Water Use by Category by US Contiguous County

Total freshwater and saline-water withdrawals were estimated to be more 300,000 million gallons per day.

Water withdrawals in 4 States (California, Texas, Idaho, Florida) accounted for more than 1/4 of all fresh and saline water withdrawn in the U.S.

California accounted for 9% of the total withdrawals for all categories and 9% of total freshwater withdrawals for all categories in the USA.