Maryland

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Maryland 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	1,527
Pasture	291
Forest	2,372
Special	735
Urban	1,164
Other	167

How Maryland Compares to Other States

• Maryland ranked 37th in Crop Land Usage by using 1,527,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Maryland ranked 42nd in Pasture Land Usage by using 291,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Maryland ranked 39th in Forest Land Usage by using 2,372,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Maryland ranked 43rd in Special Land Usage by using 735,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Maryland ranked 19th in Urban Land Usage by using 1,164,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Maryland ranked 45th in Other Land Usage by using 167,000 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.