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Homestead NM Montana
Montana (151,600 homesteads):
Total acreage: 93,155,840
Total homestead acreage: 32,050,480
Total percentage: 34%
Homestead NM North Dakota
North Dakota (118,472 homesteads):
Total acreage: 44,156,160
Total homestead acreage: 17,417,466
Total percentage: 39%
Homestead NM Colorado
Colorado (107,618 homesteads):
Total acreage: 66,386,560
Total homestead acreage: 22,146,400
Total percentage: 33%
Homestead NM Nebraska
Nebraska (104,260 homesteads):
Total acreage: 49,201,920
Total homestead acreage: 22,253,314
Total percentage: 45%
Homestead NM Oklahoma
Oklahoma (99,557 homesteads):
Total acreage: 43,954,560
Total homestead acreage: 14,865,912
Total percentage: 34%
Homestead NM South Dakota
South Dakota (97,197 homesteads):
Total acreage: 48,573,440
Total homestead acreage: 15,660,000
Total percentage: 32%
Homestead NM Kansas
Kansas (89,945 homesteads):
Total acreage: 52,366,720
Total homestead acreage: 13,089,258
Total percentage: 25%
Homestead NM New Mexico
New Mexico (87,312 homesteads):
Total acreage: 77,672,960
Total homestead acreage: 19,422,958
Total percentage: 25%
Homestead NM Minnesota
Minnesota (85,072 homesteads):
Total acreage: 50,954,880
Total homestead acreage: 10,389,606
Total percentage: 20%
Homestead NM Arkansas
Arkansas (74,620 homesteads):
Total acreage: 33,328,000
Total homestead acreage: 8,133,791
Total percentage: 24%
Homestead NM Wyoming
Wyoming (67,315 homesteads):
Total acreage: 62,147,200
Total homestead acreage: 18,225,327
Total percentage: 29%
Homestead NM California
California (66,738 homesteads):
Total acreage: 99,822,720
Total homestead acreage: 10,476,665
Total percentage: 10%
Homestead NM Oregon
Oregon (62,926 homesteads):
Total acreage: 61,441,280
Total homestead acreage: 10,513,945
Total percentage: 17%
Homestead NM Idaho
Idaho (60,221 homesteads):
Total acreage: 52,960,640
Total homestead acreage: 9,733,455
Total percentage: 18%
Homestead NM Washington
Washington (58,156 homesteads):
Total acreage: 42,611,840
Total homestead acreage: 8,465,002
Total percentage: 20%
Homestead NM Alabama
Alabama (41,819 homesteads):
Total acreage: 32,480,000
Total homestead acreage: 4,578,323
Total percentage: 14%
Homestead NM Missouri
Missouri (34,633 homesteads):
Total acreage: 44,094,720
Total homestead acreage: 3,644,306
Total percentage: 8%
Dakota Territory (33,951 homesteads):
Total acreage: 92,729,600
Total homestead acreage: 5,244,345
Total percentage: 6%
(Dakota Territory was the cumulative land area of North and South Dakota prior to their splitting into two different territories in 1889. North and South Dakota both acquired statehood on November 2, 1889.)
Homestead NM Wisconsin
Wisconsin (29,246 homesteads):
Total acreage: 34,760,960
Total homestead acreage: 3,110,990
Total percentage: 9%
Homestead NM Florida
Florida (28,096 homesteads):
Total acreage: 34,519,680
Total homestead acreage: 3,326,712
Total percentage: 10%
Homestead NM Mississippi
Mississippi (24,126 homesteads):
Total acreage: 30,024,960
Total homestead acreage: 2,637,412
Total percentage: 9%
Homestead NM Louisiana
Louisiana (22,988 homesteads):
Total acreage: 27,882,240
Total homestead acreage: 2,561,334
Total percentage: 9%
Homestead NM Arizona
Arizona (20,268 homesteads):
Total acreage: 72,730,880
Total homestead acreage: 4,134,356
Total percentage: 6%
Homestead NM Michigan
Michigan (19,861 homesteads):
Total acreage: 36,357,760
Total homestead acreage: 2,321,937
Total percentage: 6%
Homestead NM Utah
Utah (16,798 homesteads):
Total acreage: 52,587,520
Total homestead acreage: 3,607,688
Total percentage: 7%
Homestead NM Iowa
Iowa (8,851 homesteads):
Total acreage: 35,760,000
Total homestead acreage: 903,164
Total percentage: 3%
Homestead NM Nevada
Nevada (4,370 homesteads):
Total acreage: 70,275,840
Total homestead acreage: 704,167
Total percentage: 1%
Homestead NM Alaska
Alaska (3,277 homesteads):
Total acreage: 365,039,104
Total homestead acreage: 363,775
Total percentage: less than 1%
Homestead NM Ohio
Ohio (108 homesteads):
Total acreage: 26,209,920
Total homestead acreage: 7,707
Total percentage: less than 1%
Homestead NM Illinois
Illinois (74 homesteads):
Total acreage: 35,579,520
Total homestead acreage: 5,667
Total percentage: less than 1%
Homestead NM Indiana
Indiana (30 homesteads):
Total acreage: 22,956,800
Total homestead acreage: 1,785
Total percentage: less than 1%
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