ABSTRACT
Of the 55 million irrigated acres reported in the 1997 Census, there were 50 million acres of ‘‘Cropland Harvested,’’ and 5 million acres of ‘‘Pastureland and other land.’’ Nationally, irrigated cropland represented about 16% of all harvested cropland. In the West, irrigated cropland harvested comprises a greater share of total cropland acres (about 27%), representing about 76% of the nation’s total harvested irrigated cropland. While irrigation in the East accounts for the remaining 24% of the nation’s total, only a small share (7%) of the harvested cropland in the East was irrigated (Table 1).
