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Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000

This section has been revised since its initial release.

Table 4. Ground-water withdrawals by water-use category, 2000.
[Figures may not sum to totals because of independent rounding. All values are in million gallons per day. —, data not collected]

  PUBLIC
SUPPLY
DOMESTIC IRRIGATION LIVE-
STOCK
AQUA-
CULTURE
 
INDUSTRIAL

 
MINING

THERMO-
ELECTRIC
POWER
 
TOTAL

STATE Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Saline Fresh Saline Fresh Fresh Saline Total


Alabama 281 78.9 14.5 8.93 56.0 0 0 440 0 440
Alaska 29.3 10.9 0.99 4.32 0 0.01 90.4 4.65 50.2 90.4 141
Arizona 469 28.9 2,750 19.8 0 81.2 8.17 74.3 3,420 8.17 3,430
Arkansas 132 28.5 6,510 187 67.0 0.08 0.21 0 2.92 6,920 0.08 6,920
California 2,800 257 11,600 182 158 183 0 21.0 152 3.23 15,200 152 15,400
                           
Colorado 53.7 66.8 2,160 23.6 0 16.1 2,320 0 2,320
Connecticut 66.0 56.2 17.0 4.13 0 0.08 143 0 143
Delaware 45.0 13.3 35.6 3.70 0.07 17.0 0 0.47 115 0 115
District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 2,200 199 2,180 31.0 7.81 216 0 160 0 29.5 5,020 0 5,020
                           
Georgia 278 110 750 1.66 7.70 290 0 7.75 0 1.03 1,450 0 1,450
Hawaii 243 4.82 171 14.5 0.85 0 433 0.85 434
Idaho 219 85.2 3,720 27.7 51.5 35.8 0 0 4,140 0 4,140
Illinois 353 135 150 37.6 132 0 5.75 813 0 813
Indiana 345 122 55.5 27.3 99.7 0 4.20 0 2.58 656 0 656
                           
Iowa 303 33.20 20.4 81.8 226 0 2.49 0 11.9 679 0 679
Kansas 172 21.6 3,430 87.2 3.33 46.6 0 14.0 0 14.9 3,790 0 3,790
Kentucky 71.0 19.5 1.14 95.2 0 2.71 189 0 189
Louisiana 349 41.2 791 4.03 128 285 0 28.4 1,630 0 1,630
Maine 29.6 35.7 0.61 9.90 0 4.92 80.8 0 80.80
                           
Maryland 84.6 77.1 29.8 7.18 4.81 15.9 0 4.21 0 1.80 225 0 225
Massachusetts 197 42.2 19.7 10.7 0 0 269 0 269
Michigan 247 239 128 10.2 110 0 0 734 0 734
Minnesota 329 80.8 190 52.8 56.3 0 6.90 0 4.17 720 0 720
Mississippi 319 69.3 1,310 321 118 0 43.5 2,180 0 2,180
                           
Missouri 278 53.6 1,380 18.3 2.01 29.2 0 4.10 0 12.2 1,780 0 1,780
Montana 56.1 17.3 83.0 31.9 0 0 188 0 188
Nebraska 266 48.4 7,420 76.0 35.5 0 5.64 4.55 6.87 7,860 4.55 7,860
Nevada 151 22.4 567 5.29 0 12.0 757 0 757
New Hampshire 33.0 40.9 0.50 3.12 6.95 0 0.08 0 0.71 85.2 0 85.2
                           
New Jersey 400 79.7 22.8 1.68 6.46 65.3 0 6.12 0 2.24 584 0 584
New Mexico 262 31.4 1,230 8.80 0 11.4 1,540 0 1,540
New York 583 142 23.3 145 0 0 893 0 893
North Carolina 166 189 65.8 89.1 7.88 25.6 0 36.4 0 0.09 580 0 580
North Dakota 32.4 11.9 72.2 6.88 0 0 123 0 123
                           
Ohio 500 132 13.9 8.20 1.36 162 0 53.1 0 7.57 878 0 878
Oklahoma 113 25.5 566 53.6 0.29 6.83 0 2.25 256 3.27 771 256 1,030
Oregon 118 68.3 792 12.1 0 2.47 993 0 993
Pennsylvania 212 132 1.38 155 0 162 0 3.98 666 0 666
Rhode Island 16.9 8.99 0.46 2.19 0 0 28.6 0 28.6
                           
South Carolina 105 63.5 106 50.9 0 5.83 330 0 330
South Dakota 54.2 9.52 137 16.9 3.16 0 1.23 222 0 222
Tennessee 321 32.6 7.33 56.3 0 0 417 0 417
Texas 1,260 131 6,500 137 244 0.50 129 504 60.2 8,470 504 8,970
Utah 364 16.1 469 116 34.3 5.08 8.60 21.5 13.1 1,020 26.5 1,050
                           
Vermont 19.5 20.7 0.33 2.05 0 0.66 43.2 0 43.2
Virginia 70.7 133 3.57 104 0 1.50 314 0 314
Washington 464 125 747 138 0 0.92 1,470 0 1,470
West Virginia 41.6 39.6 0.02 9.70 0 0 90.9 0 90.9
Wisconsin 330 96.3 195 60.3 39.8 83.0 0 8.99 813 0 813
                           
Wyoming 57.2 6.57 413 4.31 0 58.8 222 1.13 541 222 763
Puerto Rico 88.5 .88 36.9 11.2 0 0 137 0 137
U.S. Virgin Islands 0.52 0 0.29 0.22 0 0 1.03 0 1.03


TOTAL 16,000 3,530 56,900 1,010 1,060 3,570 6.51 767 1,260 409 83,300 1,260 84,500

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