North Carolina

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in North Carolina 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	5,199
Pasture	875
Forest	18,664
Special	2,395
Urban	2,294
Other	1,748

How North Carolina Compares to Other States

• North Carolina ranked 26th in Crop Land Usage by using 5,199,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• North Carolina ranked 39th in Pasture Land Usage by using 875,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• North Carolina ranked 8th in Forest Land Usage by using 18,664,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• North Carolina ranked 20th in Special Land Usage by using 2,395,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• North Carolina ranked 9th in Urban Land Usage by using 2,294,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• North Carolina ranked 22nd in Other Land Usage by using 1,748,000 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.