Table 2. Irrigation: 1982, 1978, and 1974 



[For meaning o) abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Farms with irrigation 



Farms —number.. 



Proportion of farms percent.. 



Itrigated 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 _ famis.. 



acres.. 

 1,000 acres or more _ farms.. 



acres.. 



1982 



6 918 



51.3 



807 206 



117 



2 142 



9 872 



2 428 



54 192 



730 



50 639 



605 



83 707 



659 

 205 319 



248 

 167 106 



106 

 236 371 



1978 



6 554 



53.2 



890 610 



136 



1 510 

 7 398 



2 347 

 53 739 



769 



52 514 



762 



105 939 



749 

 230 948 



289 

 189 933 



128 

 250 139 



1974 



5 714 



50.6 



867 325 



152 



928 



(NA) 



2 035 



(NA) 



800 

 (NA) 



757 

 (NA) 



786 

 (NA) 



286 

 (NA) 



122 

 (NA) 



Farms with irrigation 



Irrigated land use: 



Harvested cropland. farms.. 



acres.. 



Pastureland and other land farms.. 



acres.. 



Land in irrigated farms 



Cropland 



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.. 



inigated acres.. 



Off-farm water suppliers farms.. 



irrigated acres.. 

 Off-farm water suppliers as only 



source farms.. 



iri-igated acres.. 



6 225 



702 040 



1 854 



105 166 



14 754 990 



1 233 113 



836 308 



2 306 

 479 117 



2 032 

 418 372 



723 

 46 825 



618 

 34 740 



3 887 

 281 264 



3 311 

 217 896 



1978 



5 919 



733 715 



(NA) 



156 895 



15 996 834 



1 345 372 



860 212 



(NA) 

 (NA 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 14 657 140 

 (NA) 

 796 033 



(NA) 

 (NAJ 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



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



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



^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 NEW MEXICO 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



