Utah

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Utah 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	2,044
Pasture	24,339
Forest	14,905
Special	4,958
Urban	444
Other	5,882

How Utah Compares to Other States

• Utah ranked 36th in Crop Land Usage by using 2,044,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Utah ranked 8th in Pasture Land Usage by using 24,339,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Utah ranked 21st in Forest Land Usage by using 14,905,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Utah ranked 12th in Special Land Usage by using 4,958,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Utah ranked 35th in Urban Land Usage by using 444,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Utah ranked 5th in Other Land Usage by using 5,882,000 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.