Government Owned Land in the USA and Canada
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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.
| 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% |
| 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 |
We should sell what we own of Canada..