New Jersey

Major Land Usage

Courtesy of the USDA Economic Research Service, the reports below display results from the latest inventory of major land usage in New Jersey 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	552
Pasture	40
Forest	1,476
Special	811
Urban	1,794
Other	73

How New Jersey Compares to Other States

• New Jersey ranked 42nd in Crop Land Usage by using 552,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Crop Land Usage was 8,658,000 acres.



• New Jersey ranked 46th in Pasture Land Usage by using 40,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Pasture Land Usage was 11,500,000 acres.



• New Jersey ranked 45th in Forest Land Usage by using 1,476,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Forest Land Usage was 12,768,000 acres.



• New Jersey ranked 41st in Special Land Usage by using 811,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Special Land Usage was 5,820,000 acres.



• New Jersey ranked 12th in Urban Land Usage by using 1,794,000 acres of land in 2005. The average for all states for Urban Land Usage was 1,168,000 acres.



• New Jersey ranked 48th in Other Land Usage by using 73,000 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.