Pennsylvania

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Pennsylvania 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	5,125
Pasture	962
Forest	15,853
Special	2,593
Urban	2,745
Other	1,404

How Pennsylvania Compares to Other States

• Pennsylvania ranked 27th in Crop Land Usage by using 5,125,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Pennsylvania ranked 38th in Pasture Land Usage by using 962,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Pennsylvania ranked 16th in Forest Land Usage by using 15,853,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Pennsylvania ranked 18th in Special Land Usage by using 2,593,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Pennsylvania ranked 4th in Urban Land Usage by using 2,745,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Pennsylvania ranked 31st in Other Land Usage by using 1,404,000 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.