North Dakota

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 Dakota 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	27,686
Pasture	11,529
Forest	441
Special	1,687
Urban	94
Other	2,708

How North Dakota Compares to Other States

• North Dakota ranked 3rd in Crop Land Usage by using 27,686,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• North Dakota ranked 16th in Pasture Land Usage by using 11,529,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• North Dakota ranked 48th in Forest Land Usage by using 441,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• North Dakota ranked 29th in Special Land Usage by using 1,687,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• North Dakota ranked 50th in Urban Land Usage by using 94,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• North Dakota ranked 12th in Other Land Usage by using 2,708,000 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.