HDR1012000170171025960830COTTON GINNINGS                                        
Cotton                                                                          
Ginnings                                                                        
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Released October 25, 1996, 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    
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      Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to       
      October 15, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1993-1996       
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   Crop         :                     Running Bales Ginned                      
    and         : --------------------------------------------------------------
   State        :      1993     :      1994     :      1995     :      1996     
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                :                                                               
All Cotton      :                                                               
    AL          :       166,800         107,850         133,100         174,950 
    AZ          :       189,800         172,850         101,500         123,300 
    AR          :       411,050         641,600         520,850         718,600 
    CA          :       250,250         258,700          72,050         231,800 
    FL 1/       :                                        19,650          14,150 
    GA          :       201,250          94,650         413,100         346,300 
    LA          :       566,850         678,750         727,800         642,000 
    MS          :       661,500         822,750       1,083,150       1,027,450 
    MO          :       134,600         209,750         115,700         177,400 
    NM          :        15,600          12,200           3,500          12,950 
    NC          :       136,250          99,100         114,150         118,100 
    OK 1/       :        54,150          89,350             150                 
    SC          :        81,500          55,450          65,250         132,100 
    TN          :       235,250         272,350         238,050         350,050 
    TX          :     1,334,650       1,465,550       1,166,750         703,300 
    VA 1/       :                                        20,100                 
    US          :     4,470,850       5,002,250       4,794,850       4,788,000 
                :                                                               
Amer-Pima       :                                                               
    AZ          :         6,700           5,100           2,900           7,100 
    CA 1/       :                         5,050                          10,700 
    NM 1/       :                           950                                 
    TX 1/       :         5,200           4,100           2,000                 
    US          :        14,500          15,200           5,250          20,550 
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Ct Gn 1 (10-96)                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
Estimates are for All Cotton ginned prior to October 1, 1996.  Preliminary      
estimates were released October 11, 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           :    2,143,600 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Alabama                :              :: Alabama (Cont'd)       :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Colbert             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lauderdale          1/ :              :: District 50            :       14,750 
 Lawrence            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Limestone              :        9,700 :: Coffee              1/ :              
 Madison                :          700 :: Covington           1/ :              
                        :              :: Crenshaw            1/ :              
 District 10         3/ :       10,400 :: Geneva              1/ :              
                        :              :: Henry               1/ :              
 Cherokee            1/ :              :: Houston             1/ :              
                        :              :: Russell             1/ :              
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 60            :       11,850 
 Chilton             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Pickens             1/ :              :: AL  Total              :       59,550 
 Tallapoosa          1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30            :          750 :: Arizona                :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Autauga             1/ :              :: Mohave              1/ :              
 Dallas              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Elmore              1/ :              :: District 20         2/ :              
 Greene              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lowndes             1/ :              :: Maricopa            1/ :              
 Macon               1/ :              :: Pinal               1/ :              
 Marengo             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50         2/ :              
 District 40            :        9,950 ::                        :              
                        :              :: La Paz              1/ :              
 Baldwin             1/ :              :: Yuma                   :       31,100 
 Escambia            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Monroe              1/ :              :: District 70         3/ :       31,100 
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See footnotes on page 9.                                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               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)      :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Graham              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Pima                1/ :              :: District 90            :       52,100 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 90         2/ :              :: AR  Total              :      253,250 
                        :              ::                        :              
 AZ  Total              :       50,400 ::                        :              
                        :              :: California             :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Arkansas               :              :: Kern                   :        8,000 
                        :              :: Kings               1/ :              
 Clay                   :        2,650 :: Tulare              1/ :              
 Craighead              :       27,400 ::                        :              
 Greene                 :        3,550 :: District 51         3/ :        8,000 
 Mississippi            :       76,300 ::                        :              
 Poinsett               :       23,800 :: Imperial            1/ :              
                        :              :: Riverside           1/ :              
 District 30            :      133,700 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 80            :       18,500 
 Crittenden             :       15,900 ::                        :              
 Cross               1/ :              :: CA  Total              :       26,850 
 Lee                 1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lonoke                 :        8,850 ::                        :              
 Monroe              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Phillips               :       26,200 ::                        :              
 Prairie             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Saint Franci           :        5,300 ::                        :              
