HDR1012000170170212970830COTTON GINNINGS                                        
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Ginnings                                                                        
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Released February 12, 1997, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service     
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For     
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Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to             
February 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1993-1996             
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      Crop      :                 Running Bales Ginned                          
      and       : --------------------------------------------------------------
     State      :      1993     :      1994     :      1995     :      1996     
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                :                                                               
All Cotton      :                                                               
    AL          :       438,800         680,350         453,800         754,050 
    AZ          :       816,350         818,350         828,400         805,050 
    AR          :     1,100,450       1,764,500       1,452,850       1,591,800 
    CA          :     2,997,300       2,815,100       2,452,300       2,624,800 
    FL 1/       :        96,200                                         119,450 
    GA          :       701,950       1,458,000       1,899,750       2,046,450 
    KS 1/ 2/    :                                                             0 
    LA          :     1,106,200       1,510,100       1,376,850       1,298,600 
    MS          :     1,508,200       2,080,450       1,803,600       1,816,200 
    MO          :       335,200         554,500         477,300         555,850 
    NM          :        72,900          68,100          69,600          89,600 
    NC          :       416,600         805,450         787,400         972,250 
    OK          :       255,050         228,100         117,100         124,950 
    SC          :       196,050         363,200         350,850         433,000 
    TN          :       528,350         863,100         712,450         663,550 
    TX          :     4,989,200       4,827,350       4,398,100       4,269,200 
    VA 1/       :                                       128,250         155,950 
    US          :    15,589,900      19,027,650      17,415,700      18,320,750 
                :                                                               
Amer-Pima       :                                                               
    AZ          :        84,300          77,700          70,700          71,550 
    CA          :       180,850         172,150         206,500         325,800 
    NM          :        12,850          14,050          13,850          14,450 
    TX          :        52,500          56,100          54,850          62,950 
Oth Sts         :            70               0               0               0 
    US          :       330,570         320,000         345,900         474,750 
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          
2/  No gins operated in 1994.                                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                    Bureau of the Census Cotton Information                     
                                                                                
Cotton consumed during the month ending December 31, 1996, amounted to          
849,786 bales.  Cotton on hand in consuming establishments at the end of        
December was 563,872 bales, and the total in public storage and in compresses   
was 11,245,913 bales.  Active consuming cotton spindles totaled 2,571,000, and  
the quantity of domestic cotton exported, excluding linters, was 796,600 bales. 
These and other data were published in "Census Bulletin M22P(96)-12", dated     
January 24, 1997.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Ct Gn 1 (2-97)                                                                  
                                                                                
Estimates are for All Cotton ginned prior to February 1, 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           :   18,320,750 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Alabama                :              :: Alabama (Cont'd)       :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Colbert             1/ :              :: Escambia            1/ :              
 Lauderdale          1/ :              :: Mobile              1/ :              
 Lawrence               :       76,400 :: Monroe              1/ :              
 Limestone              :      116,350 ::                        :              
 Madison                :       40,450 :: District 50            :      125,750 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 10            :      286,550 :: Coffee              1/ :              
                        :              :: Covington           1/ :              
 Blount              1/ :              :: Crenshaw            1/ :              
 Cherokee            1/ :              :: Geneva              1/ :              
                        :              :: Henry               1/ :              
 District 20         2/ :              :: Houston             1/ :              
                        :              :: Russell             1/ :              
 Chilton             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Fayette             1/ :              :: District 60            :      191,600 
 Pickens             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Tallapoosa          1/ :              :: AL  Total              :      754,050 
 Tuscaloosa          1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30         2/ :              :: Arizona                :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Autauga             1/ :              :: Mohave              1/ :              
 Dallas              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Elmore                 :       24,200 :: District 20         2/ :              
 Greene              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lowndes             1/ :              :: Maricopa               :      321,800 
 Macon               1/ :              :: Pinal                  :      273,550 
 Marengo             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :      595,350 
 District 40            :       82,900 ::                        :              
                        :              :: La Paz              1/ :              
 Baldwin             1/ :              :: Yuma                   :       66,700 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
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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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                        :              ::                        :              
