska

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Alaska 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	90
Pasture	1,295
Forest	90,475
Special	143,262
Urban	167
Other	130,760

How Alaska Compares to Other States

• Alaska ranked 49th in Crop Land Usage by using 90,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Alaska ranked 33rd in Pasture Land Usage by using 1,295,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Alaska ranked 1st in Forest Land Usage by using 90,475,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Alaska ranked 1st in Special Land Usage by using 143,262,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Alaska ranked 46th in Urban Land Usage by using 167,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Alaska ranked 1st in Other Land Usage by using 130,760,000 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.