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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />r\~"i~l" <br />0<..-' ............. .. ,) <br /> <br />Table 11-10 - Trend in major uses of land, United States, selected years <br /> <br />Major Land Use---T9'!r(J--[9'2'U-r9"4tY 19!>0 19!>9 ~---r9T4"- <br /> <br />--------------------Million Acres - <br /> <br />Cropl and 1/ 319 402 400 409 392 384 382 <br />Available-grassland <br />pasture and range 2/ 832 731 719 701 699 692 681 <br />Forest and woodlandlj 719 721 727 721 728 723 718 <br />Other 1 and 4/ 400 416 426 442 452 465 483 <br />Special use areas (134) (146) (172) (182) <br />Unclassified areas (308) (306) (293 ) (301) <br />Total 5/ 2,270 2,270 2,272 2,273 2,271 2,264 2,264 <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> <br />-- = Not available <br />l! Excludes cropland used only for pastures. <br />2/ Grassland pasture and other nonforested grazing land plus <br />- cropl and used for pasture. <br />3/ Exclusive of reserved forest land in parks, wildlife refuges, <br />- and other special uses of land. <br />4/ Includes such special land uses as urban areas, highways, and <br />roads, farmsteads, parks, and military reservations, and also <br />land having little value for surface use (desert, rock, marshes, <br />tundra, etc.) <br />5/ Changes in total land area are attributable to changes in methods <br />and materials used in occasional remeasurements and to increases <br />in the area of artificial reservoirs. <br /> <br />II-52 <br />