Water Use Per Capita (U.S.)
North AmericaPopulationEconomicThe estimated amount of water each person uses in the United Sates, by county.
USGSA map illustrates water use per capita across the United States, categorized by gallons per year per person.
Areas shaded in dark blue represent regions with the highest water usage, exceeding 5,000,000 gallons per year per person, predominantly found in parts of Alaska (Denali-Borough, Valdez-Cordova Census Area), Malheur, Harney, Phillips, Valley, Blaine, Carbon, Albany, Hudspeth, Culberson, and Millard. Regions with significant water usage, ranging from 500,000 to 5,000,000 gallons, are shown in medium blue and are primarily located in the western United States, including states like California, Nevada, and Arizona; Nye, Elko, Lincoln, Idaho, Chaves, Custor, Okanogon, Lassen, and Imperial. Counties with moderate water use, between 50,000 to 500,000 gallons, are depicted in lighter blue and are scattered throughout the Midwest and Eastern states: North-Slope Borough, Southeast Fairbank, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Northwest Arctic Borough, Mohave, San-Bernardino, St. Louis, Greene, and Elbert. The lightest blue areas, indicating less than 50,000 gallons per year per person, are found in various regions: Alaska (Yukon-Koyukuk Census, Nome Census, Dillingham Census), King, Cass, Polk, Piscataquis, Santa Rose, Marion, Perry, and Broome. Some areas are marked with a grey pattern, indicating no data available for those regions.
Class | Rank | Gallons per person | Cleveland | Hood | Hualalai | Kilauea | Mauna Loa | Novarupta | Okmok | Redoubt | Shishaldin | Spurr | St. Helens | Vsevidof | Westdahl | Yellowstone | Approximate Form and Extent of Outcrop of Carbonate Rocks | Class | Rank | Value | South Central | Northeast | Southeast | Northeast | West | Central | North Central | Central | Southwest | Upper Delta | Southeast | Northeast | West Central | Upper Plains | East Central | Northeast Prairie | North Central | West Central | East Central | West Southwest | East Central | Central | South Central | Coastal Plain | South Central | Central | Northern Valley | Northwest Prairie | Southeast | Lower Delta | North Central | Northeast | South Central | Southeast | South Central | West Central Plains | Central | Northwest | East Central | South Central | Central | East Central | South Central | Southwest | Southwest | Eastern | Prairie | North Central | Bootheel | Southeast | East Southeast | Northwest | East | 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