US land use, from open data

Fairways and Graveyards

How much of the country is golf courses, and how much is cemeteries? Every number here is measured from mapped polygons, deduplicated, and checked against Census and parcel records.

Every version of the count

Each step removes a known bias. "Low" and "high" bracket what the cross-checks allow.

Range by class

Where the acres are

All states

Acres are deduplicated OSM polygons plus the point-only adjustment (100 m rule). Click a column to sort.

Cross-checks

Against GCSAA

Against Census TIGER landmarks

Parcel completeness

National cemetery coverage against USGS GNIS

Known sites with published acreage

New York City vs the rest of New York

Territories, reported separately

Largest mapped sites

The biggest single features in each class. Outliers here are where mapping errors hide. Each links to the feature on OpenStreetMap.

Method and caveats

Data and downloads