|
Indiana
Major Land Usage
Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage
in Indiana 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
|
13,027 |
|
Pasture
|
1,335 |
|
Forest
|
4,342 |
|
Special
|
1,271 |
|
Urban
|
1,423 |
|
Other
|
1,558 |
How Indiana Compares to Other States
-
Indiana ranked 12th in Crop Land Usage
by using 13,027,000 acres of land in 2005.
The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.
-
Indiana ranked 32nd in Pasture Land Usage
by using 1,335,000 acres of land in 2005.
The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.
-
Indiana ranked 37th in Forest Land Usage
by using 4,342,000 acres of land in 2005.
The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.
-
Indiana ranked 37th in Special Land Usage
by using 1,271,000 acres of land in 2005.
The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.
-
Indiana ranked 15th in Urban Land Usage
by using 1,423,000 acres of land in 2005.
The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.
-
Indiana ranked 27th in Other Land Usage
by using 1,558,000 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.
|
|
Ground vs Surface
View the comparisons of ground and surface water systems in Indiana in terms of usage and populations served
View Report >>
|
Types of Green Energy Stickers
This is a program created by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure that products match certain energy-saving criteria and clean codes prior to being released on the market. The point is to give better performance with less energy use, ...
Energy/Environment: Beshear 2012 Budget Address
Funding to install a $34 million permanent cap on the Maxey Flats toxic Superfund site. The state should be able to meet its obligations under federal law to regulate the coal-mining industry in Kentucky. But the budget raises questions about whether ...
Subsidies for Green Energy Do Not Help American Consumers
By Daniel Kish Dan Kish is a senior vice president for policy at the Institute for Energy Research. Kish has more than 25 years of experience on congressional committees focused principally upon of natural resource and energy policies. ...
|
|
