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Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Oregon 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 5,311
Pasture 23,239
Forest 27,169
Special 3,946
Urban 662
Other 1,112


How Oregon Compares to Other States

  • Oregon ranked 25th in Crop Land Usage by using 5,311,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.


  • Oregon ranked 9th in Pasture Land Usage by using 23,239,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.


  • Oregon ranked 3rd in Forest Land Usage by using 27,169,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.


  • Oregon ranked 16th in Special Land Usage by using 3,946,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.


  • Oregon ranked 29th in Urban Land Usage by using 662,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.


  • Oregon ranked 34th in Other Land Usage by using 1,112,000 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.

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