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Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000

This section has been revised since its initial release.

Table 2. Total 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

THERMOELECTRIC
POWER

 
TOTAL

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


Alabama 834 78.9 43.1 10.4 833 0 8,190 0 9,990 0 9,990
Alaska 80.0 11.2 1.01 8.12 3.86 27.4 140 33.6 0 161 144 305
Arizona 1,080 28.9 5,400 19.8 0 85.7 8.17 100 0 6,720 8.17 6,730
Arkansas 421 28.5 7,910 198 134 0.08 2.78 0 2,180 0 10,900 0.08 10,900
California 6,120 286 30,500 409 537 188 13.6 23.7 153 352 12,600 38,400 12,800 51,200
                             
Colorado 899 66.8 11,400 120 0 138 0 12,600 0 12,600
Connecticut 424 56.2 30.4 10.7 0 187 3,440 708 3,440 4,150
Delaware 94.9 13.3 43.5 3.92 0.07 59.4 3.25 366 738 582 741 1,320
District of Columbia 0 0 0.18 0 0 9.69 0 9.87 0 9.87
Florida 2,440 199 4,290 32.5 8.02 291 1.18 217 0 658 12,000 8,140 12,000 20,100
                             
Georgia 1,250 110 1,140 19.4 15.4 622 30.0 9.80 0 3,250 61.7 6,410 91.7 6,500
Hawaii 250 12.0 364 14.5 0.85 0 0 640 0.85 641
Idaho 244 85.2 17,100 34.9 1,970 55.5 0 0 0 19,500 0 19,500
Illinois 1,760 135 154 37.6 391 0 11,300 0 13,700 0 13,700
Indiana 670 122 101 41.9 2,400 0 82.5 0 6,700 0 10,100 0 10,100
                             
Iowa 383 33.2 21.5 109 237 0 32.8 0 2,540 0 3,360 0 3,360
Kansas 416 21.6 3,710 111 5.60 53.3 0 31.4 0 2,260 0 6,610 0 6,610
Kentucky 525 27.5 29.3 317 0 3,260 0 4,160 0 4,160
Louisiana 753 41.2 1,020 7.34 243 2,680 0 5,610 0 10,400 0 10,400
Maine 102 35.7 5.84 247 0 113 295 504 295 799
                             
Maryland 824 77.1 42.4 10.4 19.6 65.8 227 8.31 0.02 379 6,260 1,430 6,490 7,910
Massachusetts 739 42.2 126 36.8 0 108 3,610 1,050 3,610 4,660
Michigan 1,140 239 201 11.3 698 0 7,710 0 10,000 0 10,000
Minnesota 500 80.8 227 52.8 154 0 588 0 2,270 0 3,870 0 3,870
Mississippi 359 69.3 1,410 371 242 0 362 148 2,810 148 2,960
                             
Missouri 872 53.6 1,430 72.4 83.3 62.7 0 16.9 0 5,640 0 8,230 0 8,230
Montana 149 18.6 7,950 61.3 0 110 0 8,290 0 8,290
Nebraska 330 48.4 8,790 93.4 38.1 0 128 4.55 2,820 0 12,200 4.55 12,300
Nevada 629 22.4 2,110 10.3 0 36.7 0 2,810 0 2,810
New Hampshire 97.1 41.0 4.75 16.3 44.9 0 6.80 0 236 761 447 761 1,210
                             
New Jersey 1,050 79.7 140 1.68 6.46 132 0 110 0 650 3,390 2,170 3,390 5,560
New Mexico 296 31.4 2,860 10.5 0 56.4 0 3,260 0 3,260
New York 2,570 142 35.5 297 0 4,040 5,010 7,080 5,010 12,100
North Carolina 945 189 287 121 7.88 293 0 36.4 0 7,850 1,620 9,730 1,620 11,400
North Dakota 63.6 11.9 145 17.6 0 902 0 1,140 0 1,140
                             
Ohio 1,470 134 31.7 25.3 1.36 807 0 88.5 0 8,590 0 11,100 0 11,100
Oklahoma 675 25.5 718 151 16.4 25.9 0 2.48 256 146 0 1,760 256 2,020
Oregon 566 76.2 6,080 195 0 15.30 0 6,930 0 6,930
Pennsylvania 1,460 132 13.9 1,190 0 182 0 6,980 0 9,950 0 9,950
Rhode Island 119 8.99 3.45 4.28 0 2.40 290 138 290 429
                             
South Carolina 566 63.5 267 565 0 5,710 0 7,170 0 7,170
South Dakota 93.3 9.53 373 42.0 5.12 0 5.24 0 528 0 528
Tennessee 890 32.6 22.4 842 0 9,040 0 10,800 0 10,800
Texas 4,230 131 8,630 308 1,450 907 220 504 9,820 3,440 24,800 4,850 29,600
Utah 638 16.1 3,860 116 42.7 5.08 26.3 198 62.20 0 4,760 203 4,970
                             
Vermont 60.1 21.0 3.78 6.91 0 355 0 447 0 447
Virginia 720 133 26.4 470 53.3 3,850 3,580 5,200 3,640 8,830
Washington 1,020 125 3,040 577 39.9 519 0 5,270 39.9 5,310
West Virginia 190 40.4 0.04 968 0 3,950 0 5,150 0 5,150
Wisconsin 623 96.3 196 66.3 70.2 447 0 6,090 0 7,590 0 7,590
                             
Wyoming 107 6.57 4,500 5.78 0 79.5 222 243 0 4,940 222 5,170
Puerto Rico 513 0.88 94.5 11.2 0 0 2,190 620 2,190 2,810
U.S. Virgin Islands 6.09 1.69 0.50 3.34 0 0 136 11.6 136 148


TOTAL 43,300 3,590 137,000 1,760 3,700 18,500 1,280 2,010 1,490 136,000 59,500 345,000 62,300 408,000

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