Table 2. Irrigation: 1982, 1978, and 1974 



[For moaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Farms with irrigation 



1982 



1978 



1974 



Farms with irrigation 



1978 



Farms --- number- 

 Proportion of farms percent.. 



Irrigated land acres.. 



Average per farm acres.. 



Acres irrigated: 

 1 to 9 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 10 to 49 acres — farms.. 



acres.. 

 50 to 99 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 100 to 199 acres farms.. 



acres.. 



200 to 499 acres farms, - 

 acres-- 



500 to 999 acres - farms.. 



acres. . 



1,000 acres or more farms.. 



acres-- 



4 026 



5.5 



81 078 



20 



2 304 



8 613 



1 425 



29 525 



180 



11 524 



76 



10 626 



33 



10 337 



5 



3 643 



3 



6 810 



6 082 



7.4 



89 861 



15 



3 317 



13 426 



2 494 



49 646 



208 



13 204 



48 



5 918 



12 



3 530 



1 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



4 002 



4.4 



51 340 



13 



2 274 

 (NA) 

 1 605 

 (NA) 

 101 

 (NA) 

 14 

 (NA) 



6 

 (NA) 



1 

 (NA) 



1 

 (NA) 



Irrigated land use; 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Pastureland and other land farms.. 



acres- 

 Land in irrigated farms acres.. 



Croplano ..acres.. 



Harvested cropland.. ..acres.. 



Principal source of irrigation water 

 (see text); 



Wells on farm farms.. 



irrigated acres.. 



Wells as only source farms.. 



irrigated acres.. 



On-farm surface supply farms.. 



irrigated acres.. 

 On-farm surface supply as only 



source farms.. 



irrigated acres.. 



Off-farm water suppliers farms.. 



irrigated acres.. 

 Off-farm water suppliers as only 



source farms.. 



irrigated acres.. 



3 969 



79 607 



113 



1 471 



859 763 



474 295 



372 877 



496 

 8 300 



429 



6 301 



3 416 



70 535 



3 324 



65 476 



114 



2 243 



100 

 2 029 



5 959 



87 415 



(NA) 



2 446 



1 098 057 



578 497 



420 042 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



722 582 

 (NA) 



252 572 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



Table 3. Selected Characteristics of Irrigated and Nonirrigated Farms: 1982 and 1978 



'Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. 



^Oata for 1976 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



2 NORTH CAROLINA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



