Table 2. Irrigation: 1982, 1978, and 1974 



[For meaning o1 abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text] 



Farms with irrigation 



Farms number,. 



Proportion of terms percent.. 



Irrlgatodland acres- 

 Average per farm acres. - 



Acres Irrigated: 

 1 toSaaes - farms.. 



acres.. 

 10 to 49 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 50 to 99 acres. farms.. 



acres.. 

 100 to 199 acres farnis.. 



acres.. 



200 to 499 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 500 to 999 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 1.000 acres or more farms.. 



acres.. 



1982 



1 182 



1.2 



166 012 



140 



353 

 984 

 191 



4 653 

 124 



9 079 



249 



35 006 



192 



57 613 



59 



38 409 



14 



20 268 



1978 



1 146 



1.1 



129 943 



113 



406 

 1 138 



195 

 4 819 



135 

 9 506 



219 

 30 067 



149 

 46 318 



32 

 20 620 



10 

 17 475 



1974 



650 



.6 



S3 777 



83 



247 

 (NA) 

 157 

 (NA) 

 76 

 (NA) 

 97 

 (NA) 



56 

 (NA) 



13 



(NA) 



4 



(NA) 



Farms with irrigation 



Irrigated land use: 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Pastureland and other land farms.. 



acres. 



Land in irrigated farms acres.. 



Cropland 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. 



1 170 

 163 112 



38 



2 900 

 640 453 

 562 706 

 529 499 



904 

 152 618 



865 

 144 625 



239 

 11 329 



224 



9 444 



39 



2 065 



32 

 1 839 



1978 



1 112 



128 206 



(NA) 



1 737 

 499 408 

 431 864 

 397 095 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NAJ 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



236 509 

 (NA) 



175 857 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NAJ 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



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



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



^Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



2 ILLINOIS 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



