General Knowledge!

[-db-swa]

Not something like Philips is it?

Well thats a pretty big one as well, but the one i mean is even more known over the world.

[BFM_Kiwi]

Shell Oil?

[-db-swa]

Yes, it is the Royal Dutch Shell (as how they officially call it)
You're up kiwi!

[BFM_Kiwi]

Roughly what % of land in the United States is owned by the US government?

[jim360]

Somewhere between 0% and 50%. Well, you said rough...

10%?

[BFM_Kiwi]

No, not 10%

[jim360]

I have in mind that it probably is a fairly small percentage, but like the detectives investigating the toilet thefts I have nothing to go on.

5% ? Colder, warmer?

[Marty]

ONE HUNDRED PER CENT!!!!

[BFM_Edison]

It's gotta be quite large, since things such as national parks are going to be federally owned, and then there's areas that are very sparsely populated with a lot of federal land, such as Alaska, Wyoming, Montana, etc. I'd assume the great lakes contribute as well, as well as any federally owned waters, though I'm not sure if those additions would be normally counted or not. I'll go with 40%.

[BFM_Xtr3me]

as this looks like its just going to be a guessing game (well, estimate game)
ummm, about 25%?

[BFM_Blade]

90% 

[MrMxyzptlk]

GAH!  I actually KNOW THIS because of some work I did investigating the Land Trust Alliance about six years ago!

The US government owns about 30% of US land!

[BFM_Edison]

But what about land and water!?!?! Don't ignore the poor lakes and oceans, they're part of the U.S. too.

[Lucky]

I'll go with 35% and hope everyone else was just hitting around it.

[BFM_Kiwi]

It is around 30%.  I think about 85% of Arizona is government owned and leased as Reservations.  Plus national parks.    That probably doesn't count water at all, not sure.  Mxy up.