 Woodruff            1/ :              :: FL  Total              :        6,500 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 60            :       67,450 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Georgia                :              
 Ashley                 :        6,750 ::                        :              
 Chicot              1/ :              :: Taylor              1/ :              
 Desha                  :       21,850 ::                        :              
 Drew                1/ :              :: District 40         2/ :              
 Jefferson              :       13,150 ::                        :              
 Lincoln             1/ :              :: Bleckley            1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 9.                                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
               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)       :              :: Georgia (Cont'd)       :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Crawford            1/ :              :: Crisp               1/ :              
 Dodge               1/ :              :: Dooly                  :       26,850 
 Johnson             1/ :              :: Irwin               1/ :              
 Laurens             1/ :              :: Jeff Davis          1/ :              
 Morgan              1/ :              :: Lowndes             1/ :              
 Pulaski             1/ :              :: Tift                1/ :              
                        :              :: Turner              1/ :              
 District 50            :       14,000 :: Wilcox              1/ :              
                        :              :: Worth               1/ :              
 Bulloch             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Burke               1/ :              :: District 80            :      124,150 
 Candler             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Jefferson           1/ :              :: Appling             1/ :              
 Screven             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90         2/ :              
 District 60            :       14,950 ::                        :              
                        :              :: GA  Total              :      198,600 
 Calhoun             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Decatur             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Early               1/ :              :: Louisiana              :              
 Lee                 1/ :              ::                        :              
 Miller              1/ :              :: Caddo                  :        2,800 
 Mitchell            1/ :              :: Red River           1/ :              
 Randolph            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Seminole            1/ :              :: District 10         3/ :        2,800 
 Sumter              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Terrell             1/ :              :: Ouachita            1/ :              
 Thomas              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 20         2/ :              
 District 70            :       39,850 ::                        :              
                        :              :: East Carroll           :       26,450 
 Berrien             1/ :              :: Franklin               :       45,150 
 Brooks              1/ :              :: Madison             1/ :              
 Coffee              1/ :              :: Morehouse              :       21,700 
 Colquitt               :       35,850 :: Richland               :       51,400 
 Cook                1/ :              :: Tensas                 :       34,400 
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See footnotes on page 9.                                                        
                                                                                
               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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                        :              ::                        :              
 Louisiana (Cont'd)     :              :: Mississippi (Cont'd)   :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 West Carroll           :       25,600 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 20            :       27,050 
 District 30         3/ :      204,700 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Lee                 1/ :              
 Natchitoches        1/ :              :: Pontotoc            1/ :              
                        :              :: Tippah              1/ :              
 District 40         2/ :              :: Union               1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Avoyelles           1/ :              :: District 30         2/ :              
 Catahoula              :        9,600 ::                        :              
 Concordia              :       17,100 :: Humphreys              :       39,900 
 Pointe Coupe        1/ :              :: Issaquena           1/ :              
 Rapides                :       12,350 :: Leflore                :       44,250 
                        :              :: Sharkey             1/ :              
 District 50         3/ :       39,050 :: Sunflower              :       49,100 
                        :              :: Washington             :       47,050 
 LA  Total              :      266,850 :: Yazoo                  :       37,350 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 40         3/ :      217,650 
 Mississippi            :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Carroll             1/ :              
 Bolivar                :       38,850 :: Holmes                 :       33,450 
 Coahoma                :       38,900 :: Leake               1/ :              
 Quitman                :       15,000 :: Madison                :        9,900 
 Tallahatchie           :       30,150 :: Montgomery          1/ :              
 Tunica                 :       11,700 :: Rankin              1/ :              
                        :              :: Webster             1/ :              
 District 10            :      134,600 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :       59,500 
 Calhoun                :        8,450 ::                        :              
 Desoto              1/ :              :: Chickasaw           1/ :              
 Grenada             1/ :              :: Monroe              1/ :              
 Lafayette           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Panola              1/ :              :: District 60            :        4,450 
 Yalobusha           1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Hinds               1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 9.                                                        
                                                                                
               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)   :              :: North Carolina (Cont'd):              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Jefferson           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Warren              1/ :              :: District 60         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 70            :       12,550 :: Bertie              1/ :              
                        :              :: Edgecombe           1/ :              
 MS  Total              :      480,500 :: Halifax                :          300 
                        :              :: Martin              1/ :              
                        :              :: Nash                1/ :              
 Missouri               :              :: Northampton         1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Dunklin                :       24,000 :: District 70         3/ :          300 
 New Madrid             :        1,300 ::                        :              
 Pemiscot               :       22,450 :: Craven              1/ :              
