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 
Will not be farming this operation long 
enough to justify improvements 
Improvements will increase 
management time or cost 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated ^ 
Acre-feet 
applied ^ 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated ^ 
Acre-feet 
applied ^ 
United States 
19,055 
3,453,058 
5,616,806 
16,104 
4,007,624 
6,286,799 
Alabama 
112 
3,809 
1,594 
78 
8,699 
3,752 
Alaska 
20 
32 
20 
18 
44 
16 
Arizona 
243 
97,354 
520,142 
142 
32,353 
140,262 
Arkansas 
424 
392,667 
480,230 
331 
399,998 
499,391 
California 
4,600 
388,434 
1,301,937 
3,740 
525,293 
1,643,708 
Colorado 
585 
138,496 
280,527 
1,038 
164,807 
362,675 
Connecticut 
64 
893 
1,164 
41 
129 
70 
Delaware 
25 
5,480 
1,990 
25 
6,918 
4,388 
Florida 
797 
81,191 
75,233 
598 
54,993 
57,494 
Georgia 
179 
85,399 
44,882 
211 
109,638 
56,211 
Hawaii 
177 
1,173 
2,541 
176 
1,990 
2,429 
Idaho 
1,440 
247,164 
431,486 
734 
135,740 
237,098 
Illinois 
121 
27,588 
18,094 
125 
34,841 
27,939 
Indiana 
121 
20,759 
1 1 ,288 
138 
21,470 
1 1 ,230 
Iowa 
87 
16,399 
8,948 
48 
8,875 
3,969 
Kansas 
323 
132,824 
158,263 
335 
210,911 
262,825 
Kentucky 
97 
9,312 
4,076 
74 
3,942 
1,860 
Louisiana 
173 
20,840 
28,369 
164 
67,979 
99,424 
Maine 
37 
95 
104 
30 
243 
174 
Maryland 
86 
4,443 
1,940 
46 
6,489 
3,924 
Massachusetts 
196 
865 
2,144 
71 
1,850 
719 
Michigan 
388 
32,982 
15,915 
219 
44,784 
23,191 
Minnesota 
196 
39,377 
26,415 
106 
23,774 
18,305 
Mississippi 
162 
149,920 
147,247 
148 
172,036 
164,831 
Missouri 
135 
65,574 
61,287 
133 
55,765 
42,580 
Montana 
280 
87,209 
103,931 
388 
118,064 
120,708 
Nebraska 
1,130 
559,649 
579,781 
1,295 
728,744 
786,747 
Nevada 
356 
40,327 
116,631 
167 
51,403 
133,356 
New Hampshire 
42 
95 
50 
40 
1,863 
499 
New Jersey 
122 
2,415 
1,332 
103 
7,700 
4,339 
New Mexico 
365 
55,310 
88,924 
1,037 
90,447 
218,978 
New York 
170 
1,114 
477 
113 
2,348 
757 
North Carolina 
215 
2,533 
786 
142 
10,322 
5,134 
North Dakota 
34 
14,385 
8,085 
37 
21,548 
1 1 ,234 
Ohio 
80 
1,018 
348 
111 
2,484 
2,762 
Oklahoma 
122 
11,596 
1 1 ,846 
150 
34,026 
45,569 
Oregon 
960 
79,041 
152,914 
518 
131,284 
207,607 
Pennsylvania 
216 
1,418 
996 
167 
2,532 
1,068 
Rhode Island 
26 
85 
56 
47 
80 
68 
South Carolina 
85 
8,096 
4,774 
72 
1,995 
1,217 
South Dakota 
58 
17,450 
13,325 
110 
30,241 
22,221 
Tennessee 
67 
21,856 
8,656 
79 
18,938 
7,543 
Texas 
1,036 
295,107 
368,525 
839 
348,483 
421,065 
Utah 
1,011 
68,000 
129,993 
662 
66,399 
124,996 
Vermont 
67 
231 
207 
41 
272 
94 
Virginia 
170 
3,039 
2,046 
90 
1,700 
1,881 
Washington 
1,162 
123,077 
256,206 
699 
131,761 
309,053 
West Virginia 
25 
169 
88 
21 
291 
157 
Wisconsin 
212 
13,540 
6,670 
192 
30,086 
41,167 
Wyoming 
256 
83,228 
134,319 
215 
81,052 
150,115 
Water Resources Regions 
Region 01 New England 
381 
2,049 
3,523 
250 
4,276 
1,563 
Region 02 Mid-Atlantic 
655 
17,417 
8,558 
441 
26,500 
15,651 
Region 03 South Atlantic-Gulf 
1,437 
180,208 
127,094 
1,096 
183,967 
123,216 
Region 04 Great Lakes 
582 
39,762 
18,746 
420 
60,373 
36,054 
Region 05 Ohio 
322 
25,762 
12,808 
319 
21,313 
10,894 
Region 06 Tennessee 
89 
1,844 
734 
58 
3,430 
2,053 
Region 07 Upper Mississippi 
519 
90,089 
57,981 
371 
87,424 
81,765 
Region 08 Lower Mississippi 
730 
543,655 
612,008 
661 
646,853 
743,686 
Region 09 Souris-Red-Rainy 
49 
9,540 
4,777 
78 
17,339 
10,139 
Region 10 Missouri 
1,919 
820,923 
904,324 
1,934 
1,021,266 
1,182,581 
Region 1 1 Arkansas-White-Red 
691 
309,092 
378,038 
763 
436,559 
571 ,442 
Region 12 Texas-Gulf 
827 
201,966 
255,660 
619 
205,325 
227,747 
Region 13 Rio Grande 
381 
68,796 
87,624 
1,194 
55,390 
98,781 
Region 14 Upper Colorado 
502 
90,356 
210,873 
949 
158,250 
381,813 
Region 1 5 Lower Colorado 
484 
102,761 
536,764 
224 
35,367 
151,036 
Region 16 Great Basin 
1,287 
110,536 
242,760 
522 
87,966 
210,003 
Region 17 Pacific Northwest 
3,233 
437,330 
828,763 
2,250 
412,387 
763,987 
Region 18 California 
4,770 
399,767 
1,323,211 
3,761 
541,605 
1,671,943 
Region 19 Alaska 
20 
32 
20 
18 
44 
16 
Region 20 Hawaii 
177 
1,173 
2,541 
176 
1,990 
2,429 
' Data include only positive responses and respondents could choose more than one source of information. 
^ Acres irrigated and acre-feet applied are totals for all irrigation on these farms. 
94 2013 FRiS - Entire Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agricuiture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
