HDR1012000170170208961500Cotton Ginnings                                        
HDR2012000170170208961500Cotton Ginnings Tables                                 
                                                                                
Released February 8, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service      
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For     
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Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to             
February 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1992-1995             
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      Crop      :                 Running Bales Ginned                          
      and       : ------------------------------------------------------------- 
     State      :      1992     :      1993     :      1994     :      1995     
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                :                                                               
All Cotton      :                                                               
    AL          :       583,450         438,800         680,350         455,650 
    AZ          :       798,550         816,350         818,350         828,450 
    AR          :     1,644,800       1,100,450       1,764,500       1,458,050 
    CA          :     2,981,250       2,997,300       2,815,100       2,457,600 
    FL 1/       :        77,700          96,200                                 
    GA          :       705,200         701,950       1,458,000       1,909,150 
    KS 1/ 2/    :                                                               
    LA          :     1,294,900       1,106,200       1,510,100       1,368,900 
    MS          :     2,070,250       1,508,200       2,080,450       1,803,950 
    MO          :       528,100         335,200         554,500         477,400 
    NM          :        54,750          72,900          68,100          69,600 
    NC          :       443,900         416,600         805,450         789,150 
    OK          :       163,850         255,050         228,100         117,300 
    SC          :       205,850         196,050         363,200         352,200 
    TN          :       809,500         528,350         863,100         712,250 
    TX          :     3,140,550       4,989,200       4,827,350       4,365,150 
    VA 1/       :        24,100                                         129,850 
    US          :    15,526,700      15,589,900      19,027,650      17,401,750 
                :                                                               
Amer-Pima       :                                                               
    AZ          :       132,400          84,300          77,700          70,700 
    CA          :       247,400         180,850         172,150         206,500 
    NM          :        13,050          12,850          14,050          13,900 
    TX          :        61,200          52,500          56,100          54,850 
Oth Sts         :         1,000              70               0               0 
    US          :       455,050         330,570         320,000         345,950 
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          
2/  No gins operated in 1992 and 1994.                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
Ct Gn 1 (2-96)                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                    Bureau of the Census Cotton Information                     
                                                                                
Cotton consumed during the month ending December 31, 1995, amounted to          
799,229 bales.  Cotton on hand in consuming establishments at the end of        
December was 551,609 bales, and the total in public storage and in compresses   
was 9,762,834 bales.  Active consuming cotton spindles totaled 2,748,000, and   
the quantity of domestic cotton exported, excluding linters, was 779,500 bales. 
These and other data were published in "Census Bulletin M22P(95)-12", dated     
February 7, 1996.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Estimates are All Cotton ginned prior to February 1, 1996.                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
UNITED STATES           :   17,401,750 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Alabama                :              :: Alabama (Cont'd)       :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Colbert             1/ :              :: Baldwin             1/ :              
 Lauderdale          1/ :              :: Escambia            1/ :              
 Lawrence               :       35,200 :: Mobile              1/ :              
 Limestone              :       60,700 :: Monroe              1/ :              
 Madison                :       25,700 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :       91,650 
 District 10            :      145,600 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Covington           1/ :              
 Blount              1/ :              :: Crenshaw            1/ :              
 Cherokee            1/ :              :: Geneva              1/ :              
                        :              :: Henry               1/ :              
 District 20         2/ :              :: Houston             1/ :              
                        :              :: Russell             1/ :              
 Chilton             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Fayette             1/ :              :: District 60            :      151,800 
 Pickens             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Shelby              1/ :              :: AL  Total              :      455,650 
 Tallapoosa          1/ :              ::                        :              
 Tuscaloosa          1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Arizona                :              
 District 30         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Mohave              1/ :              
 Autauga             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Dallas              1/ :              :: District 20         2/ :              
 Elmore                 :        6,100 ::                        :              
 Greene              1/ :              :: Maricopa               :      353,800 
 Hale                1/ :              :: Pinal                  :      263,800 
 Lowndes             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Macon               1/ :              :: District 50            :      617,600 
 Marengo             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: La Paz              1/ :              
 District 40            :       34,450 :: Yuma                   :       74,100 
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See footnotes on page 11.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Arizona (Cont'd)       :              :: Arkansas (Cont'd)      :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Miller              1/ :              
 District 70         3/ :       74,100 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 70            :       11,000 
 Cochise                :       17,100 ::                        :              
 Graham              1/ :              :: Ashley                 :      110,400 
 Greenlee            1/ :              :: Chicot              1/ :              
 Pima                1/ :              :: Desha                  :      174,050 
