U.S. harvested acres irrigated for selected major irrigated crops, 1964-2017

Irrigated acres harvested (million)

Line chart with 12 groups (years) and 5 lines.

Group 1, 1964.
Line 1, Orchards 2.203342.
Line 2, Cotton 3.769194.
Line 3, Hay, alfalfa 5.209709.
Line 4, Soybeans 0.427206.
Line 5, Corn for grain 1.759798.
Group 2, 1969.
Line 1, Orchards 2.109619.
Line 2, Cotton 3.777564.
Line 3, Hay, alfalfa 4.53263.
Line 4, Soybeans 0.355651.
Line 5, Corn for grain 5.069364.
Group 3, 1974.
Line 1, Orchards 2.546645.
Line 2, Cotton 3.698569.
Line 3, Hay, alfalfa 5.986725.
Line 4, Soybeans 0.474328.
Line 5, Corn for grain 5.528987.
Group 4, 1978.
Line 1, Orchards 2.984914.
Line 2, Cotton 4.676655.
Line 3, Hay, alfalfa 5.872263.
Line 4, Soybeans 1.315182.
Line 5, Corn for grain 8.73972.
Group 5, 1982.
Line 1, Orchards 3.347435.
Line 2, Cotton 3.422834.
Line 3, Hay, alfalfa 5.530813.
Line 4, Soybeans 2.321138.
Line 5, Corn for grain 8.46553.
Group 6, 1987.
Line 1, Orchards 3.358824.
Line 2, Cotton 3.543826.
Line 3, Hay, alfalfa 5.516145.
Line 4, Soybeans 2.591565.
Line 5, Corn for grain 8.003163.
Group 7, 1992.
Line 1, Orchards 3.635762.
Line 2, Cotton 3.711939.
Line 3, Hay, alfalfa 5.672678.
Line 4, Soybeans 2.546969.
Line 5, Corn for grain 9.664046.
Group 8, 1997.
Line 1, Orchards 4.220995.
Line 2, Cotton 5.151729.
Line 3, Hay, alfalfa 5.980532.
Line 4, Soybeans 4.237815.
Line 5, Corn for grain 10.816206.
Group 9, 2002.
Line 1, Orchards 4.374125.
Line 2, Cotton 4.802024.
Line 3, Hay, alfalfa 6.809432.
Line 4, Soybeans 5.460192.
Line 5, Corn for grain 9.709872.
Group 10, 2007.
Line 1, Orchards 3.981316.
Line 2, Cotton 4.03561.
Line 3, Hay, alfalfa 6.556652.
Line 4, Soybeans 5.237075.
Line 5, Corn for grain 13.156769.
Group 11, 2012.
Line 1, Orchards 4.257033.
Line 2, Cotton 3.813454.
Line 3, Hay, alfalfa 5.781259.
Line 4, Soybeans 7.157414.
Line 5, Corn for grain 12.819069.
Group 12, 2017.
Line 1, Orchards 4.924833.
Line 2, Cotton 4.126724.
Line 3, Hay, alfalfa 6.167488.
Line 4, Soybeans 9.354665.
Line 5, Corn for grain 12.367874.

Source: USDA, Economic Research Service using data from USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture, various years.