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Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000

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This section has been revised since its initial release.

Table 5. Public supply 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
  
By source
 Total  
By source
 Total
Population Population
(in percent)		 Ground
water		 Surface
water		 Ground
water		 Surface
water
Alabama 4,450 3,580 80 281 553 834 315 620 935
Alaska 627 421 67 29.3 50.7 80.0 32.9 56.9 89.7
Arizona 5,130 4,870 95 469 613 1,080 526 688 1,210
Arkansas 2,670 2,320 87 132 289 421 148 324 472
California 33,900 30,100 89 2,800 3,320 6,120 3,140 3,730 6,860
                   
Colorado 4,300 3,750 87 53.7 846 899 60.2 948 1,010
Connecticut 3,410 2,660 78 66.0 358 424 74.0 402 476
Delaware 784 617 79 45.0 49.8 94.9 50.5 55.9 106
District of Columbia 572 572 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 16,000 14,000 88 2,200 237 2,440 2,470 266 2,730
                   
Georgia 8,190 6,730 82 278 968 1,250 311 1,090 1,400
Hawaii 1,210 1,140 94 243 7.60 250 272 8.52 281
Idaho 1,290 928 72 219 25.3 244 245 28.3 274
Illinois 12,400 10,900 88 353 1,410 1,760 396 1,580 1,970
Indiana 6,080 4,480 74 345 326 670 386 365 751
                   
Iowa 2,930 2,410 83 303 79.8 383 340 89.5 429
Kansas 2,690 2,500 93 172 244 416 193 273 466
Kentucky 4,040 3,490 86 71.0 455 525 79.5 510 589
Louisiana 4,470 3,950 88 349 404 753 392 453 844
Maine 1,270 726 57 29.6 72.5 102 33.2 81.3 115
                   
Maryland 5,300 4,360 82 84.6 740 824 94.8 829 924
Massachusetts 6,350 5,880 93 197 542 739 220 608 828
Michigan 9,940 7,170 72 247 896 1,140 277 1,000 1,280
Minnesota 4,920 3,770 77 329 171 500 369 192 561
Mississippi 2,840 2,190 77 319 40.4 359 357 45.3 402
                   
Missouri 5,600 4,770 85 278 594 872 311 666 978
Montana 902 664 74 56.1 92.4 149 62.9 104 167
Nebraska 1,710 1,390 81 266 63.8 330 299 71.6 370
Nevada 2,000 1,870 94 151 478 629 169 536 705
New Hampshire 1,240 756 61 33.0 64.1 97.1 37.0 71.9 109
                   
New Jersey 8,410 7,460 89 400 650 1,050 449 729 1,180
New Mexico 1,820 1,460 80 262 33.8 296 294 37.9 332
New York 19,000 17,100 90 583 1,980 2,570 653 2,220 2,880
North Carolina 8,050 5,350 66 166 779 945 186 873 1,060
North Dakota 642 493 77 32.4 31.2 63.6 36.3 35.0 71.3
                   
Ohio 11,400 9,570 84 500 966 1,470 560 1,080 1,640
Oklahoma 3,450 3,150 91 113 562 675 127 631 757
Oregon 3,420 2,730 80 118 447 566 133 501 634
Pennsylvania 12,300 10,100 82 212 1,250 1,460 237 1,400 1,640
Rhode Island 1,050 922 88 16.9 102 119 19.0 115 134
                   
South Carolina 4,010 3,160 79 105 462 566 117 517 635
South Dakota 755 625 83 54.2 39.1 93.3 60.7 43.9 105
Tennessee 5,690 5,240 92 321 569 890 360 638 997
Texas 20,900 19,700 94 1,260 2,970 4,230 1,420 3,330 4,740
Utah 2,230 2,180 97 364 274 638 408 307 715
                   
Vermont 609 362 59 19.5 40.6 60.1 21.8 45.6 67.4
Virginia 7,080 5,310 75 70.7 650 720 79.3 728 808
Washington 5,890 4,900 83 464 552 1,020 520 619 1,140
West Virginia 1,810 1,300 72 41.6 149 190 46.6 167 213
Wisconsin 5,360 3,620 67 330 293 623 370 329 699
                   
Wyoming 494 406 82 57.2 49.4 107 64.1 55.3 119
Puerto Rico 3,810 3,800 100 88.5 425 513 99.2 476 576
U.S. Virgin Islands 109 53.4 49 0.52 5.57 6.09 0.58 6.24 6.83
TOTAL 285,000 242,000 85 16,000 27,300 43,300 17,900 30,600 48,500

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