Georgia

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Georgia 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	5,045
Pasture	1,227
Forest	23,802
Special	1,995
Urban	2,407
Other	2,584

How Georgia Compares to Other States

• Georgia ranked 28th in Crop Land Usage by using 5,045,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Georgia ranked 35th in Pasture Land Usage by using 1,227,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Georgia ranked 4th in Forest Land Usage by using 23,802,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Georgia ranked 22nd in Special Land Usage by using 1,995,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Georgia ranked 7th in Urban Land Usage by using 2,407,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Georgia ranked 15th in Other Land Usage by using 2,584,000 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.