Colorado

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Colorado 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	12,044
Pasture	28,158
Forest	18,925
Special	6,022
Urban	814
Other	417

How Colorado Compares to Other States

• Colorado ranked 13th in Crop Land Usage by using 12,044,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Colorado ranked 7th in Pasture Land Usage by using 28,158,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Colorado ranked 7th in Forest Land Usage by using 18,925,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Colorado ranked 10th in Special Land Usage by using 6,022,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Colorado ranked 26th in Urban Land Usage by using 814,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Colorado ranked 41st in Other Land Usage by using 417,000 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.