Cotton                                                                          
Ginnings                                                                        
                                                                                
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Released December 23, 1997, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service     
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For     
information on "Cotton Ginnings" call Roger Latham at (202) 720-5944, office    
hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
       Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to      
       December 15, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1994-1997     
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      Crop      :                 Running Bales Ginned                          
      and       : --------------------------------------------------------------
     State      :       1994    :       1995    :       1996    :       1997    
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                :                                                               
All Cotton      :                                                               
    AL          :       607,500         414,950         712,100         468,900 
    AZ          :       738,800         652,800         666,350         644,150 
    AR          :     1,731,600       1,450,850       1,570,100       1,647,700 
    CA          :     2,538,300       2,179,850       2,302,800       2,397,100 
    FL 1/       :                        94,150         114,050         102,400 
    GA          :     1,020,900       1,663,150       1,873,250       1,546,900 
    LA          :     1,502,500       1,369,950       1,291,750         998,500 
    MS          :     2,063,750       1,802,500       1,813,600       1,751,850 
    MO          :       550,500         474,350         551,900         523,050 
    NM          :        61,900          59,150          80,350          67,700 
    NC          :       669,450         700,550         886,000         826,700 
    OK          :       209,000         111,750          85,350         162,650 
    SC          :       301,400         318,300         416,900         356,300 
    TN          :       848,800         709,500         658,200         641,550 
    TX          :     4,466,700       3,985,750       3,373,750       4,533,100 
    VA 1/       :                       113,900         131,300         127,650 
    US          :    17,464,550      16,101,450      16,527,750      16,796,200 
                :                                                               
Amer-Pima       :                                                               
    AZ          :        72,100          51,300          62,200          37,800 
    CA          :       133,700         130,900         208,000         306,950 
    NM          :        13,450          12,050          13,300           9,850 
    TX          :        45,000          43,400          44,000          41,800 
    US          :       264,250         237,650         327,500         396,400 
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Ct Gn 1 (12-97)                                                                 
Estimates are All Cotton ginned prior to December 1, 1997.  Preliminary         
estimates by were released December 11, 1997.                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
              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           :   14,793,000 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Alabama                :              :: Alabama (Cont'd)       :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Colbert             1/ :              :: Mobile              1/ :              
 Lauderdale          1/ :              :: Monroe              1/ :              
 Lawrence               :       31,850 ::                        :              
 Limestone              :       22,150 :: District 50            :       87,100 
 Madison             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Coffee              1/ :              
 District 10            :       87,550 :: Covington           1/ :              
                        :              :: Crenshaw            1/ :              
 Cherokee               :       22,650 :: Geneva              1/ :              
                        :              :: Henry               1/ :              
 District 20            :       22,650 :: Houston             1/ :              
                        :              :: Russell             1/ :              
 Chilton             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Fayette             1/ :              :: District 60            :      123,150 
 Pickens             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Tallapoosa          1/ :              :: AL  Total              :      406,650 
 Tuscaloosa          1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30            :       21,850 :: Arizona                :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Autauga             1/ :              :: Mohave              1/ :              
 Dallas              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Elmore                 :       19,100 :: District 20         2/ :              
 Greene              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lowndes             1/ :              :: Maricopa               :      169,500 
 Macon               1/ :              :: Pinal                  :      199,000 
 Marengo             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :      368,500 
 District 40            :       64,350 ::                        :              
                        :              :: La Paz              1/ :              
 Baldwin             1/ :              :: Yuma                   :       80,350 
 Escambia            1/ :              ::                        :              
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See footnotes on page 10.                                                       
                                                                                
               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)      :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 70         3/ :       80,350 :: District 70            :        7,050 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Cochise             1/ :              :: Ashley                 :      104,200 
 Graham              1/ :              :: Chicot              1/ :              
 Pima                1/ :              :: Desha                  :      183,650 
                        :              :: Drew                1/ :              
 District 90            :       65,750 :: Jefferson              :      104,700 
                        :              :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 AZ  Total              :      549,350 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90            :      473,950 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Arkansas               :              :: AR  Total              :    1,541,250 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Clay                   :       31,050 ::                        :              
