Vermont

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Vermont 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	589
Pasture	208
Forest	4,483
Special	346
Urban	95
Other	198

How Vermont Compares to Other States

• Vermont ranked 41st in Crop Land Usage by using 589,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Vermont ranked 43rd in Pasture Land Usage by using 208,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Vermont ranked 36th in Forest Land Usage by using 4,483,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Vermont ranked 46th in Special Land Usage by using 346,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Vermont ranked 49th in Urban Land Usage by using 95,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Vermont ranked 44th in Other Land Usage by using 198,000 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.