Value distibution for all U.S. cities (pop. 50,000+)
Top 101 counties with the highest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+) | ||
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| Rank | City | Value |
| 1. | Los Angeles County, CA (Los Angeles, East San Gabriel Valley, Long Beach) (pop. 9,519,338) | 643.95millions of gallons per day |
| 2. | Miami-Dade County, FL (Miami, Kendale Lakes-Lindgren Acres, Hialeah) (pop. 2,253,362) | 394.29millions of gallons per day |
| 3. | Harris County, TX (Houston, Northwest Harris, Pasadena) (pop. 3,400,578) | 307.35millions of gallons per day |
| 4. | Riverside County, CA (Riverside, Perris Valley, Moreno Valley) (pop. 1,545,387) | 302.49millions of gallons per day |
| 5. | San Bernardino County, CA (San Bernardino, Ontario, Fontana) (pop. 1,709,434) | 279.76millions of gallons per day |
| 6. | Orange County, CA (North Coast, Santa Ana, Anaheim) (pop. 2,846,289) | 261.94millions of gallons per day |
| 7. | Broward County, FL (Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines) (pop. 1,623,018) | 258.06millions of gallons per day |
| 8. | Bexar County, TX (San Antonio, West Bexar, Southeast Bexar) (pop. 1,392,931) | 230.90millions of gallons per day |
| 9. | Orange County, FL (Orlando, Southwest Orange, Alafaya) (pop. 896,344) | 211.76millions of gallons per day |
| 10. | Palm Beach County, FL (Sunshine Parkway, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton) (pop. 1,131,184) | 194.57millions of gallons per day |
| 11. | Fresno County, CA (Fresno, Clovis, Reedley) (pop. 799,407) | 194.04millions of gallons per day |
| 12. | Shelby County, TN (Memphis, Bartlett, Germantown) (pop. 897,472) | 187.84millions of gallons per day |
| 13. | Nassau County, NY (North Hempstead, Hempstead, Levittown) (pop. 1,334,544) | 183.37millions of gallons per day |
| 14. | Pima County, AZ (Tucson, Casas Adobes, Catalina Foothills) (pop. 843,746) | 169.81millions of gallons per day |
| 15. | Honolulu County, HI (Honolulu, Urban Honolulu, Ewa) (pop. 876,156) | 164.81millions of gallons per day |
| 16. | Maricopa County, AZ (Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale) (pop. 3,072,149) | 154.55millions of gallons per day |
| 17. | Kern County, CA (Bakersfield, East Kern, Delano) (pop. 661,645) | 151.73millions of gallons per day |
| 18. | Sacramento County, CA (Sacramento, Mather, Arden-Arcade) (pop. 1,223,499) | 129.69millions of gallons per day |
| 19. | Suffolk County, NY (Brentwood, West Babylon, Commack) (pop. 1,419,369) | 124.54millions of gallons per day |
| 20. | Duval County, FL (Jacksonville, Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach) (pop. 778,879) | 119.12millions of gallons per day |
| 21. | Spokane County, WA (Spokane, Spokane Valley, Opportunity) (pop. 417,939) | 109.68millions of gallons per day |
| 22. | Bernalillo County, NM (Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, South Valley) (pop. 556,678) | 105.65millions of gallons per day |
| 23. | Santa Clara County, CA (San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara) (pop. 1,682,585) | 105.56millions of gallons per day |
| 24. | Pasco County, FL (Central Pasco, Bayonet Point, Holiday) (pop. 344,765) | 102.67millions of gallons per day |
| 25. | Montgomery County, OH (Dayton, Kettering, Huber Heights) (pop. 559,062) | 96.05millions of gallons per day |
| 26. | Utah County, UT (Provo, Orem, Pleasant Grove) (pop. 368,536) | 86.11millions of gallons per day |
| 27. | Hillsborough County, FL (Tampa, Citrus Park-Fern Lake, Brandon) (pop. 998,948) | 85.51millions of gallons per day |
| 28. | Stanislaus County, CA (Modesto, Turlock, Ceres) (pop. 446,997) | 84.97millions of gallons per day |
| 29. | Hennepin County, MN (Minneapolis, Bloomington, Brooklyn Park) (pop. 1,116,200) | 82.62millions of gallons per day |
| 30. | King County, WA (Seattle, East Seattle, Bellevue) (pop. 1,737,034) | 78.33millions of gallons per day |
| 31. | Salt Lake County, UT (Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Sandy) (pop. 898,387) | 77.45millions of gallons per day |
