HDR1012000170170324951500COTTON GINNINGS
HDR2012000170170324951500CTN:  RNNG BLS GNND, '93-94
Released March 24, 1995 by the Agricultural Statistics Board.  Estimates refer
to the 1994 crop year.

      Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales (Excluding Linters) and Equivalent
     480-pound Net Weight Bales Ginned, by Crop, State, and United States,
                              Crop Years 1993-94
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  Crop     :     Running Bales Ginned      :      Equivalent 480-pound
   and     :         by Crop Year          :        Net Weight Bales
  State    :------------------------------------------------------------------
           :     1993       :      1994    :        1993      :      1994
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           :
Upland     :
  AL       :    440,950           687,850           456,600           707,900
  AZ       :    732,200           743,500           751,950           764,400
  AR       :  1,101,500         1,766,950         1,113,500         1,799,000
  CA       :  2,856,600         2,642,900         2,955,050         2,735,400
  FL       :     96,650                             100,350
  GA       :    703,400         1,498,100           726,050         1,549,300
  KS 1/ 2/ :
  LA       :  1,106,300         1,513,100         1,126,350         1,534,200
  MS       :  1,510,050         2,083,350         1,543,800         2,132,850
  MO       :    336,000           555,350           340,200           564,700
  NM       :     60,100            54,150            61,550            55,100
  NC       :    417,100           806,150           426,300           831,000
  OK       :    257,100           232,400           265,600           239,100
  SC       :    196,350           370,000           202,150           381,550
  TN       :    529,200           863,250           536,100           878,900
  TX       :  4,944,400         4,789,600         5,109,800         4,939,300
  VA 1/    :
  US       : 15,318,200        18,797,850        15,747,250        19,310,400
           :
Amer-Pima  :
  AZ       :     84,550            78,150            87,250            80,700
  CA       :    206,700           178,300           214,100           184,150
  NM       :     12,850            14,100            13,200            14,500
  TX       :     52,500            56,100            54,100            57,850
Oth Sts    :        270                                 280
  US       :    356,870           326,650           368,930           337,200
           :
All Cotton :
  US       : 15,675,070        19,124,500        16,116,180        19,647,600
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.
2/  No gins operated in 1994.


For information call Roger Latham at (202) 720-5944.  Office hours are
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.

Ct Gn 1 (3-95)
HDR2012000170170324951500CTN:  AVG WGHT PER BALE, '93-94
        Cotton Ginnings:  Average Net Weight per Bale of Cotton Ginned
                by State, and United States, Crop Years 1992-94
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  Crop     :               Average Net Weight per Bale
   and     :------------------------------------------------------------------
  State    :        1992        :         1993         :        1994
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           :                             Pounds
Upland     :
  AL       :        499.1                 497.0                 494.0
  AZ       :        491.5                 492.9                 493.5
  AR       :        488.3                 485.2                 488.7
  CA       :        497.2                 496.6                 496.8
  FL       :        494.8                 498.4                 503.0
  GA       :        498.0                 495.4                 496.4
  KS 1/    :                              480.0
  LA       :        488.8                 488.7                 486.7
  MS       :        491.3                 490.8                 491.4
  MO       :        484.6                 486.0                 488.1
  NM       :        488.9                 491.8                 488.6
  NC       :        492.4                 490.7                 494.8
  OK       :        494.5                 495.9                 493.8
  SC       :        491.5                 494.2                 495.0
  TN       :        487.9                 486.3                 488.7
  TX       :        494.4                 496.0                 495.0
  VA       :        481.4                 489.0                 487.4
  US       :        492.6                 493.4                 493.1
           :
Amer-Pima  :
  AZ       :        493.4                 495.2                 495.6
  CA       :        497.1                 497.2                 495.7
  MS  2/   :        476.9
  NM       :        486.1                 493.5                 493.4
  TX       :        493.5                 494.8                 494.8
Oth Sts    :        491.7                 505.0
  US       :        495.3                 495.9                 495.4
           :
All Cotton :
  US       :        492.8                 493.5                 493.1
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1/  No gins operated in 1992 and 1994.
2/  Estimates discontinued in 1993.
