|
Year
|
Transpor-tation | Parks & wilderness | National defense | Urban | Farm- steads | Other | Total |
| million acres | |||||||
| 1945 | 22.61 | 22.58 | 24.76 | 15.01 | 15.03 | 93.42 | 193.41 |
| 1949 | 22.88 | 27.64 | 21.46 | 18.28 | 15.07 | 84.01 | 189.34 |
| 1954 | 27.49 | 27.50 | 27.40 | 18.56 | 12.24 | 80.50 | 193.70 |
| 1959 | 25.22 | 46.94 | 31.12 | 27.22 | 11.37 | 293.16 | 435.03 |
| 1964 | 25.99 | 75.51 | 31.88 | 29.27 | 10.51 | 276.71 | 449.86 |
| 1969 | 25.95 | 81.34 | 25.59 | 31.01 | 10.34 | 290.98 | 465.21 |
| 1974 | 26.32 | 87.47 | 25.04 | 34.82 | 8.07 | 300.78 | 482.49 |
| 1978 | 26.63 | 97.95 | 24.90 | 44.65 | 8.42 | 300.85 | 503.40 |
| 1982 | 26.73 | 211.02 | 23.95 | 50.18 | 8.04 | 224.00 | 543.92 |
| 1987 | 25.70 | 224.86 | 20.92 | 56.64 | 7.13 | 226.66 | 561.90 |
| 1992 | 25.24 | 228.85 | 20.48 | 58.91 | 6.21 | 224.44 | 564.12 |
Source: Daugherty, A.B., Major Uses of Land in the United States: 1992, Agricultural Economic Report No. 723 (GPO, Washington, DC, 1995) and supporting database.
Note: Other land is defined in the note to Table 7.1.
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