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| | Prime Farmland By Land Cover/Use
1,000's of acres
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Year
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Cropland
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CRP Land
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Pastureland
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Rangeland
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Forestland
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Other Rural Land
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Total Rural Land
|
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1982
|
2,902.1
|
0.0
|
1,457.3
|
3.1
|
3,010.0
|
158.4
|
7,530.9
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1987
|
2,575.8
|
109.7
|
1,490.5
|
4.3
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3,102.8
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178.4
|
7,461.5
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1992
|
2,080.9
|
306.9
|
1,594.8
|
4.3
|
3,174.0
|
236.7
|
7,397.6
|
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1997
|
1,948.7
|
305.2
|
1,505.9
|
3.1
|
3,278.6
|
213.4
|
7,254.9
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Revised December 2000
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