HDR1012000170170125961500Cotton Ginnings                                        
HDR2012000170170125961500Cotton Ginnings Tables                                 
                                                                                
Released January 25, 1996, 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             
January 15, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1992-1995             
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      Crop      :                 Running Bales Ginned                          
      and       : --------------------------------------------------------------
     State      :      1992     :      1993     :      1994     :      1995     
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                :                                                               
All Cotton      :                                                               
    AL          :       580,050         438,800         677,000         451,600 
    AZ          :       791,450         813,800         808,600         798,650 
    AR          :     1,644,800       1,095,100       1,763,850       1,458,100 
    CA          :     2,917,900       2,941,850       2,788,750       2,433,300 
    FL 1/       :        76,750          94,700                                 
    GA          :       689,550         700,300       1,375,050       1,898,600 
    KS 1/ 2/    :                                                               
    LA          :     1,294,800       1,106,200      15,099,900       1,368,950 
    MS          :     2,068,750       1,508,500       2,078,950       1,803,950 
    MO          :       527,900         335,100         553,600         477,300 
    NM          :        54,600          72,850          67,900          69,150 
    NC          :       440,950         416,500         787,250         783,000 
    OK          :       150,000         255,150         227,150         116,500 
    SC          :       203,000         195,350         353,450         347,900 
    TN          :       808,850         527,150         861,400         713,400 
    TX          :     3,037,350       4,984,700       4,805,600       4,343,600 
    VA 1/       :        23,800                                         128,350 
    US          :    15,310,500      15,516,600      18,842,450      17,298,650 
                :                                                               
Amer-Pima       :                                                               
    AZ          :       131,500          83,700          77,100          68,350 
    CA          :       224,800         170,600         158,450         187,100 
    NM          :        13,050          12,800          14,000          13,750 
    TX          :        55,750          52,500          55,750          54,500 
Oth Sts         :         1,000              70               0               0 
    US          :       426,100         319,670         305,250         323,700 
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          
2/  No gins operated in 1992 and 1994.                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
Ct Gn 1 (1-96)                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Estimates are All Cotton ginned prior to January 1, 1996.  Preliminary          
estimates were released January 16, 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           :   17,001,200 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Alabama                :              :: Alabama (Cont'd)       :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Colbert             1/ :              :: Baldwin             1/ :              
 Lauderdale          1/ :              :: Escambia            1/ :              
 Lawrence               :       35,200 :: Mobile              1/ :              
 Limestone              :       60,700 :: Monroe              1/ :              
 Madison                :       25,700 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :       89,800 
 District 10            :      145,600 ::                        :              
                        :              :: 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            :      134,300 
 Pickens             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Shelby              1/ :              :: AL  Total              :      439,150 
 Tallapoosa          1/ :              ::                        :              
 Tuscaloosa          1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Arizona                :              
 District 30         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Mohave              1/ :              
 Autauga             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Dallas              1/ :              :: District 20         2/ :              
 Elmore                 :        6,100 ::                        :              
 Greene              1/ :              :: Maricopa               :      309,850 
 Hale                1/ :              :: Pinal                  :      237,900 
 Lowndes             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Macon               1/ :              :: District 50            :      547,750 
 Marengo             1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: La Paz              1/ :              
 District 40            :       33,850 :: Yuma                   :       72,850 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
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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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                        :              ::                        :              
 Arizona (Cont'd)       :              :: Arkansas (Cont'd)      :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Miller              1/ :              
 District 70         3/ :       72,850 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 70            :       11,000 
 Cochise                :       16,400 ::                        :              
 Graham              1/ :              :: Ashley                 :      110,400 
 Greenlee            1/ :              :: Chicot              1/ :              
 Pima                1/ :              :: Desha                  :      174,050 
                        :              :: Drew                1/ :              
 District 90            :       73,300 :: Jefferson              :      101,650 
                        :              :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 AZ  Total              :      747,950 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90            :      470,450 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Arkansas               :              :: AR  Total              :    1,457,950 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Clay                   :       20,750 ::                        :              
