APPENDIX BASIC STATISTICS 



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Table 1. — Land area of the United States and Coastal Alaska, by major classes of land and section, region, and State, 



January 1, 1953 ' 





Total 

 land 

 area ^ 



Forest land 



Crop- 

 land 

 in 

 farms * 



Pasture and range ' 







Total 



Com- 

 mercial 



Noncommercial 



Total 



In 

 farms 



Not in 

 farms 





Section, region, and State 



Total 



Pro- 

 ductive 



but 

 reserved 



Unproductive ' 



Other 6 





Total 



Re- 

 served 



Un- 

 reserved 





North: 

 New England: 



Thousand 

 acres 

 3,135 

 19, 866 

 5,035 

 5,771 

 677 

 5,938 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 



1,990 

 17,088 



3,288 



4,848 

 434 



3,730 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 



1,973 

 16, 601 



3,259 



4,682 

 430 



3,713 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 



4^? 



29 



166 



4 



17 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 11 

 164 

 18 

 25 



1^ 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 6 

 323 

 11 

 141 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 6 

 300 

 11 

 79 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 



369 

 1,186 

 473 

 349 

 55 

 937 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 286 

 494 

 296 

 250 

 38 

 971 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 286 

 494 

 296 

 250 

 38 

 971 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 490 



Maine 



Massachusetts 



23 



1,098 

 978 





62 



324 



Rhode Island 





150 





7 





7 





300 









Total 



40, 422 



31,378 



30, 658 



720 



232 



488 



85 



403 



3,369 



2,336 



2,335 





3,340 









Middle Atlantic: 

 Delaware 



1,266 

 ; 6. 363 



4,814 

 30, 684 

 28,829 

 15,411 



454 

 2,920 

 1,958 



14, 450 



15, 205 

 9,907 



448 



2,897 



1,910 



12,002 



15, 108 



9,860 



6 

 23 



48 



2,448 



97 



47 





6 

 3 

 31 

 71 





6 

 3 



31 

 71 



463 



1,838 

 930 

 6,906 

 6,834 

 1,567 



100 



798. 



286 



4,705 



2,922 



3,113 



100 



798 



286 



4,705 



2,922 



3,113 





249 





20 

 17 

 2,377 

 97 

 41 







'807 









1,640 



New York 





4,623 









3,868 





6 





6 





824 











Total 



87, 367 



44, 894 



42, 225 



2,669 



2,552 



117 





117 



18, 538 



11,924 



11,924 





12,011 











Lake States: 

 Michigan... 



36, 494 

 51, 206 

 35,011 



19, 322 

 19, 344 

 16, 535 



18, 849 

 18, 098 

 16, 325 



473 



1,246 



210 



272 



428 



18 



201 

 818 

 192 



5 



7 



20 



196 

 811 

 172 



9, 061 

 20, 901 

 10, 718 



3,084 

 4,178 

 4,619 



3,084 

 4,178 

 4,619 





5,027 



Minnesota 





6,783 







3,139 









Total 



122, 711 



55, 201 



53, 272 



1,929 



718 



1,211 



32 



1,179 



40, 680 



11,881 



11, 881 





14, 949 









Central: 

 Illinois 



35, 798 

 23, 171 

 35, 869 



25, 513 

 44, 305 



26, 240 



3,993 

 4,103 

 2,510 

 11,497 

 15, 177 

 5,446 



3,938 

 4,045 

 2,505 

 11,446 

 15,064 

 5,396 



65 

 58 

 5 

 51 

 113 

 50 



46 

 58 

 5 

 51 

 37 

 50 



9 





9 



21,351 

 11,777 

 22, 905 

 6,336 

 13, 661 

 11,330 



4,856 

 3,518 

 6,875 

 6,961 

 11,506 

 6,111 



4,856 

 3,518 

 6,875 

 6,961 

 11,140 

 6,111 





5,598 



Indiana 







3,773 



Iowa .. . 











3,579 



Kentucky 











719 



Missouri 



76 





76 



366 



3,971 



Ohio.. 





4,353 















Total... . 



