Iowa

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Iowa 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	27,556
Pasture	2,134
Forest	1,944
Special	1,857
Urban	521
Other	1,744

How Iowa Compares to Other States

• Iowa ranked 4th in Crop Land Usage by using 27,556,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Iowa ranked 23rd in Pasture Land Usage by using 2,134,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Iowa ranked 41st in Forest Land Usage by using 1,944,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Iowa ranked 27th in Special Land Usage by using 1,857,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Iowa ranked 33rd in Urban Land Usage by using 521,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Iowa ranked 23rd in Other Land Usage by using 1,744,000 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.