HDR1012000170171126960830Cotton Ginnings                                        
                                                                                
Released November 26, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service     
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Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to             
November 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          :       362,350         400,350         311,700         500,450 
    AZ          :       526,800         501,850         366,800         397,050 
    AR          :     1,009,900       1,424,900       1,301,400       1,418,100 
    CA          :     1,561,800       1,535,150       1,169,550       1,394,700 
    FL 1/       :                                        54,850          70,500 
    GA          :       462,750         527,750       1,044,200       1,210,000 
    LA          :     1,052,250       1,286,950       1,267,450       1,206,900 
    MS          :     1,398,650       1,743,450       1,727,400       1,755,200 
    MO          :       320,450         480,600         392,450         469,950 
    NM          :        48,400          41,550          33,500          50,200 
    NC          :       321,050         409,300         431,700         537,250 
    OK          :       177,550         157,950          32,100          48,350 
    SC          :       160,650         203,700         200,700         321,800 
    TN          :       483,450         679,950         589,650         613,050 
    TX          :     2,979,850       2,993,700       2,278,200       1,885,950 
    VA 1/       :                                        60,100          63,250 
    US          :    10,952,400      12,478,850      11,261,750      11,942,700 
                :                                                               
Amer-Pima       :                                                               
    AZ          :        45,100          38,100          21,850          37,050 
    CA          :        74,850          69,350          54,450         104,700 
    NM  1/      :         7,150           8,700                           6,550 
    TX  1/      :        25,550          26,000                          27,100 
    US          :       152,650         142,150         105,550         175,400 
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Ct Gn 1 (11-96)                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
Estimates are for All Cotton ginned prior to November 1, 1996.  Preliminary     
estimates were released November 12, 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           :    8,878,600 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Alabama                :              :: Alabama (Cont'd)       :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Colbert             1/ :              :: Escambia            1/ :              
 Lauderdale          1/ :              :: Mobile              1/ :              
 Lawrence               :       41,550 :: Monroe              1/ :              
 Limestone              :       61,400 ::                        :              
 Madison                :       19,450 :: District 50            :       60,300 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 10            :      156,700 :: 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            :       66,650 
 Pickens             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Tallapoosa          1/ :              :: AL  Total              :      358,200 
 Tuscaloosa          1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30         2/ :              :: Arizona                :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Autauga             1/ :              :: Mohave              1/ :              
 Dallas              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Elmore                 :       15,600 :: District 20         2/ :              
 Greene              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lowndes             1/ :              :: Maricopa               :       59,650 
 Macon               1/ :              :: Pinal                  :       86,500 
 Marengo             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :      146,150 
 District 40            :       44,950 ::                        :              
                        :              :: La Paz              1/ :              
 Baldwin             1/ :              :: Yuma                   :       55,250 
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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/ :       55,250 :: District 70            :        5,400 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Cochise             1/ :              :: Ashley                 :       76,000 
 Graham              1/ :              :: Chicot              1/ :              
 Pima                1/ :              :: Desha                  :      124,600 
                        :              :: Drew                1/ :              
 District 90            :       33,350 :: Jefferson              :       88,450 
                        :              :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 AZ  Total              :      257,550 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90            :      353,400 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Arkansas               :              :: AR  Total              :    1,191,600 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Clay                   :       19,100 ::                        :              
 Craighead              :      102,950 :: California             :              
 Greene                 :       21,200 ::                        :              
 Mississippi            :      262,850 :: Colusa              1/ :              
 Poinsett               :       91,350 :: Sutter              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30            :      497,450 :: District 50         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Crittenden             :       85,650 :: Fresno                 :      272,550 
 Cross               1/ :              :: Kern                   :      207,650 
 Lee                 1/ :              :: Kings                  :      142,250 
 Lonoke                 :       47,350 :: Madera                 :       27,350 
 Monroe              1/ :              :: Merced                 :       48,000 
 Phillips               :      114,650 :: Tulare                 :       90,200 
 Prairie             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Saint Franci           :       26,750 :: District 51         3/ :      788,000 
 Woodruff            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Imperial            1/ :              
 District 60            :      335,350 :: Riverside           1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Lafayette           1/ :              :: District 80            :       35,000 
 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              :      828,850 :: Candler             1/ :              
                        :              :: Jefferson           1/ :              
                        :              :: Screven             1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 60            :      103,250 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Calhoun             1/ :              
 FL  Total              :       43,750 :: 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            :      175,300 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Taylor              1/ :              :: Berrien             1/ :              
                        :              :: Brooks              1/ :              
 District 40         2/ :              :: Coffee              1/ :              
                        :              :: Colquitt               :      107,700 
 Bleckley            1/ :              :: Cook                1/ :              
