Kansas
Major Land Usage
Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage
in Kansas 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
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30,461 |
Pasture
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15,079 |
Forest
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1,490 |
Special
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1,944 |
Urban
|
554 |
Other
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2,832 |
How Kansas Compares to Other States
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Kansas ranked 2nd in Crop Land Usage
by using 30,461,000 acres of land in 2005.
The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.
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Kansas ranked 15th in Pasture Land Usage
by using 15,079,000 acres of land in 2005.
The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.
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Kansas ranked 44th in Forest Land Usage
by using 1,490,000 acres of land in 2005.
The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.
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Kansas ranked 24th in Special Land Usage
by using 1,944,000 acres of land in 2005.
The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.
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Kansas ranked 32nd in Urban Land Usage
by using 554,000 acres of land in 2005.
The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.
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Kansas ranked 10th in Other Land Usage
by using 2,832,000 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.
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CO2 Emissions by Year
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