 Craighead              :      133,250 :: California             :              
 Greene                 :       22,050 ::                        :              
 Mississippi            :      298,100 :: Colusa              1/ :              
 Poinsett               :      105,750 :: Sutter              1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30            :      579,900 :: District 50         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Crittenden             :       94,700 :: Fresno                 :      824,300 
 Cross               1/ :              :: Kern                   :      474,750 
 Lee                 1/ :              :: Kings                  :      469,250 
 Lonoke                 :       51,950 :: Madera                 :      104,350 
 Monroe              1/ :              :: Merced                 :      157,450 
 Phillips               :      136,150 :: Tulare                 :      264,250 
 Prairie             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Saint Franci           :       38,250 :: District 51            :    2,294,350 
 Woodruff            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Imperial            1/ :              
 District 60            :      396,600 :: Riverside           1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Lafayette           1/ :              :: District 80         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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                        :              ::                        :              
 California (Cont'd)    :              :: Georgia (Cont'd)       :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 CA  Total              :    2,364,450 :: Candler             1/ :              
                        :              :: Jefferson           1/ :              
                        :              :: Screven             1/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 60            :      223,650 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Calhoun             1/ :              
 FL  Total              :      102,950 :: 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            :      517,500 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Taylor              1/ :              :: Berrien             1/ :              
                        :              :: Brooks              1/ :              
 District 40         2/ :              :: Coffee              1/ :              
                        :              :: Colquitt               :      254,600 
 Bleckley            1/ :              :: Cook                1/ :              
 Crawford            1/ :              :: Crisp               1/ :              
 Dodge               1/ :              :: Dooly                  :      134,800 
 Johnson             1/ :              :: Irwin               1/ :              
 Laurens             1/ :              :: Jeff Davis          1/ :              
 Morgan              1/ :              :: Lowndes             1/ :              
 Pulaski             1/ :              :: Tift                1/ :              
                        :              :: Turner              1/ :              
 District 50            :      115,650 :: Wilcox              1/ :              
                        :              :: Worth               1/ :              
 Bulloch             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Burke                  :       90,500 :: District 80            :      918,950 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
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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/ :              :: Avoyelles           1/ :              
 Pierce              1/ :              :: Catahoula              :       71,200 
                        :              :: Concordia              :       95,800 
 District 90         2/ :              :: Pointe Coupe        1/ :              
                        :              :: Rapides                :       73,050 
 GA  Total              :    1,841,700 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :      310,750 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Kansas              4/ :              :: LA  Total              :    1,368,550 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Louisiana              :              :: Mississippi            :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Caddo                  :       37,450 :: Bolivar                :      103,100 
 Red River           1/ :              :: Coahoma                :      152,150 
                        :              :: Quitman                :       58,100 
 District 10         3/ :       37,450 :: Tallahatchie           :      100,400 
                        :              :: Tunica                 :       48,850 
 Ouachita            1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 10            :      462,600 
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Benton              1/ :              
 East Carroll           :      118,400 :: Calhoun                :       22,150 
 Franklin               :      178,850 :: Desoto              1/ :              
 Madison             1/ :              :: Grenada             1/ :              
 Morehouse              :      155,850 :: Lafayette           1/ :              
 Richland               :      208,400 :: Marshall            1/ :              
 Tensas                 :      127,600 :: Panola                 :       65,500 
 West Carroll           :      101,750 :: Tate                1/ :              
                        :              :: Yalobusha           1/ :              
 District 30         3/ :      890,850 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 20            :      181,400 
 Natchitoches        1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: Lee                 1/ :              
 District 40         2/ :              :: Pontotoc            1/ :              
                        :              :: Prentiss            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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                        :              ::                        :              
 Mississippi (Cont'd)   :              :: Mississippi (Cont'd)   :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Tippah              1/ :              :: MS  Total              :    1,803,600 
 Union               1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 30         2/ :              :: Missouri               :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Humphreys              :       94,550 :: Dunklin                :      147,150 
 Issaquena           1/ :              :: New Madrid             :      153,350 
