Montana

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Montana 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	18,118
Pasture	46,361
Forest	19,184
Special	6,863
Urban	168
Other	2,458

How Montana Compares to Other States

• Montana ranked 10th in Crop Land Usage by using 18,118,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Montana ranked 4th in Pasture Land Usage by using 46,361,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Montana ranked 6th in Forest Land Usage by using 19,184,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Montana ranked 5th in Special Land Usage by using 6,863,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Montana ranked 45th in Urban Land Usage by using 168,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Montana ranked 17th in Other Land Usage by using 2,458,000 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.