Nebraska

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Nebraska 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	22,764
Pasture	21,941
Forest	897
Special	1,652
Urban	293
Other	1,651

How Nebraska Compares to Other States

• Nebraska ranked 7th in Crop Land Usage by using 22,764,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Nebraska ranked 11th in Pasture Land Usage by using 21,941,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Nebraska ranked 47th in Forest Land Usage by using 897,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Nebraska ranked 30th in Special Land Usage by using 1,652,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Nebraska ranked 39th in Urban Land Usage by using 293,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Nebraska ranked 25th in Other Land Usage by using 1,651,000 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.