                        :              :: Drew                1/ :              
 District 90            :       75,950 :: Jefferson              :      101,650 
                        :              :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 AZ  Total              :      828,450 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90            :      470,450 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Arkansas               :              :: AR  Total              :    1,458,050 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Clay                   :       20,750 ::                        :              
 Craighead              :      133,250 :: California             :              
 Greene                 :       22,100 ::                        :              
 Mississippi            :      298,150 :: Colusa              1/ :              
 Poinsett               :      105,750 :: Sutter              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30            :      580,000 :: District 50         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Crittenden             :       94,700 :: Fresno                 :      856,550 
 Cross               1/ :              :: Kern                   :      491,100 
 Lee                 1/ :              :: Kings                  :      512,250 
 Lonoke                 :       51,950 :: Madera                 :      104,350 
 Monroe              1/ :              :: Merced                 :      158,650 
 Phillips               :      136,150 :: Tulare                 :      264,500 
 Prairie             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Saint Franci           :       38,250 :: District 51            :    2,387,400 
 Woodruff            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Imperial            1/ :              
 District 60            :      396,600 :: Riverside           1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Lafayette           1/ :              :: District 80         2/ :              
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See footnotes on page 11.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 California (Cont'd)    :              :: Georgia (Cont'd)       :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 CA  Total              :    2,457,600 :: Candler             1/ :              
                        :              :: Jefferson           1/ :              
                        :              :: Screven             1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 60            :      249,450 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Calhoun             1/ :              
 FL  Total           4/ :              :: Decatur             1/ :              
                        :              :: Early               1/ :              
                        :              :: Lee                 1/ :              
 Georgia                :              :: Miller              1/ :              
                        :              :: Mitchell            1/ :              
 Bartow              1/ :              :: Randolph            1/ :              
                        :              :: Seminole            1/ :              
 District 10         2/ :              :: Sumter              1/ :              
                        :              :: Terrell             1/ :              
 Elbert              1/ :              :: Thomas              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30         2/ :              :: District 70            :      532,700 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Taylor              1/ :              :: Berrien             1/ :              
                        :              :: Brooks              1/ :              
 District 40         2/ :              :: Coffee              1/ :              
                        :              :: Colquitt               :      255,100 
 Bleckley            1/ :              :: Cook                1/ :              
 Crawford            1/ :              :: Crisp               1/ :              
 Dodge               1/ :              :: Dooly                  :      136,050 
 Johnson             1/ :              :: Irwin               1/ :              
 Laurens             1/ :              :: Jeff Davis          1/ :              
 Morgan              1/ :              :: Lowndes             1/ :              
 Pulaski             1/ :              :: Tift                1/ :              
                        :              :: Turner              1/ :              
 District 50            :      117,700 :: Wilcox              1/ :              
                        :              :: Worth               1/ :              
 Bulloch             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Burke                  :      105,800 :: District 80            :      940,750 
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See footnotes on page 11.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Georgia (Cont'd)       :              :: Louisiana (Cont'd)     :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Appling             1/ :              :: Avoyelles           1/ :              
 Pierce              1/ :              :: Catahoula              :       71,200 
                        :              :: Concordia              :       95,800 
 District 90         2/ :              :: Pointe Coupe        1/ :              
                        :              :: Rapides                :       73,050 
 GA  Total              :    1,909,150 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :      310,750 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Kansas              4/ :              :: LA  Total              :    1,368,900 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Louisiana              :              :: Mississippi            :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Caddo                  :       37,450 :: Bolivar                :      103,100 
 Red River           1/ :              :: Coahoma                :      152,150 
                        :              :: Quitman                :       58,100 
 District 10         3/ :       37,450 :: Tallahatchie           :      100,400 
                        :              :: Tunica                 :       48,850 
 Ouachita            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 10            :      462,600 
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Benton              1/ :              
 East Carroll           :      118,400 :: Calhoun                :       22,150 
 Franklin               :      178,850 :: Desoto              1/ :              
 Madison             1/ :              :: Grenada             1/ :              
 Morehouse              :      155,850 :: Lafayette           1/ :              
 Richland               :      208,400 :: Marshall            1/ :              
 Tensas                 :      127,600 :: Panola                 :       65,500 
 West Carroll           :      101,750 :: Tate                1/ :              
                        :              :: Yalobusha           1/ :              
 District 30         3/ :      890,850 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 20            :      181,650 
 Natchitoches        1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Lee                 1/ :              
 District 40         2/ :              :: Pontotoc            1/ :              
