United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

658 Agriculture
No. 1154. La n d Ut il iz a t io n , b y T y p e : 1950 t o 1978
[ 1 9 5 0 e x c lu d e s A laska a n d H a w a ii. S e e Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1970, s e rie s J 5 0 - 6 5 , fo r s im ila r d a ta ]
TYPE
LAND (m il. a c re s )
PERCENT
1 9 5 0 1 9 5 9 1 9 6 9 1 9 7 4 1 9 7 8 1 9 5 0 1 9 5 9 1 9 6 9 1 9 7 4 1 9 7 0
T o t a l la n d a r e a ............. .......... 1,904 2,271 2, 2 6 4 2,264 2, 2 6 4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
C ro p la n d u s e d fo r c r o p s ..... ................................. 3 7 7 3 5 9 3 3 3 36 1 3 6 9 19.8 15.8 14.7 16.0 16.3
Id le c ro p la n d .............................. 3 2 3 3 51 21 2 6 1.7 1.5 2.3 .9 1.1
C ro p la n d u s e d o n ly fo r p a s tu re ................................ 6 9 66 88 8 3 7 6 3.6 2.9 3.9 3.7 3.4
G ra s s la n d p a s tu re 2...............
F o re s t l a n d 3...............................
63 1 6 3 3 6 0 4 5 9 8 5 8 7 33.1 27.9 26 . 7 26.4 25.9
60 1 7 2 8 7 2 3 7 1 8 7 0 3 31 . 6 32.1 31 . 9 31.7 31.1
S p e c ia l u s e s .............................................. 1 1 5 1 4 6 1 7 2 1 8 2 1 5 8 6.0 6.4 7.6 8.0 7.0
U rb a n a re a s 4....................................... 15 2 4 31 3 5 (5) ,8 1.1 1.4 1.5 (a)
T ra n s p o rta tio n a re a s 6.................... 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 6 2 7 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2
R e c re a tio n a r e a s 7............................ 3 2 4 4 4 9 5 2 5 7 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.5
W ild life a r e a s 8. ................................... 9 1 7 3 2 3 6 41 .5 .8 1,4 1.6 1.8
N a tio n a l d e fe n s e a n d in d u s tria l8......................... 2 3 2 6 2 6 2 5 2 5 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
F a rm s te a d s , fa rm roads, and la n e s .................. 12 10 8 8 8 .6 .4 .4 .4 .4
O th e r la n d 10.................. ......................................... ............ 7 9 3 0 6 2 9 3 30 1 83 4 5 4.2 13.5 12.9 13.2 “ 15.2
'C r o p la n d h a rv e s te d , crop fa ilu re , a n d cultivated s u m m e r fa llo w . 2 G ra s s la n d a n d o th e r n o n fo re s t p a s tu re and
ra n g e . E x c lu d e s reserve fo re s t la n d In p arks a n d o th e r sp e c ia l u s e s o f land. In c lu d e s fo re s t g ra z in g la n d . * E s tim a te d area
In urbanized areas and places of 2,500 or more population outside urbanized areas. sData for urban areas Included in o th er
la n d . R e p r e s e n t s rural h ig h w ay, ro a d , a n d railro ad rig h ts -o f-w a y , a n d airp o rts . ''A r e a In N a tio n a l a n d S t a t e p a rk s a n d
re la te d re c re a tio n a reas, including a r e a in n atio n al w ild ern ess a n d prim itive a re a s . " A c re a g e a d m in is te re d b y F e d e r a l a n d S ta te
a g e n c ie s p rim a rily fo r wildlife p ro te c tio n a n d pro p agatio n . " A re a s a d m in is te re d b y th e D e p t, o f D e fe n s e fo r m ilita ry p u rp o ses
a n d by t h e E n e rg y R es e a rc h a n d D e v e lo p m e n t A d m in istratio n . 10 M is c e lla n e o u s a re a s s u c h a s m a rs h e s , o p e n s w a m p s , b are
ro c k a re a , d e s e rts , a n d tundra, a n d v a rio u s o th e r uses not in v e n to rie d .
S o u rc e : U .S . D e p t, o f A gricultu re, E c o n o m ic R e s e a rc h S e rv ic e , Major Uses o f Land in the United States: 1978, A E R 4 8 7 .
No. 1155. A v a il a b il it y o f No n f e d e r a l La n d f o r A g r ic u l t u r e : 1977
[fn m illio n s o f a c r e s . A gricultural la n d s re p re s e n t lands c u rre n tly u s e d to p ro d u c e a g ric u ltu ra l c o m m o d itie s . D a t a a r e b a s e d o n
N a tio n a l Agricultural L an d s S tu d y; fo r d eta ils , c o n ta c t s o u rc e ]
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