 Craighead              :      157,050 :: California             :              
 Greene                 :       27,550 ::                        :              
 Mississippi            :      333,750 :: Colusa              1/ :              
 Poinsett               :      112,200 :: Sutter              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30            :      661,600 :: District 50         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Crittenden          1/ :              :: Fresno                 :      746,000 
 Cross               1/ :              :: Kern                   :      471,500 
 Lee                 1/ :              :: Kings                  :      365,600 
 Lonoke                 :       58,950 :: Madera              1/ :              
 Monroe              1/ :              :: Merced              1/ :              
 Phillips               :      136,800 :: Tulare                 :      213,550 
 Prairie             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Saint Franci           :       39,950 :: District 51         3/ :    1,796,650 
 Woodruff            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Imperial            1/ :              
 District 60            :      398,650 :: Riverside           1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Lafayette           1/ :              :: District 80            :       72,150 
 Miller              1/ :              ::                        :              
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See footnotes on page 10.                                                       
               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              :    2,157,550 :: Calhoun             1/ :              
                        :              :: Decatur             1/ :              
                        :              :: Early               1/ :              
                        :              :: Lee                 1/ :              
                        :              :: Miller              1/ :              
                        :              :: Mitchell            1/ :              
                        :              :: Randolph            1/ :              
 FL  Total              :       85,000 :: Seminole            1/ :              
                        :              :: Sumter              1/ :              
                        :              :: Terrell             1/ :              
 Georgia                :              :: Thomas              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Bartow              1/ :              :: District 70            :      300,750 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 10         2/ :              :: Berrien             1/ :              
                        :              :: Brooks              1/ :              
 Taylor              1/ :              :: Coffee              1/ :              
                        :              :: Colquitt               :      163,450 
 District 40         2/ :              :: Cook                1/ :              
                        :              :: Crisp               1/ :              
 Bleckley            1/ :              :: Dooly                  :      111,300 
 Dodge               1/ :              :: Irwin               1/ :              
 Johnson             1/ :              :: Jeff Davis          1/ :              
 Laurens             1/ :              :: Lowndes             1/ :              
 Morgan              1/ :              :: Tift                1/ :              
 Pulaski             1/ :              :: Turner              1/ :              
                        :              :: Wilcox              1/ :              
 District 50            :       80,950 :: Worth               1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Bulloch             1/ :              :: District 80            :      629,750 
 Burke                  :       63,900 ::                        :              
 Candler             1/ :              :: Appling             1/ :              
 Jefferson           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Screven             1/ :              :: District 90         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 60            :      180,450 ::                        :              
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See footnotes on page 10.                                                       
               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              :    1,234,950 :: LA  Total              :      995,550 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Louisiana              :              :: Mississippi            :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Caddo                  :       28,450 :: Bolivar                :      113,850 
 Red River           1/ :              :: Coahoma                :      170,050 
                        :              :: Quitman                :       67,700 
 District 10         3/ :       28,450 :: Tallahatchie           :       97,000 
                        :              :: Tunica                 :       61,200 
 Ouachita            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 10            :      509,800 
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Benton              1/ :              
 East Carroll           :       94,100 :: Calhoun                :       37,850 
 Franklin               :      137,250 :: Desoto              1/ :              
 Madison             1/ :              :: Grenada             1/ :              
 Morehouse              :      132,750 :: Lafayette           1/ :              
 Richland               :      154,400 :: Panola                 :       28,600 
 Tensas                 :      123,600 :: Tate                1/ :              
 West Carroll           :       74,900 :: Yalobusha           1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30         3/ :      717,000 :: District 20            :      135,600 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Natchitoches        1/ :              :: Lee                 1/ :              
                        :              :: Pontotoc            1/ :              
 District 40         2/ :              :: Tippah              1/ :              
                        :              :: Union               1/ :              
 Avoyelles           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Catahoula              :       66,300 :: District 30            :       16,000 
 Concordia              :       68,100 ::                        :              
 Pointe Coupe        1/ :              :: Humphreys              :       99,250 
 Rapides                :       39,400 :: Leflore                :      153,900 
                        :              :: Sharkey                :       78,550 
