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Identifying areas where groundwater levels are declining due to human activities is essential for effective resource management. This study investigates the influence of land use and land cover, crop types, and precipitation patterns on groundwater level trends across the Mississippi River Watershed (MRW), USA. Groundwater storage changes from 2003 to 2015 were estimated using data from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission. A spatiotemporal analysis was conducted at four scales: the entire MRW, groundwater regimes based on groundwater level change rates, 31 states within the MRW, and six USGS hydrologic unit code (HUC)-2 watersheds. The results indicate that the Lower Mississippi region experienced the fastest groundwater decline, with a Sen\u2019s slope of \u22120.07 cm\/year for the mean equivalent water thickness, which was attributed to intensive groundwater-based soybean farming. By comparing groundwater levels with changes in land use, crop types, and precipitation, trends driven by human activities were identified. This work underscores the ongoing relevance of GRACE data and the GRACE Follow-On mission, launched in 2018, which continues to provide vital data for monitoring groundwater storage. 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