Foreign Ownership of U.S. Agricultural Land: 1989[In thousands of acres, except percent.] Acreage Acreage ____Owned(1)____ ___Acquired(2)___ Characteristic Total Percent Total Percent
Total(3) 12,876 100.0 306 100.0
Type of owner:
Corporation 10,451 81.2 253 82.7
Partnership 1,243 9.7 22 7.2
Individual 974 7.6 30 9.8
Other 208 1.6 1 .3
Size of holding:
Less than 100 acres 132 1.0 3 .9
100-299 acres 308 2.4 9 2.9
300-999 acres 907 7.0 24 7.8
1,000 acres or more 11,529 89.5 270 88.2
Land use:
Cropland 2,328 18.1 59 19.3
Pasture 3,354 26.0 40 13.1
Forest 5,962 46.3 152 49.7
Other agriculture 626 4.9 33 10.8
Other nonagriculture 606 4.7 22 7.2
Country of foreign owner:
Canada 1,658 12.9 94 .3
France 84 1.0 15 5.0
Japan 147 1.2 27 9.4
Netherlands 130 1.0 1 .3
Netherlands Antilles 385 3.0 1 .3
Switzerland(4) 216 1.7 8 2.6
United Kingdom 295 2.3 6 2.0
West Germany 740 5.7 24 7.8
Through U.S. interest:(5)
Canada 1,385 10.8 31 10.1
France 828 6.4 23 7.5
Japan 71 .6 38 13.2
Luxenbourg 233 1.8 - -
Netherlands 340 2.6 7 2.3
Netherlands Antilles 230 1.8 1 .3
Switzerland(4) 281 2.2 8 2.7
United Kingdom 2,427 18.8 14 4.6
West Germany 417 3.2 1 .3
- Represents or rounds to zero.
1. Landholdings by foreign interests as of Dec. 31.
2. Acquisitions by foreign interests from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 1987.
3. Includes other countries not shown separately.
4. 1987 data.
5. Reports filed by U.S. corporations with foreign shareholders.
