Nevada

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Nevada 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	884
Pasture	46,448
Forest	8,636
Special	6,882
Urban	350
Other	7,088

How Nevada Compares to Other States

• Nevada ranked 40th in Crop Land Usage by using 884,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Nevada ranked 3rd in Pasture Land Usage by using 46,448,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Nevada ranked 31st in Forest Land Usage by using 8,636,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Nevada ranked 4th in Special Land Usage by using 6,882,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Nevada ranked 38th in Urban Land Usage by using 350,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Nevada ranked 2nd in Other Land Usage by using 7,088,000 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.