Oklahoma

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Oklahoma 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	15,229
Pasture	17,488
Forest	6,234
Special	1,635
Urban	736
Other	2,625

How Oklahoma Compares to Other States

• Oklahoma ranked 11th in Crop Land Usage by using 15,229,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Oklahoma ranked 14th in Pasture Land Usage by using 17,488,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Oklahoma ranked 33rd in Forest Land Usage by using 6,234,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Oklahoma ranked 31st in Special Land Usage by using 1,635,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Oklahoma ranked 28th in Urban Land Usage by using 736,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Oklahoma ranked 14th in Other Land Usage by using 2,625,000 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.