*Land at least 10 percent stocked by forest trees of any size, or formerly having had such tree cover and not currently developed for nonforest use. The minimum 
area for classification of forest land is | acre and must be at least 100 feet wide.Forest land is distinguished from rangeland in transition vegetation types if the 
tree canopy cover exceeds 10 percent.Forest lands include cutover areas temporarily unstocked as well as young stands and plantations established for forestry 
purposes which do not yet have 10 percent crown cover. 
* Includes crop and pasture land and other land.Cropland is defined as land used for the production of adapted crops for harvest, alone or in rotation with grasses 
and legumes.Adapted crops include row crops, small grain crops. hay crops. nursery crops, orchard and vineyard crops, and other similar specialty crops. Pasture 
land is defined as land used primarily for the production of adapted, introduced, or native forage plants for livestock grazing.Pastureland may consist of single 
species in a pure stand, grass mixture, or a grass-legume mixture. Cultural treatment in the form of fertilization, weed control, reseeding, or renovation is 
usually a part of pasture management in addition to grazing management. Native pasture is included in pastureland in these land area statistics. Other land is 
defined as a category of land cover and land use that includes farmsteads, other land in farms, strip mines, quarries, gravel pits, borrow pits, permanent snow and 
ice, small built-up areas, and all other land that does not fit into any other land cover or land-use category. 
’ Lakes and ponds at least 40 acres in size; waterways 1/8 mile or more in width. 
‘Lakes and ponds between 2 and 40 acres in size: waterways less than 1/8 mile in width. 
* Includes Atlantic, Pacific, and gulf coastal waters: Chesapeake and Delaware Bays: Long Island and Puget Sounds: New York Harbor; Straits of Juan de Fuca 
and Georgia: and the Great Lakes.Excludes Alaska and Hawaii. 
Sources: Forest land: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service. 1977. Forest statistics of the United States, except that forest land ownership in 
Alaska updated through 1987 by the USDA Forest Service for the Federal and nonfederal ownerships. Rangeland: USDA Forest Service estimates based on data 
supplied by the USDA Soil Conservation Service: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and National Park 
Service: and U.S. Department of Defense. Inland water: USDA Soil Conservation Service (preliminary data).All other land and water: U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 1970. Area measurement reports. GE-20, No. 1. 22 p. 
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