Illinois

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Illinois 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	24,531
Pasture	1,950
Forest	4,087
Special	1,972
Urban	2,302
Other	732

How Illinois Compares to Other States

• Illinois ranked 5th in Crop Land Usage by using 24,531,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Illinois ranked 25th in Pasture Land Usage by using 1,950,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Illinois ranked 38th in Forest Land Usage by using 4,087,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Illinois ranked 23rd in Special Land Usage by using 1,972,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Illinois ranked 8th in Urban Land Usage by using 2,302,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Illinois ranked 37th in Other Land Usage by using 732,000 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.