HDR2012000170170324951500CTN:  RNNG BLS GNND BY CTY & DIST
Estimates are All Cotton Ginned.

          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           :   19,124,500 ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
 Alabama                :              :: Alabama (Cont'd)       :
                        :              ::                        :
 Colbert             1/ :              ::                        :
 Lauderdale          1/ :              :: District 40            :       74,500
 Lawrence               :       89,000 ::                        :
 Limestone              :      122,750 :: Baldwin             1/ :
 Madison                :       47,650 :: Escambia            1/ :
 Morgan              1/ :              :: Monroe              1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 10            :      323,300 :: District 50            :      114,650
                        :              ::                        :
 Blount              1/ :              :: Covington           1/ :
 Cherokee            1/ :              :: Crenshaw            1/ :
                        :              :: Geneva              1/ :
 District 20         2/ :              :: Henry               1/ :
                        :              :: Houston             1/ :
 Chilton             1/ :              :: Russell             1/ :
 Fayette             1/ :              ::                        :
 Pickens             1/ :              :: District 60            :      102,900
 Shelby              1/ :              ::                        :
 Tallapoosa          1/ :              :: AL  Total              :      687,850
 Tuscaloosa          1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 30         2/ :              :: Arizona                :
                        :              ::                        :
 Autauga             1/ :              :: Mohave              1/ :
 Dallas              1/ :              ::                        :
 Elmore                 :       19,050 :: District 20         2/ :
 Greene              1/ :              ::                        :
 Hale                1/ :              :: Maricopa               :      351,100
 Lowndes             1/ :              :: Pinal                  :      253,400
 Macon               1/ :              ::                        :
 Marengo             1/ :              :: District 50            :      604,500
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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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                        :              ::                        :
 Arizona (Cont'd)       :              :: Arkansas (Cont'd)      :
                        :              ::                        :
 La Paz              1/ :              :: Lafayette           1/ :
 Yuma                   :       66,100 :: Miller              1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 70         3/ :       66,100 :: District 70            :       16,050
                        :              ::                        :
 Cochise                :       18,650 :: Ashley                 :      112,450
 Graham              1/ :              :: Chicot                 :       82,200
 Greenlee            1/ :              :: Desha                  :      129,750
 Pima                1/ :              :: Drew                1/ :
                        :              :: Jefferson              :      139,000
 District 90            :       81,450 :: Lincoln             1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 AZ  Total              :      821,650 :: District 90            :      508,600
                        :              ::                        :
                        :              :: AR  Total              :    1,766,950
 Arkansas               :              ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
 Clay                   :       29,150 :: California             :
 Craighead              :      158,550 ::                        :
 Greene                 :       26,100 :: Fresno                 :      938,400
 Mississippi            :      411,500 :: Kern                   :      640,800
 Poinsett               :      119,450 :: Kings                  :      562,250
                        :              :: Madera                 :      129,450
 District 30            :      744,750 :: Merced                 :      182,950
                        :              :: Tulare                 :      301,900
 Crittenden             :      128,800 ::                        :
 Cross               1/ :              :: District 51            :    2,755,750
 Lee                 1/ :              ::                        :
 Lonoke                 :       61,100 :: Imperial            1/ :
 Monroe              1/ :              :: Riverside           1/ :
 Phillips               :      170,150 ::                        :
 Prairie             1/ :              :: District 80            :       65,450
 Saint Franci           :       46,150 ::                        :
 Woodruff            1/ :              :: CA  Total              :    2,821,200
                        :              ::                        :
 District 60            :      497,550 ::                        :
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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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                        :              ::                        :
 Florida                :              :: Georgia (Cont'd)       :
                        :              ::                        :
 Escambia            1/ :              :: Jefferson           1/ :
 Jackson             1/ :              :: Screven             1/ :
 Santa Rosa          1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: District 60            :      193,000
 District 10         2/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: 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/ :              :: Thomas              1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 Elbert              1/ :              :: District 70            :      342,700
                        :              ::                        :
 District 30         2/ :              :: Brooks              1/ :
                        :              :: Coffee              1/ :
