Table 8. Land in Farms, Harvested Cropland, and Irrigated Land, by Size of Farm: 1987 

 and 1982 



Table 9. Irrigation: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text} 



Farms with irngation 



1987 



1978 



Farms with irngation 



1978 



Farms number. _ 



Proportion of farms __. percent.. 



Irrigated land acres.. 



Average per farm acres.. 



Acres irrigated: 

 1 to 9 acres famns.. 



acres.. 

 10 to 49 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 50 to 99 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 100 to 199 acres farnis.. 



acres. - 



14 913 

 54.7 



3 013 773 

 202 



1 771 

 8 607 

 3 982 



98 488 



2 180 

 151 813 



2 628 

 363 897 



15 232 

 56.2 



3 200 942 

 210 



1 862 

 8 930 

 3 941 



98 291 



2 188 

 152 428 



2 705 

 375 999 



16 016 

 59.5 



3 430 860 

 214 



1 466 

 7 043 

 3 916 



99 146 



2 604 

 175 325 



3 195 

 445 852 



Irrigated land— Con. 

 Acres irrigated— Con. 



200 to 499 acres -. farms. 



acres.. 



500 to 999 acres - farms.. 



acres.. 



1,000 acres or more farms.. 



acres.. 



Irrigated land use: 

 Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Pastureland and other land farms., 



acres.. 



Land in irrigated farms acres.. 



Cropland .acres. 



Harvested cropland acres.. 



2 868 

 892 001 



1 103 



745 674 



381 



753 293 



13 557 



2 442 358 



4 853 

 571 415 



16 729 869 

 5 223 021 



3 146 213 



2 983 

 922 117 



1 067 



714 506 



486 



928 671 



14 080 



2 656 328 



4 721 

 544 614 



17 351 278 

 5 158 800 



3 435 646 



3 325 



1 013 116 



1 129 



760 361 



481 



930 017 



14 941 



2 726 221 



(NA) 

 704 639 



18 364 766 

 5 429 582 



3 516 095 



16 COLORADO 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