 Scott               1/ :              :: Jones               1/ :              
 Stoddard            1/ :              :: Lenoir              1/ :              
                        :              :: Pitt                1/ :              
 District 90            :       47,950 :: Wilson              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 MO  Total              :       47,950 :: District 80            :       10,550 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Duplin              1/ :              
 New Mexico             :              :: Harnett             1/ :              
                        :              :: Hoke                1/ :              
 Chaves              1/ :              :: Robeson             1/ :              
 Dona Ana            1/ :              :: Sampson                :        2,100 
 Eddy                1/ :              :: Scotland            1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 90         2/ :              :: District 90            :        8,050 
                        :              ::                        :              
 NM  Total              :        2,450 :: NC  Total              :       21,550 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 North Carolina         :              :: Oklahoma            4/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Cleveland           1/ :              ::                        :              
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See footnotes on page 9.                                                        
                                                                                
               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/ :              :: Tipton                 :       15,800 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 20         2/ :              :: District 10         3/ :       33,200 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Darlington             :        3,050 :: Carroll             1/ :              
 Dillon              1/ :              :: Crockett               :       38,100 
 Marlboro               :        7,500 :: Fayette             1/ :              
 Williamsburg        1/ :              :: Gibson                 :        9,700 
                        :              :: Hardeman            1/ :              
 District 30         3/ :       10,550 :: Haywood                :       47,050 
                        :              :: Madison             1/ :              
 Calhoun                :       12,700 ::                        :              
 Clarendon           1/ :              :: District 20            :      109,850 
 Lee                    :        6,650 ::                        :              
 Orangeburg          1/ :              :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 Sumter                 :        5,250 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 40         2/ :              
 District 50            :       40,250 ::                        :              
                        :              :: TN Total               :      148,400 
 Allendale           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Barnwell            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Hampton             1/ :              :: Texas                  :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 80            :        2,750 :: Castro              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 SC Total               :       61,800 :: District 11         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Cochran             1/ :              
 Tennessee              :              :: Dawson              1/ :              
                        :              :: Gaines              1/ :              
 Dyer                1/ :              :: Glasscock           1/ :              
 Lake                1/ :              :: Hockley             1/ :              
 Lauderdale             :       17,400 :: Lamb                1/ :              
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See footnotes on page 9.                                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
             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)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Lubbock             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lynn                   :           50 :: District 60         2/ :              
 Terry               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Yoakum              1/ :              :: Concho              1/ :              
                        :              :: Tom Green              :          750 
 District 12            :        2,850 :: Upton               1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Hall                1/ :              :: District 70         3/ :          750 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 21         2/ :              :: Burleson            1/ :              
                        :              :: Caldwell            1/ :              
 Collin              1/ :              :: Medina              1/ :              
 Ellis                  :        2,050 ::                        :              
 Falls               1/ :              :: District 81            :       11,200 
 Hill                   :       12,250 ::                        :              
 Hunt                1/ :              :: Kleberg             1/ :              
 Lamar               1/ :              :: Nueces                 :       46,850 
 Mclennan            1/ :              :: Refugio             1/ :              
 Milam               1/ :              :: San Patricio           :       64,600 
 Navarro             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Williamson             :       12,050 :: District 82            :      139,850 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 40            :       38,900 :: Brazoria               :        6,800 
                        :              :: Calhoun             1/ :              
 Houston             1/ :              :: Fort Bend              :       22,350 
                        :              :: Jackson             1/ :              
 District 51         2/ :              :: Matagorda           1/ :              
                        :              :: Wharton                :       63,600 
 Brazos                 :       15,450 ::                        :              
 Robertson              :       11,800 :: District 90            :      117,550 
 Walker              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Zavala              1/ :              
 District 52         3/ :       27,250 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 96         2/ :              
 El Paso             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Reeves              1/ :              :: Cameron                :       48,900 
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See footnotes on page 9.                                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
               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)         :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Hidalgo                :       33,250 ::                        :              
 Starr               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Willacy                :       78,650 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 97         3/ :      160,800 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 TX  Total              :      518,150 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
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                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Virginia            4/ :              ::                        :              
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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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