Public Land by State 2024

Exploring the diverse terrain of the United States reveals a rich tapestry of land ownership across its states. From the sprawling wilderness of Alaska to the rugged terrain of Texas, each state offers a unique blend of geography and natural resources.

California, for instance, is known for its iconic landmarks like the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Pacific coastline, reflecting its significant land ownership and rich biodiversity. Montana's picturesque landscapes, featuring rolling plains and towering mountains, attract outdoor enthusiasts and conservation efforts alike.

In contrast, New Mexico and Arizona boast the stunning landscapes of the desert Southwest, characterized by arid deserts and ancient cultural sites. Whether it's the expansive deserts of Nevada or the diverse terrain of Colorado, each state's land ownership contributes to the nation's natural heritage and reflects its distinct geographical features.

State	Total State Area	Total Area Ownedby All Govt	Percent Of States Total Area Both Govts	State Rank Both Govts	Total Area Ownedby Fed Govt	Percent Of States Total Area Fed Govt	State Rank Fed Govt	Total Area Ownedby State Govt1000s	Percent Of States Total Area State Govt	State Rank State Govt	BLM	USFS	NPS	NWR	Army Corps of Engineers	Military Bases	Tribal Lands
Alaska	365,039.40	325,700	89.22	1	219,900	60.24	2	105,800	28.98	2	69,711	22,219	52,709	75,261	19	2,100	86.80
Texas	167,625	3,216.40	1.92	47	2,391.40	1.43	37	825	0.49	45		755.10	1,172.60	463.70	945.87	1,484.60	4.60
California	99,822.70	42,288.38	42.36	7	40,044.78	40.12	7	2,243.60	2.25	29	14,567.66	20,697.51	4,574.60	205.01	89.50	3,525.91	520.90
Montana	93,155.80	32,473.22	34.86	12	27,276.82	29.28	10	5,196.40	5.58	16	8,036.01	16,893.50	1,221.30	1,126.01	390.17	3.75	2,683.20
New Mexico	77,673.60	31,554.72	40.62	8	22,854.72	29.42	9	8,700	11.20	8	12,770.81	9,326.79	372.90	384.22	33.74	2,384.89	7,522.60
Arizona	72,730.90	38,978.89	53.59	6	29,894.99	41.10	6	9,083.90	12.49	6	14,249.14	11,254.99	2,672.60	1,718.26	98.79	1,590.16	19,866.20
Nevada	70,275.80	56,972.28	81.07	2	56,846.08	80.89	1	126.20	0.18	50	47,854.50	5,832.77	777	2,381.81		282.67	1,152
Colorado	66,387.20	26,458.89	39.86	9	23,541.19	35.46	8	2,917.70	4.39	24	8,354.66	14,509.18	596.70	80.65	37	477.45	795.20
Wyoming	62,147.20	33,964.23	54.65	5	30,099.43	48.43	5	3,864.80	6.22	15	18,375.57	9,237.62	2,393.20	93.04		5.94	1,909.40
Oregon	61,441.90	19,403.60	31.58	13	16,407.70	26.70	12	2,995.90	4.88	20	16,222.82	15,657.82	194.90	554.98	114.68	21.05	660.70
Idaho	52,960.60	35,244.80	66.55	4	32,496.40	61.36	4	2,748.40	5.19	19	11,850	20,458.28	99.20	88.92	56.07	8.69	642.20
Utah	52,587.50	37,019.77	70.40	3	33,194.97	63.12	3	3,824.80	7.27	13	22,882.95	8,178.60	2,022.60	110.82		851.46	2,286.50
Kansas	52,366.70	479.50	0.92	50	167.20	0.32	46	312.30	0.60	42		108.18	0.70	58.32	338.38	134.34	7.20
Minnesota	50,954.90	8,952.02	17.57	17	3,572.92	7.01	20	5,379.10	10.56	9	151.25	2,837.65	141.60	442.42	31.35	2.92	728.80
Nebraska	49,201.90	785.76	1.60	48	538.86	1.10	41	246.90	0.50	44	6.58	352.09	5.90	174.29			23.80
South Dakota	48,574.70	3,659.78	7.53	29	3,569.88	7.35	19	89.90	0.19	49	279.67	2,012.43	263.60	1,014.18	614.49	6.44	2,401.10
North Dakota	44,156.20	2,187.41	4.95	39	1,375.31	3.11	31	812.10	1.84	31	59.72	1,105.77	71.60	138.22	470.19		214.60
