Land on which crops are grown and harvested accounts for most cropland acres

Stacked line showing number of cropland acres used for cropland pasture, idle cropland, cultivated summer fallow, crop failure, and cropland harvested.

The United States has a land area of 2.26 billion acres, mostly in grassland pasture and range, forest use, and cropland. Urban areas account for about 3 percent of U.S. land.

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