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Land Use by US State: 1990:
Ranked by Open Space

      Human Use Land  
Rank State Total Land in Square Miles Agriculture Use: USDA 1990 Estimate Land in Urban Places: 1990 Census Total Human Use Land Other Land (Largely Open Space)
1 Alaska 570,374 2,694 16,857 19,550 550,824
2 California 155,973 48,078 9,471 57,549 98,424
3 Nevada 109,806 16,688 1,980 18,667 91,139
4 Oregon 96,002 28,213 994 29,207 66,795
5 Utah 82,168 17,388 1,511 18,899 63,269
6 Idaho 82,751 21,588 490 22,078 60,673
7 Arizona 113,642 57,688 3,553 61,241 52,401
8 Colorado 103,729 52,692 1,791 54,483 49,246
9 New Mexico 121,364 72,100 1,217 73,317 48,047
10 Montana 145,556 95,664 2,012 97,676 47,880
11 Texas 261,914 206,344 9,424 215,767 46,147
12 Wyoming 97,105 54,984 412 55,396 41,709
13 Washington 66,581 24,975 2,097 27,072 39,509
14 Michigan 56,809 16,875 2,746 19,621 37,188
15 Georgia 57,919 19,500 3,032 22,532 35,387
16 North Carolina 48,718 15,113 673 15,786 32,932
17 Florida 53,937 17,041 5,277 22,318 31,619
18 Alabama 50,750 15,789 3,886 19,675 31,075
19 New York 47,224 13,284 3,456 16,740 30,484
20 Pennsylvania 44,820 12,670 2,791 15,462 29,358
21 Minnesota 79,617 46,864 3,612 50,476 29,141
22 Maine 30,865 2,198 1,144 3,343 27,522
23 Louisiana 43,566 13,900 2,179 16,079 27,487
24 Arkansas 52,075 24,234 1,896 26,131 25,944
25 Mississippi 46,914 20,313 1,624 21,936 24,978
26 Wisconsin 54,314 27,500 2,339 29,839 24,475
27 Virginia 39,598 13,872 2,800 16,672 22,926
28 South Carolina 30,111 8,125 1,551 9,676 20,435
29 Missouri 68,898 47,419 2,481 49,900 18,998
30 Tennessee 41,219 19,330 3,137 22,467 18,752
31 West Virginia 24,087 5,906 692 6,598 17,489
32 Kentucky 39,732 22,088 1,467 23,554 16,178
33 Oklahoma 68,679 51,516 3,470 54,985 13,694
34 Ohio 40,953 24,544 3,562 28,106 12,847
35 Indiana 35,870 25,500 1,899 27,399 8,471
36 Illinois 55,593 44,483 3,354 47,837 7,756
37 New Hampshire 8,969 792 633 1,425 7,544
38 Vermont 9,249 2,363 208 2,571 6,678
39 South Dakota 75,896 69,234 506 69,740 6,156
40 Kansas 81,823 74,822 1,193 76,015 5,808
41 Massachusetts 7,838 1,083 1,682 2,765 5,073
42 Maryland 9,775 3,469 1,585 5,054 4,721
43 New Jersey 7,419 1,338 2,024 3,361 4,058
44 Connecticut 4,845 675 921 1,596 3,249
45 North Dakota 68,994 63,272 2,694 65,966 3,028
46 Nebraska 76,878 73,566 578 74,144 2,734
47 Hawaii 6,423 2,906 1,033 3,939 2,484
48 Iowa 55,875 52,325 1,805 54,130 1,745
49 Delaware 1,955 923 123 1,047 908
50 Rhode Island 1,045 148 216 365 680

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