Major Uses of Land in the United States: 1974

The United States has a land area of 2,264 million acres. The major uses of this acreage in 1974 were: cropland, 465 million acres; grassland pasture and range, 598 million acres; forest land, 718 million acres; urban, recreational, and other special uses, 182 million acres; and miscellaneous land, 301 million acres. From 1969 to 1974 cropland, pasture and range, and forest land each decreased about 1 percent while special uses increased 6 percent.