Value distibution for all U.S. cities (pop. 50,000+)
Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+) | ||
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| Rank | City | Value |
| 1. | Cook County, IL (Chicago, Cicero, Arlington Heights) (pop. 5,376,741) | 1032.00millions of gallons per day |
| 2. | Los Angeles County, CA (Los Angeles, East San Gabriel Valley, Long Beach) (pop. 9,519,338) | 930.88millions of gallons per day |
| 3. | Maricopa County, AZ (Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale) (pop. 3,072,149) | 584.00millions of gallons per day |
| 4. | Wayne County, MI (Detroit, Livonia, Dearborn) (pop. 2,061,162) | 493.17millions of gallons per day |
| 5. | Liberty County, TX (Liberty, Cleveland, Dayton) (pop. 70,154) | 488.75millions of gallons per day |
| 6. | Ulster County, NY (Kingston, Wawarsing, Ulster) (pop. 177,749) | 436.27millions of gallons per day |
| 7. | San Diego County, CA (San Diego, Chula Vista, Oceanside) (pop. 2,813,833) | 431.50millions of gallons per day |
| 8. | Clark County, NV (Las Vegas, Paradise, Henderson) (pop. 1,375,765) | 401.86millions of gallons per day |
| 9. | Montgomery County, MD (Silver Spring, Wheaton-Glenmont, Germantown) (pop. 873,341) | 379.74millions of gallons per day |
| 10. | Denton County, TX (Denton, Lewisville, Flower Mound) (pop. 432,976) | 360.64millions of gallons per day |
| 11. | Worcester County, MA (Worcester, Leominster, Fitchburg) (pop. 750,963) | 310.54millions of gallons per day |
| 12. | Philadelphia County, PA (Philadelphia) (pop. 1,517,550) | 294.30millions of gallons per day |
| 13. | Baltimore County, MD (Dundalk, Towson, Catonsville) (pop. 754,292) | 270.95millions of gallons per day |
| 14. | Cuyahoga County, OH (Cleveland, Parma, Lakewood) (pop. 1,393,978) | 260.83millions of gallons per day |
| 15. | King County, WA (Seattle, East Seattle, Bellevue) (pop. 1,737,034) | 253.02millions of gallons per day |
| 16. | Orange County, CA (North Coast, Santa Ana, Anaheim) (pop. 2,846,289) | 234.12millions of gallons per day |
| 17. | Dallas County, TX (Dallas, Garland, Irving) (pop. 2,218,899) | 229.77millions of gallons per day |
| 18. | Henderson County, TX (Cedar Creek Lake, Athens, La Rue-Poynor) (pop. 73,277) | 207.14millions of gallons per day |
| 19. | Allegheny County, PA (Pittsburgh, Penn Hills, Bethel Park) (pop. 1,281,666) | 205.45millions of gallons per day |
| 20. | Collin County, TX (Plano, McKinney, Allen) (pop. 491,675) | 199.94millions of gallons per day |
| 21. | Alameda County, CA (Oakland, Fremont, Hayward) (pop. 1,443,741) | 193.70millions of gallons per day |
| 22. | Santa Clara County, CA (San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara) (pop. 1,682,585) | 181.35millions of gallons per day |
| 23. | Salt Lake County, UT (Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Sandy) (pop. 898,387) | 180.94millions of gallons per day |
| 24. | Passaic County, NJ (Paterson, Clifton, Passaic) (pop. 489,049) | 179.25millions of gallons per day |
| 25. | Erie County, NY (Buffalo, Amherst, Cheektowaga) (pop. 950,265) | 176.30millions of gallons per day |
| 26. | St. Louis County, MO (Florissant, Chesterfield, University City) (pop. 1,016,315) | 174.42millions of gallons per day |
| 27. | Milwaukee County, WI (Milwaukee, West Allis, Wauwatosa) (pop. 940,164) | 173.65millions of gallons per day |
| 28. | Sacramento County, CA (Sacramento, Mather, Arden-Arcade) (pop. 1,223,499) | 172.90millions of gallons per day |
| 29. | St. Clair County, MI (Port Huron, Marysville, St. Clair) (pop. 164,235) | 170.99millions of gallons per day |
| 30. | Clackamas County, OR (Northwest Clackamas, Lake Oswego, Oregon City) (pop. 338,391) | 167.22millions of gallons per day |
| 31. | Franklin County, OH (Columbus, Westerville, Upper Arlington) (pop. 1,068,978) | 167.19millions of gallons per day |
| 32. | Tarrant County, TX (Fort Worth, Northeast Tarrant, Arlington) (pop. 1,446,219) | 166.32millions of gallons per day |
