Arkansas

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Arkansas 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	9,645
Pasture	2,312
Forest	18,373
Special	1,534
Urban	582
Other	876

How Arkansas Compares to Other States

• Arkansas ranked 17th in Crop Land Usage by using 9,645,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Arkansas ranked 20th in Pasture Land Usage by using 2,312,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Arkansas ranked 11th in Forest Land Usage by using 18,373,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Arkansas ranked 34th in Special Land Usage by using 1,534,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Arkansas ranked 31st in Urban Land Usage by using 582,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Arkansas ranked 36th in Other Land Usage by using 876,000 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.