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] 
Cannot finance improvements 
Landlord will not share in cost 
Uncertainty about future 
availability of water 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated ^ 
Acre-feet 
applied ^ 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated ^ 
Acre-feet 
applied ^ 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated ^ 
Acre-feet 
applied ^ 
United States 
40,468 
7,625,049 
12,468,356 
12,608 
7,315,678 
11,894,326 
30,895 
8,533,047 
14,583,080 
Alabama 
181 
13,144 
5,699 
34 
7,367 
2,878 
39 
6,478 
1,928 
Alaska 
29 
137 
50 
8 
20 
12 
6 
12 
4 
Arizona 
1,209 
121,436 
519,277 
297 
192,388 
919,114 
598 
114,054 
443,406 
Arkansas 
706 
765,831 
976,565 
700 
1 ,209,053 
1,717,621 
248 
483,347 
637,376 
California 
9,198 
978,336 
2,920,874 
1,799 
755,213 
2,481,137 
8,061 
1,544,705 
4,870,478 
Colorado 
2,451 
348,695 
686,213 
498 
215,981 
383,706 
3,283 
585,774 
990,112 
Connecticut 
158 
1,377 
1,828 
40 
271 
144 
27 
685 
1,077 
Delaware 
66 
5,568 
3,162 
35 
11,716 
5,770 
20 
3,098 
1,266 
Florida 
1,415 
120,468 
115,819 
224 
33,799 
33,393 
412 
42,469 
39,878 
Georgia 
584 
159,867 
89,977 
267 
166,166 
99,075 
216 
104,724 
59,239 
Hawaii 
319 
1 1 ,870 
23,948 
108 
2,656 
2,630 
133 
46,312 
(D) 
Idaho 
2,760 
560,927 
1,050,130 
646 
502,538 
958,144 
1,515 
529,637 
891,488 
Illinois 
179 
28,715 
23,979 
92 
64,201 
44,221 
34 
9,611 
5,855 
Indiana 
127 
32,649 
19,753 
95 
50,418 
28,130 
43 
9,194 
4,759 
Iowa 
144 
17,705 
10,068 
51 
31,953 
16,884 
33 
6,748 
3,441 
Kansas 
508 
215,147 
243,079 
581 
385,318 
460,830 
1,114 
699,355 
839,447 
Kentucky 
127 
958 
463 
29 
3,488 
2,273 
30 
3,041 
2,192 
Louisiana 
300 
98,686 
141,818 
194 
116,574 
145,506 
62 
30,112 
28,909 
Maine 
111 
905 
322 
11 
178 
95 
13 
839 
200 
Maryland 
217 
1 1 ,850 
7,348 
33 
7,167 
4,854 
45 
8,917 
5,739 
Massachusetts 
249 
5,563 
4,120 
76 
454 
568 
84 
494 
1,715 
Michigan 
460 
42,347 
19,509 
145 
53,810 
24,678 
170 
42,594 
23,784 
Minnesota 
358 
62,962 
41,082 
126 
36,797 
22,861 
110 
24,017 
14,323 
Mississippi 
311 
286,913 
274,576 
226 
331,689 
313,116 
121 
146,613 
141,591 
Missouri 
373 
154,215 
140,085 
172 
174,709 
173,761 
97 
25,239 
21,226 
Montana 
1,244 
329,356 
415,148 
349 
189,560 
256,930 
968 
304,706 
354,106 
Nebraska 
1,781 
987,351 
963,548 
1,718 
1,225,679 
1,251,177 
1,766 
1,112,946 
1,059,548 
Nevada 
413 
138,897 
398,352 
173 
57,731 
168,832 
854 
158,547 
437,625 
New Hampshire 
84 
308 
200 
19 
212 
64 
17 
70 
17 
New Jersey 
265 
19,109 
12,769 
70 
6,514 
1,997 
43 
2,768 
2,667 
New Mexico 
1,334 
104,405 
224,011 
187 
59,415 
115,414 
2,467 
159,217 
247,204 
New York 
370 
3,619 
1,348 
28 
936 
246 
36 
2,596 
816 
North Carolina 
382 
22,841 
10,031 
100 
16,565 
4,087 
85 
12,720 
2,533 
North Dakota 
64 
23,776 
12,953 
42 
30,700 
21,224 
38 
16,429 
(D) 
Ohio 
227 
4,306 
2,718 
50 
5,138 
2,100 
44 
2,368 
1,213 
Oklahoma 
287 
50,980 
