Wisconsin

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in Wisconsin 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	10,779
Pasture	2,003
Forest	15,701
Special	2,439
Urban	1,051
Other	2,785

How Wisconsin Compares to Other States

• Wisconsin ranked 15th in Crop Land Usage by using 10,779,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• Wisconsin ranked 24th in Pasture Land Usage by using 2,003,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• Wisconsin ranked 17th in Forest Land Usage by using 15,701,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• Wisconsin ranked 19th in Special Land Usage by using 2,439,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• Wisconsin ranked 24th in Urban Land Usage by using 1,051,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• Wisconsin ranked 11th in Other Land Usage by using 2,785,000 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.