 District 50         3/ :      173,800 :: Sunflower              :      128,850 
                        :              :: Washington             :      156,150 
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See footnotes on page 10.                                                       
               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 (Cont'd)      :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Yazoo                  :      132,050 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90            :      509,200 
 District 40            :      748,750 ::                        :              
                        :              :: MO  Total              :      509,200 
 Carroll             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Holmes                 :      100,100 ::                        :              
 Leake               1/ :              :: New Mexico             :              
 Madison                :       30,350 ::                        :              
 Montgomery          1/ :              :: Quay                1/ :              
 Rankin              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Webster             1/ :              :: District 30         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 50            :      197,350 :: Hidalgo             1/ :              
                        :              :: Luna                1/ :              
 Chickasaw           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Monroe              1/ :              :: District 70         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 60            :       36,550 :: Chaves              1/ :              
                        :              :: Dona Ana               :       26,850 
 Hinds               1/ :              :: Eddy                   :       14,050 
 Jefferson           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Warren              1/ :              :: District 90         3/ :       40,900 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 70            :       65,100 :: NM  Total              :       58,150 
                        :              ::                        :              
 MS  Total              :    1,709,150 ::                        :              
                        :              :: North Carolina         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Missouri               :              :: Rutherford          1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Dunklin                :      203,600 :: District 20         2/ :              
 New Madrid             :      134,350 ::                        :              
 Pemiscot               :      127,050 :: Anson               1/ :              
 Scott               1/ :              :: Cleveland           1/ :              
 Stoddard            1/ :              :: Stanly              1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 10.                                                       
               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 (Cont'd):              :: North Carolina (Cont'd):              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: NC  Total              :      657,450 
 District 60            :       40,450 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Bertie              1/ :              :: Oklahoma               :              
 Edgecombe           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Gates               1/ :              :: Beckham                :        2,600 
 Halifax                :       52,800 :: Custer              1/ :              
 Hertford            1/ :              :: Washita                :        6,200 
 Martin              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Nash                1/ :              :: District 20         3/ :        8,800 
 Northampton            :       50,650 ::                        :              
 Perquimans          1/ :              :: Caddo                  :        1,000 
                        :              :: Cotton              1/ :              
 District 70            :      260,150 :: Greer               1/ :              
                        :              :: Harmon                 :       19,250 
 Beaufort            1/ :              :: Jackson                :       85,750 
 Craven              1/ :              :: Kiowa                  :        9,250 
 Greene              1/ :              :: Tillman                :       11,050 
 Jones               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lenoir              1/ :              :: District 30            :      131,100 
 Pitt                1/ :              ::                        :              
 Wayne               1/ :              :: Canadian            1/ :              
 Wilson              1/ :              :: Mcclain             1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 80            :      198,400 :: District 50            :        1,100 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Bladen              1/ :              :: Bryan               1/ :              
 Duplin              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Harnett             1/ :              :: District 60         2/ :              
 Hoke                1/ :              ::                        :              
 Robeson                :       28,950 :: OK  Total              :      141,700 
 Sampson                :       55,750 ::                        :              
 Scotland            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 90         3/ :       84,700 ::                        :              
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See footnotes on page 10.                                                       
               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              :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 York                1/ :              :: Dyer                1/ :              
                        :              :: Lake                1/ :              
 District 20         2/ :              :: Lauderdale             :       63,300 
                        :              :: Tipton                 :       70,550 
 Darlington             :       22,900 ::                        :              
 Dillon              1/ :              :: District 10         3/ :      133,850 
 Marlboro               :       35,250 ::                        :              
 Williamsburg        1/ :              :: Carroll             1/ :              
                        :              :: Crockett               :      129,550 
 District 30            :      102,550 :: Fayette             1/ :              
                        :              :: Gibson                 :       56,750 
 Aiken               1/ :              :: Hardeman            1/ :              
 Saluda              1/ :              :: Haywood                :      182,850 
                        :              :: Madison             1/ :              
 District 40         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 20            :      464,050 
