Connecticut

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Connecticut 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	152
Pasture	30
Forest	1,436
Special	294
Urban	1,133
Other	55

How Connecticut Compares to Other States

• Connecticut ranked 47th in Crop Land Usage by using 152,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Connecticut ranked 48th in Pasture Land Usage by using 30,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Connecticut ranked 46th in Forest Land Usage by using 1,436,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Connecticut ranked 48th in Special Land Usage by using 294,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Connecticut ranked 21st in Urban Land Usage by using 1,133,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Connecticut ranked 49th in Other Land Usage by using 55,000 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.