Minnesota

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Minnesota 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	23,264
Pasture	1,830
Forest	14,722
Special	4,679
Urban	966
Other	5,489

How Minnesota Compares to Other States

• Minnesota ranked 6th in Crop Land Usage by using 23,264,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Minnesota ranked 27th in Pasture Land Usage by using 1,830,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Minnesota ranked 22nd in Forest Land Usage by using 14,722,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Minnesota ranked 13th in Special Land Usage by using 4,679,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Minnesota ranked 25th in Urban Land Usage by using 966,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Minnesota ranked 6th in Other Land Usage by using 5,489,000 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.