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Land Use by US State: 1990:
Ranked by Urban Land

      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 Texas 261,914 206,344 9,424 215,767 46,147
4 Florida 53,937 17,041 5,277 22,318 31,619
5 Alabama 50,750 15,789 3,886 19,675 31,075
6 Minnesota 79,617 46,864 3,612 50,476 29,141
7 Ohio 40,953 24,544 3,562 28,106 12,847
8 Arizona 113,642 57,688 3,553 61,241 52,401
9 Oklahoma 68,679 51,516 3,470 54,985 13,694
10 New York 47,224 13,284 3,456 16,740 30,484
11 Illinois 55,593 44,483 3,354 47,837 7,756
12 Tennessee 41,219 19,330 3,137 22,467 18,752
13 Georgia 57,919 19,500 3,032 22,532 35,387
14 Virginia 39,598 13,872 2,800 16,672 22,926
15 Pennsylvania 44,820 12,670 2,791 15,462 29,358
16 Michigan 56,809 16,875 2,746 19,621 37,188
17 North Dakota 68,994 63,272 2,694 65,966 3,028
18 Missouri 68,898 47,419 2,481 49,900 18,998
19 Wisconsin 54,314 27,500 2,339 29,839 24,475
20 Louisiana 43,566 13,900 2,179 16,079 27,487
21 Washington 66,581 24,975 2,097 27,072 39,509
22 New Jersey 7,419 1,338 2,024 3,361 4,058
23 Montana 145,556 95,664 2,012 97,676 47,880
24 Nevada 109,806 16,688 1,980 18,667 91,139
25 Indiana 35,870 25,500 1,899 27,399 8,471
26 Arkansas 52,075 24,234 1,896 26,131 25,944
27 Iowa 55,875 52,325 1,805 54,130 1,745
28 Colorado 103,729 52,692 1,791 54,483 49,246
29 Massachusetts 7,838 1,083 1,682 2,765 5,073
30 Mississippi 46,914 20,313 1,624 21,936 24,978
31 Maryland 9,775 3,469 1,585 5,054 4,721
32 South Carolina 30,111 8,125 1,551 9,676 20,435
33 Utah 82,168 17,388 1,511 18,899 63,269
34 Kentucky 39,732 22,088 1,467 23,554 16,178
35 New Mexico 121,364 72,100 1,217 73,317 48,047
36 Kansas 81,823 74,822 1,193 76,015 5,808
37 Maine 30,865 2,198 1,144 3,343 27,522
38 Hawaii 6,423 2,906 1,033 3,939 2,484
39 Oregon 96,002 28,213 994 29,207 66,795
40 Connecticut 4,845 675 921 1,596 3,249
41 West Virginia 24,087 5,906 692 6,598 17,489
42 North Carolina 48,718 15,113 673 15,786 32,932
43 New Hampshire 8,969 792 633 1,425 7,544
44 Nebraska 76,878 73,566 578 74,144 2,734
45 South Dakota 75,896 69,234 506 69,740 6,156
46 Idaho 82,751 21,588 490 22,078 60,673
47 Wyoming 97,105 54,984 412 55,396 41,709
48 Rhode Island 1,045 148 216 365 680
49 Vermont 9,249 2,363 208 2,571 6,678
50 Delaware 1,955 923 123 1,047 908
Note: Most land in Alaska urban places is not developed, unlike the situation in other states.

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