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Government Owned Land in the USA and Canada

Introduction

The tables on this page give the percentage of land in each American state and each Canadian province and territory owned by the American Federal Government and the Government of Canada. In the USA such land is called Government Owned Land or Federal Land.

See also Public Lands.

These figures almost certainly include National Parks and other National Park Service areas (the National Monuments, etc), National Forests, National Wildlife Refuges and BLM lands. It is not known if land occupied by Interstate Highways and US Highways is included.

The figures exclude land owned by each state, province or territory, such as state and provincial parks. Land owned by counties, cities and towns is also excluded.

United States Of America

Alabama 1.7%
Alaska 81%
Arizona 42%
Arkansas 7.1%
California 44.5%
Colorado 29.8%
Connecticut 0.4%
Delaware 2.4%
Florida 9.4%
Georgia 4%
Hawaii 6.9%
Idaho 60.6%
Illinois 1.4%
Indiana 2%
Iowa 0.4%
Kansas 1.3%
Kentucky 5.5%
Louisiana 4.2%
Maine 0.8%
Maryland 3.1%
Massachusetts 1.6%
Michigan 9.8%
Minnesota 4.7%
Mississippi 5.5%
Missouri 4.6%
Montana 29.4%
Nebraska 1.1%
Nevada 78.9%
New Hampshire 13%
New Jersey 3.4%
New Mexico 33.1%
New York State 0.8%
North Carolina 7.1%
North Dakota 4.4%
Ohio 1.3%
Oklahoma 2%
Oregon 52.3%
Pennsylvania 2.3%
Rhode Island 0.7%
South Carolina 6.1%
South Dakota 5.5%
Tennessee 5.1%
Texas 1.6%
Utah 60%
Vermont 6%
Virginia 7.5%
Washington DC No information
Washington State 29.6%
West Virginia 9.1%
Wisconsin 5.4%
Wyoming 46.5%

Canada

Alberta 10%
British Columbia No information
Manitoba 1%
New Brunswick 2%
Newfoundland and Labrador Less than 1%
Northwest Territories More than 99%
Nova Scotia 3%
Nunavut No information
Ontario 0.3%
Prince Edward Island No information
Province of Québec No information
Saskatchewan 1.4%
Yukon Territory Almost all

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