Hawaii

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Hawaii 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	187
Pasture	1,002
Forest	1,552
Special	769
Urban	227
Other	374

How Hawaii Compares to Other States

• Hawaii ranked 46th in Crop Land Usage by using 187,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Hawaii ranked 37th in Pasture Land Usage by using 1,002,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Hawaii ranked 42nd in Forest Land Usage by using 1,552,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Hawaii ranked 42nd in Special Land Usage by using 769,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Hawaii ranked 42nd in Urban Land Usage by using 227,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Hawaii ranked 43rd in Other Land Usage by using 374,000 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.