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#1. Forest-use land: 22,800,000 acres (70.3% of all land)
#2. Grassland pasture and range: 2,892,000 acres (8.9% of all land)
#3. Cropland: 2,806,000 acres (8.7% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 2,231,000 acres (79.5% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 415,000 acres (14.8%)
-- Cropland pasture: 161,000 acres (5.7%)
#4. Special-use areas: 1,472,000 acres (4.5% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 629,000 acres (42.7% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 548,000 acres (37.2%)
-- Defense and industrial: 158,000 acres (10.7%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 137,000 acres (9.3%)
#5. Urban areas: 1,467,000 acres (4.5% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 975,000 acres (3% of all land)

Alabama's forests聽 in timber production, and forest use is by far the biggest portion of land at 70.3%. More than 122,000 jobs originate from the forestry industry, and there are enough trees growing throughout the state to construct and furnish almost 3 million homes. Some of the Bankhead, Talladega, and Tuskegee. The next biggest lands are grassland and cropland.

#1. Special-use areas: 146,204,000 acres (40% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 494,000 acres (0.3% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 143,904,000 acres (98.4%)
-- Defense and industrial: 1,803,000 acres (1.2%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 2,000 acres (0%)
#2. Miscellaneous other land: 126,248,000 acres (34.6% of all land)
#3. Forest-use land: 91,817,000 acres (25.1% of all land)
#4. Grassland pasture and range: 696,000 acres (0.2% of all land)
#5. Urban areas: 166,000 acres (0% of all land)
#6. Cropland: 79,000 acres (0% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 31,000 acres (39.2% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 45,000 acres (57.0%)
-- Cropland pasture: 4,000 acres (5.1%)

,鈥� which is meant to protect 鈥渟cenic, historic, archeological, scientific, biological, recreational, or other special resource values,鈥� according to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. More than 98% of this land is devoted to parks and wildlife, including ski resorts, hiking trails, fjords, coastlines, and archaeological districts. Popular special-use areas include Hatcher Pass, Thompson Pass, Marmot Island, Resurrection Bay, Caribou Hills, and the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge. Apart from special uses, Alaska also has a significant amount of regular forestland.

#1. Grassland pasture and range: 43,580,000 acres (59.9% of all land)
#2. Forest-use land: 13,000,000 acres (17.9% of all land)
#3. Special-use areas: 11,919,000 acres (16.4% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 535,000 acres (4.5% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 7,704,000 acres (64.6%)
-- Defense and industrial: 3,593,000 acres (30.1%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 87,000 acres (0.7%)
#4. Miscellaneous other land: 1,602,000 acres (2.2% of all land)
#5. Urban areas: 1,465,000 acres (2% of all land)
#6. Cropland: 1,134,000 acres (1.6% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 908,000 acres (80.1% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 142,000 acres (12.5%)
-- Cropland pasture: 84,000 acres (7.4%)

While grasslands have historically been considered vital pieces of the state's ecology, offering millions of acres of wildlife habitat, much of this space is turning into shrubland. The Center for Science and Public Policy estimates that about 聽(with potential for restoration) or fully transitioned to shrubland. There is also significant forest-use land and some special-use areas, too.

#1. Forest-use land: 18,544,000 acres (55.7% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 8,235,000 acres (24.7% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 7,466,000 acres (90.7% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 585,000 acres (7.1%)
-- Cropland pasture: 184,000 acres (2.2%)
#3. Grassland pasture and range: 4,127,000 acres (12.4% of all land)
#4. Special-use areas: 1,514,000 acres (4.5% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 513,000 acres (33.9% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 741,000 acres (48.9%)
-- Defense and industrial: 85,000 acres (5.6%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 175,000 acres (11.6%)
#5. Urban areas: 727,000 acres (2.2% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 157,000 acres (0.5% of all land)

Arkansas is another state covered in forests. The state has about聽, the majority of which are oak and hickory species found in the Ouachita and Ozark-St. Francis national forests. Apart from forests, about 25% of the state is covered in agricultural zones. Most Arkansas farmland is聽, family members, or investors.

#1. Grassland pasture and range: 26,667,000 acres (26.7% of all land)
#2. Special-use areas: 24,896,000 acres (25% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 1,062,000 acres (4.3% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 19,623,000 acres (78.8%)
-- Defense and industrial: 3,935,000 acres (15.8%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 275,000 acres (1.1%)
#3. Forest-use land: 16,991,000 acres (17% of all land)
#4. Miscellaneous other land: 16,269,000 acres (16.3% of all land)
#5. Cropland: 9,577,000 acres (9.6% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 8,316,000 acres (86.8% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 780,000 acres (8.1%)
-- Cropland pasture: 481,000 acres (5%)
#6. Urban areas: 5,299,000 acres (5.3% of all land)

A huge portion of grasslands can be found in the Central Valley, where roughly stretch out in huge swaths. Grasslands support and hold more than 300 species of native grasses.