                        :              :: Prentiss            1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 11.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Mississippi (Cont'd)   :              :: Mississippi (Cont'd)   :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Tippah              1/ :              :: MS  Total              :    1,803,950 
 Union               1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30            :       22,400 :: Missouri               :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Humphreys              :       94,550 :: Dunklin                :      147,200 
 Issaquena           1/ :              :: New Madrid             :      153,500 
 Leflore                :      156,700 :: Pemiscot               :      104,600 
 Sharkey             1/ :              :: Scott               1/ :              
 Sunflower              :      188,400 :: Stoddard            1/ :              
 Washington             :      172,800 ::                        :              
 Yazoo                  :      143,550 :: District 90            :      477,400 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 40         3/ :      756,000 :: MO  Total              :      477,400 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Carroll             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Holmes                 :      103,750 :: New Mexico             :              
 Leake               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Madison                :       27,100 :: Quay                1/ :              
 Montgomery          1/ :              :: Roosevelt           1/ :              
 Rankin              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Webster             1/ :              :: District 30         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 50            :      197,450 :: Hidalgo             1/ :              
                        :              :: Luna                1/ :              
 Chickasaw           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Monroe              1/ :              :: District 70         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 60         2/ :              :: Chaves              1/ :              
                        :              :: Dona Ana               :       28,600 
 Hinds               1/ :              :: Eddy                1/ :              
 Jefferson           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Warren              1/ :              :: District 90         3/ :       28,600 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 70            :       66,650 :: NM  Total              :       69,600 
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See footnotes on page 11.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 North Carolina         :              :: North Carolina (Cont'd):              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Rutherford          1/ :              :: Sampson                :       50,750 
                        :              :: Scotland            1/ :              
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90         3/ :       88,350 
 Anson               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Cleveland           1/ :              :: NC  Total              :      789,150 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 60            :       41,650 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Oklahoma               :              
 Bertie              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Edgecombe           1/ :              :: Beckham                :        7,150 
 Gates               1/ :              :: Custer              1/ :              
 Halifax                :       64,100 :: Washita                :       10,650 
 Hertford            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Martin              1/ :              :: District 20         3/ :       17,800 
 Nash                1/ :              ::                        :              
 Northampton            :       65,450 :: Caddo                  :        5,500 
 Perquimans          1/ :              :: Cotton              1/ :              
                        :              :: Greer                  :        4,400 
 District 70            :      366,050 :: Harmon                 :       11,950 
                        :              :: Jackson                :       28,450 
 Craven              1/ :              :: Kiowa                  :        8,800 
 Greene              1/ :              :: Tillman                :       34,050 
 Jones               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lenoir              1/ :              :: District 30         3/ :       93,150 
 Pitt                1/ :              ::                        :              
 Wayne               1/ :              :: Canadian            1/ :              
 Wilson              1/ :              :: Grady               1/ :              
                        :              :: Mcclain             1/ :              
 District 80            :      215,700 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :        3,950 
 Bladen              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Duplin              1/ :              :: Bryan               1/ :              
 Harnett             1/ :              :: Stephens            1/ :              
 Hoke                1/ :              ::                        :              
 Robeson                :       37,600 :: District 60         2/ :              
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See footnotes on page 11.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Oklahoma (Cont'd)      :              :: South Carolina (Cont'd):              
                        :              ::                        :              
 OK  Total              :      117,300 :: SC  Total              :      352,200 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 South Carolina         :              :: Tennessee              :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 York                1/ :              :: Dyer                1/ :              
                        :              :: Lake                1/ :              
 District 20         2/ :              :: Lauderdale             :       65,500 
                        :              :: Tipton                 :       79,950 
 Darlington             :       21,050 ::                        :              
 Dillon              1/ :              :: District 10         3/ :      145,450 
 Florence            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Marlboro               :       35,450 :: Carroll             1/ :              
 Williamsburg        1/ :              :: Crockett               :      139,000 
                        :              :: Fayette             1/ :              
 District 30            :      115,350 :: Gibson                 :       95,200 
                        :              :: Hardeman            1/ :              
 Aiken               1/ :              :: Haywood                :      163,450 
 Saluda              1/ :              :: Madison                :       36,000 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 40            :        7,000 :: District 20            :      521,450 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Calhoun                :       61,800 :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 Clarendon           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lee                    :       42,000 :: District 40         2/ :              
