Million acres
Line chart with 13 groups and 6 lines per group.
Group 1, 1959.
Line 1, Urban areas 27.217.
Line 2, Miscellaneous other land 293.163.
Line 3, Special uses 114.652.
Line 4, Forest-use land (all) 745.177.
Line 5, Grassland pasture and range 633.127.
Line 6, Total cropland 458.007.
Group 2, 1964.
Line 1, Urban areas 29.268.
Line 2, Miscellaneous other land 276.706.
Line 3, Special uses 143.889.
Line 4, Forest-use land (all) 731.775.
Line 5, Grassland pasture and range 640.439.
Line 6, Total cropland 444.196.
Group 3, 1969.
Line 1, Urban areas 31.013.
Line 2, Miscellaneous other land 290.977.
Line 3, Special uses 143.215.
Line 4, Forest-use land (all) 722.67.
Line 5, Grassland pasture and range 603.615.
Line 6, Total cropland 472.097.
Group 4, 1974.
Line 1, Urban areas 34.817.
Line 2, Miscellaneous other land 300.784.
Line 3, Special uses 146.892.
Line 4, Forest-use land (all) 718.177.
Line 5, Grassland pasture and range 597.833.
Line 6, Total cropland 465.084.
Group 5, 1978.
Line 1, Urban areas 44.646.
Line 2, Miscellaneous other land 300.852.
Line 3, Special uses 157.899.
Line 4, Forest-use land (all) 702.627.
Line 5, Grassland pasture and range 586.721.
Line 6, Total cropland 470.842.
Group 6, 1982.
Line 1, Urban areas 50.182.
Line 2, Miscellaneous other land 223.996.
Line 3, Special uses 269.739.
Line 4, Forest-use land (all) 655.28.
Line 5, Grassland pasture and range 596.664.
Line 6, Total cropland 469.286.
Group 7, 1987.
Line 1, Urban areas 56.642.
Line 2, Miscellaneous other land 226.658.
Line 3, Special uses 278.599.
Line 4, Forest-use land (all) 648.164.
Line 5, Grassland pasture and range 591.083.
Line 6, Total cropland 464.001.
Group 8, 1992.
Line 1, Urban areas 58.786.
Line 2, Miscellaneous other land 224.439.
Line 3, Special uses 280.763.
Line 4, Forest-use land (all) 648.046.
Line 5, Grassland pasture and range 591.176.
Line 6, Total cropland 460.044.
Group 9, 1997.
Line 1, Urban areas 65.537.
Line 2, Miscellaneous other land 235.42.
Line 3, Special uses 285.541.
Line 4, Forest-use land (all) 641.536.
Line 5, Grassland pasture and range 580.165.
Line 6, Total cropland 455.052.
Group 10, 2002.
Line 1, Urban areas 59.587.
Line 2, Miscellaneous other land 228.334.
Line 3, Special uses 296.807.
Line 4, Forest-use land (all) 651.163.
Line 5, Grassland pasture and range 586.521.
Line 6, Total cropland 441.55.
Group 11, 2007.
Line 1, Urban areas 60.562.
Line 2, Miscellaneous other land 196.657.
Line 3, Special uses 313.482.
Line 4, Forest-use land (all) 671.39.
Line 5, Grassland pasture and range 613.733.
Line 6, Total cropland 408.139.
Group 12, 2012.
Line 1, Urban areas 69.864.
Line 2, Miscellaneous other land 195.542.
Line 3, Special uses 315.872.
Line 4, Forest-use land (all) 631.682.
Line 5, Grassland pasture and range 655.486.
Line 6, Total cropland 391.975.
Group 13, 2017.
Line 1, Urban areas 74.305.
Line 2, Miscellaneous other land 196.994.
Line 3, Special uses 317.661.
Line 4, Forest-use land (all) 621.945.
Line 5, Grassland pasture and range 659.292.
Line 6, Total cropland 390.223.
Source: USDA, Economic Research Service using data from the Major Land Uses series.