Table 14. Expenses for Irrigation Water from Off-Farm Suppliers: 2013 
[Excludes institutional, research, and experimental farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text] 
Geographic area 
Farms 
irrigating 
with 
off-farm water 
Farms reporting cost for off-farm water 
Farms reporting 
cost for 
off-farm water 
Total 
cost 
($1,000) 
Average cost 
per acre ^ 
(dollars) 
Average cost 
per acre-foot ' 
(dollars) 
Farms by average cost per acre-foot ^ 
$1 to $9 
$10to$19 
$20 to $29 
$30 to $59 
$60 or more 
United States 
102,197 
73,414 
764,367 
74.62 
32.95 
11,153 
10,671 
7,696 
9,692 
27,439 
Alabama 
238 
171 
681 
129.81 
407.61 
_ 
_ 
_ 
4 
88 
Alaska 
55 
30 
82 
61.33 
131.43 
- 
- 
- 
3 
4 
Arizona 
2,673 
63,322 
132.39 
29.43 
380 
396 
209 
224 
535 
Arkansas 
294 
165 
667 
41.72 
27.52 
28 
- 
- 
- 
79 
California 
26,190 
23,440 
480,932 
132.51 
45.59 
1,875 
2,634 
2,670 
2,343 
13,300 
Colorado 
9,165 
6,006 
17,796 
29.83 
16.96 
2,154 
1,701 
714 
567 
809 
Connecticut 
139 
81 
251 
68.29 
155.41 
- 
- 
- 
- 
18 
Delaware 
40 
32 
131 
200.00 
200.00 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Florida 
539 
222 
1,171 
61.78 
64.72 
- 
- 
11 
8 
71 
Georgia 
230 
120 
77 
41.63 
41.63 
- 
- 
- 
43 
- 
Hawaii 
1,715 
1,292 
7,362 
449.56 
151.45 
9 
6 
16 
1 
853 
Idaho 
1 1 ,253 
6,323 
35,326 
31.80 
17.65 
1,625 
891 
447 
1,104 
2,204 
Illinois 
201 
178 
337 
112.58 
115.85 
- 
- 
- 
12 
37 
Indiana 
278 
207 
139 
51.08 
107.57 
- 
- 
- 
3 
50 
Iowa 
224 
191 
461 
72.19 
78.76 
- 
- 
- 
2 
53 
Kansas 
467 
294 
1,119 
36.21 
47.16 
_ 
_ 
20 
113 
70 
Kentucky 
624 
513 
886 
688.27 
1,258.07 
2 
- 
13 
14 
157 
Louisiana 
356 
225 
531 
62.17 
70.53 
3 
- 
6 
11 
109 
Maine 
234 
163 
262 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Maryland 
127 
55 
329 
326.21 
566.47 
- 
3 
- 
- 
23 
Massachusetts 
333 
254 
783 
392.28 
435.19 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
50 
Michigan 
400 
275 
1,280 
60.79 
198.20 
- 
- 
6 
- 
58 
Minnesota 
179 
120 
2,502 
8.85 
9.83 
16 
- 
- 
14 
12 
Mississippi 
196 
128 
34 
31.42 
58.35 
- 
- 
- 
71 
13 
Missouri 
333 
217 
309 
310.32 
192.61 
- 
- 
5 
- 
29 
Montana 
5,642 
3,033 
1 1 ,755 
13.89 
10.98 
935 
713 
394 
315 
626 
Nebraska 
2,299 
1,726 
18,078 
42.91 
42.19 
28 
72 
328 
450 
780 
Nevada 
1,129 
693 
2,869 
28.10 
13.60 
178 
240 
70 
119 
86 
New Hampshire 
120 
88 
41 
69.01 
204.17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
New Jersey 
190 
137 
389 
226.33 
226.33 
- 
- 
- 
- 
28 
New Mexico 
4,550 
2,758 
4,583 
49.99 
41.46 
561 
330 
305 
620 
913 
New York 
499 
309 
602 
99.01 
406.72 
6 
- 
- 
14 
60 
North Carolina 
411 
309 
230 
47.36 
63.70 
- 
15 
- 
- 
36 
North Dakota 
155 
89 
814 
29.94 
38.85 
6 
19 
6 
20 
26 
Ohio 
434 
342 
585 
229.70 
