Demographia

The Cultura in the United States (USA)
Domesticated Land in 2000 and 1950
(Agricultural Land & Urban Land)

  1950     2000        
  Agriculture Urban Total Agriculture Urban Total Change % Change
Alabama 33.3 0.7 34.0 14.1 1.8 15.8 -18.2 -53.4%
Alaska 2.5 0.0 2.5 1.4 0.3 1.7 -0.9 -33.8%
Arizona 66.4 0.2 66.6 41.7 1.7 43.4 -23.2 -34.8%
Arkansas 29.8 0.3 30.2 22.8 0.9 23.7 -6.4 -21.4%
California 58.6 3.4 62.0 43.4 7.9 51.4 -10.7 -17.2%
Colorado 60.9 0.2 61.2 49.4 1.3 50.6 -10.5 -17.2%
Connecticut 2.5 0.5 3.0 0.6 1.8 2.4 -0.6 -19.4%
DC 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0%
Delaware 1.4 0.0 1.4 0.9 0.3 1.2 -0.2 -14.4%
Florida 27.3 1.2 28.6 16.1 6.1 22.2 -6.4 -22.3%
Georgia 40.6 0.7 41.4 17.3 3.7 21.1 -20.3 -49.1%
Hawaii 4.1 0.1 4.1 2.2 0.4 2.5 -1.6 -38.7%
Idaho 21.9 0.1 22.0 18.6 0.4 19.0 -3.0 -13.6%
Illinois 49.5 1.3 50.8 43.3 3.6 46.9 -4.0 -7.9%
Indiana 31.6 0.7 32.2 24.2 2.2 26.4 -5.8 -18.0%
Iowa 54.4 0.7 55.1 51.3 0.8 52.1 -3.0 -5.5%
Kansas 78.9 0.4 79.3 74.2 0.9 75.1 -4.2 -5.3%
Kentucky 30.9 0.3 31.3 21.3 1.2 22.5 -8.8 -28.1%
Louisiana 18.1 0.7 18.8 12.7 1.7 14.3 -4.5 -23.9%
Maine 7.0 0.2 7.2 2.0 0.4 2.4 -4.8 -66.9%
Maryland 6.6 0.3 6.8 3.3 1.8 5.1 -1.7 -25.6%
Massachusetts 3.0 0.8 3.7 0.9 2.8 3.7 0.0 0.5%
Michigan 28.0 1.3 29.3 16.3 3.3 19.6 -9.7 -33.1%
Minnesota 52.0 0.8 52.9 44.7 1.5 46.2 -6.7 -12.6%
Mississippi 33.6 0.3 33.9 17.3 0.9 18.3 -15.7 -46.1%
Missouri 56.3 0.7 56.9 46.9 1.8 48.7 -8.2 -14.4%
Montana 101.6 0.1 101.7 88.6 0.3 88.9 -12.8 -12.6%
Nebraska 75.6 0.2 75.9 72.5 0.5 73.0 -2.9 -3.8%
Nevada 11.7 0.1 11.8 10.6 0.5 11.2 -0.6 -5.3%
New Hampshire 3.0 0.1 3.1 0.6 0.6 1.2 -1.9 -61.5%
New Jersey 2.8 1.3 4.1 1.3 2.8 4.0 -0.0 -1.1%
New Mexico 79.7 0.3 80.0 68.8 0.8 69.5 -10.5 -13.1%
New York 26.6 1.8 28.4 12.0 3.9 16.0 -12.4 -43.8%
North Carolina 31.1 0.6 31.7 14.4 3.5 17.9 -13.8 -43.5%
North Dakota 66.7 0.1 66.8 61.6 0.1 61.7 -5.1 -7.6%
Ohio 34.1 1.5 35.5 23.3 4.0 27.3 -8.3 -23.3%
Oklahoma 58.6 0.4 59.0 53.1 1.2 54.3 -4.7 -8.0%
Oregon 32.8 0.3 33.1 26.9 1.0 27.9 -5.2 -15.8%
Pennsylvania 22.7 1.5 24.2 12.0 4.3 16.3 -7.9 -32.6%
Rhode Island 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.5 -0.1 -11.5%
South Carolina 19.1 0.4 19.4 7.3 1.9 9.2 -10.2 -52.7%
South Dakota 70.2 0.1 70.3 68.8 0.2 68.9 -1.4 -1.9%
Tennessee 29.8 0.5 30.3 18.3 2.4 20.7 -9.6 -31.7%
Texas 234.4 1.9 236.2 203.1 7.1 210.3 -26.0 -11.0%
Utah 18.8 0.4 19.1 18.1 0.7 18.8 -0.3 -1.7%
Vermont 5.9 0.1 6.0 2.0 0.1 2.2 -3.8 -63.8%
Virginia 25.8 0.6 26.4 13.6 2.4 16.0 -10.4 -39.4%
Washington 28.1 0.6 28.7 24.5 2.1 26.6 -2.1 -7.2%
West Virginia 13.4 0.2 13.7 5.6 0.6 6.2 -7.5 -54.8%
Wisconsin 36.9 0.8 37.7 25.3 1.6 26.9 -10.7 -28.5%
Wyoming 56.3 0.1 56.3 54.1 0.2 54.2 -2.1 -3.7%
Total 1,885.2 30.0 1,915.2 1,473.4 92.5 1,565.9 -349.3 -18.2%
                 
Notes:                
Area in Square Miles (x1,000)              
2000 Data from US Census Bureau and US Department of Agriculture        
1950 Data estimated from US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service    
Alaska and Hawaii agricultural data from 1960            

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