South 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 South 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	21,066
Pasture	22,487
Forest	1,511
Special	1,855
Urban	108
Other	1,540

How South Dakota Compares to Other States

• South Dakota ranked 8th in Crop Land Usage by using 21,066,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• South Dakota ranked 10th in Pasture Land Usage by using 22,487,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• South Dakota ranked 43rd in Forest Land Usage by using 1,511,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• South Dakota ranked 28th in Special Land Usage by using 1,855,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• South Dakota ranked 48th in Urban Land Usage by using 108,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• South Dakota ranked 28th in Other Land Usage by using 1,540,000 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.