WHO OWNS THE LAND? A STATE AND REGIONAL SUMMARY OF LANDOWNERSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES

Greg C. Gustafson

No 276770, Staff Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Ninety percent of the land in the West (excluding Alaska) is owned by 5 percent (268,000) of the western landowners. That compares with a national average of 75 percent of the private land owned by 5 percent of U.S. landowners. Most of those owners of extensive tracts, however, are individuals, not corporations. Nonfamily corporations and partnerships own about 13 percent of all land and 6 percent of the farmland. Those findings are based on more than 37,000 responses to a 1978 landownership survey. The survey results, presented here, detail the differences in landowner characteristics by State and region.

Keywords: Land Economics/Use; Political Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 56
Date: 1983-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.276770

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