Missouri	44,094.70	2,655.01	6.02	33	1,625.41	3.69	30	1,029.60	2.33	28	2.26	1,492.92	63.40	66.83	497.84	73.05
Oklahoma	43,954.60	1,006.75	2.29	45	571.35	1.30	39	435.40	0.99	39	2.17	397.13	9.90	162.15	791.01	153.25	99.10
Washington	42,612.50	15,513.50	36.41	11	11,648.40	27.34	11	3,865.10	9.07	11	372.45	9,214.45	1,932.40	129.10	78.39	499.82	2,101
Georgia	37,068.20	1,734.59	4.68	40	1,384.89	3.74	29	349.70	0.94	40		865.08	40.80	479.01	336.30	568.09
Michigan	36,357.80	8,168.77	22.47	15	3,679.97	10.12	16	4,488.80	12.35	7	74.85	2,857.66	632.10	115.36	0.49	4.28	5.10
Iowa	35,760	370.74	1.04	49	104.34	0.29	47	266.40	0.74	41	0.39		1.70	102.25	141.64	19.36	3.60
Illinois	35,579.50	836.78	2.35	44	430.88	1.21	40	405.90	1.14	37	0.23	292.73	0.01	137.91	217.52	43.35
Wisconsin	34,761	5,633.61	16.21	18	1,987.71	5.72	24	3,645.90	10.49	10	160.14	1,522.52	72.70	232.35	23.11	135.37	338.10
Florida	34,558.10	9,069.36	26.24	14	4,332.56	12.54	15	4,736.80	13.71	4	25.28	1,152.82	2,320.10	834.36	53.56	683.29	154.20
Arkansas	33,328	3,949.90	11.85	22	3,297.40	9.89	17	652.50	1.96	30	291.17	2,586.07	101.40	318.76	518.44	93.32
Alabama	32,480	1,235.91	3.81	41	840.11	2.59	33	395.80	1.22	35	110.92	665.03	6.50	57.66	43.43	168.11	0.20
North Carolina	31,179.50	2,180.47	6.99	31	2,044.47	6.56	23	136	0.44	46		1,244.30	380.50	419.67	87.34	329.24	56.60
New York	30,223.40	11,174.55	36.97	10	79.55	0.26	48	11,095	36.71			16.18	36.40	26.97	5.90	137.78	118.20
Mississippi	30,025	1,653.47	5.51	36	1,544.97	5.15	25	108.50	0.36	48	57.21	1,158.97	107.90	220.89	387.34	28.92	20.70
Pennsylvania	28,684.80	4,228.29	14.74	20	571.69	1.99	36	3,656.60	12.75	5		513.36	48.50	9.83	103.90	43.46
Louisiana	27,882.20	2,131.70	7.65	28	1,387.10	4.97	26	744.60	2.67	27	309.61	604.21	10.10	463.18	35.80	241.38	0.40
Tennessee	26,380.80	2,814.75	10.67	23	1,092.75	4.14	27	1,722	6.53	14		634.52	344.10	114.13	181.78	79.02
Ohio	26,209.90	678.66	2.59	43	256.96	0.98	42	421.70	1.61	32		229.84	18.80	8.32	96.49	34.39
Kentucky	25,428.50	899.80	3.54	42	789.30	3.10	32	110.50	0.43	47		693.75	93.40	2.15	351.13	229.89
Vermont	25,342.70	2,449.87	9.67	25	2,102.97	8.30	18	346.90	1.37	34		1,660.43	319.20	123.34	132.83	273.99
Indiana	22,956.80	522.35	2.28	46	216.65	0.94	43	305.70	1.33	35		196.49	10.30	9.86	124.34	144.26
Maine	19,753.60	1,059.46	5.36	37	170.26	0.86	45	889.20	4.50	23		53.04	69.30	47.92		16.98	163
South Carolina	19,271	1,000.42	5.19	38	794.22	4.12	28	206.20	1.07	38		613.17	26.30	154.75	149.71	100.47
West Virginia	15,415.70	1,530	9.92	24	1,080.80	7.01	21	449.20	2.91	25		1,032.74	46.30	1.76	139.74	0.69
Maryland	6,256	428.98	6.86	32	84.58	1.35	38	344.40	5.51	18			41.70	42.88	7.96	102.56
Virginia	5,919.40	486.17	8.21	27	390.97	6.60	22	95.20	1.61	33		376.25	8.30	6.42	5.75	0.24
New Hampshire	5,740.20	908.41	15.83	19	744.21	12.96	13	164.20	2.86	26		728.15	10.20	5.86	18.82	6.61
Massachusetts	5,016.30	277.85	5.54	35	45.95	0.92	44	231.90	4.62	22			33.20	12.75	20.14	19.39	0.20
New Jersey	4,748.20	840.98	17.71	16	101.08	2.13	35	739.90	15.58	3			35.20	65.88
Hawaii	4,110.70	549.08	13.36	21	524.88	12.77	14	24.20	0.59	43		0.01	235.40	289.47		230.54
Connecticut	3,100.80	179.69	5.79	34	6.79	0.22	50	172.90	5.58	17		0.02	6	0.77	7.01	2.08	1.60
Delaware	1,251.20	88.18	7.05	30	27.28	2.18	34	60.90	4.87	21				27.28		3.88
Rhode Island	668.80	61.16	9.14	26	1.66	0.25	49	59.50	8.90	12				1.66		1.68	1.80

