Cotton
Ginnings
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service
 
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released March 25, 1999, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
For information on "Cotton Ginnings" call Roger Latham at (202)
720-5944, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
 
 
 
    Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales (Excluding Linters) and Equivalent
      480-Pound Net Weight Bales Ginned, by Crop, State, and United States,
                               Crop Years 1997-98
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            :      Running Bales Ginned       :      Equivalent 480-Pound
    Crop    :          by Crop Year           :        Net Weight Bales
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      1997      :      1998      :      1997      :      1998
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            :
Upland      :
  AL        :      529,100          538,500          545,900          555,350
  AZ        :      803,150          575,350          824,550          591,400
  AR        :    1,627,600        1,172,600        1,654,750        1,191,650
  CA        :    2,135,950        1,125,850        2,212,950        1,162,450
  FL 1/     :
  GA        :    1,884,400        1,516,450        1,942,100        1,564,150
  KS 1/     :
  LA        :    1,001,950          652,750        1,022,000          665,650
  MS        :    1,766,450        1,400,900        1,808,400        1,435,050
  MO        :      547,250          337,750          555,350          343,150
  NM        :       69,500           62,900           69,250           63,650
  NC        :      911,350        1,006,700          941,150        1,039,000
  OK        :      178,100          138,450          180,550          142,300
  SC        :      389,900          334,200          395,750          342,200
  TN        :      646,850          530,600          660,600          543,400
  TX        :    5,023,200        3,504,500        5,164,750        3,616,950
  VA        :      131,400          133,850          133,050          135,400
  US        :   17,769,850       13,107,250       18,239,650       13,470,500
            :
Amer-Pima   :
  AZ        :       41,200           25,400           42,350           26,750
  CA        :      422,450          340,550          436,600          352,750
  NM        :       10,400            6,700           10,500            6,850
  TX        :       57,150           54,050           58,500           55,750
  US        :      531,200          426,700          547,950          442,100
            :
All Cotton  :
  US        :   18,301,050       13,533,950       18,787,600       13,912,600
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.
 
 
Ct Gn 1 (3-99)
         Cotton Ginnings:  Average Net Weight per Bale of Cotton Ginned
                 by State and United States, Crop Years 1996-98
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    Crop    :                    Average Net Weight per Bale
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :         1996         :        1997         :         1998
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            :                              Pounds
            :
Upland      :
  AL        :        496.4                  495.2                 495.0
  AZ        :        494.1                  492.8                 493.4
  AR        :        488.5                  488.0                 487.8
  CA        :        495.9                  497.3                 495.6
  FL        :        499.0                  499.0                 501.0
  GA        :        494.4                  494.7                 495.1
  KS        :        480.0                  495.4                 477.6
  LA        :        488.4                  489.6                 489.5
  MS        :        492.4                  491.4                 491.7
  MO        :        487.1                  487.1                 487.7
  NM        :        480.6                  478.4                 485.7
  NC        :        493.9                  495.7                 495.4
  OK        :        485.8                  486.6                 493.4
  SC        :        487.6                  487.2                 491.5
  TN        :        489.6                  490.2                 491.6
  TX        :        493.9                  493.5                 495.4
  VA        :        487.1                  486.1                 485.5
  US        :        492.6                  492.7                 493.3
            :
Amer-Pima   :
  AZ        :        495.5                  493.3                 505.7
  CA        :        498.6                  496.1                 497.2
  NM        :        486.6                  483.9                 491.0
  TX        :        491.5                  491.2                 495.0
  US        :        496.9                  495.1                 497.3
            :
All Cotton  :
  US        :        492.8                  492.8                 493.4
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There were 850 bales included in this report from the 1998 crop which ginners
estimated would be ginned after the March survey, compared to 32,600 bales last
year.  The number of active cotton gins for the 1998 crop year was 1,109
compared to 1,153 in 1997, and 1,214 active gins in 1996.
 
Estimates are All Cotton ginned.
 
 
               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           :   13,533,950 ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
 Alabama                :              :: Alabama (Cont'd)       :
                        :              ::                        :
 Colbert             1/ :              :: Mobile              1/ :
 Lauderdale          1/ :              :: Monroe              1/ :
 Lawrence               :       65,600 ::                        :
 Limestone              :       88,850 :: District 50            :       63,750
 Madison                :       32,250 ::                        :
                        :              :: Coffee              1/ :
 District 10            :      237,050 :: Covington           1/ :
                        :              :: Crenshaw            1/ :
 Blount              1/ :              :: Geneva              1/ :
 Cherokee            1/ :              :: Henry               1/ :
                        :              :: Houston             1/ :
 District 20         2/ :              :: Russell             1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 Chilton             1/ :              :: District 60            :      105,350
 Fayette             1/ :              ::                        :
 Tallapoosa          1/ :              :: AL  Total              :      538,500
 Tuscaloosa          1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 30         2/ :              :: Arizona                :
                        :              ::                        :
 Autauga             1/ :              :: Mohave              1/ :
 Dallas              1/ :              ::                        :
 Elmore                 :       21,450 :: District 20         2/ :
 Greene              1/ :              ::                        :
 Lowndes             1/ :              :: Maricopa               :      239,750
 Macon               1/ :              :: Pinal                  :      207,000
 Marengo             1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: District 50            :      446,750
 District 40            :       66,600 ::                        :
                        :              :: La Paz              1/ :
 Baldwin             1/ :              :: Yuma                   :       44,400
 Escambia            1/ :              ::                        :
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See footnotes on page 11.
 