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#1. Grassland pasture and range: 31,734,000 acres (47.8% of all land)
#2. Forest-use land: 15,138,000 acres (22.8% of all land)
#3. Cropland: 10,668,000 acres (16.1% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 8,013,000 acres (75.1% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 2,218,000 acres (20.8%)
-- Cropland pasture: 437,000 acres (4.1%)
#4. Special-use areas: 7,455,000 acres (11.2% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 672,000 acres (9% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 6,185,000 acres (83%)
-- Defense and industrial: 470,000 acres (6.3%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 129,000 acres (1.7%)
#5. Urban areas: 1,012,000 acres (1.5% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 323,000 acres (0.5% of all land)

Although Colorado is known for its towering, snow-capped mountains, in reality almost half the state is covered in grassland. A huge portion of this can be found in the northeastern part of the state in the聽, which is home to pronghorn, lark bunting, coyotes, foxes, snakes, and other prairie species that live on its 193,060 acres.听

#1. Forest-use land: 1,346,000 acres (43.4% of all land)
#2. Urban areas: 1,178,000 acres (38% of all land)
#3. Special-use areas: 340,000 acres (11% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 65,000 acres (19.1% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 248,000 acres (72.9%)
-- Defense and industrial: 2,000 acres (0.6%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 26,000 acres (7.6%)
#4. Cropland: 123,000 acres (4.0% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 104,000 acres (84.6% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 9,000 acres (7.3%)
-- Cropland pasture: 9,000 acres (7.3%)
#5. Miscellaneous other land: 90,000 acres (2.9% of all land)
#6. Grassland pasture and range: 22,000 acres (0.7% of all land)

Much of the state's聽forests are聽home to brilliant orange and yellow fall foliage,聽for which Connecticut聽is famous. Species of wildlife聽聽include聽bald eagles, bears, fish, and coyotes. Being such a small state, the rest of the non-forested land is mostly urban; cities make up 38% of the state, including Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Hartford, and Waterbury.

#1. Cropland: 438,000 acres (35.1% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 420,000 acres (95.9% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 11,000 acres (2.5%)
-- Cropland pasture: 7,000 acres (1.6%)
#2. Forest-use land: 331,000 acres (26.5% of all land)
#3. Urban areas: 274,000 acres (22% of all land)
#4. Special-use areas: 143,000 acres (11.5% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 20,000 acres (14% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 111,000 acres (77.6%)
-- Defense and industrial: 4,000 acres (2.8%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 7,000 acres (4.9%)
#5. Miscellaneous other land: 44,000 acres (3.5% of all land)
#6. Grassland pasture and range: 18,000 acres (1.4% of all land)

Delaware is a small state where more than one-third of the land is dedicated to crops. That number has been shrinking, however, and in recent years farmland conservation groups have been working to protect farms for future generations. A聽large purchase in June 2018 by Delaware's Agricultural Lands Preservation Program secured development rights for 3,534 acres of cropland on 41 farms, dedicating 127,000 acres for permanent preservation. The rest of Delaware is mostly forestland and cities, with a small percentage of special-use and grassland.

#1. Forest-use land: 15,827,000 acres (46.1% of all land)
#2. Special-use areas: 5,138,000 acres (15% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 413,000 acres (8% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 3,920,000 acres (76.3%)
-- Defense and industrial: 664,000 acres (12.9%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 141,000 acres (2.7%)
#3. Grassland pasture and range: 5,100,000 acres (14.9% of all land)
#4. Urban areas: 4,901,000 acres (14.3% of all land)
#5. Cropland: 2,834,000 acres (8.3% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 2,122,000 acres (74.9% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 452,000 acres (15.9%)
-- Cropland pasture: 260,000 acres (9.2%)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 520,000 acres (1.5% of all land)

Although many people think of Florida's beaches,聽forests comprise聽nearly half the state's land, most of which is . The remainder of the forest-use land is government-owned with聽, such as Apalachicola, Ocala, and Osceola national forests.听

#1. Forest-use land: 24,352,000 acres (66.2% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 4,385,000 acres (11.9% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 3,799,000 acres (86.6% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 457,000 acres (10.4%)
-- Cropland pasture: 129,000 acres (2.9%)
#3. Urban areas: 3,207,000 acres (8.7% of all land)
#4. Special-use areas: 1,946,000 acres (5.3% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 521,000 acres (26.8% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 747,000 acres (38.4%)
-- Defense and industrial: 553,000 acres (28.4%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 125,000 acres (6.4%)
#5. Grassland pasture and range: 1,680,000 acres (4.6% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 1,238,000 acres (3.4% of all land)

Like Florida, the majority of Georgia's聽land is used for timber production; the state has than any other state in the country. Private, non-industrial landowners run more than half of this land, while more than one-third is run by corporate and forest industry interests. Remaining forestlands are聽public.

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#1. Forest-use land: 1,299,000 acres (31.6% of all land)
#2. Special-use areas: 990,000 acres (24.1% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 37,000 acres (3.7% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 728,000 acres (73.5%)
-- Defense and industrial: 204,000 acres (20.6%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 20,000 acres (2%)
#3. Grassland pasture and range: 770,000 acres (18.7% of all land)
#4. Miscellaneous other land: 423,000 acres (10.3% of all land)
#5. Cropland: 372,000 acres (9% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 161,000 acres (43.3% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 189,000 acres (50.8%)
-- Cropland pasture: 22,000 acres (5.9%)
#6. Urban areas: 256,000 acres (6.2% of all land)

Forests make聽up almost one-third of the聽land across all of Hawaii's islands. All told, more than 600,000聽acres of state-managed land鈥攚ell over half鈥攊s part of the聽, a public-private partnership that manages and protects the land. Apart from that, Hawaii has a significant amount of special-use land, much of which is dedicated to parks and wildlife.

#1. Grassland pasture and range: 18,391,000 acres (34.8% of all land)
#2. Forest-use land: 16,771,000 acres (31.7% of all land)
#3. Special-use areas: 6,542,000 acres (12.4% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 406,000 acres (6.2% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 5,358,000 acres (81.9%)
-- Defense and industrial: 686,000 acres (10.5%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 91,000 acres (1.4%)
#4. Cropland: 5,801,000 acres (11% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 4,790,000 acres (82.6% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 789,000 acres (13.6%)
-- Cropland pasture: 221,000 acres (3.8%)
#5. Miscellaneous other land: 5,056,000 acres (9.6% of all land)
#6. Urban areas: 331,000 acres (0.6% of all land)

A little more聽than one-third of the Gem State is covered in grassland pasture and range;聽much of this land聽sits in northern Idaho in the Palouse range. Here, species like聽 thrive. There is also a large stretch of grassy range in the Curlew National Grassland, known for big game animals. This area is set within the Caribou-Targhee National Forest where grassland and forestland overlap.