 Taylor              1/ :              :: Colquitt               :      207,000
                        :              :: Cook                1/ :
 District 40         2/ :              :: Crisp               1/ :
                        :              :: Dooly                  :      162,850
 Bleckley            1/ :              :: Irwin               1/ :
 Crawford            1/ :              :: Jeff Davis          1/ :
 Dodge               1/ :              :: Lowndes             1/ :
 Johnson             1/ :              :: Tift                1/ :
 Laurens             1/ :              :: Turner              1/ :
 Morgan              1/ :              :: Wilcox              1/ :
 Pulaski             1/ :              :: Worth               1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 50            :      125,800 :: District 80            :      787,750
                        :              ::                        :
 Bulloch             1/ :              :: Appling             1/ :
 Burke                  :       95,500 ::                        :
 Candler             1/ :              :: District 90         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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                        :              ::                        :
 Georgia (Cont'd)       :              :: Louisiana (Cont'd)     :
                        :              ::                        :
 GA  Total              :    1,498,100 ::                        :
                        :              :: District 50         3/ :      226,000
                        :              ::                        :
                        :              :: LA Total               :    1,513,100
                        :              ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
 Louisiana              :              :: Mississippi            :
                        :              ::                        :
 Caddo                  :       50,850 :: Bolivar                :      115,050
 Red River           1/ :              :: Coahoma                :      183,350
                        :              :: Quitman                :       90,000
 District 10         3/ :       50,850 :: Tallahatchie           :      109,700
                        :              :: Tunica                 :       55,400
 Ouachita            1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: District 10            :      553,500
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: Benton              1/ :
 East Carroll           :      125,850 :: Calhoun                :       43,650
 Franklin               :      225,650 :: Desoto              1/ :
 Madison             1/ :              :: Grenada             1/ :
 Morehouse              :      179,100 :: Lafayette           1/ :
 Richland               :      252,750 :: Marshall            1/ :
 Tensas                 :      144,900 :: Panola                 :       49,700
 West Carroll           :      111,300 :: Tate                   :       19,550
                        :              :: Yalobusha           1/ :
 District 30         3/ :    1,039,550 ::                        :
                        :              :: District 20            :      218,350
 Natchitoches        1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: Lee                 1/ :
 District 40         2/ :              :: Pontotoc            1/ :
                        :              :: Prentiss            1/ :
 Avoyelles           1/ :              :: Tippah              1/ :
 Catahoula              :       61,050 :: Union               1/ :
 Concordia              :       97,150 ::                        :
 Pointe Coupe        1/ :              :: District 30         2/ :
 Rapides                :       67,800 ::                        :
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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)   :              :: Missouri               :
                        :              ::                        :
 Humphreys              :       98,450 :: Dunklin                :      191,300
 Issaquena           1/ :              :: New Madrid             :      169,250
 Leflore                :      160,950 :: Pemiscot               :      128,850
 Sharkey             1/ :              :: Scott               1/ :
 Sunflower              :      160,950 :: Stoddard            1/ :
 Washington             :      168,100 ::                        :
 Yazoo                  :      198,650 :: District 90            :      555,350
                        :              ::                        :
 District 40         3/ :      787,100 :: MO  Total              :      555,350
                        :              ::                        :
 Carroll             1/ :              ::                        :
 Holmes                 :      127,000 :: New Mexico             :
 Leake               1/ :              ::                        :
 Madison                :       41,650 :: Quay                1/ :
 Montgomery          1/ :              :: Roosevelt           1/ :
 Rankin              1/ :              ::                        :
 Webster             1/ :              :: District 30         2/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 50            :      258,250 :: Hidalgo             1/ :
                        :              :: Luna                1/ :
 Chickasaw           1/ :              ::                        :
 Monroe              1/ :              :: District 70            :        9,850
 Winston             1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: Chaves                 :       16,200
 District 60            :       53,750 :: Dona Ana               :       32,100
                        :              :: Eddy                   :        7,450
 Hinds               1/ :              ::                        :
 Jefferson           1/ :              :: District 90         3/ :       55,750
 Warren              1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: NM  Total              :       68,250
 District 70            :       69,150 ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
 MS  Total              :    2,083,350 :: North Carolina         :
                        :              ::                        :
                        :              :: Rutherford          1/ :
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See footnotes on page 11.
          Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned by County, District,
                            State and United States
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned
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                        :              ::                        :
 North Carolina (Cont'd):              :: North Carolina (Cont'd):
                        :              ::                        :
                        :              :: NC  Total              :      806,150
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
 Cleveland           1/ :              :: Oklahoma               :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 60         2/ :              :: Beckham                :        9,450
                        :              :: Custer              1/ :
 Bertie              1/ :              :: Washita                :       12,400
 Edgecombe           1/ :              ::                        :
 Gates               1/ :              :: District 20         3/ :       21,850
 Halifax                :       66,450 ::                        :
 Hertford            1/ :              :: Caddo                  :        8,250
 Martin              1/ :              :: Cotton              1/ :
 Nash                1/ :              :: Greer                  :        7,800
 Northampton            :       64,350 :: Harmon                 :       22,550
 Perquimans          1/ :              :: Jackson                :       96,350
                        :              :: Kiowa                  :       12,600
 District 70            :      361,650 :: Tillman                :       44,900
                        :              ::                        :
 Greene              1/ :              :: District 30         3/ :      192,450
 Jones               1/ :              ::                        :
 Lenoir              1/ :              :: Canadian            1/ :
 Pitt                1/ :              :: Grady               1/ :
 Wayne               1/ :              :: Mcclain             1/ :
 Wilson              1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: District 50            :       11,800
 District 80            :      198,600 ::                        :
                        :              :: Bryan               1/ :
 Bladen              1/ :              :: Stephens            1/ :
 Harnett             1/ :              ::                        :
 Hoke                1/ :              :: District 60         2/ :
 Robeson                :       38,800 ::                        :
 Sampson                :      105,600 :: OK  Total              :      232,400
 Scotland            1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 90            :      217,350 ::                        :
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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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                        :              ::                        :
 South Carolina         :              :: Tennessee (Cont'd)     :
                        :              ::                        :
 York                1/ :              :: Lauderdale             :       80,400
                        :              :: Tipton                 :      105,550
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: District 10         3/ :      185,950
 Darlington             :       23,600 ::                        :
 Dillon              1/ :              :: Carroll             1/ :
 Marlboro               :       52,050 :: Crockett               :      167,850
 Williamsburg        1/ :              :: Fayette                :       67,700
                        :              :: Gibson                 :      102,850
 District 30            :      133,800 :: Hardeman            1/ :
                        :              :: Haywood                :      201,050
 Aiken               1/ :              :: Madison                :       42,700
 Saluda              1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: District 20            :      619,950
 District 40         2/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: Lincoln             1/ :
 Calhoun                :       62,450 ::                        :
 Clarendon           1/ :              :: District 40         2/ :
 Lee                    :       50,800 ::                        :
 Orangeburg             :       49,000 :: TN  Total              :      863,250
 Sumter                 :       30,200 ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 50         3/ :      192,450 :: Texas                  :
                        :              ::                        :
 Allendale           1/ :              :: Briscoe                :       44,800
 Barnwell            1/ :              :: Castro                 :       64,750
                        :              :: Deaf Smith          1/ :
 District 80         2/ :              :: Floyd                  :      187,800
                        :              :: Hale                   :      327,100
 SC  Total              :      370,000 :: Parmer                 :       61,450
                        :              :: Swisher                :       62,600
                        :              ::                        :
 Tennessee              :              :: District 11         3/ :      748,500
                        :              ::                        :
 Dyer                1/ :              :: Bailey                 :       96,350
 Lake                1/ :              :: Cochran             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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                        :              ::                        :
 Texas (Cont'd)         :              :: Texas (Cont'd)         :
                        :              ::                        :
 Crosby                 :      189,550 :: Fisher              1/ :
 Dawson                 :      123,750 :: Haskell                :       43,150