 Arizona (Cont'd)       :              :: Arkansas (Cont'd)      :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 70         3/ :       66,700 :: District 70            :        8,350 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Cochise             1/ :              :: Ashley                 :      100,650 
 Graham              1/ :              :: Chicot              1/ :              
 Pima                1/ :              :: Desha                  :      198,850 
                        :              :: Drew                1/ :              
 District 90            :       84,400 :: Jefferson              :      126,200 
                        :              :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 AZ  Total              :      805,050 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90            :      509,150 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Arkansas               :              :: AR  Total              :    1,591,800 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Clay                   :       30,150 ::                        :              
 Craighead              :      163,100 :: California             :              
 Greene                 :       26,150 ::                        :              
 Mississippi            :      352,950 :: Colusa              1/ :              
 Poinsett               :      109,200 :: Sutter              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30            :      681,550 :: District 50         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Crittenden             :       91,850 :: Fresno                 :      951,250 
 Cross               1/ :              :: Kern                   :      581,200 
 Lee                 1/ :              :: Kings                  :      490,250 
 Lonoke                 :       57,450 :: Madera                 :      108,400 
 Monroe              1/ :              :: Merced                 :      175,650 
 Phillips               :      127,950 :: Tulare                 :      245,150 
 Prairie             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Saint Franci           :       40,500 :: District 51            :    2,551,900 
 Woodruff            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Imperial            1/ :              
 District 60            :      392,750 :: Riverside           1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Lafayette           1/ :              :: District 80         2/ :              
 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              :    2,624,800 :: Candler             1/ :              
                        :              :: Jefferson           1/ :              
                        :              :: Screven             1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 60            :      291,750 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Calhoun             1/ :              
 FL  Total              :      119,450 :: Decatur             1/ :              
                        :              :: Early               1/ :              
                        :              :: Lee                 1/ :              
 Georgia                :              :: Miller              1/ :              
                        :              :: Mitchell            1/ :              
 Bartow              1/ :              :: Randolph            1/ :              
                        :              :: Seminole            1/ :              
 District 10         2/ :              :: Sumter              1/ :              
                        :              :: Terrell             1/ :              
 Elbert              1/ :              :: Thomas              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30         2/ :              :: District 70            :      472,050 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Taylor              1/ :              :: Berrien             1/ :              
                        :              :: Brooks              1/ :              
 District 40         2/ :              :: Coffee              1/ :              
                        :              :: Colquitt               :      238,350 
 Bleckley            1/ :              :: Cook                1/ :              
 Crawford            1/ :              :: Crisp               1/ :              
 Dodge               1/ :              :: Dooly                  :      197,650 
 Johnson             1/ :              :: Irwin               1/ :              
 Laurens             1/ :              :: Jeff Davis          1/ :              
 Morgan              1/ :              :: Lowndes             1/ :              
 Pulaski             1/ :              :: Tift                1/ :              
                        :              :: Turner              1/ :              
 District 50            :      158,900 :: Wilcox              1/ :              
                        :              :: Worth               1/ :              
 Bulloch             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Burke                  :      113,700 :: District 80            :    1,037,300 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
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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)     :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Appling             1/ :              :: Rapides                :       52,400 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 90         2/ :              :: District 50         3/ :      238,850 
                        :              ::                        :              
 GA  Total              :    2,046,450 :: LA  Total              :    1,298,600 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Louisiana              :              :: Mississippi            :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Caddo                  :       36,950 :: Bolivar                :      116,950 
 Red River           1/ :              :: Coahoma                :      174,800 
                        :              :: Quitman                :       69,850 
 District 10         3/ :       36,950 :: Tallahatchie           :      111,550 
                        :              :: Tunica                 :       50,850 
 Ouachita            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 10            :      524,000 
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Benton              1/ :              
 East Carroll           :      113,350 :: Calhoun                :       44,300 
 Franklin               :      183,450 :: Desoto              1/ :              
 Madison             1/ :              :: Grenada             1/ :              
 Morehouse              :      141,350 :: Lafayette           1/ :              
 Richland               :      219,200 :: Marshall            1/ :              
 Tensas                 :      136,350 :: Panola                 :       35,300 
 West Carroll           :       94,150 :: Tate                1/ :              
                        :              :: Yalobusha           1/ :              
