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Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000

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Table 7. Irrigation water withdrawals, 2000.
[Figures may not sum to totals because of independent rounding]

STATE IRRIGATED LAND
(in thousand acres)
 WITHDRAWALS
(in million gallons per day)
 WITHDRAWALS
(in thousand acre-feet per year)
 APPLICATION
RATE
(in acre-feet
per acre)
By type of irrigation
 Total By source
 Total By source
 Total
Sprinkler Micro-
irrigation		 Surface Ground
water		 Surface
water		 Ground
water		 Surface
water
Alabama 68.7 1.30 0 70.00 14.5 28.7 43.1 16.2 32.2 48.4 0.69
Alaska 2.43 0 0.07 2.50 0.99 0.02 1.01 1.11 0.02 1.13 0.45
Arizona 183 14.0 779 976 2,750 2,660 5,400 3,080 2,980 6,060 6.21
Arkansas 631 0 3,880 4,510 6,510 1,410 7,910 7,290 1,580 8,870 1.97
California 1,660 3,010 5,470 10,100 11,600 18,900 30,500 13,100 21,100 34,200 3.37
                       
Colorado 1,190 1.16 2,220 3,400 2,160 9,260 11,400 2,420 10,400 12,800 3.76
Connecticut 20.6 0.39 0 21.0 17.0 13.4 30.4 19.0 15.0 34.0 1.62
Delaware 81.1 0.71 0 81.8 35.6 7.89 43.5 39.9 8.84 48.7 0.60
District of Columbia 0.32 0 0 0.32 0 0.18 0.18 0 0.20 0.20 0.63
Florida 515 704 839 2,060 2,180 2,110 4,290 2,450 2,370 4,810 2.34
                       
Georgia 1,470 73.8 0 1,540 750 392 1,140 841 439 1,280 0.83
Hawaii 16.70 105 0 122 171 193 364 191 216 407 3.35
Idaho 2,440 4.70 1,300 3,750 3,720 13,300 17,100 4,170 15,000 19,100 5.10
Illinois 365 0 0 365 150 4.25 154 168 4.76 173 0.47
Indiana 250 0 0 250 55.5 45.4 101 62.2 51.0 113 0.45
                       
Iowa 84.5 0 0 84.5 20.4 1.08 21.5 22.9 1.21 24.1 0.28
Kansas 2,660 2.14 647 3,310 3,430 288 3,710 3,840 323 4,160 1.26
Kentucky 66.6 0 0 66.6 1.14 28.2 29.3 1.28 31.6 32.9 0.49
Louisiana 110 0 830 940 791 232 1,020 887 261 1,150 1.22
Maine 35.0 0.95 0.03 36.0 0.61 5.23 5.84 0.68 5.86 6.55 0.18
                       
Maryland 57.3 3.32 0 60.6 29.8 12.6 42.4 33.4 14.1 47.6 0.78
Massachusetts 26.6 2.35 0 29.0 19.7 106 126 22.1 119 141 4.88
Michigan 401 8.67 4.87 415 128 73.2 201 144 82.0 226 0.54
Minnesota 546 0 26.9 573 190 36.6 227 213 41.1 254 0.44
Mississippi 455 0 966 1,420 1,310 99.1 1,410 1,470 111 1,580 1.11
                       
Missouri 532 1.43 792 1,330 1,380 48.1 1,430 1,550 53.9 1,600 1.21
Montana 506 0 1,220 1,720 83.0 7,870 7,950 93.0 8,820 8,920 5.18
Nebraska 4,110 0 3,710 7,820 7,420 1,370 8,790 8,320 1,540 9,860 1.26
Nevada 192 0 456 647 567 1,540 2,110 635 1,730 2,360 3.65
New Hampshire 6.08 0 0 6.08 0.50 4.25 4.75 0.56 4.76 5.32 0.88
                       
New Jersey 109 15.7 3.70 128 22.8 117 140 25.5 131 156 1.22
New Mexico 461 7.17 530 998 1,230 1,630 2,860 1,380 1,830 3,210 3.22
New York 70.0 8.73 1.84 80.6 23.3 12.1 35.5 26.1 13.6 39.8 0.49
North Carolina 193 3.70 0 196 65.8 221 287 73.8 248 322 1.64
North Dakota 200 0 26.7 227 72.2 73.2 145 80.9 82.1 163 0.72
                       
Ohio 61.0 0 0 61.0 13.9 17.8 31.7 15.6 19.9 35.5 0.58
Oklahoma 392 1.50 113 507 566 151 718 635 170 804 1.59
Oregon 1,160 4.02 1,000 2,170 792 5,290 6,080 887 5,920 6,810 3.14
Pennsylvania 28.9 7.17 0 36.0 1.38 12.5 13.9 1.55 14.0 15.6 0.43
Rhode Island 4.48 0.29 0.05 4.82 0.46 2.99 3.45 0.52 3.35 3.87 0.80
                       
South Carolina 166 3.66 17.5 187 106 162 267 118 181 300 1.60
South Dakota 276 0 78.3 354 137 236 373 153 264 418 1.18
Tennessee 51.2 5.35 3.96 60.5 7.33 15.1 22.4 8.22 16.9 25.1 0.41
Texas 4,010 89.4 2,390 6,490 6,500 2,130 8,630 7,290 2,390 9,680 1.49
Utah 526 1.68 880 1,410 469 3,390 3,860 526 3,800 4,330 3.08
                       
Vermont 4.95 0 0 4.95 0.33 3.45 3.78 0.37 3.87 4.24 0.86
Virginia 64.3 13.9 0 78.2 3.57 22.8 26.4 4.00 25.6 29.6 0.38
Washington 1,270 49.9 252 1,570 747 2,290 3,040 837 2,570 3,400 2.16
West Virginia 2.21 0 0.98 3.19 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.01
Wisconsin 355 0 0 355 195 1.57 196 218 1.76 220 0.62
                       
Wyoming 190 4.73 964 1,160 413 4,090 4,500 463 4,580 5,050 4.36
Puerto Rico 15.5 33.0 5.35 53.8 36.9 57.5 94.5 41.4 64.5 106 1.97
U.S. Virgin Islands 0.20 0 0 0.20 0.29 0.21 0.50 0.33 0.24 0.56 2.80
TOTAL 28,300 4,180 29,400 61,900 56,900 80,000 137,000 63,800 89,700 153,000 2.48

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