 Orangeburg             :       57,700 ::                        :              
 Sumter                 :       25,600 :: TN  Total              :      712,250 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 50         3/ :      187,100 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Texas                  :              
 Allendale           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Barnwell            1/ :              :: Briscoe                :       24,900 
                        :              :: Castro                 :       45,350 
 District 80         2/ :              :: Deaf Smith          1/ :              
                        :              :: Floyd                  :      102,100 
                        :              :: Hale                   :      216,500 
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See footnotes on page 11.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Texas (Cont'd)         :              :: Texas (Cont'd)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Parmer                 :       64,050 :: Wilbarger              :       20,250 
 Swisher                :       30,250 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 21            :      152,200 
 District 11         3/ :      483,150 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Baylor              1/ :              
 Bailey                 :       61,850 :: Coleman             1/ :              
 Cochran             1/ :              :: Fisher              1/ :              
 Crosby                 :      142,100 :: Haskell                :       41,350 
 Dawson                 :      152,750 :: Jones                  :       18,600 
 Gaines                 :      309,750 :: Knox                   :       22,500 
 Glasscock           1/ :              :: Mitchell               :       20,100 
 Hockley                :      276,300 :: Nolan               1/ :              
 Howard                 :       45,450 :: Runnels                :       13,150 
 Lamb                   :      188,400 :: Scurry                 :       27,900 
 Lubbock                :      214,300 :: Taylor              1/ :              
 Lynn                   :      186,050 ::                        :              
 Martin                 :      102,000 :: District 22            :      200,850 
 Midland             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Terry                  :      216,700 :: Clay                1/ :              
 Yoakum                 :      132,350 :: Throckmorton        1/ :              
                        :              :: Young               1/ :              
 District 12            :    2,120,300 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 30            :        6,000 
 Borden              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Childress           1/ :              :: Collin              1/ :              
 Collingswort        1/ :              :: Delta               1/ :              
 Cottle              1/ :              :: Denton              1/ :              
 Dickens             1/ :              :: Ellis                  :       24,300 
 Donley              1/ :              :: Falls               1/ :              
 Foard               1/ :              :: Fannin              1/ :              
 Garza                  :       13,000 :: Hill                   :       39,100 
 Hall                   :       33,750 :: Hunt                1/ :              
 Hardeman            1/ :              :: Kaufman             1/ :              
 Kent                1/ :              :: Lamar               1/ :              
 Motley              1/ :              :: Mclennan            1/ :              
 Wichita             1/ :              :: Milam                  :       29,750 
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See footnotes on page 11.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County,                
                      District, State and United States                         
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          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running    
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales     
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned     
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                        :              ::                        :              
 Texas (Cont'd)         :              :: Texas (Cont'd)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Navarro             1/ :              :: Kleberg             1/ :              
 Williamson             :       63,100 :: Nueces                 :      135,200 
                        :              :: Refugio             1/ :              
 District 40            :      231,350 :: San Patricio           :      238,100 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Houston             1/ :              :: District 82            :      457,300 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 51         2/ :              :: Brazoria               :       19,050 
                        :              :: Calhoun             1/ :              
 Brazos              1/ :              :: Fort Bend              :       78,700 
 Robertson              :       51,700 :: Jackson             1/ :              
 Walker              1/ :              :: Matagorda           1/ :              
                        :              :: Wharton                :      177,050 
 District 52            :       86,350 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90            :      359,150 
 El Paso             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Pecos               1/ :              :: Zavala              1/ :              
 Reeves              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 96         2/ :              
 District 60            :       82,400 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Cameron                :       15,450 
 Concho              1/ :              :: Hidalgo                :       28,700 
 Mcculloch           1/ :              :: Starr               1/ :              
 Schleicher          1/ :              :: Willacy                :        7,600 
 Tom Green              :       23,800 ::                        :              
 Upton               1/ :              :: District 97         3/ :       51,750 
 Uvalde              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: TX  Total              :    4,365,150 
 District 70            :       59,250 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Burleson            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Caldwell            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Medina              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 81            :       32,600 :: VA  Total              :      129,850 
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1/  Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins.                               
2/  Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in State total.  
3/  Excludes some gins' data to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included  
    in State total.                                                             
4/  Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in U.S. total.   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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