Table 25. Barriers to Making improvements to Reduce Energy Use or Conserve Water: 2013 (continued) 
[Excludes institutional, research, and experimental farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text] 
Geographic area 
Risk of reduced yield or poorer 
crop quality 
Physical field/crop condition 
limit system improvements 
Improvements will not reduce costs 
enough to cover installation costs 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated ^ 
Acre-feet 
applied ^ 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated ^ 
Acre-feet 
applied ^ 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated ^ 
Acre-feet 
applied ^ 
United States 
20,039 
5,208,860 
8,524,418 
21,596 
6,443,086 
10,605,809 
32,528 
10,245,853 
15,980,579 
Alabama 
80 
7,215 
2,982 
65 
10,302 
3,377 
140 
1 1 ,329 
4,502 
Alaska 
13 
40 
17 
11 
96 
32 
15 
36 
13 
Arizona 
269 
67,194 
269,253 
436 
90,073 
440,460 
560 
124,760 
572,066 
Arkansas 
285 
383,750 
457,513 
452 
631,712 
873,250 
560 
827,785 
1,060,615 
California 
6,475 
705,154 
2,168,315 
4,403 
712,772 
2,493,094 
5,171 
987,386 
3,066,300 
Colorado 
890 
220,406 
410,877 
1,088 
280,718 
533,702 
2,420 
422,655 
839,262 
Connecticut 
42 
784 
701 
41 
804 
1,089 
71 
804 
1,206 
Delaware 
42 
13,600 
7,157 
41 
13,424 
5,977 
88 
20,921 
12,231 
Florida 
594 
67,853 
69,055 
556 
68,535 
66,960 
818 
116,334 
119,355 
Georgia 
273 
82,310 
47,100 
387 
133,700 
66,326 
402 
222,136 
105,537 
Flawaii 
158 
(D) 
(D) 
113 
6,677 
16,849 
243 
(D) 
(D) 
Idaho 
535 
290,789 
527,153 
1,204 
559,598 
1,092,255 
2,321 
842,703 
1,608,301 
Illinois 
127 
37,486 
34,595 
119 
39,781 
24,444 
193 
71,181 
49,911 
Indiana 
144 
36,705 
22,322 
150 
49,364 
25,347 
179 
64,718 
35,305 
Iowa 
77 
13,412 
5,693 
76 
20,351 
12,367 
168 
38,641 
(D) 
Kansas 
750 
401,583 
510,070 
441 
255,846 
313,194 
1,076 
556,158 
644,975 
Kentucky 
43 
456 
290 
68 
3,630 
2,437 
124 
5,349 
2,727 
Louisiana 
159 
80,627 
88,715 
174 
100,867 
126,269 
284 
150,768 
193,150 
Maine 
5 
210 
140 
31 
369 
142 
71 
1,782 
1,006 
Maryland 
65 
12,885 
6,966 
95 
12,493 
4,810 
146 
23,278 
10,331 
Massachusetts 
75 
1,289 
1,965 
73 
6,051 
2,221 
107 
7,423 
4,405 
Michigan 
364 
76,505 
48,687 
280 
66,344 
31,191 
461 
97,768 
50,402 
Minnesota 
205 
44,650 
26,590 
241 
47,426 
32,472 
285 
72,781 
47,005 
Mississippi 
161 
185,066 
177,210 
205 
224,925 
216,917 
268 
290,872 
291,591 
Missouri 
252 
107,157 
97,611 
283 
152,121 
143,127 
335 
207,936 
192,239 
Montana 
280 
146,265 
196,124 
926 
276,505 
362,327 
1,241 
431,619 
531,513 
Nebraska 
901 
667,703 
704,692 
1,447 
994,547 
936,400 
2,811 
1,845,020 
1,916,242 
Nevada 
421 
93,562 
264,496 
179 
108,556 
302,537 
310 
1 1 7,055 
318,675 
New Flampshire 
40 
1,864 
506 
37 
1,863 
495 
80 
598 
116 
New Jersey 
68 
6,002 
5,944 
88 
7,878 
4,819 
137 
16,491 
11,636 
New Mexico 
913 
91,450 
154,545 
618 
60,388 
106,350 
1,133 
71 ,648 
161,971 
New York 
96 
1,890 
1,126 
133 
5,444 
1,927 
185 
6,074 
2,221 
North Carolina 
174 
7,511 
3,224 
174 
16,580 
5,285 
264 
21,402 
9,085 
North Dakota 
29 
15,953 
9,266 