 Crawford            1/ :              :: Crisp               1/ :              
 Dodge               1/ :              :: Dooly                  :       92,200 
 Johnson             1/ :              :: Irwin               1/ :              
 Laurens             1/ :              :: Jeff Davis          1/ :              
 Morgan              1/ :              :: Lowndes             1/ :              
 Pulaski             1/ :              :: Tift                1/ :              
                        :              :: Turner              1/ :              
 District 50            :       66,450 :: Wilcox              1/ :              
                        :              :: Worth               1/ :              
 Bulloch             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Burke                  :       35,750 :: District 80            :      426,250 
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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                :       45,400 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 90         2/ :              :: District 50         3/ :      157,050 
                        :              ::                        :              
 GA  Total              :      803,750 :: LA  Total              :    1,042,900 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Louisiana              :              :: Mississippi            :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Caddo                  :       31,300 :: Bolivar                :      104,650 
 Red River           1/ :              :: Coahoma                :      139,800 
                        :              :: Quitman                :       59,050 
 District 10         3/ :       31,300 :: Tallahatchie           :       90,850 
                        :              :: Tunica                 :       45,200 
 Ouachita            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 10            :      439,550 
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Benton              1/ :              
 East Carroll           :      108,250 :: Calhoun                :       37,000 
 Franklin               :      144,650 :: Desoto              1/ :              
 Madison             1/ :              :: Grenada             1/ :              
 Morehouse              :      111,000 :: Lafayette           1/ :              
 Richland               :      175,950 :: Marshall            1/ :              
 Tensas                 :      124,950 :: Panola                 :       28,200 
 West Carroll           :       78,000 :: Tate                1/ :              
                        :              :: Yalobusha           1/ :              
 District 30         3/ :      742,800 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 20            :      123,550 
 Natchitoches        1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Lee                 1/ :              
 District 40         2/ :              :: Pontotoc            1/ :              
                        :              :: Prentiss            1/ :              
 Avoyelles           1/ :              :: Tippah              1/ :              
 Catahoula              :       52,150 :: Union               1/ :              
 Concordia              :       59,500 ::                        :              
 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              :       84,550 :: Dunklin                :      147,550 
 Issaquena           1/ :              :: New Madrid             :       74,850 
 Leflore                :      138,050 :: Pemiscot               :      101,500 
 Sharkey             1/ :              :: Scott               1/ :              
 Sunflower              :      141,300 :: Stoddard            1/ :              
 Washington             :      144,250 ::                        :              
 Yazoo                  :      114,650 :: District 90            :      355,700 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 40         3/ :      622,800 :: MO  Total              :      355,700 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Carroll             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Holmes                 :       90,500 :: New Mexico             :              
 Leake               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Madison                :       27,400 :: Hidalgo             1/ :              
 Montgomery          1/ :              :: Luna                1/ :              
 Rankin              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Webster             1/ :              :: District 70         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 50            :      179,500 :: Chaves              1/ :              
                        :              :: Dona Ana            1/ :              
 Chickasaw           1/ :              :: Eddy                   :       11,250 
 Monroe              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90         3/ :       11,250 
 District 60            :       33,550 ::                        :              
                        :              :: NM  Total              :       31,250 
 Hinds               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Jefferson           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Warren              1/ :              :: North Carolina         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 70            :       59,550 :: Rutherford          1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 MS  Total              :    1,562,900 :: District 20         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Anson               1/ :              
                        :              :: Cleveland           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              :      339,150 
 District 60            :       21,650 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Bertie              1/ :              :: Oklahoma               :              
 Edgecombe           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Gates               1/ :              :: Beckham             1/ :              
 Halifax                :       27,000 ::                        :              
 Hertford            1/ :              :: District 20         2/ :              
 Martin              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Nash                1/ :              :: Caddo               1/ :              
 Northampton            :       26,750 :: Greer               1/ :              
 Perquimans          1/ :              :: Harmon                 :        5,550 
                        :              :: Jackson                :       20,200 
 District 70         3/ :       53,750 :: Tillman                :        1,750 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Beaufort            1/ :              :: District 30            :       27,900 
 Craven              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Greene              1/ :              :: Mcclain             1/ :              
 Jones               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lenoir              1/ :              :: District 50         2/ :              
 Pitt                1/ :              ::                        :              
 Wayne               1/ :              :: OK  Total              :       28,800 
 Wilson              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 80            :      114,750 :: South Carolina         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Bladen              1/ :              :: York                1/ :              
 Duplin              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Harnett             1/ :              :: District 20         2/ :              
 Hoke                1/ :              ::                        :              
 Robeson             1/ :              :: Darlington             :       13,300 
 Sampson                :       28,050 :: Dillon              1/ :              
