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According to the Forbes article "This Land is My Land," written by Monte Burke and William P. Barrett, Mr. Ted Turner individually owns the most land in the United States. Turner's holdings are comprise roughly 1,800,000 acres spread across half a dozen states. Compared to some of his other investments, Turner's real estate portfolio has performed admirably. Its net worth is approximately $750 million. Collectively, the country's 10 largest landowners own 10.6 million acres. However impressive, that figures pale in comparison with federal ownership. According to the
journalism research group FacsNet, the federal government owns 624 million acres, or 27 percent of the country's land. It's worth noting that much of the federal land, especially in Nevada and the western states, isn't good for much. The CIA World Fact Book estimates that only 20 percent of American land is arable. But, hey, twenty percent of 2.3 billion acres isn't too shabby.
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