Conterminous United States

A generalized summary of the main NLCD2016 land cover classes for the conterminous United States (Note: Some NLCD2016 land cover classes have been grouped for display purposes. A detailed conterminous United States class proportions are described in the table below).
2008 Land Cover Class for the conterminous United States | Percentage |
11. Water | 5.25 |
12. Perennial Ice Snow | 0.01 |
21. Developed, Open Space | 2.84 |
22. Developed, Low Intensity | 1.43 |
23. Developed, Medium Intensity | 0.63 |
24. Developed High Intensity | 0.22 |
31. Bare Rock/Sand/Clay | 1.02 |
41. Deciduous Forest | 9.43 |
42. Evergreen Forest | 11.51 |
43. Mixed Forest | 3.60 |
52. Shrub/Scrub | 21.87 |
71. Grasslands/Herbaceous | 14.01 |
81. Pasture/Hay | 6.51 |
82. Cultivated Crops | 15.86 |
90. Woody Wetlands | 4.32 |
95. Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands | 1.52 |
Total | 100.03% |
A detailed description of all NLCD2016 land cover class proportions across the conterminous United States. Note: This table is for illustrative purposes only, we encourage you to download the most recent NLCD2016 data file to complete detailed land cover analysis.