| 32. | Polk County, FL (Lakeland, Winter Haven, Bartow) (pop. 483,924) | 75.43millions of gallons per day |
| 33. | Seminole County, FL (Altamonte Springs, Sanford, Winter Springs) (pop. 365,196) | 66.90millions of gallons per day |
| 34. | East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (Baton Rouge, Central, Shenandoah) (pop. 412,852) | 64.14millions of gallons per day |
| 35. | El Paso County, TX (El Paso, Socorro, San Elizario) (pop. 679,622) | 63.67millions of gallons per day |
| 36. | Tulare County, CA (Visalia, Tulare, Porterville) (pop. 368,021) | 63.47millions of gallons per day |
| 37. | Clark County, NV (Las Vegas, Paradise, Henderson) (pop. 1,375,765) | 61.45millions of gallons per day |
| 38. | San Joaquin County, CA (Stockton, Lodi, Tracy) (pop. 563,598) | 58.39millions of gallons per day |
| 39. | Sonoma County, CA (Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park) (pop. 458,614) | 55.71millions of gallons per day |
| 40. | Volusia County, FL (Deltona, Daytona Beach, Port Orange) (pop. 443,343) | 54.90millions of gallons per day |
| 41. | Pierce County, WA (Tacoma, Lakewood, Graham-Thrift) (pop. 700,820) | 53.98millions of gallons per day |
| 42. | Fort Bend County, TX (Sugar Land, Missouri City, Mission Bend) (pop. 354,452) | 51.83millions of gallons per day |
| 43. | Lee County, FL (Cape Coral, Fort Myers, North Fort Myers) (pop. 440,888) | 49.09millions of gallons per day |
| 44. | Morris County, NJ (Morristown, Dover, Madison) (pop. 470,212) | 48.90millions of gallons per day |
| 45. | Montgomery County, TX (Southeast Montgomery, The Woodlands, Conroe) (pop. 293,768) | 48.39millions of gallons per day |
| 46. | Ada County, ID (Boise, Meridian, Orchard) (pop. 300,904) | 48.32millions of gallons per day |
| 47. | Queens County, NY (Queens) (pop. 2,229,379) | 48.24millions of gallons per day |
| 48. | Dane County, WI (Madison, Fitchburg, Sun Prairie) (pop. 426,526) | 48.15millions of gallons per day |
| 49. | Merced County, CA (Merced, Los Banos, Atwater) (pop. 210,554) | 47.28millions of gallons per day |
| 50. | Collier County, FL (Naples, Golden Gate, Immokalee) (pop. 251,377) | 47.17millions of gallons per day |
| 51. | Camden County, NJ (Camden, Pennsauken, Lindenwold) (pop. 508,932) | 45.87millions of gallons per day |
| 52. | Butler County, OH (Hamilton, Middletown, Fairfield) (pop. 332,807) | 45.32millions of gallons per day |
| 53. | Escambia County, FL (Pensacola, Cantonment, Ferry Pass) (pop. 294,410) | 44.63millions of gallons per day |
| 54. | Ocean County, NJ (Toms River, Lakewood, Point Pleasant) (pop. 510,916) | 43.34millions of gallons per day |
| 55. | Monterey County, CA (Salinas, Seaside, Monterey) (pop. 401,762) | 43.28millions of gallons per day |
| 56. | Middlesex County, MA (Lowell, Cambridge, Newton) (pop. 1,465,396) | 42.60millions of gallons per day |
| 57. | Will County, IL (Joliet, Bolingbrook, Homer Glen) (pop. 502,266) | 40.83millions of gallons per day |
| 58. | Hamilton County, OH (Cincinnati, Norwood, Forest Park) (pop. 845,303) | 40.13millions of gallons per day |
| 59. | Lake County, FL (Leesburg, Eustis, Lady Lake) (pop. 210,528) | 39.92millions of gallons per day |
| 60. | Pinellas County, FL (St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Boca Ciega) (pop. 921,482) | 39.88millions of gallons per day |
| 61. | Linn County, IA (Cedar Rapids, Marion, Hiawatha) (pop. 191,701) | 39.29millions of gallons per day |
| 62. | Clark County, WA (Vancouver, Hazel Dell, Orchards) (pop. 345,238) | 38.11millions of gallons per day |
| 63. | Leon County, FL (Tallahassee, Northeast Leon, East Leon) (pop. 239,452) | 35.70millions of gallons per day |
| 64. | Ingham County, MI (Lansing, East Lansing, Okemos) (pop. 279,320) | 34.28millions of gallons per day |
| 65. | Dona Ana County, NM (Las Cruces, Dona Ana-Hill, South Dona Ana) (pop. 174,682) | 34.07millions of gallons per day |
| 66. | Marion County, IN (Indianapolis, Lawrence, Beech Grove) (pop. 860,454) | 33.57millions of gallons per day |
