US Agricultural Land
Change by State: 1992-1997
Table 1: Ranked by Change in Acreage
Table 2: Ranked by Percentage Change
Data in Thousands of Acres
|
Rank |
State |
1992 |
1997 |
Change |
% Change |
|
1 |
Utah |
9,624.5 |
12,024.7 |
2,400.2 |
24.9% |
|
2 |
Wyoming |
32,876.1 |
34,088.7 |
1,212.6 |
3.7% |
|
3 |
Nebraska |
44,393.1 |
45,525.4 |
1,132.3 |
2.6% |
|
4 |
Oklahoma |
32,143.0 |
33,218.7 |
1,075.7 |
3.3% |
|
5 |
Georgia |
10,025.6 |
10,671.2 |
645.6 |
6.4% |
|
6 |
Texas |
130,886.7 |
131,308.3 |
421.6 |
0.3% |
|
7 |
Minnesota |
25,666.9 |
25,994.6 |
327.7 |
1.3% |
|
8 |
Missouri |
28,546.9 |
28,826.2 |
279.3 |
1.0% |
|
9 |
Alabama |
8,450.8 |
8,704.4 |
253.6 |
3.0% |
|
10 |
Arkansas |
14,127.7 |
14,365.0 |
237.3 |
1.7% |
|
11 |
West Virginia |
3,267.2 |
3,455.5 |
188.3 |
5.8% |
|
12 |
North Carolina |
8,936.0 |
9,122.4 |
186.4 |
2.1% |
|
13 |
South Carolina |
4,472.6 |
4,593.5 |
120.9 |
2.7% |
|
14 |
Louisiana |
7,837.5 |
7,876.5 |
39.0 |
0.5% |
|
15 |
New Hampshire |
385.9 |
415.0 |
29.1 |
7.5% |
|
16 |
Rhode Island |
49.6 |
55.3 |
5.7 |
11.5% |
|
17 |
Connecticut |
358.7 |
359.3 |
0.6 |
0.2% |
|
18 |
Massachusetts |
526.4 |
518.3 |
(8.1) |
-1.5% |
|
19 |
Delaware |
589.2 |
579.6 |
(9.6) |
-1.6% |
|
20 |
New Jersey |
847.6 |
832.6 |
(15.0) |
-1.8% |
|
21 |
Vermont |
1,278.5 |
1,262.1 |
(16.4) |
-1.3% |
|
22 |
Pennsylvania |
7,189.5 |
7,167.9 |
(21.6) |
-0.3% |
|
23 |
Alaska |
923.0 |
881.0 |
(42.0) |
-4.6% |
|
24 |
Illinois |
27,250.3 |
27,204.8 |
(45.5) |
-0.2% |
|
25 |
Maine |
1,258.3 |
1,211.6 |
(46.7) |
-3.7% |
|
26 |
Tennessee |
11,169.1 |
11,122.4 |
(46.7) |
-0.4% |
|
27 |
Mississippi |
10,188.4 |
10,124.8 |
(63.6) |
-0.6% |
|
28 |
Maryland |
2,223.5 |
2,154.9 |
(68.6) |
-3.1% |
|
29 |
Virginia |
8,297.0 |
8,228.2 |
(68.8) |
-0.8% |
|
30 |
North Dakota |
39,438.1 |
39,359.3 |
(78.8) |
-0.2% |
|
31 |
Ohio |
14,248.0 |
14,103.1 |
(144.9) |
-1.0% |
|
32 |
Hawaii |
1,588.8 |
1,439.1 |
(149.7) |
-9.4% |
|
33 |
Oregon |
17,609.5 |
17,449.3 |
(160.2) |
-0.9% |
|
34 |
Iowa |
31,346.6 |
31,166.7 |
(179.9) |
-0.6% |
|
35 |
New York |
7,458.0 |
7,254.5 |
(203.5) |
-2.7% |
|
36 |
Michigan |
10,088.2 |
9,872.8 |
(215.4) |
-2.1% |
|
37 |
Florida |
10,766.1 |
10,454.2 |
(311.9) |
-2.9% |
|
38 |
Kentucky |
13,665.8 |
13,334.2 |
(331.6) |
-2.4% |
|
39 |
South Dakota |
44,828.1 |
44,354.9 |
(473.2) |
-1.1% |
|
40 |
Indiana |
15,618.8 |
15,111.0 |
(507.8) |
-3.3% |
|
41 |
Washington |
15,726.0 |
15,179.7 |
(546.3) |
-3.5% |
|
42 |
Wisconsin |
15,463.6 |
14,900.2 |
(563.4) |
-3.6% |
|
43 |
Kansas |
46,672.2 |
46,089.3 |
(582.9) |
-1.2% |
|
44 |
Montana |
59,642.5 |
58,607.8 |
(1,034.7) |
-1.7% |
|
45 |
New Mexico |
46,849.3 |
45,787.1 |
(1,062.2) |
-2.3% |
|
46 |
California |
28,979.0 |
27,698.8 |
(1,280.2) |
-4.4% |
|
47 |
Colorado |
33,983.0 |
32,634.2 |
(1,348.8) |
-4.0% |
|
48 |
Idaho |
13,469.0 |
11,830.2 |
(1,638.8) |
-12.2% |
|
49 |
Nevada |
9,263.7 |
6,409.3 |
(2,854.4) |
-30.8% |
|
50 |
Arizona |
35,037.6 |
26,866.7 |
(8,170.9) |
-23.3% |
|
|
United States |
945,531.5 |
931,795.3 |
(13,736.2) |
-1.5% |
|