Delaware

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Delaware 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	454
Pasture	10
Forest	376
Special	112
Urban	195
Other	104

How Delaware Compares to Other States

• Delaware ranked 44th in Crop Land Usage by using 454,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Delaware ranked 49th in Pasture Land Usage by using 10,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Delaware ranked 49th in Forest Land Usage by using 376,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Delaware ranked 49th in Special Land Usage by using 112,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Delaware ranked 44th in Urban Land Usage by using 195,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Delaware ranked 46th in Other Land Usage by using 104,000 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.