Arizona

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Arizona 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	1,235
Pasture	40,533
Forest	17,608
Special	11,373
Urban	1,080
Other	897

How Arizona Compares to Other States

• Arizona ranked 38th in Crop Land Usage by using 1,235,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Arizona ranked 6th in Pasture Land Usage by using 40,533,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Arizona ranked 12th in Forest Land Usage by using 17,608,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Arizona ranked 3rd in Special Land Usage by using 11,373,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Arizona ranked 22nd in Urban Land Usage by using 1,080,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Arizona ranked 35th in Other Land Usage by using 897,000 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.