Georgia Land Use Trends

Change in Landcover (acres)

Landcover Class		1974	1985	1991	1998	2001	2005
	Beaches/Dunes/Mud	16,325	14,172	15,704	12,187	18,195	15,704
	Open Water	820,983	900,772	1,042,834	1,092,795	1,085,599	1,097,937
	Low Intensity Urban	610,468	799,863	1,700,761	1,837,606	2,902,055	2,958,806
	High Intensity Urban	128,912	163,726	229,930	247,681	336,796	458,597
	Clearcut/Sparse	1,900,186	2,584,680	3,604,785	2,862,302	3,229,153	2,997,121
	Quarries/Strip Mines/Rock Outcrops	27,513	28,926	39,747	44,729	40,882	40,907
	Deciduous Forest	7,541,081	7,149,184	6,907,472	6,631,991	6,651,345	6,352,740
	Evergreen Forest	10,316,387	10,489,405	10,067,010	11,215,310	10,039,673	9,751,064
	Mixed Forest	814,595	759,353	842,813	890,139	1,026,458	1,290,335
	Row Crops and Pasture	9,965,635	9,503,147	8,116,738	8,071,851	7,874,642	8,369,265
	Forested Wetland	5,479,133	5,243,460	5,048,840	4,706,371	4,442,213	4,272,518
	Non-Forested Wetland (salt)	366,663	363,780	360,427	366,744	345,050	344,007
	Non-Forested Wetland (fresh)	81,084	68,497	91,904	89,258	76,903	119,965