57,793 
112 
52,935 
61,644 
196 
49,330 
59,950 
Oregon 
2,366 
297,210 
563,396 
422 
180,923 
360,342 
807 
247,718 
500,833 
Pennsylvania 
401 
4,608 
2,059 
100 
1,991 
1,233 
94 
1,011 
628 
Rhode Island 
90 
254 
253 
22 
44 
25 
- 
- 
- 
South Carolina 
185 
17,748 
9,959 
57 
10,394 
4,968 
36 
6,673 
2,450 
South Dakota 
106 
28,166 
29,897 
40 
16,267 
13,061 
53 
21,567 
16,916 
Tennessee 
162 
18,543 
8,069 
44 
35,299 
22,929 
43 
1 1 ,962 
5,326 
Texas 
2,664 
714,552 
881,917 
999 
601,058 
853,040 
3,504 
1 ,386,799 
1,642,155 
Utah 
2,015 
272,415 
593,577 
602 
105,029 
213,739 
1,768 
151,101 
285,915 
Vermont 
90 
257 
175 
30 
151 
130 
22 
47 
22 
Virginia 
246 
5,039 
2,254 
53 
6,274 
1,900 
49 
2,147 
948 
Washington 
1,788 
267,275 
579,384 
619 
205,593 
446,307 
921 
136,085 
325,245 
West Virginia 
48 
232 
121 
4 
112 
51 
4 
112 
51 
Wisconsin 
433 
65,545 
45,493 
96 
54,828 
43,244 
95 
39,024 
32,400 
Wyoming 
883 
201,986 
333,187 
185 
98,406 
208,238 
471 
239,035 
374,885 
Water Resources Regions 
Region 01 New England 
729 
8,447 
6,740 
176 
1,167 
898 
149 
2,096 
3,011 
Region 02 Mid-Atlantic 
1,246 
47,453 
28,012 
276 
32,065 
15,410 
233 
19,307 
1 1 ,804 
Region 03 South Atlantic-Gulf 
2,783 
336,230 
232,314 
684 
235,490 
145,035 
790 
172,460 
105,633 
Region 04 Great Lakes 
945 
75,825 
41,681 
240 
82,193 
45,965 
223 
47,377 
27,451 
Region 05 Ohio 
529 
20,868 
13,246 
153 
45,604 
23,351 
147 
14,284 
(D) 
Region 06 Tennessee 
173 
3,855 
1,831 
27 
4,735 
1,600 
36 
3,863 
2,926 
Region 07 Upper Mississippi 
963 
148,480 
102,654 
311 
152,115 
105,419 
272 
73,957 
53,185 
Region 08 Lower Mississippi 
1,312 
1,132,902 
1 ,331 ,250 
1,177 
1 ,674,274 
2,123,137 
423 
625,825 
736,030 
Region 09 Souris-Red-Rainy 
82 
16,194 
8,432 
55 
18,292 
9,271 
45 
8,146 
3,410 
Region 10 Missouri 
4,243 
1,660,210 
1,909,154 
2,561 
1 ,753,432 
2,026,552 
4,337 
1,966,077 
2,179,087 
Region 11 Arkansas-White-Red 
1,800 
655,204 
826,556 
730 
682,045 
912,498 
2,053 
1,109,687 
1,461,009 
Region 12Texas-Gulf 
2,379 
505,967 
601,752 
870 
471,304 
656,204 
2,972 
1,060,631 
1 ,209,768 
Region 13 Rio Grande 
1,508 
133,255 
276,859 
200 
56,263 
103,457 
2,823 
216,043 
379,661 
Region 14 Upper Colorado 
2,043 
246,294 
551,170 
547 
92,297 
171,169 
2,027 
246,364 
412,409 
Region 1 5 Lower Colorado 
1,166 
127,832 
539,347 
380 
195,427 
929,550 
554 
135,580 
539,924 
Region 1 6 Great Basin 
1,978 
371,904 
825,744 
473 
153,573 
363,427 
2,414 
288,902 
663,510 
Region 1 7 Pacific Northwest 
6,995 
1 ,094,829 
2,121,786 
1,808 
874,406 
1,704,365 
3,006 
876,595 
1,629,907 
Region 18 California 
9,246 
1 ,027,293 
3,025,830 
1,824 
788,320 
2,554,377 
8,252 
1,619,529 
4,964,976 
Region 19 Alaska 
29 
137 
50 
8 
20 
12 
6 
12 
4 
Region 20 Hawaii 
319 
1 1 ,870 
23,948 
108 
2,656 
2,630 
133 
46,312 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 2013 FRIS - Entire Farm Data 93 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