 Leflore                :      156,700 :: Pemiscot               :      104,600 
 Sharkey             1/ :              :: Scott               1/ :              
 Sunflower              :      188,400 :: Stoddard            1/ :              
 Washington             :      172,800 ::                        :              
 Yazoo                  :      143,550 :: District 90            :      477,200 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 40         3/ :      756,000 :: MO  Total              :      477,200 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Carroll             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Holmes                 :      103,750 :: New Mexico             :              
 Leake               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Madison                :       27,100 :: Quay                1/ :              
 Montgomery          1/ :              :: Roosevelt           1/ :              
 Rankin              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Webster             1/ :              :: District 30         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 50            :      197,450 :: Hidalgo             1/ :              
                        :              :: Luna                1/ :              
 Chickasaw           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Monroe              1/ :              :: District 70         2/ :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 60            :       25,900 :: Chaves              1/ :              
                        :              :: Dona Ana               :       26,050 
 Hinds               1/ :              :: Eddy                1/ :              
 Jefferson           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Warren              1/ :              :: District 90         3/ :       26,050 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 70            :       66,550 :: NM  Total              :       65,700 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
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               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         :              :: North Carolina (Cont'd):              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Rutherford          1/ :              :: Sampson                :       50,300 
                        :              :: Scotland            1/ :              
 District 20         2/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90         3/ :       87,700 
 Anson               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Cleveland           1/ :              :: NC  Total              :      769,000 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 60            :       36,050 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Oklahoma               :              
 Bertie              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Edgecombe           1/ :              :: Beckham                :        7,150 
 Gates               1/ :              :: Custer              1/ :              
 Halifax                :       60,550 :: Washita                :       10,650 
 Hertford            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Martin              1/ :              :: District 20         3/ :       17,800 
 Nash                1/ :              ::                        :              
 Northampton            :       65,400 :: Caddo                  :        5,300 
 Perquimans          1/ :              :: Cotton              1/ :              
                        :              :: Greer                  :        4,400 
 District 70            :      359,600 :: Harmon                 :       11,900 
                        :              :: Jackson                :       28,300 
 Craven              1/ :              :: Kiowa                  :        8,850 
 Greene              1/ :              :: Tillman                :       32,900 
 Jones               1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lenoir              1/ :              :: District 30         3/ :       91,650 
 Pitt                1/ :              ::                        :              
 Wayne               1/ :              :: Canadian            1/ :              
 Wilson              1/ :              :: Grady               1/ :              
                        :              :: Mcclain             1/ :              
 District 80            :      210,650 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 50            :        3,700 
 Bladen              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Duplin              1/ :              :: Bryan               1/ :              
 Harnett             1/ :              :: Stephens            1/ :              
 Hoke                1/ :              ::                        :              
 Robeson                :       37,400 :: District 60         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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                        :              ::                        :              
 Oklahoma (Cont'd)      :              :: South Carolina (Cont'd):              
                        :              ::                        :              
 OK  Total              :      115,550 :: SC  Total              :      342,100 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 South Carolina         :              :: Tennessee              :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 York                1/ :              :: Dyer                1/ :              
                        :              :: Lake                1/ :              
 District 20         2/ :              :: Lauderdale             :       65,500 
                        :              :: Tipton                 :       79,850 
 Darlington             :       21,000 ::                        :              
 Dillon              1/ :              :: District 10         3/ :      145,350 
 Florence            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Marlboro               :       35,250 :: Carroll             1/ :              
 Williamsburg        1/ :              :: Crockett               :      139,000 
                        :              :: Fayette             1/ :              
 District 30            :      114,600 :: Gibson                 :       95,200 
                        :              :: Hardeman            1/ :              
 Aiken               1/ :              :: Haywood                :      164,500 
 Saluda              1/ :              :: Madison                :       36,050 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 40            :        5,550 :: District 20            :      522,450 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Calhoun                :       60,950 :: Lincoln             1/ :              