#1. Cropland: 23,934,000 acres (67.4% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 22,672,000 acres (94.7% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 1,175,000 acres (4.9%)
-- Cropland pasture: 88,000 acres (0.4%)
#2. Forest-use land: 4,772,000 acres (13.4% of all land)
#3. Urban areas: 2,573,000 acres (7.2% of all land)
#4. Special-use areas: 2,268,000 acres (6.4% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 1,027,000 acres (45.3% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 893,000 acres (39.4%)
-- Defense and industrial: 30,000 acres (1.3%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 318,000 acres (14.0%)
#5. Grassland pasture and range: 1,728,000 acres (4.9% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 256,000 acres (0.7% of all land)

It's no surprise that a place nicknamed the Prairie State has devoted over two-thirds of their area to crops. Soybeans, corn, and swine are the main commodities, with other goods including, according to the Illinois Department of Agriculture. The USDA estimates that in April 2019聽there were 72,000 farms in the state.

#1. Cropland: 12,710,000 acres (55.4% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 12,216,000 acres (96.1% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 414,000 acres (3.3%)
-- Cropland pasture: 80,000 acres (0.6%)
#2. Forest-use land: 4,748,000 acres (20.7% of all land)
#3. Urban areas: 1,657,000 acres (7.2% of all land)
#4. Grassland pasture and range: 1,656,000 acres (7.2% of all land)
#5. Special-use areas: 1,220,000 acres (5.3% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 449,000 acres (36.8% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 372,000 acres (30.5%)
-- Defense and industrial: 158,000 acres (13%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 242,000 acres (19.8%)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 937,000 acres (4.1% of all land)

Indiana's top agricultural commodities聽are聽grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas, but the state also farms聽cattle, goats, sheep, hogs, turkeys, and other livestock. As of 2020, there were, Just under one-fifth of the state is home to forestland鈥攎ost of this is run by private landowners, who possess roughly聽.

#1. Cropland: 26,714,000 acres (74.7% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 24,750,000 acres (92.6% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 1,738,000 acres (6.5%)
-- Cropland pasture: 225,000 acres (0.8%)
#2. Forest-use land: 2,968,000 acres (8.3% of all land)
#3. Grassland pasture and range: 2,879,000 acres (8.1% of all land)
#4. Special-use areas: 1,953,000 acres (5.5% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 970,000 acres (49.7% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 510,000 acres (26.1%)
-- Defense and industrial: 51,000 acres (2.6%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 423,000 acres (21.7%)
#5. Urban areas: 628,000 acres (1.8% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 606,000 acres (1.7% of all land)

Almost three-quarters of Iowa land is designated for crops, with forest-use and grassland coming in next in terms of acres of land. Corn and soybeans are two of the state's primary crops: Yield numbers in 2020 were slightly down compared to 10-year averages.

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#1. Cropland: 28,592,000 acres (54.6% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 25,545,000 acres (89.3% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 2,598,000 acres (9.1%)
-- Cropland pasture: 449,000 acres (1.6%)
#2. Grassland pasture and range: 17,781,000 acres (34% of all land)
#3. Forest-use land: 2,402,000 acres (4.6% of all land)
#4. Special-use areas: 2,023,000 acres (3.9% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 1,212,000 acres (59.9% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 335,000 acres (16.6%)
-- Defense and industrial: 158,000 acres (7.8%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 318,000 acres (15.7%)
#5. Miscellaneous other land: 891,000 acres (1.7% of all land)
#6. Urban areas: 637,000 acres (1.2% of all land)

More than one-half of Kansas lands聽are devoted to聽聽The average age of a farmer in the state was聽58.2 as of 2012, when the聽most recent聽USDA Census on Agriculture was published.听

#1. Forest-use land: 11,886,000 acres (47% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 6,369,000 acres (25.2% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 5,400,000 acres (84.8% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 641,000 acres (10.1%)
-- Cropland pasture: 328,000 acres (5.1%)
#3. Grassland pasture and range: 4,742,000 acres (18.8% of all land)
#4. Special-use areas: 1,237,000 acres (4.9% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 530,000 acres (42.8% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 307,000 acres (24.8%)
-- Defense and industrial: 167,000 acres (13.5%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 233,000 acres (18.8%)
#5. Urban areas: 928,000 acres (3.7% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 109,000 acres (0.4% of all land)

After聽Florida,聽Kentucky聽has the most, full of oak-hickory forests and red maple trees. Private landowners are in charge of a significant majority, and the in total economic contributions to the state. About a quarter of the state beyond that is farms and cropland.

#1. Forest-use land: 14,645,000 acres (53% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 4,585,000 acres (16.6% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 3,497,000 acres (76.3% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 869,000 acres (19%)
-- Cropland pasture: 218,000 acres (4.8%)
#3. Miscellaneous other land: 2,825,000 acres (10.2% of all land)
#4. Grassland pasture and range: 2,275,000 acres (8.2% of all land)
#5. Special-use areas: 2,022,000 acres (7.3% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 393,000 acres (19.4% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 1,276,000 acres (63.1%)
-- Defense and industrial: 228,000 acres (11.3%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 125,000 acres (6.2%)
#6. Urban areas: 1,299,000 acres (4.7% of all land)

Over half of Louisiana聽is forest-use land;聽almost two-thirds of this is, close to 30% is possessed by聽forest-products industries, and the balance belongs to聽the general public. The forest-products industries are聽the state's second-largest manufacturing employer, constituting 900 firms with more than 25,000 employees.听