| 67. | Chatham County, GA (Savannah, Pooler-Burroughs, Tybee Island-Wilmington) (pop. 232,048) | 33.45millions of gallons per day |
| 68. | Norfolk County, MA (Quincy, Brookline, Weymouth) (pop. 650,308) | 33.28millions of gallons per day |
| 69. | Jackson County, MO (Kansas City, Independence, Lee's Summit) (pop. 654,880) | 33.26millions of gallons per day |
| 70. | Ventura County, CA (Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley) (pop. 753,197) | 32.86millions of gallons per day |
| 71. | Winnebago County, IL (Rockford, Machesney Park, Loves Park) (pop. 278,418) | 32.80millions of gallons per day |
| 72. | Cache County, UT (Logan, Smithfield, Hyrum) (pop. 91,391) | 32.65millions of gallons per day |
| 73. | Dakota County, MN (Eagan, Burnsville, Apple Valley) (pop. 355,904) | 31.98millions of gallons per day |
| 74. | Maui County, HI (Kahului, Kihei, Wailuku) (pop. 128,094) | 31.83millions of gallons per day |
| 75. | Kane County, IL (Aurora, Elgin, Carpentersville) (pop. 404,119) | 31.65millions of gallons per day |
| 76. | Hawaii County, HI (Hilo, North Kona, South Kohala) (pop. 148,677) | 31.16millions of gallons per day |
| 77. | Burlington County, NJ (Moorestown-Lenola, Franklin Park, Browns Mills) (pop. 423,394) | 31.02millions of gallons per day |
| 78. | St. Joseph County, IN (South Bend, Mishawaka, Granger) (pop. 265,559) | 30.97millions of gallons per day |
| 79. | Yolo County, CA (Davis, Woodland, East Yolo) (pop. 168,660) | 30.73millions of gallons per day |
| 80. | Osceola County, FL (Kissimmee, Buenaventura Lakes, Yeehaw Junction) (pop. 172,493) | 30.00millions of gallons per day |
| 81. | Madison County, AL (Huntsville, Madison, Madison Crossroads) (pop. 276,700) | 29.96millions of gallons per day |
| 82. | Rapides Parish, LA (Alexandria, Pineville, Ball) (pop. 126,337) | 29.27millions of gallons per day |
| 83. | Weber County, UT (Ogden, Roy, North Ogden) (pop. 196,533) | 29.09millions of gallons per day |
| 84. | Anne Arundel County, MD (Glen Burnie, Annapolis, Severn) (pop. 489,656) | 29.05millions of gallons per day |
| 85. | Pinal County, AZ (San Tan Valley, North Pinal, Apache Junction) (pop. 179,727) | 28.90millions of gallons per day |
| 86. | Stark County, OH (Canton, Massillon, Alliance) (pop. 378,098) | 28.80millions of gallons per day |
| 87. | Brazos County, TX (College Station, Bryan, South Brazos) (pop. 152,415) | 28.49millions of gallons per day |
| 88. | Santa Barbara County, CA (Santa Maria Valley, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria) (pop. 399,347) | 28.36millions of gallons per day |
| 89. | Alachua County, FL (Gainesville, Alachua, High Springs) (pop. 217,955) | 28.26millions of gallons per day |
| 90. | Marion County, FL (Ocala, East Marion, Fellowship) (pop. 258,916) | 27.99millions of gallons per day |
| 91. | Clay County, MO (Gladstone, Liberty, Excelsior Springs) (pop. 184,006) | 27.95millions of gallons per day |
| 92. | Sarasota County, FL (Sarasota, Interior County, Gulf Gate-Osprey) (pop. 325,957) | 27.86millions of gallons per day |
| 93. | Atlantic County, NJ (Atlantic City, Pleasantville, Ventnor City) (pop. 252,552) | 27.82millions of gallons per day |
| 94. | Middlesex County, NJ (Edison, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy) (pop. 750,162) | 27.81millions of gallons per day |
| 95. | Butte County, CA (Chico, Paradise, Oroville) (pop. 203,171) | 27.44millions of gallons per day |
| 96. | Alameda County, CA (Oakland, Fremont, Hayward) (pop. 1,443,741) | 26.70millions of gallons per day |
| 97. | Waukesha County, WI (Waukesha, Brookfield, New Berlin) (pop. 360,767) | 26.67millions of gallons per day |
| 98. | Washoe County, NV (Reno, Sparks, North Valleys) (pop. 339,486) | 26.56millions of gallons per day |
| 99. | Worcester County, MA (Worcester, Leominster, Fitchburg) (pop. 750,963) | 26.15millions of gallons per day |
| 100. | Kalamazoo County, MI (Kalamazoo, Portage, Westwood) (pop. 238,603) | 25.96millions of gallons per day |
| 101. | Essex County, NJ (Newark, East Orange, Irvington) (pop. 793,633) | 25.43millions of gallons per day |