 Clarendon           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Lee                    :       42,050 :: District 40         2/ :              
 Orangeburg             :       53,500 ::                        :              
 Sumter                 :       24,850 :: TN  Total              :      713,050 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 50         3/ :      181,350 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Texas                  :              
 Allendale           1/ :              ::                        :              
 Barnwell            1/ :              :: Briscoe                :       24,800 
                        :              :: Castro                 :       45,350 
 District 80         2/ :              :: Deaf Smith          1/ :              
                        :              :: Floyd                  :      102,100 
                        :              :: Hale                   :      215,900 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
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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)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Parmer                 :       63,250 :: Wilbarger              :       16,350 
 Swisher                :       30,200 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 21            :      143,900 
 District 11         3/ :      481,600 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Baylor              1/ :              
 Bailey                 :       60,800 :: Coleman             1/ :              
 Cochran             1/ :              :: Fisher              1/ :              
 Crosby                 :      133,150 :: Haskell                :       35,050 
 Dawson                 :      144,450 :: Jones                  :       15,600 
 Gaines                 :      306,450 :: Knox                   :       19,750 
 Glasscock           1/ :              :: Mitchell               :       18,900 
 Hockley                :      272,550 :: Nolan               1/ :              
 Howard                 :       45,400 :: Runnels                :       12,050 
 Lamb                   :      188,250 :: Scurry                 :       27,400 
 Lubbock                :      212,900 :: Taylor              1/ :              
 Lynn                   :      185,000 ::                        :              
 Martin                 :       99,750 :: District 22            :      180,550 
 Midland             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Terry                  :      199,700 :: Clay                1/ :              
 Yoakum                 :      120,950 :: Throckmorton        1/ :              
                        :              :: Young               1/ :              
 District 12            :    2,061,550 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 30            :        4,550 
 Borden              1/ :              ::                        :              
 Childress           1/ :              :: Collin              1/ :              
 Collingswort        1/ :              :: Delta               1/ :              
 Cottle              1/ :              :: Denton              1/ :              
 Dickens             1/ :              :: Ellis                  :       24,300 
 Donley              1/ :              :: Falls               1/ :              
 Foard               1/ :              :: Fannin              1/ :              
 Garza                  :       13,000 :: Hill                   :       39,100 
 Hall                   :       32,650 :: Hunt                1/ :              
 Hardeman            1/ :              :: Kaufman             1/ :              
 Kent                1/ :              :: Lamar               1/ :              
 Motley              1/ :              :: Mclennan            1/ :              
 Wichita             1/ :              :: Milam                  :       29,850 
                        :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
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               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)         :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Navarro             1/ :              :: Kleberg             1/ :              
 Williamson             :       63,100 :: Nueces                 :      135,200 
                        :              :: Refugio             1/ :              
 District 40            :      230,950 :: San Patricio           :      238,100 
                        :              ::                        :              
 Houston             1/ :              :: District 82            :      457,300 
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 51         2/ :              :: Brazoria               :       19,050 
                        :              :: Calhoun             1/ :              
 Brazos              1/ :              :: Fort Bend              :       78,700 
 Robertson              :       51,700 :: Jackson             1/ :              
 Walker              1/ :              :: Matagorda           1/ :              
                        :              :: Wharton                :      177,200 
 District 52            :       86,350 ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 90            :      359,300 
 El Paso             1/ :              ::                        :              
 Pecos               1/ :              :: Zavala              1/ :              
 Reeves              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: District 96         2/ :              
 District 60            :       71,850 ::                        :              
                        :              :: Cameron                :       15,500 
 Concho              1/ :              :: Hidalgo                :       28,700 
 Mcculloch           1/ :              :: Starr               1/ :              
 Schleicher          1/ :              :: Willacy                :        7,600 
 Tom Green              :       23,650 ::                        :              
 Upton               1/ :              :: District 97         3/ :       51,800 
 Uvalde              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              :: TX  Total              :    4,263,850 
 District 70            :       59,050 ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 Burleson            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Caldwell            1/ :              ::                        :              
 Medina              1/ :              ::                        :              
                        :              ::                        :              
 District 81            :       32,600 :: VA  Total           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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