The US federal government owns 85% of Nevada’s land, and over 1 million square miles of land in the US. The land is used for various purposes, including military bases, national parks, and leased to private contractors. States in the Northeast have the least amount of government-owned land.
The US federal government owns nearly 85 percent of the land in Nevada, approximately 94,000 square miles (more than 240,000 square km). In total, about one third of the land in the United States – more than 1 million square miles (more than 2.5 million square km) – is owned by the federal government.
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Government-owned land can be used for many purposes, including a military base, Native American reservation, or national park or reservation. Some of the land is leased to private contractors for industries such as mining or forestry.
The federal government also owns about 70 percent of the land in Alaska, about 60 percent of the land in Utah, and about half of the land in Oregon, Arizona, Idaho and California.
The states with the least amount of government-owned land tend to be in the Northeast. Connecticut has only 0.4 percent of government-owned land, as does Rhode Island. New York has about 0.8 percent of government-owned land, and the federal government owns just over 1 percent of the land in Maine.
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