61 
26,989 
16,549 
112 
41,778 
25,010 
Ohio 
117 
2,762 
1,532 
75 
5,168 
3,417 
126 
4,021 
1,937 
Oklahoma 
212 
43,821 
58,667 
191 
37,434 
45,664 
261 
73,974 
95,612 
Oregon 
474 
113,782 
201,728 
1,160 
208,042 
409,121 
1,851 
362,511 
736,387 
Pennsylvania 
173 
3,145 
1,406 
182 
2,908 
1,332 
245 
(D) 
1,769 
Rhode Island 
21 
726 
637 
25 
36 
31 
56 
113 
68 
South Carolina 
53 
(D) 
1,802 
51 
6,755 
2,979 
170 
18,190 
7,938 
South Dakota 
83 
23,685 
(D) 
125 
23,662 
26,889 
86 
39,925 
38,510 
Tennessee 
96 
20,515 
8,174 
89 
22,614 
8,329 
102 
34,484 
21,661 
Texas 
1,763 
651,266 
931,655 
2,048 
548,310 
684,665 
2,154 
909,894 
1,133,898 
Utah 
956 
68,094 
132,554 
1,045 
150,710 
295,993 
1,865 
230,836 
489,343 
Vermont 
18 
34 
18 
60 
103 
83 
48 
214 
168 
Virginia 
76 
1,127 
942 
100 
9,151 
3,346 
178 
9,070 
4,701 
Washington 
431 
173,534 
422,170 
877 
193,776 
464,425 
1,558 
428,357 
930,513 
West Virginia 
14 
127 
57 
9 
117 
53 
7 
115 
60 
Wisconsin 
228 
77,165 
72,059 
203 
48,084 
41,305 
326 
107,531 
82,339 
Wyoming 
319 
115,699 
179,608 
660 
199,487 
353,177 
716 
265,830 
354,539 
Water Resources Regions 
Region 01 New England 
191 
4,881 
3,951 
235 
9,169 
4,005 
400 
1 0,735 
6,817 
Region 02 Mid-Atlantic 
434 
37,046 
(D) 
539 
45,898 
20,655 
822 
75,394 
41,436 
Region 03 South Atlantic-Gulf 
1,173 
172,024 
124,674 
1,250 
238,383 
145,857 
1,854 
396,616 
248,370 
Region 04 Great Lakes 
526 
95,483 
60,745 
471 
87,316 
43,977 
730 
143,737 
75,816 
Region 05 Ohio 
307 
27,884 
16,674 
258 
46,346 
25,727 
397 
48,524 
(D) 
Region 06 Tennessee 
71 
2,968 
2,492 
76 
7,597 
4,117 
88 
(D) 
1,977 
Region 07 Upper Mississippi 
592 
162,639 
132,806 
549 
136,341 
98,516 
861 
250,342 
181,724 
Region 08 Lower Mississippi 
623 
662,526 
711,765 
898 
986,581 
1,188,122 
1,143 
1,286,698 
1,470,847 
Region 09 Souris-Red-Rainy 
45 
(D) 
4,099 
72 
20,314 
11,106 
78 
20,316 
10,959 
Region 10 Missouri 
1,745 
1,086,610 
1,300,766 
3,363 
1,614,992 
1,898,868 
5,747 
2,920,338 
3,315,381 
Region 1 1 Arkansas-White-Red 
1,544 
721,181 
940,901 
901 
485,745 
653,642 
1,926 
972,960 
1,266,831 
Region 12 Texas-Gulf 
1,525 
473,722 
640,635 
1,922 
468,906 
554,830 
1,787 
647,072 
782,499 
Region 13 Rio Grande 
1,057 
106,263 
249,574 
903 
94,742 
150,217 
1,449 
124,032 
246,581 
Region 14 Upper Colorado 
689 
98,354 
160,699 
700 
159,911 
299,701 
1,567 
204,480 
422,435 
Region 1 5 Lower Colorado 
379 
86,958 
357,691 
493 
109,201 
528,580 
729 
146,757 
669,166 
Region 16 Great Basin 
920 
138,416 
358,074 
831 
253,345 
568,606 
1,717 
318,602 
731,025 
Region 1 7 Pacific Northwest 
1,548 
569,232 
1,103,996 
3,580 
950,982 
1,917,170 
5,707 
1,628,310 
3,253,323 
Region 18 California 
6,499 
716,030 
2,162,302 
4,431 
720,544 
2,475,232 
5,268 
1,005,745 
3,055,240 
Region 19 Alaska 
13 
40 
17 
11 
96 
32 
15 
36 
13 
Region 20 Flawaii 
158 
(D) 
(D) 
113 
6,677 
16,849 
243 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
92 2013 FRIS - Entire Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agricuiture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