 District 30         3/ :      887,850 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 20            :      160,450 
 Natchitoches        1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Lee                 1/ :              
 District 40         2/ :              :: Pontotoc            1/ :              
                        :              :: Prentiss            1/ :              
 Avoyelles           1/ :              :: Tippah              1/ :              
 Catahoula              :       90,300 :: Union               1/ :              
 Concordia              :       96,150 ::                        :              
 Pointe Coupe        1/ :              :: District 30         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
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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               :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Humphreys              :       85,150 :: Dunklin                :      206,500 
 Issaquena           1/ :              :: New Madrid             :      161,050 
 Leflore                :      144,800 :: Pemiscot               :      130,450 
 Sharkey             1/ :              :: Scott               1/ :              
 Sunflower              :      156,100 :: Stoddard            1/ :              
 Washington             :      165,850 ::                        :              
 Yazoo                  :      129,950 :: District 90            :      555,850 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 40         3/ :      681,850 :: MO  Total              :      555,850 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Carroll             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Holmes                 :      102,650 :: New Mexico             :              
 Leake               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Madison                :       34,900 :: Quay                1/ :              
 Montgomery          1/ :              ::                        :              
 Rankin              1/ :              :: District 30         2/ :              
 Webster             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Hidalgo             1/ :              
 District 50            :      213,950 :: Luna                1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Chickasaw           1/ :              :: District 70         2/ :              
 Monroe              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Chaves              1/ :              
 District 60            :       48,800 :: Dona Ana               :       38,950 
                        :              :: Eddy                1/ :              
 Hinds               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Jefferson           1/ :              :: District 90            :       77,600 
 Warren              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: NM  Total              :       89,600 
 District 70            :       70,950 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 MS  Total              :    1,816,200 :: North Carolina         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Rutherford          1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 20         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
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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):              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Anson               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Cleveland           1/ :              :: District 90         3/ :      118,400 
 Stanly              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: NC  Total              :      972,250 
 District 60            :       64,300 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Bertie              1/ :              :: Oklahoma               :              
 Edgecombe           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Gates               1/ :              :: Beckham                :        7,950 
 Halifax                :       88,900 :: Custer              1/ :              
 Hertford            1/ :              :: Washita                :        7,750 
 Martin              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Nash                1/ :              :: District 20         3/ :       15,700 
 Northampton            :       81,250 ::                        :              
 Perquimans          1/ :              :: Caddo                  :        3,500 
                        :              :: Cotton              1/ :              
 District 70            :      435,400 :: Greer                  :        3,100 
                        :              :: Harmon                 :       20,400 
 Beaufort            1/ :              :: Jackson                :       53,150 
 Craven              1/ :              :: Kiowa                  :        8,050 
 Greene              1/ :              :: Tillman                :       15,000 
 Jones               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lenoir              1/ :              :: District 30         3/ :      103,200 
 Pitt                1/ :              ::                        :              
 Wayne               1/ :              :: Canadian            1/ :              
 Wilson              1/ :              :: Grady               1/ :              
                        :              :: Mcclain             1/ :              
 District 80            :      256,800 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :        4,000 
 Bladen              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Duplin              1/ :              :: Bryan               1/ :              
 Harnett             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Hoke                1/ :              :: District 60         2/ :              
 Robeson                :       42,850 ::                        :              
 Sampson                :       75,550 :: OK  Total              :      124,950 
 Scotland            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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                        :              ::                        :              
 South Carolina         :              :: Tennessee              :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 York                1/ :              :: Dyer                1/ :              
                        :              :: Lake                1/ :              
 District 20         2/ :              :: Lauderdale             :       59,250 
                        :              :: Tipton                 :       64,500 
 Darlington             :       28,200 ::                        :              
 Dillon              1/ :              :: District 10         3/ :      123,750 
 Marlboro               :       50,000 ::                        :              
 Williamsburg        1/ :              :: Carroll             1/ :              
                        :              :: Crockett               :      141,600 