| 33. | Fulton County, GA (Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Roswell) (pop. 816,006) | 164.60millions of gallons per day |
| 34. | Contra Costa County, CA (Central Contra Costa, West Contra Costa, Concord) (pop. 948,816) | 156.54millions of gallons per day |
| 35. | Orleans Parish, LA (New Orleans) (pop. 484,674) | 155.16millions of gallons per day |
| 36. | Fairfield County, CT (Bridgeport, Stamford, Norwalk) (pop. 882,567) | 147.65millions of gallons per day |
| 37. | St. Louis city, MO (St. Louis) (pop. 348,189) | 147.06millions of gallons per day |
| 38. | Hunt County, TX (Greenville, Commerce, Wolfe City) (pop. 76,596) | 145.40millions of gallons per day |
| 39. | Denver County, CO (Denver, Holly Hills) (pop. 554,636) | 140.86millions of gallons per day |
| 40. | Clay County, MO (Gladstone, Liberty, Excelsior Springs) (pop. 184,006) | 138.00millions of gallons per day |
| 41. | Somerset County, NJ (Somerset, North Plainfield, Bradley Gardens) (pop. 297,490) | 134.08millions of gallons per day |
| 42. | Sullivan County, NY (Thompson, Fallsburg, Mamakating) (pop. 73,966) | 132.43millions of gallons per day |
| 43. | Mobile County, AL (Mobile, Tanner-Williams, Prichard) (pop. 399,843) | 125.00millions of gallons per day |
| 44. | Ventura County, CA (Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley) (pop. 753,197) | 124.46millions of gallons per day |
| 45. | Jefferson County, KY (Louisville, Jeffersontown, Pleasure Ridge Park) (pop. 693,604) | 121.79millions of gallons per day |
| 46. | Davidson County, TN (Metropolitan Government, Nashville-Davidson, Goodlettsville) (pop. 569,891) | 120.13millions of gallons per day |
| 47. | Hamilton County, OH (Cincinnati, Norwood, Forest Park) (pop. 845,303) | 118.56millions of gallons per day |
| 48. | Westchester County, NY (Yonkers, Greenburgh, New Rochelle) (pop. 923,459) | 118.09millions of gallons per day |
| 49. | Putnam County, NY (Carmel, Southeast, Kent) (pop. 95,745) | 116.01millions of gallons per day |
| 50. | Travis County, TX (Austin, Pflugerville, Wells Branch) (pop. 812,280) | 113.59millions of gallons per day |
| 51. | El Paso County, CO (Colorado Springs, Black Forest-Peyton, Security-Widefield) (pop. 516,929) | 109.56millions of gallons per day |
| 52. | Riverside County, CA (Riverside, Perris Valley, Moreno Valley) (pop. 1,545,387) | 107.58millions of gallons per day |
| 53. | Anoka County, MN (Coon Rapids, Blaine, Fridley) (pop. 298,084) | 105.77millions of gallons per day |
| 54. | Mecklenburg County, NC (Charlotte, Huntersville, Matthews) (pop. 695,454) | 104.21millions of gallons per day |
| 55. | Jefferson County, CO (Northeast Jefferson, Lakewood, Arvada) (pop. 527,056) | 97.74millions of gallons per day |
| 56. | Cobb County, GA (Northeast Cobb, Marietta, Smyrna) (pop. 607,751) | 96.58millions of gallons per day |
| 57. | Wyandotte County, KS (Kansas City, Bonner Springs, Edwardsville) (pop. 157,882) | 94.41millions of gallons per day |
| 58. | San Bernardino County, CA (San Bernardino, Ontario, Fontana) (pop. 1,709,434) | 92.42millions of gallons per day |
| 59. | Arapahoe County, CO (South Aurora, Southwest Arapahoe, Centennial) (pop. 487,967) | 92.02millions of gallons per day |
| 60. | Providence County, RI (Providence, Cranston, Pawtucket) (pop. 621,602) | 91.48millions of gallons per day |
| 61. | Marion County, IN (Indianapolis, Lawrence, Beech Grove) (pop. 860,454) | 91.05millions of gallons per day |
| 62. | Gwinnett County, GA (Dacula-Rocky Creek, Lawrenceville, Duluth) (pop. 588,448) | 89.97millions of gallons per day |
| 63. | Lucas County, OH (Toledo, Oregon, Sylvania) (pop. 455,054) | 89.36millions of gallons per day |
| 64. | Richmond city, VA (Richmond) (pop. 197,790) | 89.03millions of gallons per day |
| 65. | Bergen County, NJ (Hackensack, Teaneck, Fort Lee) (pop. 884,118) | 87.53millions of gallons per day |
| 66. | DeKalb County, GA (North Atlanta, Redan, Dunwoody) (pop. 665,865) | 86.72millions of gallons per day |