 Scotland            1/ :              :: Marlboro               :       27,950 
                        :              :: Williamsburg        1/ :              
 District 90            :       74,150 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 30            :       76,000 
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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 (Cont'd):              :: Tennessee (Cont'd)     :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Aiken               1/ :              :: Haywood                :      146,150 
 Saluda              1/ :              :: Madison             1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 40         2/ :              :: District 20            :      399,850 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Calhoun                :       37,750 :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 Clarendon              :       20,500 ::                        :              
 Lee                    :       31,050 :: District 40         2/ :              
 Orangeburg             :       35,300 ::                        :              
 Sumter                 :       21,650 :: TN  Total              :      527,150 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 50            :      146,250 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Texas                  :              
 Allendale           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Barnwell            1/ :              :: Briscoe             1/ :              
 Hampton             1/ :              :: Castro                 :       15,250 
                        :              :: Deaf Smith          1/ :              
 District 80            :       15,050 :: Floyd                  :       16,600 
                        :              :: Hale                   :       46,500 
 SC  Total              :      243,650 :: Parmer                 :        6,500 
                        :              :: Swisher                :        8,850 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Tennessee              :              :: District 11            :       98,900 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Dyer                1/ :              :: Bailey                 :       13,450 
 Lake                1/ :              :: Cochran             1/ :              
 Lauderdale             :       54,200 :: Crosby                 :       17,600 
 Tipton                 :       52,850 :: Dawson                 :       32,050 
                        :              :: Gaines                 :       81,650 
 District 10         3/ :      107,050 :: Glasscock           1/ :              
                        :              :: Hockley                :       37,350 
 Carroll             1/ :              :: Howard              1/ :              
 Crockett               :      114,850 :: Lamb                   :       38,950 
 Fayette             1/ :              :: Lubbock                :       30,850 
 Gibson                 :       59,500 :: Lynn                   :       13,200 
 Hardeman            1/ :              :: Martin                 :        6,550 
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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)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Midland             1/ :              :: Kaufman             1/ :              
 Terry                  :       58,350 :: Lamar               1/ :              
 Yoakum                 :       29,950 :: Mclennan            1/ :              
                        :              :: Milam               1/ :              
 District 12            :      383,450 :: Navarro             1/ :              
                        :              :: Williamson             :       21,650 
 Borden              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Childress           1/ :              :: District 40            :       97,700 
 Collingswort        1/ :              ::                        :              
 Cottle              1/ :              :: Houston             1/ :              
 Dickens             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Donley              1/ :              :: District 51         2/ :              
 Garza               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Hall                   :          550 :: Brazos              1/ :              
 Hardeman            1/ :              :: Robertson              :       31,000 
 Motley              1/ :              :: Walker              1/ :              
 Wilbarger           1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 52            :       60,300 
 District 21            :        4,300 ::                        :              
                        :              :: El Paso                :       17,400 
 Fisher              1/ :              :: Pecos               1/ :              
 Haskell             1/ :              :: Reeves              1/ :              
 Jones               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Knox                1/ :              :: District 60         3/ :       17,400 
 Nolan               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Runnels                :        5,200 :: Concho              1/ :              
 Scurry              1/ :              :: Mcculloch           1/ :              
 Taylor              1/ :              :: Tom Green              :       13,450 
                        :              :: Upton               1/ :              
 District 22            :        7,900 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 70            :       22,600 
 Collin              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Ellis                  :       14,850 :: Burleson            1/ :              
 Falls               1/ :              :: Caldwell            1/ :              
 Hill                   :       25,050 :: Medina              1/ :              
 Hunt                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)         :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: VA  Total              :       40,850 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 81            :       19,250 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Kleberg             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Nueces                 :       47,050 ::                        :              
 Refugio             1/ :              ::                        :              
 San Patricio           :       66,550 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 82            :      142,550 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Brazoria               :       12,200 ::                        :              
 Calhoun             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Fort Bend              :       47,200 ::                        :              
 Jackson             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Matagorda           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Wharton                :       95,100 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 90            :      184,350 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Zavala              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 96         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Cameron                :       48,900 ::                        :              
 Hidalgo                :       33,250 ::                        :              
 Starr               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Willacy                :       78,650 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 97         3/ :      160,800 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 TX  Total              :    1,222,550 ::                        :              
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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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