#1. Forest-use land: 17,191,000 acres (87.1% of all land)
#2. Miscellaneous other land: 1,159,000 acres (5.9% of all land)
#3. Special-use areas: 609,000 acres (3.1% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 198,000 acres (32.5% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 356,000 acres (58.5%)
-- Defense and industrial: 21,000 acres (3.4%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 34,000 acres (5.6%)
#4. Cropland: 390,000 acres (2% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 328,000 acres (84.1% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 55,000 acres (14.1%)
-- Cropland pasture: 8,000 acres (2.1%)
#5. Urban areas: 231,000 acres (1.2% of all land)
#6. Grassland pasture and range: 159,000 acres (0.8% of all land)

Maine ranks among the highest in the country for , with almost 90% dedicated to trees and forest. The Maine Tree Foundation estimates that a little over one-third of the small state's forest is owned by聽.听

#1. Forest-use land: 2,088,000 acres (41.8% of all land)
#2. Urban areas: 1,935,000 acres (38.8% of all land)
#3. Special-use areas: 726,000 acres (14.5% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 58,000 acres (8% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 608,000 acres (83.7%)
-- Defense and industrial: 30,000 acres (4.1%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 31,000 acres (4.3%)
#4. Cropland: 148,000 acres (3.0% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 130,000 acres (87.8% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 14,000 acres (9.5%)
-- Cropland pasture: 5,000 acres (3.4%)
#5. Grassland pasture and range: 79,000 acres (1.6% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 16,000 acres (0.3% of all land)

Some of the most common trees in this eastern state include .听While a great deal of Massachusetts is made up of forestland, the rest of the state聽is mostly urban; only one state has more urban areas than Massachusetts鈥擭ew Jersey, according to the USDA data referenced for this story.

#1. Forest-use land: 19,262,000 acres (53.2% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 7,766,000 acres (21.5% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 7,192,000 acres (92.6% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 483,000 acres (6.2%)
-- Cropland pasture: 91,000 acres (1.2%)
#3. Special-use areas: 2,707,000 acres (7.5% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 855,000 acres (31.6% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 1,613,000 acres (59.6%)
-- Defense and industrial: 13,000 acres (0.5%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 226,000 acres (8.3%)
#4. Urban areas: 2,355,000 acres (6.5% of all land)
#5. Miscellaneous other land: 2,112,000 acres (5.8% of all land)
#6. Grassland pasture and range: 1,982,000 acres (5.5% of all land)

More than half of Michigan is forestland, with over 19 million acres spread throughout the state. In 2019, the state was, according to estimates gathered from the USDA Forest Service. Some of the top state forests include Copper Country, Macincam, Pere Marquette, Au Sable, and Escanaba.听

#1. Cropland: 22,452,000 acres (44.1% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 20,394,000 acres (90.8% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 1,887,000 acres (8.4%)
-- Cropland pasture: 171,000 acres (0.8%)
#2. Forest-use land: 15,929,000 acres (31.3% of all land)
#3. Special-use areas: 4,941,000 acres (9.7% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 1,262,000 acres (25.5% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 3,298,000 acres (66.7%)
-- Defense and industrial: 3,000 acres (0.1%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 377,000 acres (7.6%)
#4. Grassland pasture and range: 3,568,000 acres (7% of all land)
#5. Miscellaneous other land: 2,955,000 acres (5.8% of all land)
#6. Urban areas: 1,116,000 acres (2.2% of all land)

Minnesota is brimming with farmland, although its in recent years.听The聽as of 2012, according to the last USDA's Census of Agriculture, which makes the future of agriculture uncertain. 鈥淎s workers age into retirement, it is crucial that younger cohorts of workers have the skills and education to replace them in the labor force,鈥� Michael Peterson wrote for the Minnesota State Demographic Center.听

#1. Forest-use land: 19,495,000 acres (64.9% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 5,174,000 acres (17.2% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 4,372,000 acres (84.5% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 638,000 acres (12.3%)
-- Cropland pasture: 163,000 acres (3.2%)
#3. Grassland pasture and range: 2,715,000 acres (9% of all land)
#4. Special-use areas: 1,033,000 acres (3.4% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 422,000 acres (40.9% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 315,000 acres (30.5%)
-- Defense and industrial: 168,000 acres (16.3%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 128,000 acres (12.4%)
#5. Miscellaneous other land: 884,000 acres (2.9% of all land)
#6. Urban areas: 730,000 acres (2.4% of all land)

The majority of the land in Mississippi is forest,聽which accounts for roughly 65% of all of the state's land. Hunting and fishing are both popular activities within the Game species include white-tailed deer, wild turkey, and bobwhite quail. Corn, wheat, and sorghum are popular crops in the state's farmland.

#1. Cropland: 15,627,000 acres (35.5% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 13,455,000 acres (86.1% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 1,591,000 acres (10.2%)
-- Cropland pasture: 580,000 acres (3.7%)
#2. Forest-use land: 15,085,000 acres (34.3% of all land)
#3. Grassland pasture and range: 9,792,000 acres (22.3% of all land)
#4. Special-use areas: 2,066,000 acres (4.7% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 755,000 acres (36.5% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 759,000 acres (36.7%)
-- Defense and industrial: 82,000 acres (4%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 470,000 acres (22.7%)
#5. Urban areas: 1,345,000 acres (3.1% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 81,000 acres (0.2% of all land)

Soybeans are the most valuable聽product grown on聽Missouri's cropland, which makes up over a third of total land in the state. Soybeans bring in and take up more than 5 million acres of Missouri cropland:聽That's more than the total acreage of all other grain, fiber, and vegetable crops combined.

