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1995 National Oil and Gas Assessment and Onshore Federal Lands
Donald L. Gautier, Gordon L. Dolton and Emil D. Attanasi

U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-75-N
January 1998


Table 2.  Federal surface ownership, by State. From Bureau of Land Management, 1996]

State

Total of State

Federally owned

(acres)

(acres)

(percent)

Alabama

32,678,400

1,081,372

3.3

Alaska

365,481,600

242,795,761

66.4

Arizona

72,688,000

32,488,418

44.7

Arkansas

33,599,360

2,932,563

8.7

California

100,206,720

46,956,438

46.9

Colorado

66,485,760

24,140,220

36.3

Connecticut

3,135,360

12,359

0.4

Delaware

1,265,920

241,642

19.1

D.C.

39,040

9,152

23.4

Florida

34,721,280

2,719,390

7.8

Georgia

37,295,360

1,676,945

4.5

Hawaii

4,105,600

688,140

16.8

Idaho

52,933,120

32,946,171

62.2

Illinois

35.795.200

1,078,211

3

Indiana

23,158,400

470,099

2

Iowa

35,860,480

470,634

1.2

Kansas

52,510,720

581,100

0.7

Kentucky

25,312,320

1,073,674

4.2

Louisiana

28,867,840

1,011,233

3.5

Maine

19,847,680

329,479

1.7

Maryland

6,319,360

529,978

8.4

Massachusetts

5,034,880

201,948

4

Michigan

36,492,160

4,713,346

12.9

Minnesota

51,205,760

7,303,591

14.3

Mississippi

30,222,720

1,358,178

4.5

Missouri

44,248,320

2,107,880

4.8

Montana

93,271,040

25,959,420

27.8

Nebraska

49,031,680

700,447

1.4

Nevada

70,264,320

58,264,529

82.9

New Hampshire

5,768,960

762,667

13.2

New Jersey

4,813,440

638,192

13.3

New Mexico

77,766,400

26,569,505

34.1

New York

30,680,960

423,121

1.4

North Carolina

31,402,880

2,447,947

7.8

North Dakota

44,452,480

1,848,926

4.2

Ohio

26,222,080

349,725

1.3

Oklahoma

44,087,680

766,791

1.7

Oregon

61,598,720

36,939,182

60

Pennsylvania

28,804,480

725,499

2.5

Rhode Island

677,120

17,659

2.6

South Carolina

19,374,08

791,437

4.1

South Dakota

48,881,920

2,697,618

5.5

Tennessee

26,727,680

1,563,946

5.8

Texas

168,217,600

2,356,223

1.4

Utah

52,696,960

33,838,182

64.2

Vermont

5,936,640

432,370

7.3

Virginia

25,496,320

3,018,083

11.8

Washington

42,693,760

11,456,308

26.8

West Virginia

15,410,560

1,092,265

7.1

Wisconsin

35,011,200

2,929,171

8.4

Wyoming

62,343,040

31,024,074

49.8

Total

2,271,343,360

657,256,773

28.9

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