606.02 
- 
4 
10 
9 
84 
Oklahoma 
251 
176 
334 
7.47 
8.76 
2 
_ 
32 
_ 
51 
Oregon 
6,730 
3,747 
20,194 
41.79 
20.18 
449 
1,172 
292 
450 
1,172 
Pennsylvania 
591 
519 
432 
277.47 
638.83 
- 
1 
- 
- 
39 
Rhode Island 
79 
75 
80 
819.17 
819.17 
- 
- 
- 
4 
14 
South Carolina 
229 
97 
151 
42.71 
53.18 
2 
- 
2 
2 
52 
South Dakota 
453 
330 
1,285 
22.58 
16.80 
11 
125 
100 
27 
15 
Tennessee 
354 
271 
529 
132.06 
210.39 
- 
- 
- 
5 
61 
Texas 
2,919 
2,503 
14,215 
46.84 
31.05 
342 
239 
155 
357 
1,133 
Utah 
8,465 
6,034 
14,305 
26.72 
13.34 
1,240 
1,193 
1,144 
983 
1,361 
Vermont 
163 
114 
91 
80.00 
80.00 
- 
- 
- 
- 
16 
Virginia 
241 
170 
124 
30.00 
30.00 
_ 
- 
_ 
7 
_ 
Washington 
5,707 
4,666 
47,545 
71.35 
32.01 
255 
370 
388 
1,508 
1,991 
West Virginia 
102 
94 
593 
95.00 
123.50 
- 
3 
- 
- 
7 
Wisconsin 
247 
180 
344 
61.69 
34.10 
11 
- 
- 
3 
36 
Wyoming 
3,754 
2,420 
7,428 
13.08 
8.14 
1,035 
544 
353 
262 
218 
Water Resources Regions 
Region 01 New England 
974 
714 
1,447 
203.76 
346.40 
- 
- 
- 
4 
100 
Region 02 Mid-Atlantic 
1,099 
787 
1,266 
232.97 
305.47 
6 
4 
- 
6 
105 
Region 03 South Atlantic-Gulf 
1,706 
956 
2,348 
58.62 
65.42 
2 
15 
13 
131 
225 
Region 04 Great Lakes 
1,022 
694 
2,089 
76.56 
295.89 
- 
- 
16 
8 
130 
Region 05 Ohio 
1,636 
1,357 
2,484 
431.79 
770.58 
- 
7 
13 
23 
311 
Region 06 Tennessee 
377 
281 
301 
157.06 
325.81 
2 
_ 
_ 
9 
50 
Region 07 Upper Mississippi 
697 
534 
1,900 
46.58 
35.25 
14 
- 
- 
32 
107 
Region 08 Lower Mississippi 
547 
348 
963 
63.25 
43.30 
20 
- 
6 
11 
192 
Region 09 Souris-Red-Rainy 
80 
48 
1,789 
9.74 
11.87 
19 
- 
- 
- 
11 
Region 10 Missouri 
12,943 
8,081 
47,602 
24.81 
18.53 
1,783 
1,919 
1,427 
1,120 
1,424 
Region 11 Arkansas-White-Red .... 
2,206 
1,315 
2,725 
16.17 
14.01 
270 
298 
49 
10 
464 
Region 12 Texas-Gulf 
2,274 
2,005 
12,634 
44.69 
29.11 
342 
220 
155 
297 
738 
Region 13 Rio Grande 
4,753 
3,013 
6,159 
42.17 
37.75 
591 
383 
307 
610 
1,106 
Region 14 Upper Colorado 
8,447 
5,928 
10,063 
18.54 
8.87 
2,593 
1,183 
654 
819 
626 
Region 1 5 Lower Colorado 
3,163 
2,169 
63,692 
129.54 
29.14 
424 
456 
209 
245 
747 
Region 16 Great Basin 
7,236 
4,766 
13,394 
26.89 
14.45 
788 
975 
924 
821 
1,160 
Region 1 7 Pacific Northwest 
24,673 
15,486 
102,486 
45.14 
23.26 
2,405 
2,551 
1,216 
3,099 
5,779 
Region 18 California 
26,594 
23,610 
483,579 
131.24 
45.36 
1,885 
2,654 
2,691 
2,443 
13,307 
Region 19 Alaska 
55 
30 
82 
61.33 
131.43 
- 
- 
- 
3 
4 
Region 20 Hawaii 
1,715 
1,292 
7,362 
449.56 
151.45 
9 
6 
16 
1 
853 
' Average cost per acre and average cost per acre-foot do not include farms with off-farm water costs for irrigating square feet under protection. 
48 2013 FRIS - Entire Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
