New Mexico

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in New Mexico 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	2,671
Pasture	51,676
Forest	14,978
Special	6,449
Urban	484
Other	1,410

How New Mexico Compares to Other States

• New Mexico ranked 34th in Crop Land Usage by using 2,671,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• New Mexico ranked 2nd in Pasture Land Usage by using 51,676,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• New Mexico ranked 20th in Forest Land Usage by using 14,978,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• New Mexico ranked 7th in Special Land Usage by using 6,449,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• New Mexico ranked 34th in Urban Land Usage by using 484,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• New Mexico ranked 30th in Other Land Usage by using 1,410,000 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.