Public and Private Lands Percentages

US States Land Ownership by Percentage: Rank State % that is Public Land % that is Private Land 1 AK 95.8% 4.2% 2 NV 87.8% 12.2% 3 UT 75.2% 24.8% 4 ID 70.4% 29.6% 5 OR 60.4% 39.6% 6 AZ 56.8% 43.2% 7 WY 55.9% 44.1% 8 CA 52.1% 47.9% 9 NM 47.4% 52.6% 10 CO 43.3% 56.7% 11 WA 41.9% 58.1% 12 MT 37.5% 62.5% 13 NY 37.1% 62.9% 14 FL 29.2% 70.8% 15 MI 28.1% 71.9% 16 MN 23.5% 76.5% 17 HI 19.0% 81.0% 18 NJ 18.3% 81.7% 19 NH 18.0% 82.0% 20 WI 17.8% 82.2% 21 AR 17.3% 82.7% 22 VA 17.1% 82.9% 23 WV 16.5% 83.5% 24 PA 16.1% 83.9% 25 VT 15.8% 84.2% 26 NC 14.6% 85.4% 27 TN 14.1% 85.9% 28 KY 11.8% 88.2% 29 SC 11.8% 88.2% 30 MO 11.2% 88.8% 31 MS 10.9% 89.1% 32 LA 10.7% 89.3% 33 GA 9.7% 90.3% 34 ND 9.1% 90.9% 35 SD 8.9% 91.1% 36 MD 7.6% 92.4% 37 DE 7.4% 92.6% 38 AL 7.1% 92.9% 39 MA 6.3% 93.7% 40 CT 6.2% 93.8% 41 ME 5.7% 94.3% 42 OK 4.6% 95.4% 43 IN 4.5% 95.5% 44 OH 4.2% 95.8% 45 TX 4.2% 95.8% 46 IL 4.1% 95.9% 47 IA 2.8% 97.2% 48 NE 2.8% 97.2% 49 KS 1.9% 98.1% 50 RI 1.5% 98.5% USA 39.8% 60.2%

Below are the percentages of public and private lands in each state in the United States. Figures for total areas of states reflect land acreage only and are from the US Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1991 (11th ed.) Washington, DC, 1991, p.201.