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#1. Grassland pasture and range: 47,629,000 acres (51.1% of all land)
#2. Forest-use land: 18,429,000 acres (19.8% of all land)
#3. Cropland: 16,605,000 acres (17.8% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 12,522,000 acres (75.4% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 3,181,000 acres (19.2%)
-- Cropland pasture: 902,000 acres (5.4%)
#4. Special-use areas: 7,061,000 acres (7.6% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 850,000 acres (12% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 6,065,000 acres (85.9%)
-- Defense and industrial: 30,000 acres (0.4%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 116,000 acres (1.6%)
#5. Miscellaneous other land: 3,231,000 acres (3.5% of all land)
#6. Urban areas: 195,000 acres (0.2% of all land)

More than half of Big Sky Country is covered by grassland pasture and range which, in a state as giant as Montana, means over 47.6 million acres. Unlike some states where the grassland is dry and shrub-like, a good portion of Montana's grass is found in the western part of the state at. In the eastern part of the state, there is also more traditional grassland in the.

#1. Grassland pasture and range: 23,677,000 acres (48.2% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 21,857,000 acres (44.5% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 20,442,000 acres (93.5% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 1,090,000 acres (5%)
-- Cropland pasture: 326,000 acres (1.5%)
#3. Special-use areas: 1,562,000 acres (3.2% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 907,000 acres (58.1% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 394,000 acres (25.2%)
-- Defense and industrial: 9,000 acres (0.6%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 252,000 acres (16.1%)
#4. Forest-use land: 1,470,000 acres (3% of all land)
#5. Urban areas: 344,000 acres (0.7% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 258,000 acres (0.5% of all land)

Like Montana, about half the land in Nebraska is covered in grassland pasture鈥攖he difference is that unlike the Treasure State, the rest of Nebraska is all cropland, with little in the way of forests or special-use zones, which only constitute about 3% each. The grassland comprises such an important part of the state's ecology, in fact, that the University of Nebraska has its own.

#1. Grassland pasture and range: 52,329,000 acres (74.5% of all land)
#2. Special-use areas: 11,276,000 acres (16% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 373,000 acres (3.3% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 6,580,000 acres (58.4%)
-- Defense and industrial: 4,295,000 acres (38.1%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 27,000 acres (0.2%)
#3. Forest-use land: 5,417,000 acres (7.7% of all land)
#4. Cropland: 577,000 acres (0.8% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 478,000 acres (82.8% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 42,000 acres (7.3%)
-- Cropland pasture: 57,000 acres (9.9%)
#5. Urban areas: 520,000 acres (0.7% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 141,000 acres (0.2% of all land)

Nevada is largely grasslands, with 52.3 million acres covering almost 75% of the state. The majority of the state lies within the Great Plains, where sagebrush rolls around on large, sweeping prairies. The and 鈥渕ost of the nation's wild horses, big game and small game hunting, fishing, wildlife viewing, motorized and non-motorized recreation, military training and testing,鈥� according to the University of Nevada, Reno.

#1. Forest-use land: 4,341,000 acres (75.8% of all land)
#2. Special-use areas: 605,000 acres (10.6% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 86,000 acres (14.2% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 499,000 acres (82.5%)
-- Defense and industrial: 3,000 acres (0.5%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 17,000 acres (2.8%)
#3. Urban areas: 423,000 acres (7.4% of all land)
#4. Miscellaneous other land: 151,000 acres (2.6% of all land)
#5. Grassland pasture and range: 116,000 acres (2% of all land)
#6. Cropland: 93,000 acres (1.6% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 73,000 acres (78.5% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 18,000 acres (19.4%)
-- Cropland pasture: 2,000 acres (2.2%)

New Hampshire is the in the country聽after Maine. Most of the forest-use land (about 97%) is considered timberland. A large portion is privately owned by聽individuals and enterprises operating on almost three-quarters of the forestland.

#1. Urban areas: 1,885,000 acres (40% of all land)
#2. Forest-use land: 1,116,000 acres (23.7% of all land)
#3. Special-use areas: 1,093,000 acres (23.2% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 46,000 acres (4.2% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 945,000 acres (86.5%)
-- Defense and industrial: 71,000 acres (6.5%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 30,000 acres (2.7%)
#4. Cropland: 449,000 acres (9.5% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 403,000 acres (89.8% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 29,000 acres (6.5%)
-- Cropland pasture: 16,000 acres (3.6%)
#5. Miscellaneous other land: 85,000 acres (1.8% of all land)
#6. Grassland pasture and range: 78,000 acres (1.7% of all land)

Perhaps unsurprisingly, New Jersey is mostly urban, with 40% of its land and 1.8 million acres lying within cities and urban zones. Bordering New York, the bustling East Coast state is the fourth-smallest state in terms of land space. Newark is the most populous city, followed by Jersey City, Paterson, and Elizabeth. Apart from its urban centers, New Jersey also has about 1.1 million acres of forest-use land, and聽.

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#1. Grassland pasture and range: 54,344,000 acres (70% of all land)
#2. Forest-use land: 13,278,000 acres (17.1% of all land)
#3. Special-use areas: 6,782,000 acres (8.7% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 456,000 acres (6.7% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 2,720,000 acres (40.1%)
-- Defense and industrial: 3,531,000 acres (52.1%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 75,000 acres (1.1%)
#4. Cropland: 1,948,000 acres (2.5% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 1,183,000 acres (60.7% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 534,000 acres (27.4%)
-- Cropland pasture: 231,000 acres (11.9%)
#5. Miscellaneous other land: 741,000 acres (1% of all land)
#6. Urban areas: 539,000 acres (0.7% of all land)

New Mexico is another state largely covered in grassland pasture, at more than 50 million acres, or 70% of the state. Most of the land is considered desert and prairie grasslands within the Mescalero sand sheet. The zone, which eco-groups like the Nature Conservancy are working to protect, is home to species such as the, and others.

