Land Cover/Use, by State: 1992

[In thousands of acres. Excludes Alaska and District of Columbia] 

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                                              |                                NONFEDERAL LAND
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                                              |                  |                           Rural
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                       Total         Federal  |          Devel-  |              Crop-   Pasture    Range-  Forest   Minor
STATE                  surface(1)    land     |  Total   oped(2) |     Total    land    land       land    land     cover/use
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Total ..............    1,940,011    407,989   1,483,126 92,352    1,390,774  382,317   125,927  398,949  394,958   88,624
 United States .....    1,937,678    407,899   1,480,916 91,946    1,388,970  381,950   125,215  398,803  394,437   88,565
  Arizona ..........       72,960     30,280      42,408  1,404       41,004    1,198        76   32,227    4,718    2,785
  Colorado .........       66,618     23,923      42,240  1,694       40,547    8,940     1,256   23,537    3,755    3,059
  Idaho ............       53,481     33,298      19,521    587       18,934    5,600     1,243    6,668    4,024    1,399
  Montana ..........       94,109     27,122      65,656  1,096       64,561   15,035     3,370   36,835    5,156    4,165
  Nevada ...........       70,759     60,290      10,025    394        9,631      762       297    7,854      353      364
  New Mexico .......       77,819     27,394      50,196    866       49,330    1,892       212   39,792    4,600    2,835
  Utah .............       54,336     35,582      16,866    561       16,305    1,815       665   10,050    1,626    2,148
  Wyoming ..........       62,598     30,020      32,012    541       31,471    2,272       901   26,015      975    1,309
 

Notes: -Represents zero. (1)Includes water area not shown separately. (2)Includes urban and built-up areas in units of 10 acres or greater, and rural transportation.

Source: Table No. 365 of the Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1995 . U.S. Census Bureau.

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