Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000

50 years of water use information, 1950-2000

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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