BLM Public Land Statistics 2024
Welcome to the 2024 edition of Public Land Statistics (PLS), published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
The 90-plus tables provide numerical data and detailed footnotes related to the BLM’s mission, programs, and accomplishments. Many tables summarize a vast amount of detailed information. To correctly interpret the data, it is important to read the footnotes in their entirety. Many of the minor acreage changes from one year to the next occur because:
- Inholdings have been acquired, or some other land exchange has taken place during the year.
- Improved geographic information system (GIS) mapping of land boundaries has enabled the BLM to recalculate the total acres within the units.
Note that data presented in the 2024 PLS tables may not exactly match data in other BLM publications covering fiscal year (FY) 2024 operations and accomplishments. Such discrepancies occur because the databases that provide table data are not static and they are constantly being updated to provide the latest information, sometimes many months after the end of the fiscal year.