Table 42. Estimated Quantity of Water Appiied to Crops Grown Under Protection on Irrigated Horticultural 
Operations by Method of Distribution and Water Source: 2013 and 2008 
[Excludes institutional, research, and experimental farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text] 
All methods 
Geographic area 
Operations 
Square feet 
irrigated 
Gallons 
applied 
(1,000) 
Water source 
Ground water from wells 
On-farm surface water 
Off-farm water (all suppliers) 
Operations 
Gallons applied 
(1,000) 
Operations 
Gallons applied 
(1,000) 
Operations 
Gallons applied 
(1,000) 
United States 2013 
24,829 
1,405,381,805 
17,870,533 
14,661 
10,474,182 
3,114 
3,493,459 
8,490 
3,902,891 
2008 
20,610 
1,369,090,815 
25,768,753 
14,796 
15,979,605 
3,520 
6,600,479 
4,785 
3,188,668 
2013 DATA 
Alabama 
301 
25,455,310 
508,017 
175 
312,294 
58 
47,779 
100 
147,945 
Alaska 
139 
1,731,548 
13,784 
88 
2,565 
29 
556 
37 
10,662 
Arizona 
205 
17,572,080 
346,182 
93 
110,315 
4 
22,680 
113 
213,187 
Arkansas 
176 
3,953,942 
101,483 
83 
4,501 
16 
85,125 
83 
11,857 
California 
1,569 
243,531,183 
3,520,721 
785 
2,000,359 
137 
237,583 
799 
1 ,282,778 
Colorado 
241 
13,702,377 
191,795 
126 
99,998 
32 
78,778 
107 
13,019 
Connecticut 
473 
30,922,369 
355,832 
303 
(D) 
72 
191,506 
113 
(D) 
Delaware 
72 
265,160 
1,123 
42 
664 
- 
- 
30 
459 
Florida 
1,789 
369,783,392 
5,364,931 
1,515 
3,853,508 
264 
1,205,956 
186 
305,467 
Georgia 
446 
22,415,692 
370,124 
312 
356,689 
23 
(D) 
127 
(D) 
Flawaii 
612 
23,942,112 
267,863 
30 
5,223 
87 
61,305 
519 
201,335 
Idaho 
179 
2,556,909 
33,894 
109 
4,791 
18 
26,576 
61 
2,527 
Illinois 
467 
18,295,306 
163,485 
290 
111,168 
58 
(D) 
140 
(D) 
Indiana 
471 
7,450,681 
49,160 
267 
(D) 
28 
(D) 
187 
9,707 
Iowa 
364 
8,839,112 
141,902 
172 
102,000 
56 
4,200 
146 
35,702 
Kansas 
192 
8,074,504 
83,755 
79 
32,420 
21 
20,255 
125 
31,080 
Kentucky 
552 
10,918,317 
96,311 
92 
4,016 
83 
41,693 
402 
50,602 
Louisiana 
319 
8,152,878 
96,599 
208 
71,475 
34 
16,538 
113 
8,586 
Maine 
651 
10,607,864 
102,353 
386 
(D) 
51 
1,373 
231 
(D) 
Maryland 
343 
13,852,007 
106,450 
237 
59,130 
61 
22,833 
71 
24,487 
Massachusetts 
613 
10,926,750 
92,710 
329 
44,940 
124 
(D) 
262 
(D) 
Michigan 
1,070 
53,296,819 
342,773 
771 
117,999 
119 
19,068 
243 
205,706 
Minnesota 
485 
23,831,980 
304,154 
378 
121,620 
27 
5,992 
101 
176,543 
Mississippi 
149 
2,918,426 
35,423 
86 
31,863 
13 
976 
50 
2,584 
Missouri 
556 
8,469,932 
102,943 
267 
50,796 
74 
3,836 
247 
48,311 
Montana 
284 
2,458,858 
35,168 
207 
26,662 
13 
1,705 
64 
6,801 
Nebraska 
187 
2,057,548 
26,970 
111 
19,802 
- 
- 
76 
7,168 
Nevada 
19 
359,200 
4,407 
19 
4,407 
- 
- 
- 
- 
New Flampshire 
351 
5,660,877 
49,037 
220 
(D) 
60 
(D) 
95 
(D) 
New Jersey 
527 
34,930,178 
307,645 
370 
248,404 
47 
(D) 
129 
(D) 
New Mexico 
168 
886,778 
12,933 
120 
(D) 
28 
3,548 
30 
(D) 
New York 
1,066 
38,211,640 
274,807 
598 
90,835 
161 
63,876 
347 
120,097 
North Carolina 
1,073 
36,315,699 
419,636 
697 
116,203 
124 
275,116 
314 
28,317 
North Dakota 
