West 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 West 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	1,208
Pasture	507
Forest	11,900
Special	929
Urban	364
Other	502

How West Virginia Compares to Other States

• West Virginia ranked 39th in Crop Land Usage by using 1,208,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• West Virginia ranked 40th in Pasture Land Usage by using 507,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• West Virginia ranked 29th in Forest Land Usage by using 11,900,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• West Virginia ranked 40th in Special Land Usage by using 929,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• West Virginia ranked 36th in Urban Land Usage by using 364,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• West Virginia ranked 39th in Other Land Usage by using 502,000 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.