Texas

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Texas 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	40,441
Pasture	98,263
Forest	11,774
Special	5,475
Urban	4,585
Other	7,013

How Texas Compares to Other States

• Texas ranked 1st in Crop Land Usage by using 40,441,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Texas ranked 1st in Pasture Land Usage by using 98,263,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Texas ranked 30th in Forest Land Usage by using 11,774,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Texas ranked 11th in Special Land Usage by using 5,475,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Texas ranked 2nd in Urban Land Usage by using 4,585,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Texas ranked 3rd in Other Land Usage by using 7,013,000 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.