Table 17. Farms With Diminished Crop Yields Resulting From Irrigation Interruption by Cause: 2013 (continued) 
[Excludes institutional, research, and experimental farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text] 
Energy price increases 
or energy shortage 
Water salinity too high ^ 
Loss of water rights 
Cost of purchased water 
Other 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Total acres 
irrigated ^ 
Farms 
Total acres 
irrigated ^ 
Farms 
Total acres 
irrigated ^ 
Farms 
Total acres 
irrigated ^ 
Farms 
Total acres 
irrigated ^ 
United States 
1,511 
504,208 
374 
226,547 
457 
220,415 
2,707 
343,558 
7,439 
1,843,410 
Alabama 
4 
16 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
3 
6 
54 
2,480 
Alaska 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
3 
11 
16 
Arizona 
114 
114 
1 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
135 
3,834 
362 
24,291 
Arkansas 
- 
- 
11 
13,400 
- 
20 
22,486 
150 
114,059 
California 
162 
69,802 
41 
61,183 
13 
30,008 
1,212 
87,567 
351 
118,995 
Colorado 
20 
6,460 
2 
(D) 
12 
9,989 
277 
35,140 
358 
78,672 
Connecticut 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
7 
Delaware 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
17 
7,958 
Florida 
25 
2,351 
6 
18 
6 
18 
6 
18 
388 
10,085 
Georgia 
23 
5,975 
8 
4,400 
- 
- 
- 
- 
127 
29,870 
Flawaii 
18 
(D) 
7 
7 
7 
7 
52 
253 
24 
644 
Idaho 
65 
58,094 
- 
- 
71 
24,406 
342 
53,313 
254 
87,827 
Illinois 
19 
37,892 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
12 
27 
1 1 ,850 
Indiana 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
21 
4,642 
Iowa 
8 
230 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
1,306 
Kansas 
3 
(D) 
_ 
_ 
21 
21,000 
_ 
_ 
409 
223,393 
Kentucky 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
300 
37 
(D) 
Louisiana 
11 
1,421 
- 
- 
- 
- 
26 
2,113 
36 
14,233 
Maine 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
892 
Maryland 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
21 
42 
59 
3,266 
Massachusetts 
6 
54 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
7 
7 
22 
(D) 
Michigan 
26 
9,265 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
51 
12,880 
Minnesota 
11 
4,115 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11 
(D) 
40 
7,750 
Mississippi 
6 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
26 
17,681 
Missouri 
6 
3,288 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
8 
276 
78 
10,824 
Montana 
_ 
_ 
13 
12,618 
74 
59,237 
_ 
_ 
187 
121,732 
Nebraska 
42 
25,200 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
14 
12,740 
1,256 
396,186 
Nevada 
25 
23,802 
3 
2,700 
10 
4,590 
8 
17,426 
75 
26,282 
New Hampshire 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
13 
New Jersey 
3 
485 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
3 
144 
12 
919 
New Mexico 
185 
13,710 
6 
5,877 
3 
3,000 
73 
6,376 
402 
26,493 
New York 
12 
30 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
12 
34 
872 
North Carolina 
9 
297 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
146 
4,316 
North Dakota 
12 
6,312 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
21 
23 
2,406 
Ohio 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
117 
19 
1,103 
Oklahoma 
70 
6,749 
25 
7,377 
_ 
_ 
30 
30 
62 
5,592 
Oregon 
96 
28,036 
6 
13,582 
32 
15,480 
117 
8,010 
405 
62,227 
Pennsylvania 
15 
63 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
196 
32 
445 
Rhode Island 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
South Carolina 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
45 
(D) 
South Dakota 
16 
(D) 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
19 
6,981 
Tennessee 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
14 
68 
39 
1,575 
Texas 
180 
95,726 
127 
91,440 
11 
13,800 
120 
67,407 
508 
227,865 
Utah 
151 
13,910 
112 
8,070 
174 
19,197 
143 
18,118 
575 
40,799 
Vermont 
3 
48 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
24 
10 
19 
Virginia 
7 
49 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
24 
753 
Washington 
75 
5,955 
- 
- 
6 
7,377 
- 
- 
368 
44,170 
West Virginia 
3 
42 
3 
42 
3 
42 
3 
42 
3 
42 
Wisconsin 
24 
25,577 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
34 
7,733 
Wyoming 
54 
8,564 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
212 
76,834 
Water Resources Regions 
Region 01 New England 
6 
54 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
7 
56 
1,291 
Region 02 Mid-Atlantic 
26 
1,366 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
30 
198 
151 
13,781 
Region 03 South Atlantic-Gulf 
74 
(D) 
14 
4,418 
6 
18 
9 
24 
762 
50,292 
Region 04 Great Lakes 
32 
10,833 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
32 
100 
14,491 
Region 05 Ohio 
9 
54 
3 
42 
3 
42 
34 
679 
84 
12,073 
Region 06 Tennessee 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
6 
36 
30 
327 
Region 07 Upper Mississippi 
56 
66,069 
- 
- 
- 
- 
23 
969 
117 
20,359 
Region 08 Lower Mississippi 
15 
4,445 
11 
13,400 
- 
- 
34 
6,593 
124 
117,223 
Region 09 Souris-Red-Rainy 
9 
4,854 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
21 
15 
3,924 
Region 10 Missouri 
122 
39,596 
13 
11,318 
36 
71,761 
159 
39,269 
2,065 
685,112 
Region 11 Arkansas-White-Red .... 
71 
14,489 
30 
17,377 
1 
(D) 
101 
24,349 
556 
248,497 
Region 12Texas-Gulf 
182 
97,966 
122 
81,440 
6 
9,300 
125 
71,267 
494 
176,256 
Region 13 Rio Grande 
203 
17,930 
6 
5,877 
19 
17,004 
68 
2,516 
261 
17,629 
Region 14 Upper Colorado 
103 
3,090 
103 
(D) 
111 
(D) 
202 
16,334 
550 
70,126 
Region 15 Lower Colorado 
114 
114 
1 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
135 
3,834 
366 
29,091 
Region 1 6 Great Basin 
84 
44,523 
12 
7,680 
73 
15,149 
32 
32,985 
250 
38,409 
Region 1 7 Pacific Northwest 
172 
71,470 
10 
15,838 
163 
49,526 
458 
56,622 
1,048 
214,194 
Region 18 California 
215 
80,516 
41 
61,183 
22 
40,670 
1,212 
87,567 
375 
129,675 
Region 19 Alaska 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
3 
11 
16 
Region 20 Hawaii 
18 
(D) 
7 
7 
7 
7 
52 
253 
24 
644 
' Detail may not add to total because respondents could check more than one cause. 
^ This is the total irrigated acres on the operation and not the acres affected by irrigation interruption. 
^ The wording for this item in 2008 was "Poor water quality." 
2012 Census of Agriculture 2013 FRIS - Entire Farm Data 71 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
