Census, USDA NASS & Forest Service
Land area, use & forests
County land and water area, farm share of land, and forest land.
Published by Census, USDA NASS & Forest Service
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“How much of this county is farmland or forest?”
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- Matched to the same county codes as every other source, so it lines up cleanly with all of them
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Land & water area
Sample of 25 rows out of about 3,242
· 11 columns
| fips | state_fips | county_fips | state_abbr | geo_name | aland_m2 | awater_m2 | land_sq_mi | water_sq_mi | total_sq_mi | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 01 | 001 | AL | Autauga County | 1539631461.0 | 25677536.0 | 594.455 | 9.914 | 604.369 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01003 | 01 | 003 | AL | Baldwin County | 4117725048.0 | 1132887203.0 | 1589.863 | 437.41 | 2027.2730000000001 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01005 | 01 | 005 | AL | Barbour County | 2292160151.0 | 50523213.0 | 885.008 | 19.507 | 904.515 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01007 | 01 | 007 | AL | Bibb County | 1612188713.0 | 9572302.0 | 622.47 | 3.696 | 626.166 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01009 | 01 | 009 | AL | Blount County | 1670259100.0 | 14860281.0 | 644.891 | 5.738 | 650.629 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01011 | 01 | 011 | AL | Bullock County | 1613083468.0 | 6030667.0 | 622.815 | 2.328 | 625.143 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01013 | 01 | 013 | AL | Butler County | 2012002548.0 | 2701199.0 | 776.839 | 1.043 | 777.8820000000001 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01015 | 01 | 015 | AL | Calhoun County | 1569248377.0 | 16534047.0 | 605.89 | 6.384 | 612.274 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01017 | 01 | 017 | AL | Chambers County | 1545068570.0 | 16988729.0 | 596.554 | 6.559 | 603.1129999999999 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01019 | 01 | 019 | AL | Cherokee County | 1433620850.0 | 120310807.0 | 553.524 | 46.452 | 599.976 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01021 | 01 | 021 | AL | Chilton County | 1794438908.0 | 20592054.0 | 692.837 | 7.951 | 700.788 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01023 | 01 | 023 | AL | Choctaw County | 2365900084.0 | 19114321.0 | 913.479 | 7.38 | 920.859 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01025 | 01 | 025 | AL | Clarke County | 3207494083.0 | 36657889.0 | 1238.42 | 14.154 | 1252.574 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01027 | 01 | 027 | AL | Clay County | 1564255426.0 | 5281616.0 | 603.962 | 2.039 | 606.001 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01029 | 01 | 029 | AL | Cleburne County | 1450666453.0 | 2352217.0 | 560.105 | 0.908 | 561.013 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01031 | 01 | 031 | AL | Coffee County | 1758565928.0 | 3907189.0 | 678.986 | 1.509 | 680.495 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01033 | 01 | 033 | AL | Colbert County | 1535740663.0 | 79162005.0 | 592.953 | 30.565 | 623.518 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01035 | 01 | 035 | AL | Conecuh County | 2202213383.0 | 6426488.0 | 850.279 | 2.481 | 852.76 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01037 | 01 | 037 | AL | Coosa County | 1685846963.0 | 39991153.0 | 650.909 | 15.441 | 666.35 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01039 | 01 | 039 | AL | Covington County | 2669165560.0 | 34194851.0 | 1030.571 | 13.203 | 1043.774 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01041 | 01 | 041 | AL | Crenshaw County | 1576952763.0 | 5388562.0 | 608.865 | 2.081 | 610.946 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01043 | 01 | 043 | AL | Cullman County | 1902965941.0 | 52529994.0 | 734.739 | 20.282 | 755.0210000000001 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01045 | 01 | 045 | AL | Dale County | 1453276164.0 | 4051341.0 | 561.113 | 1.564 | 562.677 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01047 | 01 | 047 | AL | Dallas County | 2534919602.0 | 39124772.0 | 978.738 | 15.106 | 993.844 | census_gaz_2023 |
| 01049 | 01 | 049 | AL | DeKalb County | 2012620262.0 | 4107136.0 | 777.077 | 1.586 | 778.663 | census_gaz_2023 |
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