Extract: USDA recently conducted a nationwide survey of the ownership of privately held land. More than 37,000 individuals, partnerships, and corporations were surveyed in 1978 by ESCS in an effort to find out more about 28.8 million owners of 1.25 billion acres of privately held U.S. land. The survey covered farm and ranch land, other rural land, and urban land. This report summarizes selected characteristics of ownership in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The survey covered over 5.4 million owners of 313.6 million acres (41 percent of all land) in the 12-state area. Data provided in this report highlights relationships on occupation of owners, type of owners, their race, age, sex, education, and residence. The method and timing of land acquisition is also highlighted for the region and for individual states.