U.S. Department of the Interior

Bureau of Land Management


TABLE 1-3

Comparison of federally owned land with total acreage of States,
fiscal year 1995

 

Acreage owned by the Federal Government

 State

 Public Domain

 Acquired by other methods

 Federal Total

 Acerage not owned by Federal Government

 Total acerage of State /a/

 Percent owned by Government /b/

Alabama

 1,424.2

 1,070,764.4

 1,072,188.6

 31,606,211.4

 32,678,400

 3.281

Alaska 166,384,138.9 129,455.1 166,513,594.0 198,968,006.0 365,481,600 45.560
Arizona 28,895,570.7 1,294,656.5 30,190,227.2 42,497,772.8 72,688,000 41.534
Arkansas 950,510.8 1,826,770.8 2,777,281.6 30,822,078.4 33,599,360 8.266
California 42,076,192.0 2,613,456.1 44,689,648.1 55,517,071.9 100,206,720 44.598
Colorado 22,542,288.5 1,362,156.6 23,904,445.1 42,581,314.9 66,485,760 35.954
Connecticut 161.2 7,314.4 7,475.6 3,127,884.4 3,135,360 .238
Delaware 5.0 28,080.3 28,085.3 1,237,834.7 1,265,920 2.219
District of Columbia 121.7 9,048.3 9,170.0 29,870.0 39,040 23.489
Florida 63,746.3 2,561,752.0 2,625,499.1 32,095,700.9 34,721,280 7.562
Georgia 10.1 1,451,551.0 1,451,561.1 35,843,798.9 37,295,360 3.892
Hawaii 1,075.0 349,857.7 350,932.7 3,754,667.3 4,105,600 8.548
Idaho 31,391,219.2 679,828.4 32,071,047.6 20,862,072.4 52,933,120 60.588
Illinois 349.0 452,912.8 453,261.8 35,341,938.2 35,795,200 1.266
Indiana 714.0 398,714.3 399,428.3 22,758,971.7 23,158,400 1.725
Iowa 2.0 66,908.2 66,910.2 35,793,569.8 35,860,480 .187
Kansas 25,558.8 257,353.5 282,912.3 52,227,807.7 52,510,720 .539
Kentucky 4.5 1,073,035.5 1,073,040.0 24,439,280.0 25,512,320 4.206
Louisiana 259.0 795,594.7 795,853.7 28,071,986.3 28,867,840 2.757
Maine 196.2 186,690.0 186,886.2 19,660,793.8 19,847,680 .942
Maryland 152.0 198,202.1 198,354.1 6,121,005.9 6,319,360 3.139
Massachusetts 573.9 59,853.9 60,427.8 4,974,452.2 5,034,880 1.200
Michigan 291,641.4 3,388,713.8 3,680,355.2 32,811,804.8 36,492,160 10.085
Minnesota 455,584.1 1,108,808.1 1,564,392.2 49,641,367.8 51,205,760 3.055
Mississippi 3,596.2 1,291,728.9 1,295,325.1 28,927,394.9 30,222,720 4.286
Missouri 2,177.9 1,682,609.0 1,684,786.9 42,563,533.1 44,248,320 3.808
Montana 23,511,768.7 2,177,126.542 25,688,895.2 67,582,144.8 93,271,040 27.5
Nebraska 241,629.2 340,867.8 582,497.0 48,449,183.0 49,031,680 1.188
Nevada 53,934,448.4 225,009.3 54,159,457.7 16,104,862.3 70,264,320 77.080
New Hampshire 14.8 736,008.5 736,023.3 5,032,936.7 5,768,9601 2.758
New Jersey 426.7 159,972.4 160,399.1 4,653,040.9 4,813,440 3.332
New Mexico 23,958,617.0 2,367,243.4 26,325,860.4 51,440,539.6 77,766,400 33.853
New York 390.8 209,981.8 210,372.6 30,470,587.4 30,680,960 .686
North Carolina 1,338.2 2,155,965.1 2,157,303.3 29,245,576.7 31,402,880 6.870
North Dakota 248,361.9 1,540,774.3 1,789,136.2 42,663,343.8 44,452,480 4.025
Ohio 25.00 280,613.1 280,638.1 25,941,441.9 26,222,080 1.07
Oklahoma 55,449.65 85,348.0 640,797.6 43,446,882.4 44,087,680 1.454
Oregon 28,420,638.4 3,510,099.2 31,930,737.6 29,667,982.4 61,598,720 51.8 37
Pennsylvania 38.1 635,050.4 635,088.5 28,169,391.5 28,804,480 2.205
Rhode Island 44.081 4,567.1 4,611.1 672,508.9 677,120 .6
South Carolina 11.7 732,658.3 732,670.0 18,641,410.0 19,374,080 3.782
South Dakota 1,509,749.0 1,172,336.8 2,682,085.8 46,199,034.2 48,881,920 5.487
Tennessee 2.0 1,534,311.7 1,534,313.7 25,193,366.3 26,727,680 5.741
Texas 57,568.2 2,288,444.0 2,346,012.2 165,871,587.0 168,217,600 1.395
Utah 31,562,781.8 1,695,470.7 33,258,252.5 19,438,707.5 52,696,960 63.112
Vermont 28.5 380,331.3 380,359.8 5,556,280.2 5,936,640 6.407
Virginia 572.6 2,393,492.0 2,394,064.6 23,102,255.4 25,496,320 9.390
Washington 9,321,355.6 951,302.4 10,272,658.0 32,421,102.0 42,693,760 24.061
West Virginia 3.8 1,079,861.4 1,079,865.2 14,330,694.8 15,410,560 7.007
Wisconsin 10,567.2 1,841,972.3 1,852,539.5 33,158,660.5 35,011,200 5.291
Wyoming 29,587,388.3 618,805.9 30,206,194.2 32,136,845.8 62,343,040 48.452
Total 495,510,492.1 53,963,430.9 549,473,923.0 1,721,869,437.0 2,271,343,360

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/a/ Source--U.S. Census of Population.

/b/ Excludes trust properties.

Note: This table represents the most current data available from the General Services Administration. Data does not include inland water.

Source: General Services Administration, except "Acreage of State": Bureau of Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, from the 1980 decennial census. For information on federally owned land by agency, contact the General Services Administration, Governmentwide Real Property Policy; 18th and F Streets, N.W., Room 1300; Washington, D.C. 20405.

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