State

Total State Area

Total Area Ownedby All Govt

Percent Of States Total Area Both Govts

State Rank Both Govts

Total Area Ownedby Fed Govt

Percent Of States Total Area Fed Govt

State Rank Fed Govt

Total Area Ownedby State Govt1000s

Percent Of States Total Area State Govt

State Rank State Govt

BLM

USFS

NPS

NWR

Army Corps of Engineers

Military Bases

Tribal Lands

Alaska

365,039.40

325,700

89.22

219,900

60.24

105,800

28.98

69,711

22,219

52,709

75,261

2,100

86.80

Texas

167,625

3,216.40

1.92

2,391.40

1.43

825

0.49

755.10

1,172.60

463.70

945.87

1,484.60

4.60

California

99,822.70

42,288.38

42.36

40,044.78

40.12

2,243.60

2.25

14,567.66

20,697.51

4,574.60

205.01

89.50

3,525.91

520.90

Montana

93,155.80

32,473.22

34.86

27,276.82

29.28

5,196.40

5.58

8,036.01

16,893.50

1,221.30

1,126.01

390.17

3.75

2,683.20

New Mexico

77,673.60

31,554.72

40.62

22,854.72

29.42

8,700

11.20

12,770.81

9,326.79

372.90

384.22

33.74

2,384.89

7,522.60

Arizona

72,730.90

38,978.89

53.59

29,894.99

41.10

9,083.90

12.49

14,249.14

11,254.99

2,672.60

1,718.26

98.79

1,590.16

19,866.20

Nevada

70,275.80

56,972.28

81.07

56,846.08

80.89

126.20

0.18

47,854.50

5,832.77

777

2,381.81

282.67

1,152

Colorado

66,387.20

26,458.89

39.86

23,541.19

35.46

2,917.70

4.39

8,354.66

14,509.18

596.70

80.65

477.45

795.20

Wyoming

62,147.20

33,964.23

54.65

30,099.43

48.43

3,864.80

6.22

18,375.57

9,237.62

2,393.20

93.04

5.94

1,909.40

Oregon

61,441.90

19,403.60

31.58

16,407.70

26.70

2,995.90

4.88

16,222.82

15,657.82

194.90

554.98

114.68

21.05

660.70

Idaho

52,960.60

35,244.80

66.55

32,496.40

61.36

2,748.40

5.19

11,850

20,458.28

99.20

88.92

56.07

8.69

642.20

Utah

52,587.50

37,019.77

70.40

33,194.97

63.12

3,824.80

7.27

22,882.95

8,178.60

2,022.60

110.82

851.46

2,286.50

Kansas

52,366.70

479.50

0.92

167.20

0.32

312.30

0.60

108.18

0.70

58.32

338.38

134.34

7.20

Minnesota

50,954.90

8,952.02

17.57

3,572.92

7.01

5,379.10

10.56

151.25

2,837.65

141.60

442.42

31.35

2.92

728.80

Nebraska

49,201.90

785.76

1.60

538.86

1.10

246.90

0.50

6.58

352.09

5.90

174.29

23.80

South Dakota

48,574.70

3,659.78

7.53

3,569.88

7.35

89.90

0.19

279.67

2,012.43

263.60

1,014.18

614.49

6.44

2,401.10

North Dakota

44,156.20

2,187.41

4.95

1,375.31

3.11

812.10

1.84

59.72

1,105.77

71.60

138.22

470.19

214.60

Missouri

44,094.70

2,655.01

6.02

1,625.41

3.69

1,029.60

2.33

2.26

1,492.92

63.40

66.83

497.84

73.05

Oklahoma

43,954.60

1,006.75

2.29

571.35

1.30

435.40

0.99

2.17

397.13

9.90

162.15

791.01

153.25

99.10

Washington

42,612.50

15,513.50

36.41

11,648.40

27.34

3,865.10

9.07

372.45

9,214.45

1,932.40

129.10

78.39

499.82

2,101

Georgia

37,068.20

1,734.59

4.68

1,384.89

3.74

349.70

0.94

865.08

40.80

479.01

336.30

568.09

Michigan

36,357.80

