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 6. Self-supplied domestic water withdrawals, 2000.
[Figures may not sum to totals because of independent rounding]

STATE	POPULATION (in thousands)				WITHDRAWALS (in million gallons per day)			WITHDRAWALS (in thousand acre-feet per year)
	Total	Served by public supply	Self-supplied domestic		By source		Total	By source		Total
	Total	Served by public supply	Population	Population (in percent)	Ground water	Surface water	Total	Ground water	Surface water	Total

Alabama	4,450	3,580	868	20	78.9	0	78.9	88.4	0	88.4
Alaska	627	421	206	33	10.9	.25	11.2	12.2	.28	12.5
Arizona	5,130	4,870	265	5	28.9	0	28.9	32.4	0	32.4
Arkansas	2,670	2,320	351	13	28.5	0	28.5	31.9	0	31.9
California	33,900	30,100	3,810	11	257	28.6	286	288	32.0	320

Colorado	4,300	3,750	555	13	66.8	0	66.8	74.9	0	74.9
Connecticut	3,410	2,660	749	22	56.2	0	56.2	63.0	0	63.0
Delaware	784	617	166	21	13.3	0	13.3	14.9	0	14.9
District of Columbia	572	572	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Florida	16,000	14,000	1,950	12	199	0	199	223	0	223

Georgia	8,190	6,730	1,450	18	110	0	110	123	0	123
Hawaii	1,210	1,140	72.9	6	4.82	7.22	12.0	5.40	8.09	13.5
Idaho	1,290	928	366	28	85.2	0	85.2	95.6	0	95.6
Illinois	12,400	10,900	1,500	12	135	0	135	152	0	152
Indiana	6,080	4,480	1,600	26	122	0	122	137	0	137

Iowa	2,930	2,410	511	17	33.2	0	33.2	37.2	0	37.2
Kansas	2,690	2,500	193	7	21.6	0	21.6	24.2	0	24.2
Kentucky	4,040	3,490	552	14	19.5	8.00	27.5	21.9	8.97	30.8
Louisiana	4,470	3,950	523	12	41.2	0	41.2	46.2	0	46.2
Maine	1,270	726	549	43	35.7	0	35.7	40.0	0	40.0

Maryland	5,300	4,360	932	18	77.1	0	77.1	86.4	0	86.4
Massachusetts	6,350	5,880	473	7	42.2	0	42.2	47.2	0	47.2
Michigan	9,940	7,170	2,770	28	239	0	239	268	0	268
Minnesota	4,920	3,770	1,150	23	80.8	0	80.8	90.6	0	90.6
Mississippi	2,840	2,190	654	23	69.3	0	69.3	77.7	0	77.7

Missouri	5,600	4,770	824	15	53.6	0	53.6	60.1	0	60.1
Montana	902	664	238	26	17.3	1.29	18.6	19.4	1.45	20.8
Nebraska	1,710	1,390	324	19	48.4	0	48.4	54.3	0	54.3
Nevada	2,000	1,870	124	6	22.4	0	22.4	25.2	0	25.2
New Hampshire	1,240	756	479	39	40.9	.16	41.0	45.8	.18	46.0

New Jersey	8,410	7,460	952	11	79.7	0	79.7	89.3	0	89.3
New Mexico	1,820	1,460	360	20	31.4	0	31.4	35.2	0	35.2
New York	19,000	17,100	1,890	10	142	0	142	159	0	159
North Carolina	8,050	5,350	2,700	34	189	0	189	212	0	212
North Dakota	642	493	149	23	11.9	0	11.9	13.3	0	13.3

Ohio	11,400	9,570	1,790	16	132	2.71	134	148	3.04	151
Oklahoma	3,450	3,150	299	9	25.5	0	25.5	28.5	0	28.5
Oregon	3,420	2,730	692	20	68.3	7.97	76.2	76.5	8.93	85.5
Pennsylvania	12,300	10,100	2,190	18	132	0	132	148	0	148
Rhode Island	1,050	922	127	12	8.99	0	8.99	10.1	0	10.1

South Carolina	4,010	3,160	847	21	63.5	0	63.5	71.2	0	71.2
South Dakota	755	625	129	17	9.52	.01	9.53	10.7	.01	10.7
Tennessee	5,690	5,240	453	8	32.6	0	32.6	36.6	0	36.6
Texas	20,900	19,700	1,190	6	131	0	131	147	0	147
Utah	2,230	2,180	56.2	3	16.1	0	16.1	18.0	0	18.0

Vermont	609	362	247	41	20.7	.25	21.0	23.2	.28	23.5
Virginia	7,080	5,310	1,770	25	133	0	133	150	0	150
Washington	5,890	4,900	993	17	125	.02	125	140	.02	140
West Virginia	1,810	1,300	505	28	39.6	.81	40.4	44.4	.91	45.3
Wisconsin	5,360	3,620	1,750	33	96.3	0	96.3	108	0	108

Wyoming	494	406	87.5	18	6.57	0	6.57	7.36	0	7.36
Puerto Rico	3,810	3,800	12.8	0	.88	0	.88	.99	0	.99
U.S. Virgin Islands	109	53.4	55.2	51	0	1.69	1.69	0	1.89	1.89

TOTAL	285,000	242,000	43,500	15	3,530	58.9	3,590	3,960	66.1	4,030

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