42 
919,488 
7,606 
24 
1,856 
12 
4,504 
12 
1,246 
Ohio 
710 
32,573,918 
214,671 
320 
54,031 
159 
129,251 
277 
31,389 
Oklahoma 
212 
11,723,148 
109,646 
93 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
122 
81,534 
Oregon 
910 
44,589,359 
631,897 
565 
375,389 
126 
136,062 
269 
120,447 
Pennsylvania 
1,820 
34,643,884 
261,502 
1,201 
210,183 
150 
16,358 
516 
34,961 
Rhode Island 
197 
1,438,186 
10,860 
120 
3,730 
31 
1,456 
60 
5,674 
South Carolina 
264 
3,082,705 
48,283 
163 
29,457 
55 
3,373 
55 
15,452 
South Dakota 
140 
1,300,058 
12,710 
79 
4,992 
18 
1,044 
52 
6,674 
Tennessee 
483 
37,454,409 
402,528 
201 
266,114 
73 
65,835 
252 
70,578 
Texas 
748 
89,427,943 
1 ,079,049 
362 
(D) 
105 
(D) 
322 
(D) 
Utah 
154 
18,539,818 
277,312 
34 
192,987 
- 
120 
84,325 
Vermont 
353 
2,865,406 
31,682 
222 
20,882 
53 
(D) 
117 
(D) 
Virginia 
768 
36,117,321 
446,874 
500 
169,445 
129 
99,676 
203 
177,753 
Washington 
957 
7,997,166 
97,907 
549 
54,224 
223 
4,702 
212 
38,981 
West Virginia 
184 
2,003,960 
32,859 
72 
(D) 
23 
(D) 
89 
(D) 
Wisconsin 
741 
18,036,668 
274,667 
574 
233,803 
25 
531 
152 
40,333 
Wyoming 
37 
320,940 
6,111 
17 
3,228 
8 
198 
12 
2,684 
Water Resources Regions 
Region 01 New England 
2,408 
60,433,198 
614,723 
1,428 
(D) 
353 
221,193 
822 
(D) 
Region 02 Mid-Atlantic 
3,577 
115,035,065 
1,016,451 
2,470 
731,352 
385 
(D) 
825 
(D) 
Region 03 South Atlantic-Gulf 
3,874 
470,764,723 
6,925,027 
2,855 
4,705,245 
549 
1,554,745 
770 
665,038 
Region 04 Great Lakes 
2,413 
118,145,599 
892,795 
1,572 
359,709 
321 
207,385 
659 
325,701 
Region 05 Ohio 
2,135 
59,729,601 
523,725 
797 
272,786 
293 
119,206 
1,178 
131,733 
Region 06 Tennessee 
532 
8,897,441 
106,126 
250 
57,475 
54 
6,506 
259 
42,145 
Region 07 Upper Mississippi 
1,718 
45,904,253 
586,885 
1,168 
307,077 
160 
(D) 
447 
(D) 
Region 08 Lower Mississippi 
482 
13,975,098 
216,780 
304 
(D) 
54 
(D) 
160 
(D) 
Region 09 Souris-Red-Rainy 
75 
8,391,544 
52,017 
45 
3,652 
18 
4,953 
18 
43,413 
Region 10 Missouri 
1,199 
33,023,426 
409,756 
643 
272,081 
99 
70,949 
526 
66,726 
Region 11 Arkansas-White-Red .... 
619 
20,243,993 
247,906 
307 
49,994 
57 
77,152 
282 
120,759 
Region 12 Texas-Gulf 
707 
87,455,543 
1,041,778 
361 
515,567 
89 
(D) 
298 
(D) 
Region 13 Rio Grande 
163 
827,838 
12,558 
128 
(D) 
28 
3,548 
17 
(D) 
Region 14 Upper Colorado 
98 
981,198 
9,669 
14 
391 
18 
578 
73 
8,700 
Region 1 5 Lower Colorado 
192 
17,562,380 
346,078 
80 
110,212 
4 
22,680 
113 
213,187 
Region 16 Great Basin 
152 
18,528,442 
279,776 
54 
197,501 
_ 
_ 
98 
82,275 
Region 1 7 Pacific Northwest 
2,149 
55,237,936 
773,767 
1,283 
452,934 
379 
169,199 
573 
151,635 
Region 18 California 
1,585 
244,570,867 
3,533,066 
784 
2,000,520 
137 
237,583 
816 
1,294,962 
Region 19 Alaska 
139 
1,731,548 
13,784 
88 
2,565 
29 
556 
37 
10,662 
Region 20 Hawaii 
612 
23,942,112 
267,863 
30 
5,223 
87 
61,305 
519 
201,335 
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192 2013 FRIS - Horticultural Operations Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
