Total U.S. farmland occupies 954 million acres.
2 Answers
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Conversion of acres in square miles :
http://www.thermexcel.com/french/tables/unit_con.h…
1 square mile = 640 acres – US
x square miles = 954M acres – US
Cross multiply :
640x = 954M * 1
x = 954M / 640
x = 1.491M square miles
(M = millions)
What percentage of U.S. land is farmland?
(1.491M * 100) / 3.537M = 42.15 %
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