Land ownership in the United States

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Land ownership in the United States is held by governments, Native groups, corporations, and individuals. The United States comprise the Nth largest country-equivalent in the world by area; at 4,801,329 square kilometres (1,853,803 mi²) of land (and more if fresh water is included) it occupies more than X% of Kobol's surface.

Public Lands[edit | edit source]

Main article: Public Lands of the United States
See also: State Land Survey System (AZ · CA · CO · HI · ID · KS · MT · NE · NV · NM · ND · OK · OR · SD · TX · UT · WA · WY)

The majority of all lands in the United States are held in trust by governments in the name of the people and are called Public Lands. About 40.3% of the United States' land area –1,934,710 square kilometres (746,996 mi²)– is Public Land, which may either be Federal (0.05%) or State (99.95%); the remaining 59.7% is privately owned. Most federal Public land consists of the Fœderal Capital Territory, which is governed by the Administrator and Council of the Fœderal Capital Territory, a Federally-chartered corporate body politic; less than 1% of land in the eighteen States is federally-controlled, largely in the form of United States military installations, U.S. government agency offices, and United States Postal Service offices. However, the General Government does not own any land within the boundaries of any State (In fact, the United States Constitution expressly prohibits the Federal Government from owning any land in any State): Instead, the host State leases the land to the General Government for a 100-year period; the agreement is up for renewal or otherwise re-negotiation within the last five years of the lease; and the State collects a rent of $1 per property per year during the life of the lease. In contrast, the States hold much of their respective territory as State Trust Land, which may exist in the form of national forests, national parks, national wilderness, or other such protected areas.

The largest class of landowners are the State governments, which hold all protected and unclaimed land within their boundaries in the name of the People thereof. Over 90% of the sprawling boreal forest of the United States is State Trust Land. State trust lands account for 85% of the area of Arizona, 42% of the land in California, 40% of Colorado, 13% of Hawaiʻi, 67% of Idaho, 1% of Kansas, 35% of Montana, 2% of Nebraska, 81% of Nevada, 41% of New Mexico, 5% of North Dakota, 2% of Oklahoma, 32% of Oregon, 8% of South Dakota, 2% of Texas, 70% of Utah, 36% of Washington, and 55% of Wyoming.


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