Land Cover of Illinois Statistical Summary 1999-2000

city scene  Urban and Built-Up Land

 

Land Cover Statistics

LAND COVER CATEGORY

STATE

Acres

Sq. Mi.

Percent

URBAN AND BUILT-UP LAND

 

2,325,924

3,634.3

6.4

High Density

 

615,825

962.2

1.7

Low/Medium Density

 

1,021,605

1596.3

2.8

Urban Open Space

688,494

1,075.8

1.9

How the statistics were calculated

 

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