Table 8-3 TOC
Irrigated Farms and Acreage, in Idaho, the Region, and the U.S., 1982 and 1987
  Idaho Montana Nevada Oregon Utah Washington Wyoming U.S.
  1982
 
Irrigated farms (1,000s) 17.4 9.2 2.2 15.3 11.2 16.3 5.3 278.3
  % of all farms 70.2 39.1 79.2 44.9 79.9 45 59.6 12.4
Land, irrigated farms (1,000 acres) 9,168 24,171 7,881 11,382 7,598 6,003 18,132 246,603
  % of all farmland 65.8 39.9 78.9 64.1 77.7 36.4 54.1 24.9
Irrigated land (1,000 acres) 3,450 2,023 830 1,808 1,082 1,638 1,565 49,002
  % of all farmland 24.8 3.3 8.3 10.2 11.1 9.9 4.7 5
 
  1987
 
Irrigated farms (1,000s) 16.6 9.5 2.2 14.4 11.1 15.4 5.2 291.6
  % of all farms 68.8 38.7 73.3 45 79.2 45.9 56.7 13.9
Land, irrigated farms (1,000 acres) 9,053 23,259 7,806 11,340 7,594 5,468 18,207 241,069
  % of all farmland 64.9 38.6 78.1 63.6 76 33.9 54.1 24.9
Irrigated land (1,000 acres) 3,219 1,997 779 1,648 1,161 1,519 1,518 46,386
  % of all farmland 23.1 3.3 7.8 9.3 11.6 9.4 4.5 4.8
Sources: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1993, 113th ed., 1993; 1987 Census of Agriculture, Vol. 1.

Originally compiled by: Ruth Cochran
Updated by: Lily Wai
Data input assisted by: Michal McRenolds
Contact: Lily Wai