Appendix table 2—Land and water areas in the United States, by region and class of land and water' 
Class of North- North South- South Rocky Great Pacific 
land and water Total east Central east Central Mountain Plains Coast’ Alaska 
1,000 acres 
Land 
Non-Federal 
Rangeland?’ 441,466 16 238 4,192 111,365 168,407 74,080 335212 49,956 
Transition land* 35,603 3,601 1,021 989 934 17,876 86 1,167 9,929 
Forest land? 443,307 78,110 67,686 78,270 105,936 28,624 3,018 39.862 41,801 
Other land® 689,627 41,083 205,448 52,102 153,808 64,086 110,82 443,697 18,586 
Total 1,575,980 122,810 274,392 135,553 372,043 278,987 188,008 117,938 120,272 
Federal 
Rangeland 328,887 — 172 197 — 167,411 3,500 34,828 122,779 
Forest land 252,394 2,569 9,852 9,054 8,931 90,697 1,211 52,765 77,315 
Other land 63,504 1,028 1,802 1,571 4,460 9.812 1,209 2,105 41,517 
Total 644,785 3,597 11,826 10,822 13,391 267,920 5,920 89,698 241,611 
All land 
Rangeland 770,353 16 410 4,389 111,365 335,818 77,580 68,040 1722735 
Transition land 35,603 3,601 1,021 989 934 17,876 86 1,167 9,929 
Forest land 695,701 80,679 77,538 87,324 114,867 119,321 4,229 92,627 109,116 
Other land 753,131 42,111 207,249 53,673 158,268 73,892 112,033 45,802 60,103 
Total land 2,254,788 126,407 286,218 146,375 385,434 546,907 193,928 207,636 361,883 
Water 
Inland water 
Large area’ 51,318 4,422 6,735 7,185 9.182 5,164 2,412 3,309 12,909 
Small area* 9,863 761 752 1,398 1,960 610 428 504 3,450 
Other Water’ 47.642 6,541 35.879 2,196 1,417 -- -- 1,609 -- 
Total water 108,823 11,724 43,366 10,779 12,559 5,774 2,840 5,422 16,359 
Total land and water 2,363,611 138,131 329 584 157,154 397,993 552,681 196,768 213,058 378,242 
— = not available. 
'Data for forest land, rangeland, and other land as of 1982; data on inland water as of 1980; data on other water as of 1970. 
* Includes Hawaii. 
‘Land on which the climax vegetation (potential natural plant community) is predominantly grasses, grasslike plants, forbs, 
or shrubs suitable for grazing and browsing.It includes natural grasslands, savannas, many wetlands, some deserts, tundra, 
and certain forbs, and shrub communities.It also includes areas seeded to native or adapted introduced species that are managed 
like native vegetation. 
*Land that meets the definition of forest land based on cover characteristics but that carries as the predominant vegetation 
grasses or forage plants used for grazing. The Soil Conservation Service has classified and reported most of these lands as 
rangeland; the Forest Service has classified and reported these lands as forest land. In most instances these lands are noncommercial 
timberland ecosystems such as pinyon-juniper, chaparral, and post oak.Transition land is an interim category used in this report 
to classify part of the area in such ecosystems.Work is underway in the Forest Service and Soil Conservation Service to resolve 
classification differences and show all such land as rangeland or forest land in future reports.Some of the area in noncommercial 
timberland ecosystems is classified as forest or rangeland in this report. 