#1. Forest-use land: 15,920,000 acres (52.8% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 4,247,000 acres (14.1% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 3,816,000 acres (89.9% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 318,000 acres (7.5%)
-- Cropland pasture: 113,000 acres (2.7%)
#3. Special-use areas: 4,077,000 acres (13.5% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 441,000 acres (10.8% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 3,355,000 acres (82.3%)
-- Defense and industrial: 143,000 acres (3.5%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 137,000 acres (3.4%)
#4. Urban areas: 2,638,000 acres (8.7% of all land)
#5. Grassland pasture and range: 2,397,000 acres (7.9% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 882,000 acres (2.9% of all land)

Although most people think of the Big Apple when they think of New York, more than half the state is actually covered in lush forestland. The Empire State boasts more forests than any state in the Northeast, with more than 15 million acres, most of it upstate. The majority of this land is privately owned by families and individuals.听

#1. Forest-use land: 18,078,000 acres (58.1% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 4,473,000 acres (14.4% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 4,085,000 acres (91.3% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 294,000 acres (6.6%)
-- Cropland pasture: 95,000 acres (2.1%)
#3. Urban areas: 3,086,000 acres (9.9% of all land)
#4. Special-use areas: 2,759,000 acres (8.9% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 578,000 acres (20.9% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 1,575,000 acres (57.1%)
-- Defense and industrial: 454,000 acres (16.5%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 151,000 acres (5.5%)
#5. Grassland pasture and range: 1,579,000 acres (5.1% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 1,141,000 acres (3.7% of all land)

Just under 60% of North Carolina is made up of forest-use land, about 85% of which聽. Forestry contributes significantly to the state's economy, and and supporting聽more than 150,000 jobs.

#1. Cropland: 27,120,000 acres (61.4% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 24,080,000 acres (88.8% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 2,718,000 acres (10%)
-- Cropland pasture: 322,000 acres (1.2%)
#2. Grassland pasture and range: 13,336,000 acres (30.2% of all land)
#3. Special-use areas: 1,697,000 acres (3.8% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 927,000 acres (54.6% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 552,000 acres (32.5%)
-- Defense and industrial: 13,000 acres (0.8%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 205,000 acres (12.1%)
#4. Miscellaneous other land: 1,368,000 acres (3.1% of all land)
#5. Forest-use land: 517,000 acres (1.2% of all land)
#6. Urban areas: 123,000 acres (0.3% of all land)

One-quarter of the people living in the Peace Garden State are employed in agriculture, which uses a full 90% of the state's land.听 include navy beans, pinto beans, canola, flaxseed, honey, durum, and spring wheat. On top of that, the state is home to huge numbers of livestock, particularly beef cattle, which outnumber the people more than two to one.

#1. Cropland: 10,829,000 acres (41.4% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 10,190,000 acres (94.1% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 530,000 acres (4.9%)
-- Cropland pasture: 109,000 acres (1%)
#2. Forest-use land: 7,864,000 acres (30.1% of all land)
#3. Urban areas: 2,883,000 acres (11% of all land)
#4. Grassland pasture and range: 2,144,000 acres (8.2% of all land)
#5. Special-use areas: 1,282,000 acres (4.9% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 516,000 acres (40.2% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 419,000 acres (32.7%)
-- Defense and industrial: 38,000 acres (3%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 309,000 acres (24.1%)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 1,148,000 acres (4.4% of all land)

Ohio's main crops and farm commodities include poultry, soybeans, corn, pork, and dairy, although lesser-grown items like blueberries, strawberries, and chestnuts can also be found. Forest-wise, about 96%聽consists of hardwood trees with more than 100 different species.

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#1. Grassland pasture and range: 19,756,000 acres (45% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 11,290,000 acres (25.7% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 9,155,000 acres (81.1% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 1,123,000 acres (9.9%)
-- Cropland pasture: 1,011,000 acres (9%)
#3. Forest-use land: 7,656,000 acres (17.4% of all land)
#4. Miscellaneous other land: 2,593,000 acres (5.9% of all land)
#5. Special-use areas: 1,750,000 acres (4% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 704,000 acres (40.2% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 538,000 acres (30.7%)
-- Defense and industrial: 189,000 acres (10.8%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 319,000 acres (18.2%)
#6. Urban areas: 856,000 acres (1.9% of all land)

Common among Oklahoma's聽open prairies are mesquite plants, sage, and cacti plants, as well as grassland wildlife such as deer, elk, antelope, rabbits, coyotes, wolves, foxes, and even American bison. About one-quarter of the state is covered in crops, and the for rye, beef cows, winter wheat, and pecans.

#1. Forest-use land: 24,116,000 acres (39.3% of all land)
#2. Grassland pasture and range: 23,863,000 acres (38.8% of all land)
#3. Cropland: 4,664,000 acres (7.6% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 3,522,000 acres (75.5% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 834,000 acres (17.9%)
-- Cropland pasture: 308,000 acres (6.6%)
#4. Special-use areas: 4,151,000 acres (6.8% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 458,000 acres (11% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 3,446,000 acres (83%)
-- Defense and industrial: 128,000 acres (3.1%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 119,000 acres (2.9%)
#5. Miscellaneous other land: 3,919,000 acres (6.4% of all land)
#6. Urban areas: 719,000 acres (1.2% of all land)

The Beaver State has聽 from business聽development. The state's forest-practices and land-use laws help prevent these areas from being converted into residential or commercial land. The grasslands, which make up roughly the same amount of land as forests,聽exist mostly in the central and eastern parts of the state where聽.

