Federal land by state
The table below summarizes the total acres and percentage of federal land in each state as of 2013 (the most recent year for which data is available).
Alaska had the most federal land (222.7 million acres) while Nevada had the greatest percentage of federal land within a state (80.1 percent). In contrast, Rhode Island and Connecticut had the fewest acres of federal land: 4,513 acres and 9,110 acres, respectively. Connecticut and Iowa tied for the lowest percentage of federal land at 0.3 percent each.[1]
| [hide]Federal land ownership by state (as of 2018) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State | Federal land acreage | Total state acreage | Percentage of federal land |
| Alabama | 880,188 | 32,678,400 | 2.7% |
| Alaska | 222,666,580 | 365,481,600 | 60.9% |
| Arizona | 28,077,992 | 72,688,000 | 38.6% |
| Arkansas | 3,159,486 | 33,599,360 | 9.4% |
| California | 45,493,133 | 100,206,720 | 45.4% |
| Colorado | 24,100,247 | 66,485,760 | 36.2% |
| Connecticut | 9,110 | 3,135,360 | 0.3% |
| Delaware | 29,918 | 1,265,920 | 2.4% |
| District of Columbia | 9,649 | 39,040 | 24.7% |
| Florida | 4,491,200 | 34,721,280 | 12.9% |
| Georgia | 1,946,492 | 37,295,360 | 12.9% |
| Hawaii | 829,830 | 4,105,600 | 20.2% |
| Idaho | 32,789,648 | 52,933,120 | 61.9% |
| Illinois | 423,782 | 35,795,200 | 1.2% |
| Indiana | 384,726 | 23,158,400 | 1.7% |
| Iowa | 97,509 | 35,860,480 | 0.3% |
| Kansas | 253,919 | 52,510,720 | 0.5% |
| Kentucky | 1,100,160 | 25,512,320 | 4.3% |
| Louisiana | 1,353,291 | 28,867,840 | 4.7% |
| Maine | 301,481 | 19,847,680 | 1.5 |
| Maryland | 205,362 | 6,319,360 | 3.2% |
| Massachusetts | 62,680 | 5,034,880 | 1.2% |
| Michigan | 3,637,599 | 36,492,160 | 10.0% |
| Minnesota | 3,503,977 | 51,205,760 | 6.8% |
| Mississippi | 1,552,634 | 30,222,720 | 5.1% |
| Missouri | 1,702,983 | 44,248,320 | 3.8% |
| Montana | 27,082,401 | 93,271,040 | 29.0% |
| Nebraska | 546,852 | 49,031,680 | 1.1% |
| Nevada | 56,262,610 | 70,264,320 | 80.1% |
| New Hampshire | 805,472 | 5,768,960 | 14.0% |
| New Jersey | 171,956 | 4,813,440 | 3.6% |
| New Mexico | 24,665,774 | 77,766,400 | 31.7% |
| New York | 230,992 | 30,680,960 | 0.8% |
| North Carolina | 2,434,801 | 31,402,880 | 7.8% |
| North Dakota | 1,733,641 | 44,452,480 | 3.9% |
| Ohio | 305,502 | 26,222,080 | 1.2% |
| Oklahoma | 683,289 | 44,087,680 | 1.5% |
| Oregon | 32,244,257 | 61,598,720 | 52.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 622,160 | 28,804,480 | 2.2% |
| Rhode Island | 4,513 | 677,120 | 0.7% |
| South Carolina | 875,316 | 19,374,080 | 4.5% |
| South Dakota | 2,640,005 | 48,881,920 | 5.4% |
| Tennessee | 1,281,362 | 26,727,680 | 4.8% |
| Texas | 3,231,198 | 168,217,600 | 1.9% |
| Utah | 33,267,621 | 52,696,960 | 63.1% |
| Vermont | 465,888 | 5,936,640 | 7.8% |
| Virginia | 2,373,616 | 25,496,320 | 9.3% |
| Washington | 12,192,855 | 42,693,760 | 28.6% |
| West Virginia | 1,134,138 | 15,410,560 | 7.4% |
| Wisconsin | 1,854,085 | 35,011,200 | 5.3% |
| Wyoming | 29,137,722 | 62,343,040 | 46.7% |
| United States | 615,311,596 | 2,271,343,360 | 27.1% |
| Source: U.S. Congressional Research Service, "Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data" | |||