190, 896 



42, 726 



42, 394 



332 



247 



85 





85 



87, 350 



38, 827 



38, 461 



366 



21,993 







Plains: 

 Kansas 



52, 549 

 49,064 

 44,836 

 34, 382 

 42,364 

 150,005 



1,668 



1,482 



433 



4,302 



776 



26, 000 



1,664 

 1,480 

 414 

 650 

 684 

 600 



4 



2 



19 



3,652 



92 



25, 400 



4 

 2 

 3 

 10 

 3 

 4 









27, 919 

 22, 377 

 26, 693 

 12, 428 

 19, 004 

 29, 405 



22, 362 



24, 605 

 11,670 

 14, 233 

 22, 184 

 83, 173 



17, 784 

 22,815 

 10, 526 

 13, 234 

 12, 700 

 75, 173 



4,578 

 1,790 

 1,145 

 999 

 9,484 

 8,000 



600 











600 



North Dakota 



3,642 



89 



25, 396 





16 



3,642 



89 



25, 355 



6,040 



Oklahoma (West) 





3,419 



South Dakota (East) 





400 



Texas (West) 



41 



11,427 







Total 



373. 200 



34, 661 



5,492 



29, 169 



26 



29, 143 



41 



29, 102 



137,826 



178, 227 



152, 231 



25, 996 



22, 486 







Total, North 



814, 596 



208, 860 



174, 041 



34, 819 



3,775 



31, 044 



158 



30, 886 



287, 763 



243, 194 



216, 832 



26, 362 



74, 779 







South: 

 South Atlantic: 

 North Carolina 



31,422 

 19, 395 

 25, 532 



19,513 

 11,943 

 15,832 



18, 976 

 11,891 

 15, 285 



537 

 52 

 547 



335 



49 

 284 



202 



3 



263 



18 



184 



3 



242 



6,966 

 4,892 

 4,226 



1,790 



984 



3,943 



1,790 



984 



3,943 





3,153 



South Carolina 





1, 576 



Virginia 



21 





1,532 









Total 



76,349 



47, 288 



46, 152 



1,136 



668 



468 



39 



429 



16,083 



6,717 



6,717 





6,261 









Southeast: 



32, 690 

 34, 728 

 37, 429 

 30, 239 

 26, 750 



20, 771 

 23, 047 

 24, 057 

 16,473 

 12, 558 



20, 756 

 21,519 

 23, 969 

 16, 440 

 12, 301 



15 



1,528 



88 



33 



257 



5 



74 



18 



33 



257 



10 



1,454 

 70 



186' 



10 



1,268 



70 



7,123 

 2,388 

 9,214 

 7,368 

 7,064 



3,305 

 4,863 

 2,458 

 3,884 

 4,513 



3, 306 

 4,332 

 2,458 

 3,884 

 4,613 





1,491 



Florida 



531 



4,430 



Georgia 



1,700 



Mississippi 







2,514 













2,615 















Total... 



161, 836 



96, 906 



94, 985 



1,921 



387 



1,534 



186 



1,348 



33, 157 



19, 023 



18, 492 



531 



12, 750 







West Gulf: 



33,712 

 28, 904 

 9,798 

 18, 643 



19, 346 

 15, 990 

 6,027 

 11, 708 



19, 292 

 15, 899 

 5,257 

 11,703 



54 



91 



770 



5 



51 



84 



20 



5 



3 



7 

 750 





3 



7 

 740 



7,182 

 3,864 

 1,270 

 1,923 



4,057 

 3,956 

 1,828 

 3,787 



4,057 

 2,956 

 1,828 

 3,787 





3,127 



Louisiana 





1,000 



5,104 



Oklahoma (East) 



10 



673 



Texas (East) 





1,225 















Total 



91,057 



53, 071 



52, 151 



920 



160 



760 



10 



750 



14, 229 



13, 628 



12, 628 



1,000 



10, 129 



Total, South 



329, 242 



197, 205 



193,288 



3,977 



1,215 



2,762 



235 



2,527 



63, 469 



- 



39, 368 



37,837 



1,531 



29, 140 







See footnotos at end of table. 



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