Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in United States of America
United States of America: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 11,233 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in United States of America, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 11,233 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in United States of America peaked at 11,233 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6,067 1000 ha, in 1992.
United States of America ranks 6th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in United States of America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6,067 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 6,260 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 6,452 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 6,646 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 6,838 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 7,006 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 7,158 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 7,285 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 7,421 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 7,767 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 8,028 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 8,208 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 8,332 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 8,577 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 8,825 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 9,050 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 9,219 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 9,387 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 9,550 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 9,697 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 9,880 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 10,126 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 10,346 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 10,464 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 10,618 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 10,780 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 10,870 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 10,963 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 10,963 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 11,098 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 11,233 1000 ha | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,714 1000 ha | 6,067 1000 ha | 7,285 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 8,481 1000 ha | 7,421 1000 ha | 9,387 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,329 1000 ha | 9,550 1000 ha | 10,963 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,098 1000 ha | 10,963 1000 ha | 11,233 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 590.66 1000 ha compare
- 3 Russian Federation 2,839 1000 ha compare
- 4 India 2,567 1000 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 2,207 1000 ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 327.29 1000 ha compare
- 6 Ukraine 1,917 1000 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 257.67 1000 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 251.93 1000 ha compare
- 7 Japan 1,881 1000 ha compare
- 8 Germany 1,877 1000 ha compare
- 8 Republic of Moldova 161.7 1000 ha compare
- 9 Indonesia 1,396 1000 ha compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 142.99 1000 ha compare
More environment data for United States of America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.76 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Import value, annual growth rate -19.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity, annual growth rate 0.9888 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value, annual growth rate 6.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate -5.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production, annual growth rate 0.7801 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0.0569 % change on previous year (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production, annual growth rate -1.97 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in United States of America?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in United States of America was 11,233 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 11,233 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,067 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does United States of America rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- United States of America ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.