| 67. | San Mateo County, CA (Daly City, San Mateo, Redwood City) (pop. 707,161) | 86.66millions of gallons per day |
| 68. | Jefferson Parish, LA (Metairie, Kenner, Marrero) (pop. 455,466) | 85.21millions of gallons per day |
| 69. | Bell County, TX (Killeen, Temple, Fort Hood) (pop. 237,974) | 81.77millions of gallons per day |
| 70. | Hunterdon County, NJ (Flemington, Lambertville, High Bridge) (pop. 121,989) | 81.58millions of gallons per day |
| 71. | San Francisco County, CA (San Francisco) (pop. 776,733) | 81.37millions of gallons per day |
| 72. | Hillsborough County, FL (Tampa, Citrus Park-Fern Lake, Brandon) (pop. 998,948) | 80.88millions of gallons per day |
| 73. | Lake County, IN (Gary, Hammond, East Chicago) (pop. 484,564) | 77.83millions of gallons per day |
| 74. | Marion County, OR (Salem, Keizer, Woodburn) (pop. 284,834) | 76.89millions of gallons per day |
| 75. | Fairfax County, VA (Burke, Reston, Annandale) (pop. 969,749) | 75.09millions of gallons per day |
| 76. | Monroe County, NY (Rochester, Irondequoit, Perinton) (pop. 735,343) | 74.08millions of gallons per day |
| 77. | Suffolk city, VA (Suffolk) (pop. 63,677) | 73.73millions of gallons per day |
| 78. | Hidalgo County, TX (McAllen, Southeast Hidalgo, Edinburg) (pop. 569,463) | 72.60millions of gallons per day |
| 79. | Boulder County, CO (Boulder, Longmont, Lafayette) (pop. 291,288) | 70.99millions of gallons per day |
| 80. | Adams County, CO (Aurora, West Adams, Westminster) (pop. 363,857) | 70.75millions of gallons per day |
| 81. | New Haven County, CT (New Haven, Waterbury, Meriden) (pop. 824,008) | 69.81millions of gallons per day |
| 82. | Onondaga County, NY (Syracuse, Clay, Salina) (pop. 458,336) | 69.64millions of gallons per day |
| 83. | Litchfield County, CT (Torrington, Watertown, Plymouth) (pop. 182,193) | 68.81millions of gallons per day |
| 84. | Pulaski County, AR (Little Rock, North Little Rock, Jacksonville) (pop. 361,474) | 68.20millions of gallons per day |
| 85. | Essex County, MA (Lynn, Lawrence, Haverhill) (pop. 723,419) | 67.97millions of gallons per day |
| 86. | Wake County, NC (Raleigh, Cary, Apex) (pop. 627,846) | 67.83millions of gallons per day |
| 87. | Washoe County, NV (Reno, Sparks, North Valleys) (pop. 339,486) | 66.06millions of gallons per day |
| 88. | Pierce County, WA (Tacoma, Lakewood, Graham-Thrift) (pop. 700,820) | 65.76millions of gallons per day |
| 89. | El Paso County, TX (El Paso, Socorro, San Elizario) (pop. 679,622) | 65.18millions of gallons per day |
| 90. | Prince William County, VA (Dale City, Manassas, Marumsco) (pop. 280,813) | 64.62millions of gallons per day |
| 91. | Berkeley County, SC (Goose Creek, Hanahan, Sangaree) (pop. 142,651) | 64.40millions of gallons per day |
| 92. | Snohomish County, WA (Everett, Edmonds, Seattle Hill-Silver Firs) (pop. 606,024) | 64.19millions of gallons per day |
| 93. | Whitfield County, GA (Dalton, Westside, North Whitfield) (pop. 83,525) | 63.98millions of gallons per day |
| 94. | Rogers County, OK (Claremore, Catoosa, Oolagah-Talala) (pop. 70,641) | 63.84millions of gallons per day |
| 95. | Knox County, TN (Knoxville, Concord, Farragut) (pop. 382,032) | 61.18millions of gallons per day |
| 96. | Solano County, CA (Vallejo, Fairfield, Vacaville) (pop. 394,542) | 59.92millions of gallons per day |
| 97. | Walker County, AL (Jasper, Manchester, Townley) (pop. 70,713) | 58.34millions of gallons per day |
| 98. | Lancaster County, PA (Lancaster, Ephrata, Elizabethtown) (pop. 470,658) | 58.33millions of gallons per day |
| 99. | Lake County, IL (Waukegan, North Chicago, Highland Park) (pop. 644,356) | 56.98millions of gallons per day |
| 100. | Placer County, CA (Roseville, Loomis Basin-Folsom Lake, Rocklin) (pop. 248,399) | 56.48millions of gallons per day |
| 101. | Oklahoma County, OK (Oklahoma City, Edmond, Midwest City) (pop. 660,448) | 56.35millions of gallons per day |