INFO file:  LANDUSE.DAT

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*  File:  LANDUSE.DBF                                                      *
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*  Source: "Agricultural Statistics", National Agricultural Statistics     *
           Service, US Department of Agriculture                           *
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*  NOTE: All of the data is in 1,000 of acres!                             *
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*  General Definitions:                                                    *
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*  USED FOR CROPS - cropland harvested, crop failure, and cultivated       *
*                   summer fallow.                                         *
*                                                                          *
*  IDLE - cropland that is not currently being used for crops or for       *
*         pasture.                                                         *
*                                                                          *
*  USED FOR PASTURE - cropland that is used only for pasture.              *
*                                                                          *
*  GRASSLAND PASTURE - grassland and other nonforest pasture and range.    *
*                                                                          *
*  FOREST LAND - forest land that excludes reserved and other forest       *
*                land duplicated in parks and other other special uses     *
*                of land.                                                  *
*                                                                          *
*  SPECIAL USE AREAS - includes land used as rural transportation          *
*                      areas, Federal and State areas used primarily       *
*                      for recreation and wildlife purposes, military      *
*                      areas, farmsteads, and farm roads and lanes.        *
*                                                                          *
*  OTHER LAND - any land that does not meet any of the above               *
*               classifications.                                           *
*                                                                          *
*  TOTAL LAND AREA -  the total acres of land in the state                 *
*                                                                          *
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Variable:  FIPS
Units:
Description: County FIPS code

Variable:    UCROP74
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: USED FOR CROPS, 1974

Variable:    UIDLE74
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: IDLE LAND, 1974

Variable:    UPAST74
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: USED FOR PASTURE, 1974

Variable:    GPAST74
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: GRASS LAND PASTURE, 1974

Variable:    FLAND74
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: FOREST LAND, 1974

Variable:    USPEC74
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: SPECIALIZED USE AREAS, 1974

Variable:    OLAND74
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: OTHER LAND, 1974

Variable:    LAREA74
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: TOTAL LAND AREA, 1974

Variable:    UCROP78
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: USED FOR CROPS, 1978

Variable:    UIDLE78
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: IDLE LAND, 1978

Variable:    UPAST78
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: USED FOR PASTURE, 1978

Variable:    GPAST78
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: GRASS LAND PASTURE, 1978

Variable:    FLAND78
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: FOREST LAND, 1978

Variable:    USPEC78
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: SPECIALIZED USE AREAS, 1978

Variable:    OLAND78
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: OTHER LAND, 1978

Variable:    LAREA78
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: TOTAL LAND AREA, 1978

Variable:    UCROP87
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: USED FOR CROPS, 1987

Variable:    UIDLE87
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: IDLE LAND, 1987

Variable:    UPAST87
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: USED FOR PASTURE, 1987

Variable:    GPAST87
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: GRASS LAND PASTURE, 1987

Variable:    FLAND87
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: FOREST LAND, 1987

Variable:    USPEC87
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: SPECIALIZED USE AREAS, 1987

Variable:    OLAND87
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: OTHER LAND, 1987

Variable:    LAREA87
Units:       Acres (1000s)
Description: TOTAL LAND AREA, 1987