 Gaines                 :      332,850 :: Jones                  :       39,300
 Glasscock           1/ :              :: Knox                   :       26,250
 Hockley                :      245,900 :: Mitchell               :       24,800
 Howard                 :       50,450 :: Nolan               1/ :
 Lamb                   :      249,000 :: Runnels                :       27,750
 Lubbock                :      291,750 :: Scurry                 :       20,250
 Lynn                   :      175,500 :: Taylor              1/ :
 Martin                 :       93,800 ::                        :
 Midland             1/ :              :: District 22            :      234,700
 Terry                  :      236,100 ::                        :
 Yoakum                 :      126,450 :: Clay                1/ :
                        :              :: Throckmorton        1/ :
 District 12            :    2,325,850 :: Young               1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 Borden              1/ :              :: District 30            :        5,600
 Childress           1/ :              ::                        :
 Collingswort        1/ :              :: Collin                 :        7,150
 Cottle              1/ :              :: Delta               1/ :
 Dickens             1/ :              :: Denton              1/ :
 Donley              1/ :              :: Ellis                  :       17,450
 Foard               1/ :              :: Falls               1/ :
 Garza                  :       10,800 :: Fannin              1/ :
 Hall                   :       38,250 :: Hill                   :       18,000
 Hardeman            1/ :              :: Hunt                1/ :
 Kent                1/ :              :: Kaufman             1/ :
 Motley              1/ :              :: Lamar               1/ :
 Wheeler             1/ :              :: Mclennan            1/ :
 Wichita             1/ :              :: Milam                  :       17,050
 Wilbarger              :       22,150 :: Navarro             1/ :
                        :              :: Williamson             :       42,250
 District 21            :      196,700 ::                        :
                        :              :: District 40            :      154,300
 Baylor              1/ :              ::                        :
 Coleman             1/ :              :: Houston             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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                        :              ::                        :
 Texas (Cont'd)         :              :: Texas (Cont'd)         :
                        :              ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 51         2/ :              :: District 82            :      327,500
                        :              ::                        :
 Brazos              1/ :              :: Brazoria               :       15,050
 Robertson              :       47,450 :: Calhoun             1/ :
 Walker              1/ :              :: Fort Bend              :       57,450
                        :              :: Jackson             1/ :
 District 52            :       91,850 :: Matagorda           1/ :
                        :              :: Wharton                :       91,750
 El Paso             1/ :              ::                        :
 Pecos               1/ :              :: District 90            :      214,850
 Reeves              1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: Zavala              1/ :
 District 60            :       93,500 ::                        :
                        :              :: District 96         2/ :
 Concho              1/ :              ::                        :
 Mcculloch           1/ :              :: Cameron                :       96,000
 Schleicher          1/ :              :: Hidalgo                :       99,150
 Tom Green              :       42,150 :: Starr               1/ :
 Upton               1/ :              :: Willacy                :      111,550
 Uvalde              1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: District 97         3/ :      306,700
 District 70            :       84,500 ::                        :
                        :              :: TX  Total              :    4,845,700
 Burleson            1/ :              ::                        :
 Caldwell            1/ :              ::                        :
 Medina              1/ :              :: Virginia               :
 Travis              1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: Greensville         1/ :
 District 81            :       23,700 :: Isle of Wight       1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 Kleberg             1/ :              :: District 90         2/ :
 Nueces                 :       95,700 ::                        :
 Refugio             1/ :              :: Virginia            4/ :
 San Patricio           :      163,500 ::                        :
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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.
HDR2012000170170324951500CTN:  NARRATIVE
There were 8,600 bales from the 1994 crop which ginners estimated would
be ginned after the March survey, compared to none last year, and 30,350
bales for the 1992 crop.  The number of active cotton gins for crop year
1994 was 1,306, compared to 1,364 in 1993, and 1,389 for the 1992 crop year.




                    Bureau of the Census Cotton Information

Cotton consumed during the month ending January 31, 1995, amounted to
843,135 bales.  Cotton on hand in consuming establishments at the end of
January was 628,668 bales, and the total in public storage and in compresses
was 10,134,328 bales.  Active consuming cotton spindles totaled 2,948,000, and
the quantity of domestic cotton exported, excluding linters, was 900,500 bales.
These and other data were published in "Census Bulletin M22P(95)-01", dated
February 23, 1995.
The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on
May 10, 1995.


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