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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%

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

Source: US Department of Agriculture: Census
Data in thousands of acres.

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