8,168.77

22.47

3,679.97

10.12

4,488.80

12.35

74.85

2,857.66

632.10

115.36

0.49

4.28

5.10

Iowa

35,760

370.74

1.04

104.34

0.29

266.40

0.74

0.39

1.70

102.25

141.64

19.36

3.60

Illinois

35,579.50

836.78

2.35

430.88

1.21

405.90

1.14

0.23

292.73

0.01

137.91

217.52

43.35

Wisconsin

34,761

5,633.61

16.21

1,987.71

5.72

3,645.90

10.49

160.14

1,522.52

72.70

232.35

23.11

135.37

338.10

Florida

34,558.10

9,069.36

26.24

4,332.56

12.54

4,736.80

13.71

25.28

1,152.82

2,320.10

834.36

53.56

683.29

154.20

Arkansas

33,328

3,949.90

11.85

3,297.40

9.89

652.50

1.96

291.17

2,586.07

101.40

318.76

518.44

93.32

Alabama

32,480

1,235.91

3.81

840.11

2.59

395.80

1.22

110.92

665.03

6.50

57.66

43.43

168.11

0.20

North Carolina

31,179.50

2,180.47

6.99

2,044.47

6.56

136

0.44

1,244.30

380.50

419.67

87.34

329.24

56.60

New York

30,223.40

11,174.55

36.97

79.55

0.26

11,095

36.71

16.18

36.40

26.97

5.90

137.78

118.20

Mississippi

30,025

1,653.47

5.51

1,544.97

5.15

108.50

0.36

57.21

1,158.97

107.90

220.89

387.34

28.92

20.70

Pennsylvania

28,684.80

4,228.29

14.74

571.69

1.99

3,656.60

12.75

513.36

48.50

9.83

103.90

43.46

Louisiana

27,882.20

2,131.70

7.65

1,387.10

4.97

744.60

2.67

309.61

604.21

10.10

463.18

35.80

241.38

0.40

Tennessee

26,380.80

2,814.75

10.67

1,092.75

4.14

1,722

6.53

634.52

344.10

114.13

181.78

79.02

Ohio

26,209.90

678.66

2.59

256.96

0.98

421.70

1.61

229.84

18.80

8.32

96.49

34.39

Kentucky

25,428.50

899.80

3.54

789.30

3.10

110.50

0.43

693.75

93.40

2.15

351.13

229.89

Vermont

25,342.70

2,449.87

9.67

2,102.97

8.30

346.90

1.37

1,660.43

319.20

123.34

132.83

273.99

Indiana

22,956.80

522.35

2.28

216.65

0.94

305.70

1.33

196.49

10.30

9.86

124.34

144.26

Maine

19,753.60

1,059.46

5.36

170.26

0.86

889.20

4.50

53.04

69.30

47.92

16.98

163

South Carolina

19,271

1,000.42

5.19

794.22

4.12

206.20

1.07

613.17

26.30

154.75

149.71

100.47

West Virginia

15,415.70

1,530

9.92

1,080.80

7.01

449.20

2.91

1,032.74

46.30

1.76

139.74

0.69

Maryland

6,256

428.98

6.86

84.58

1.35

344.40

5.51

41.70

42.88

7.96

102.56

Virginia

5,919.40

486.17

8.21

390.97

6.60

95.20

1.61

376.25

8.30

6.42

5.75

0.24

New Hampshire

5,740.20

908.41

15.83

744.21

12.96

164.20

2.86

728.15

10.20

5.86

18.82

6.61

Massachusetts

5,016.30

277.85

5.54

45.95

0.92

231.90

4.62

33.20

12.75

20.14

19.39

0.20

New Jersey

4,748.20

840.98

17.71

101.08

2.13

739.90

15.58

35.20

65.88

Hawaii

4,110.70

549.08

13.36

524.88

12.77

24.20

0.59

0.01

235.40

289.47

230.54

Connecticut

3,100.80

179.69

5.79

6.79

0.22

172.90

5.58

0.02

0.77

7.01

2.08

1.60

Delaware

1,251.20

88.18

7.05

27.28

2.18

60.90

4.87

27.28

3.88

Rhode Island

668.80

61.16

9.14

1.66

0.25

59.50

8.90

1.66

1.68

1.80