#1. Forest-use land: 16,242,000 acres (56.7% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 4,517,000 acres (15.8% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 3,952,000 acres (87.5% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 446,000 acres (9.9%)
-- Cropland pasture: 119,000 acres (2.6%)
#3. Urban areas: 3,069,000 acres (10.7% of all land)
#4. Special-use areas: 2,751,000 acres (9.6% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 581,000 acres (21.1% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 1,924,000 acres (69.9%)
-- Defense and industrial: 43,000 acres (1.6%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 203,000 acres (7.4%)
#5. Grassland pasture and range: 1,287,000 acres (4.5% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 770,000 acres (2.7% of all land)

Almost 60% of Pennsylvania, or about 16.2 million acres, consists of forest-use land, and聽 by individuals, families, or partnerships, some of whom use the land for private homes. The vast majority of owners live within a mile of their tract and own only one.听

#1. Forest-use land: 290,000 acres (43.8% of all land)
#2. Urban areas: 258,000 acres (39% of all land)
#3. Special-use areas: 81,000 acres (12.2% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 11,000 acres (13.6% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 65,000 acres (80.2%)
-- Defense and industrial: 3,000 acres (3.7%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 2,000 acres (2.5%)
#4. Cropland: 25,000 acres (3.8% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 19,000 acres (76% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 4,000 acres (16%)
-- Cropland pasture: 2,000 acres (8%)
#5. Grassland pasture and range: 7,000 acres (1.1% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 211 acres (0% of all land)

More than 40% of Rhode Island is considered forestland, although the state is so small the number adds up to less than 300,000 acres.听The Rhode Island Department of Management's (DEM) Division of Forest Environment聽oversees about parks and forest-management areas.听

#1. Forest-use land: 13,025,000 acres (67.7% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 1,904,000 acres (9.9% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 1,540,000 acres (80.9% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 308,000 acres (16.2%)
-- Cropland pasture: 55,000 acres (2.9%)
#3. Urban areas: 1,591,000 acres (8.3% of all land)
#4. Special-use areas: 998,000 acres (5.2% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 426,000 acres (42.7% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 247,000 acres (24.7%)
-- Defense and industrial: 244,000 acres (24.4%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 81,000 acres (8.1%)
#5. Grassland pasture and range: 976,000 acres (5.1% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 745,000 acres (3.9% of all land)

The timber composition of South Carolina's 13 million acres of forest is split almost evenly, with . The聽and labor income.

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#1. Grassland pasture and range: 24,972,000 acres (51.5% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 19,356,000 acres (39.9% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 17,624,000 acres (91.1% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 1,203,000 acres (6.2%)
-- Cropland pasture: 528,000 acres (2.7%)
#3. Special-use areas: 1,916,000 acres (3.9% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 825,000 acres (43.1% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 892,000 acres (46.6%)
-- Defense and industrial: 6,000 acres (0.3%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 193,000 acres (10.1%)
#4. Forest-use land: 1,789,000 acres (3.7% of all land)
#5. Miscellaneous other land: 334,000 acres (0.7% of all land)
#6. Urban areas: 152,000 acres (0.3% of all land)

Set in the heart of the Midwest amid states like Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, and Nebraska, more than half of South Dakota is covered in grassland pasture and range. This land mostly consists of three types of prairie鈥�. Like Montana and other states, South Dakota falls within the Great Plains and is hallmarked by wildlife like deer, coyotes, prairie dogs, eagles, hawks, and other creatures.

#1. Forest-use land: 13,500,000 acres (51.2% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 5,261,000 acres (19.9% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 4,479,000 acres (85.1% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 374,000 acres (7.1%)
-- Cropland pasture: 408,000 acres (7.8%)
#3. Grassland pasture and range: 3,424,000 acres (13% of all land)
#4. Special-use areas: 2,018,000 acres (7.6% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 476,000 acres (23.6% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 1,180,000 acres (58.5%)
-- Defense and industrial: 174,000 acres (8.6%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 189,000 acres (9.4%)
#5. Urban areas: 1,920,000 acres (7.3% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 267,000 acres (1% of all land)

Tennessee has roughly 13.5 million acres of forestland, which is more than half of the land in the state.听More than聽, and the vast majority聽of the trees in the state's forests are hardwoods.听

#1. Grassland pasture and range: 104,603,000 acres (62.6% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 29,215,000 acres (17.5% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 21,598,000 acres (73.9% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 4,773,000 acres (16.3%)
-- Cropland pasture: 2,844,000 acres (9.7%)
#3. Forest-use land: 14,357,000 acres (8.6% of all land)
#4. Miscellaneous other land: 6,790,000 acres (4.1% of all land)
#5. Special-use areas: 6,419,000 acres (3.8% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 1,792,000 acres (27.9% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 3,167,000 acres (49.3%)
-- Defense and industrial: 493,000 acres (7.7%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 967,000 acres (15.1%)
#6. Urban areas: 5,805,000 acres (3.5% of all land)

Throughout the聽expansive grassland and pasture in Texas,聽鈥�470 of them native to聽the Lone Star State. With more than one聽million acres of聽pasture, it may not be surprising that .

