natural or planted woodlots or timber traets and 
eutover and deforested land with young growth 
whieh has or will have value for wood produets and 
woodland pastured. Land planted for Christmas tree 
produetion and short rotation woody erops was 
reported in Cropland harvested. 
Woodland pastured. This eategory ineludes all 
woodland used for pasture or grazing during the 
eensus year. Woodland or forest land pastured under 
a per-head grazing permit was not eounted as land in 
farms and, therefore, was not ineluded in woodland 
pastured. 
Table A. Leading Irrigation States: 2012, 2007, and 2002 Censuses 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 
Geographic area 
Irrigated Area 
Rank 
2012 
cumulative 
percent of 
United States 
total 
2012 
2007 
2002 
2012 
2007 
2002 
United States 
55,822,231 
56,599,305 
55,311,236 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
100.0 
20 Leading States 
50,714,404 
51,745,677 
50,812,487 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
90.8 
Nebraska 
8,296,573 
8,558,559 
7,625,170 
1 
1 
2 
14.9 
California 
7,861,964 
8,016,159 
8,709,353 
2 
2 
1 
28.9 
Arkansas 
4,803,902 
4,460,682 
4,149,766 
3 
4 
4 
37.6 
Texas 
4,489,163 
5,010,416 
5,074,638 
4 
3 
3 
45.6 
Idaho 
3,365,292 
3,299,889 
3,288,522 
5 
5 
5 
51.6 
Kansas 
2,881,292 
2,762,748 
2,678,277 
6 
7 
6 
56.8 
Colorado 
2,516,785 
2,867,957 
2,590,654 
7 
6 
7 
61.3 
Montana 
1,903,019 
2,013,167 
1,976,111 
8 
8 
8 
64.7 
Mississippi 
1,651,978 
1,368,661 
1,175,530 
9 
13 
13 
67.7 
Washington 
1,633,571 
1,735,917 
1,823,155 
10 
10 
10 
70.6 
Oregon 
1,629,735 
1,845,194 
1,907,627 
11 
9 
9 
73.5 
Florida 
1 ,493,320 
1,552,118 
1,815,174 
12 
11 
11 
76.2 
Wyoming 
1,435,710 
1 ,550,723 
1,541,688 
13 
12 
12 
78.8 
Missouri 
1,180,886 
1,199,981 
1 ,032,973 
14 
14 
15 
80.9 
Georgia 
1,125,355 
1,017,773 
870,810 
15 
16 
18 
82.9 
Utah 
1,104,257 
1,134,144 
1,091,011 
16 
15 
14 
84.9 
Louisiana 
1,092,881 
954,353 
938,841 
17 
17 
16 
86.8 
Arizona 
880,613 
876,158 
931,735 
18 
18 
17 
88.4 
Nevada 
687,790 
691,030 
746,653 
19 
20 
20 
89.6 
New Mexico 
680,318 
830,048 
844,799 
20 
19 
19 
90.8 
2012 Census of Agriculture Appendix B B-9 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