 District 30         3/ :       78,200 :: Fayette                :       48,600 
                        :              :: Gibson                 :       81,700 
 Aiken               1/ :              :: Hardeman            1/ :              
 Saluda              1/ :              :: Haywood                :      174,500 
                        :              :: Madison             1/ :              
 District 40            :        6,850 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 20            :      506,800 
 Calhoun                :       74,050 ::                        :              
 Clarendon              :       29,950 :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 Lee                    :       48,250 ::                        :              
 Orangeburg             :       64,700 :: District 40         2/ :              
 Sumter                 :       32,350 ::                        :              
                        :              :: TN  Total              :      663,550 
 District 50            :      249,300 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Allendale           1/ :              :: Texas                  :              
 Barnwell            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Hampton             1/ :              :: Briscoe                :       49,950 
                        :              :: Castro                 :       79,500 
 District 80            :       33,150 :: Deaf Smith          1/ :              
                        :              :: Floyd                  :      170,550 
 SC  Total              :      433,000 :: Hale                   :      322,850 
                        :              :: Parmer                 :      101,650 
                        :              :: Swisher                :       66,350 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 11         3/ :      790,850 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
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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                 :       76,600 :: Fisher              1/ :              
 Cochran             1/ :              :: Haskell                :       46,500 
 Crosby                 :      189,750 :: Jones                  :       35,750 
 Dawson                 :       89,600 :: Knox                1/ :              
 Gaines                 :      286,000 :: Mitchell               :       10,650 
 Glasscock           1/ :              :: Nolan               1/ :              
 Hockley                :      290,350 :: Runnels                :       27,750 
 Howard              1/ :              :: Scurry                 :        5,150 
 Lamb                   :      263,300 :: Taylor              1/ :              
 Lubbock                :      245,450 ::                        :              
 Lynn                   :      206,900 :: District 22            :      195,250 
 Martin                 :       35,900 ::                        :              
 Midland             1/ :              :: Clay                1/ :              
 Terry                  :      289,400 :: Throckmorton        1/ :              
 Yoakum                 :      149,850 :: Young               1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 12            :    2,202,500 :: District 30            :        3,600 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Borden              1/ :              :: Collin              1/ :              
 Childress           1/ :              :: Ellis                  :       18,550 
 Collingswort        1/ :              :: Falls               1/ :              
 Cottle              1/ :              :: Hill                   :       26,400 
 Dickens             1/ :              :: Hunt                1/ :              
 Donley              1/ :              :: Kaufman             1/ :              
 Garza                  :       17,700 :: Lamar               1/ :              
 Hall                   :       64,000 :: Mclennan            1/ :              
 Hardeman            1/ :              :: Milam                  :        6,050 
 Kent                1/ :              :: Navarro             1/ :              
 Motley              1/ :              :: Williamson             :       22,250 
 Wichita             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Wilbarger              :        6,900 :: District 40            :      116,400 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 21            :      193,600 :: Houston             1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Baylor              1/ :              :: District 51         2/ :              
 Coleman             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)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Brazos              1/ :              :: Matagorda           1/ :              
 Robertson              :       33,350 :: Wharton                :       95,100 
 Walker              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90            :      186,450 
 District 52            :       63,650 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Zavala              1/ :              
 El Paso             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Pecos               1/ :              :: District 96         2/ :              
 Reeves              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Cameron                :       48,900 
 District 60            :       90,500 :: Hidalgo                :       33,250 
                        :              :: Starr               1/ :              
 Concho              1/ :              :: Willacy                :       78,650 
 Mcculloch           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Tom Green              :       38,350 :: District 97         3/ :      160,800 
 Upton               1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: TX  Total              :    4,269,200 
 District 70            :       69,650 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Burleson            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Caldwell            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Medina              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 81            :       19,350 :: VA  Total              :      155,950 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Kleberg             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Nueces                 :       47,050 ::                        :              
 Refugio             1/ :              ::                        :              
 San Patricio           :       66,550 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 82            :      142,500 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Brazoria               :       12,200 ::                        :              
 Calhoun             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Fort Bend              :       49,300 ::                        :              
 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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