#1. Grassland pasture and range: 32,774,000 acres (62.3% of all land)
#2. Forest-use land: 9,810,000 acres (18.7% of all land)
#3. Special-use areas: 6,045,000 acres (11.5% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 373,000 acres (6.2% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 3,798,000 acres (62.8%)
-- Defense and industrial: 1,815,000 acres (30%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 59,000 acres (1%)
#4. Miscellaneous other land: 1,870,000 acres (3.6% of all land)
#5. Cropland: 1,476,000 acres (2.8% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 1,090,000 acres (73.8% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 246,000 acres (16.7%)
-- Cropland pasture: 140,000 acres (9.5%)
#6. Urban areas: 614,000 acres (1.2% of all land)

Although Utah is famous for its mountainous ski hills and stunning slot canyons, 65% of the state, mostly in the southern section, is covered in grasslands. This area marks the聽, according to Nicki Frey, an extension associate professor in the Department of Wildland Resources at Utah State University.听

#1. Forest-use land: 4,476,000 acres (75.9% of all land)
#2. Special-use areas: 498,000 acres (8.4% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 87,000 acres (17.5% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 369,000 acres (74.1%)
-- Defense and industrial: 12,000 acres (2.4%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 30,000 acres (6%)
#3. Cropland: 412,000 acres (7% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 379,000 acres (92% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 19,000 acres (4.6%)
-- Cropland pasture: 15,000 acres (3.6%)
#4. Grassland pasture and range: 305,000 acres (5.2% of all land)
#5. Miscellaneous other land: 106,000 acres (1.8% of all land)
#6. Urban areas: 101,000 acres (1.7% of all land)

The forests in Vermont are聽 where 82% and 94% of the land, respectively, is forested. About 80% of the state's forests are privately-owned聽while the government manages 19%, and only 1% belongs to business or industry.听

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#1. Forest-use land: 15,385,000 acres (60.9% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 2,989,000 acres (11.8% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 2,636,000 acres (88.2% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 205,000 acres (6.9%)
-- Cropland pasture: 148,000 acres (5%)
#3. Grassland pasture and range: 2,794,000 acres (11.1% of all land)
#4. Special-use areas: 1,793,000 acres (7.1% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 344,000 acres (19.2% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 898,000 acres (50.1%)
-- Defense and industrial: 413,000 acres (23%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 137,000 acres (7.6%)
#5. Urban areas: 1,744,000 acres (6.9% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 569,000 acres (2.3% of all land)

Virginia is about 61% forestland with and 21% softwood forests. Urbanization and development are contributing to loss of forestland.

#1. Forest-use land: 18,081,000 acres (42.5% of all land)
#2. Special-use areas: 7,601,000 acres (17.9% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 548,000 acres (7.2% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 5,572,000 acres (73.3%)
-- Defense and industrial: 1,355,000 acres (17.8%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 127,000 acres (1.7%)
#3. Cropland: 7,539,000 acres (17.7% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 5,558,000 acres (73.7% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 1,856,000 acres (24.6%)
-- Cropland pasture: 125,000 acres (1.7%)
#4. Grassland pasture and range: 7,314,000 acres (17.2% of all land)
#5. Urban areas: 1,553,000 acres (3.7% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 444,000 acres (1% of all land)

Policy changes at both the state and federal levels at the end of the 20th century had a significant impact on the , by way of restrictions on things like clearcutting and replanting. Most of the , with a little over a third belonging to private landowners.听

#1. Forest-use land: 11,780,000 acres (76.6% of all land)
#2. Grassland pasture and range: 1,351,000 acres (8.8% of all land)
#3. Special-use areas: 1,043,000 acres (6.8% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 208,000 acres (19.9% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 784,000 acres (75.2%)
-- Defense and industrial: 4,000 acres (0.4%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 47,000 acres (4.5%)
#4. Cropland: 781,000 acres (5.1% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 685,000 acres (87.7% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 42,000 acres (5.4%)
-- Cropland pasture: 54,000 acres (6.9%)
#5. Urban areas: 420,000 acres (2.7% of all land)
#6. Miscellaneous other land: 10,000 acres (0.1% of all land)

The forestland in the state has been , according to the USDA. The most numerous tree in the state is red maple, but the most voluminous is the yellow-poplar.听

#1. Forest-use land: 16,727,000 acres (48.3% of all land)
#2. Cropland: 10,071,000 acres (29.1% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 9,301,000 acres (92.4% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 607,000 acres (6.0%)
-- Cropland pasture: 164,000 acres (1.6%)
#3. Grassland pasture and range: 2,864,000 acres (8.3% of all land)
#4. Special-use areas: 2,344,000 acres (6.8% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 930,000 acres (39.7% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 961,000 acres (41.0%)
-- Defense and industrial: 142,000 acres (6.1%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 311,000 acres (13.3%)
#5. Miscellaneous other land: 1,422,000 acres (4.1% of all land)
#6. Urban areas: 1,234,000 acres (3.6% of all land)

, especially when it comes to white pine. Different counties in the state dominate when it comes to forest acreage for some species.

#1. Grassland pasture and range: 46,086,000 acres (74.2% of all land)
#2. Forest-use land: 7,002,000 acres (11.3% of all land)
#3. Special-use areas: 6,340,000 acres (10.2% of all land)
-- Rural transportation: 416,000 acres (6.6% of special-use land)
-- Parks and wildlife: 5,861,000 acres (92.4%)
-- Defense and industrial: 17,000 acres (0.3%)
-- Farmsteads and farm roads: 47,000 acres (0.7%)
#4. Cropland: 1,986,000 acres (3.2% of all land)
-- Cropland used for crops: 1,523,000 acres (76.7% of cropland)
-- Idle cropland: 207,000 acres (10.4%)
-- Cropland pasture: 256,000 acres (12.9%)
#5. Miscellaneous other land: 597,000 acres (1% of all land)
#6. Urban areas: 128,000 acres (0.2% of all land)

Wyoming is that totals about 46 million acres of pastures and prairies. Most of the state's grasslands are categorized as either shortgrass prairie鈥攑rimarily in the southeastern part where buffalo grass and blue grama reign,聽and mixed-grass prairie鈥攆ound in the eastern part of the state and hosting more diverse plants, such as western wheatgrass, prairie Junegrass, upland sedges, and Indian ricegrass.听

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