U.S. Arable Land 1961-2023
Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
- U.S. arable land for 2020 was 157,736,800, a 0% increase from 2019.
- U.S. arable land for 2019 was 157,736,800, a 0% increase from 2018.
- U.S. arable land for 2018 was 157,736,800, a 0% increase from 2017.
- U.S. arable land for 2017 was 157,736,800, a 0.35% increase from 2016.
| U.S. Arable Land - Historical Data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Hectares | Per Capita | Percent |
| 2020 | 157,736,800 | 0.48 | 17.24% |
| 2019 | 157,736,800 | 0.48 | 17.24% |
| 2018 | 157,736,800 | 0.48 | 17.24% |
| 2017 | 157,736,800 | 0.49 | 17.24% |
| 2016 | 157,191,000 | 0.49 | 17.18% |
| 2015 | 156,645,100 | 0.49 | 17.12% |
| 2014 | 156,099,300 | 0.49 | 17.06% |
| 2013 | 155,553,400 | 0.49 | 17.01% |
| 2012 | 155,007,500 | 0.49 | 16.95% |
| 2011 | 156,362,000 | 0.50 | 17.09% |
| 2010 | 157,716,500 | 0.51 | 17.24% |
| 2009 | 159,071,000 | 0.52 | 17.39% |
| 2008 | 160,425,500 | 0.53 | 17.54% |
| 2007 | 161,780,000 | 0.54 | 17.66% |
| 2006 | 164,025,300 | 0.55 | 17.90% |
| 2005 | 166,270,600 | 0.56 | 18.15% |
| 2004 | 168,515,900 | 0.58 | 18.39% |
| 2003 | 170,731,300 | 0.59 | 18.63% |
| 2002 | 172,977,000 | 0.60 | 18.88% |
| 2001 | 175,400,000 | 0.62 | 19.14% |
| 2000 | 175,368,000 | 0.62 | 19.14% |
| 1999 | 175,368,000 | 0.63 | 19.15% |
| 1998 | 176,782,000 | 0.64 | 19.30% |
| 1997 | 177,592,000 | 0.65 | 19.39% |
| 1996 | 179,006,000 | 0.66 | 19.54% |
| 1995 | 181,839,000 | 0.68 | 19.85% |
| 1994 | 181,939,000 | 0.69 | 19.86% |
| 1993 | 182,748,000 | 0.70 | 19.95% |
| 1992 | 184,080,000 | 0.72 | 20.10% |
| 1991 | 185,676,000 | 0.73 | 20.27% |
| 1990 | 185,676,000 | 0.74 | 20.27% |
| 1989 | 185,726,000 | 0.75 | 20.28% |
| 1988 | 185,742,000 | 0.76 | 20.28% |
| 1987 | 185,742,000 | 0.77 | 20.28% |
| 1986 | 187,765,000 | 0.78 | 20.50% |
| 1985 | 187,765,000 | 0.79 | 20.50% |
| 1984 | 187,765,000 | 0.80 | 20.50% |
| 1983 | 187,765,000 | 0.80 | 20.50% |
| 1982 | 187,765,000 | 0.81 | 20.50% |
| 1981 | 188,755,000 | 0.82 | 20.61% |
| 1980 | 188,755,000 | 0.83 | 20.61% |
| 1979 | 188,755,000 | 0.84 | 20.61% |
| 1978 | 188,755,000 | 0.85 | 20.61% |
| 1977 | 186,552,000 | 0.85 | 20.37% |
| 1976 | 186,472,000 | 0.86 | 20.36% |
| 1975 | 186,472,000 | 0.86 | 20.36% |
| 1974 | 186,472,000 | 0.87 | 20.36% |
| 1973 | 187,050,000 | 0.88 | 20.42% |
| 1972 | 187,545,000 | 0.89 | 20.48% |
| 1971 | 188,140,000 | 0.91 | 20.54% |
| 1970 | 188,735,000 | 0.92 | 20.61% |
| 1969 | 189,244,000 | 0.93 | 20.66% |
| 1968 | 181,000,000 | 0.90 | 19.76% |
| 1967 | 174,487,000 | 0.88 | 19.05% |
| 1966 | 175,705,000 | 0.89 | 19.18% |
| 1965 | 177,000,000 | 0.91 | 19.33% |
| 1964 | 177,966,000 | 0.93 | 19.43% |
| 1963 | 179,574,000 | 0.95 | 19.61% |
| 1962 | 177,095,000 | 0.95 | 19.34% |
| 1961 | 180,630,000 | 0.98 | 19.72% |
