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How Close Are We To Running Out of Land?

For the USA

Lets allow a ¼ acre lot for each of USA’s 114,235,996 households:

114,235,996 x ¼ = 28,558,999 acres

28,558,999 acres / 640 = 44,623 sq miles

The entire USA population could live in 45% of the area of Oregon on ¼ acre lots, leaving the entire rest of the country un-populated.

(44,623/98,381)

Data:

# of USA Households: 114,235,996

State of Oregon area: 98,381 square miles

USA Population:  311,591,917

Persons per Households: 2.59

For the Entire World

Lets allow a ¼ acre lot for each of world’s 1.4 billion households:

1,400 million x ¼ = 350 million acres

350 million acres / 640 = 546,875 sq miles

The entire world population could live in 15% of the USA land area on ¼ acre lots, leaving the entire rest of the world un-populated.

(546,875/3,531,905.43)

Suppose we enlarged the lots to just fill the USA:

The entire world population could just fit in the USA on 1.6 acre lots.

(3,531,905.43 x 640/1,400,000,000 = 1.6)

Data:

World Population: 7.024 billion

World Households: 1.4 Billion

USA Land area: 3,531,905.43 square miles

World Population scheduled to decrease:

we may face a declining world population

For Oregon

Lets allow a ¼ acre lot for each of Oregon’s 1,499,267  households:

1,499,267 x ¼ = 374816.75 acres

374816.75 acres / 640 = 585.65 sq miles

The entire Oregon population could live in 0.61% of the area of Oregon on ¼ acre lots, leaving the entire rest of the state un-populated.

(585.65/95,988)

Data:

# of Oregon Households: 1,499,267

State of Oregon area: 95,988.01 square miles

Multnomah County Area: 431.30