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Alaska

365,039.40

Texas

167,625

California

99,822.70

Montana

93,155.80

New Mexico

77,673.60

Arizona

72,730.90

Nevada

70,275.80

Colorado

66,387.20

Wyoming

62,147.20

Oregon

61,441.90

Idaho

52,960.60

Utah

52,587.50

Kansas

52,366.70

Minnesota

50,954.90

Nebraska

49,201.90

South Dakota

48,574.70

North Dakota

44,156.20

Missouri

44,094.70

Oklahoma

43,954.60

Washington

42,612.50

Georgia

37,068.20

Michigan

36,357.80

Iowa

35,760

Illinois

35,579.50

Wisconsin

34,761

Florida

34,558.10

Arkansas

33,328

Alabama

32,480

North Carolina

31,179.50

New York

30,223.40

Mississippi

30,025

Pennsylvania

28,684.80

Louisiana

27,882.20

Tennessee

26,380.80

Ohio

26,209.90

Kentucky

25,428.50

Vermont

25,342.70

Indiana

22,956.80

Maine

19,753.60

South Carolina

19,271

West Virginia

15,415.70

Maryland

6,256

Virginia

5,919.40

New Hampshire

5,740.20

Massachusetts

5,016.30

New Jersey

4,748.20

Hawaii

4,110.70

Connecticut

3,100.80

Delaware

1,251.20

Rhode Island

668.80

Public Land by State 2023

Public Land by State 2023

Public Land by State 2023

- All areas displayed are measured in 1000s of acres. For example, Alaska's displayed area ofr 365,039.40 equals 365,039,400 acres.
- Military and tribal lands are excluded from the columns totaling state and federal land ownership.
- Where differences are known and with the exception of Army Corps of Engineers data, areas displayed refer to land area and do not include water area.

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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

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Public Land by State 2023

Natural Resources Council of Maine

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