 Calhoun                :       48,500 ::                        :              
 Clarendon              :       23,850 :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 Lee                    :       35,250 ::                        :              
 Orangeburg             :       41,150 :: District 40         2/ :              
 Sumter                 :       22,250 ::                        :              
                        :              :: TN  Total              :      622,350 
 District 50            :      171,000 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Allendale           1/ :              :: Texas                  :              
 Barnwell            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Hampton             1/ :              :: Briscoe             1/ :              
                        :              :: Castro                 :       45,700 
 District 80            :       23,800 :: Deaf Smith          1/ :              
                        :              :: Floyd                  :       98,850 
 SC  Total              :      303,250 :: Hale                   :      178,450 
                        :              :: Parmer                 :       52,850 
                        :              :: Swisher                :       33,800 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 11            :      443,150 
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See footnotes on page 10.                                                       
               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)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Bailey                 :       67,450 :: Coleman             1/ :              
 Cochran             1/ :              :: Fisher              1/ :              
 Crosby                 :      123,650 :: Haskell                :       39,550 
 Dawson                 :      130,400 :: Jones                  :       55,900 
 Gaines                 :      263,800 :: Knox                   :       16,800 
 Glasscock           1/ :              :: Mitchell               :       24,350 
 Hockley                :      178,700 :: Nolan               1/ :              
 Howard                 :       66,750 :: Runnels                :       34,550 
 Lamb                   :      214,600 :: Scurry                 :       29,950 
 Lubbock                :      181,700 :: Taylor              1/ :              
 Lynn                   :      163,150 ::                        :              
 Martin                 :      109,650 :: District 22            :      252,950 
 Midland             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Terry                  :      173,700 :: Throckmorton        1/ :              
 Yoakum                 :       98,200 :: Young               1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 12            :    1,885,750 :: District 30         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Borden              1/ :              :: Collin              1/ :              
 Childress           1/ :              :: Ellis                  :       24,450 
 Collingswort           :       20,150 :: Falls               1/ :              
 Cottle              1/ :              :: Hill                   :       28,100 
 Dickens             1/ :              :: Hunt                1/ :              
 Donley              1/ :              :: Lamar               1/ :              
 Foard               1/ :              :: Mclennan            1/ :              
 Garza               1/ :              :: Milam               1/ :              
 Hall                   :       20,600 :: Navarro             1/ :              
 Hardeman            1/ :              :: Williamson             :       24,150 
 Kent                1/ :              ::                        :              
 Motley              1/ :              :: District 40            :      135,200 
 Wichita             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Wilbarger              :        8,900 :: Houston             1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 21            :       97,650 :: District 51         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Baylor              1/ :              :: Brazos              1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 10.                                                       
               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)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Robertson              :       29,950 :: Matagorda           1/ :              
 Walker              1/ :              :: Wharton                :       94,400 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 52            :       61,050 :: District 90            :      192,300 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Culberson           1/ :              :: Zavala              1/ :              
 El Paso             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Pecos               1/ :              :: District 96         2/ :              
 Reeves              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Cameron                :       43,550 
 District 60            :       63,150 :: Hidalgo                :       50,600 
                        :              :: Starr               1/ :              
 Concho              1/ :              :: Willacy                :       92,200 
 Mcculloch           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Tom Green              :       58,700 :: District 97         3/ :      186,350 
 Upton               1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: TX  Total              :    3,726,250 
 District 70            :       96,000 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Burleson            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Caldwell            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Medina              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 81            :       20,350 ::                        :              
                        :              :: VA  Total              :       95,200 
 Kleberg             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Nueces                 :       79,200 ::                        :              
 Refugio             1/ :              ::                        :              
 San Patricio           :      145,750 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 82            :      262,000 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Brazoria               :       12,600 ::                        :              
 Calhoun             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Fort Bend              :       42,300 ::                        :              
 Jackson             1/ :              ::                        :              
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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.                                                            
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