Virginia

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Virginia 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	4,168
Pasture	1,373
Forest	15,372
Special	1,590
Urban	1,526
Other	1,312

How Virginia Compares to Other States

• Virginia ranked 30th in Crop Land Usage by using 4,168,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Virginia ranked 30th in Pasture Land Usage by using 1,373,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Virginia ranked 19th in Forest Land Usage by using 15,372,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Virginia ranked 33rd in Special Land Usage by using 1,590,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Virginia ranked 14th in Urban Land Usage by using 1,526,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Virginia ranked 32nd in Other Land Usage by using 1,312,000 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.