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,
                      District, State and United States
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          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/ :       44,400 :: District 70            :        4,400
                        :              ::                        :
 Cochise             1/ :              :: Ashley                 :       78,600
 Graham              1/ :              :: Chicot              1/ :
 Pima                1/ :              :: Desha                  :      155,450
                        :              :: Drew                1/ :
 District 90            :       78,300 :: Jefferson              :       63,100
                        :              :: Lincoln             1/ :
 AZ  Total              :      600,750 ::                        :
                        :              :: District 90            :      361,600
                        :              ::                        :
 Arkansas               :              :: AR  Total              :    1,172,600
                        :              ::                        :
 Clay                   :       19,150 ::                        :
 Craighead              :      134,150 :: California             :
 Greene                 :       20,700 ::                        :
 Mississippi            :      239,600 :: Colusa              1/ :
 Poinsett               :       94,100 :: Sutter              1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 30            :      507,700 :: District 50         2/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 Crittenden             :       67,000 :: Fresno                 :      566,700
 Cross               1/ :              :: Kern                   :      262,650
 Lee                 1/ :              :: Kings                  :      276,150
 Lonoke                 :       41,450 :: Madera              1/ :
 Monroe              1/ :              :: Merced                 :       99,050
 Phillips               :      113,950 :: Tulare                 :      127,150
 Prairie             1/ :              ::                        :
 Saint Franci           :       30,400 :: District 51         3/ :    1,331,700
 Woodruff            1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: Imperial            1/ :
 District 60            :      298,900 :: Riverside           1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 Lafayette           1/ :              :: District 80            :       55,500
 Miller              1/ :              ::                        :
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See footnotes on page 11.
 
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,
                      District, State and United States
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned
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                        :              ::                        :
 California (Cont'd)    :              :: Georgia (Cont'd)       :
                        :              ::                        :
 CA  Total              :    1,466,400 :: Jefferson           1/ :
                        :              :: Screven             1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 Florida                :              :: District 60            :      173,150
                        :              ::                        :
 Escambia            1/ :              :: Calhoun             1/ :
 Jackson             1/ :              :: Decatur             1/ :
 Santa Rosa          1/ :              :: Early               1/ :
                        :              :: Lee                 1/ :
 District 10         2/ :              :: Miller              1/ :
                        :              :: Mitchell            1/ :
 FL  Total           4/ :              :: Randolph            1/ :
                        :              :: Seminole            1/ :
                        :              :: Sumter              1/ :
 Georgia                :              :: Terrell             1/ :
                        :              :: Thomas              1/ :
 Bartow              1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: District 70            :      345,800
 District 10         2/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: Berrien             1/ :
 Taylor              1/ :              :: Brooks              1/ :
                        :              :: Coffee              1/ :
 District 40         2/ :              :: Colquitt               :      191,250
                        :              :: Cook                1/ :
 Bleckley            1/ :              :: Crisp               1/ :
 Dodge               1/ :              :: Dooly                  :      132,600
 Johnson             1/ :              :: Irwin               1/ :
 Laurens             1/ :              :: Jeff Davis          1/ :
 Morgan              1/ :              :: Lowndes             1/ :
 Pulaski             1/ :              :: Tift                1/ :
                        :              :: Turner              1/ :
 District 50            :      106,400 :: Wilcox              1/ :
                        :              :: Worth               1/ :
 Bulloch             1/ :              ::                        :
 Burke                  :       63,150 :: District 80            :      825,250
 Candler             1/ :              ::                        :
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See footnotes on page 11.
 
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,
                      District, State and United States
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned
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                        :              ::                        :
 Georgia (Cont'd)       :              :: Louisiana (Cont'd)     :
                        :              ::                        :
 Appling             1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: District 50         3/ :      113,350
 District 90         2/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: LA  Total              :      652,750
 GA  Total              :    1,516,450 ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
                        :              :: Mississippi            :
 Kansas              4/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: Bolivar                :       93,850
                        :              :: Coahoma                :      125,600
 Louisiana              :              :: Quitman                :       39,400
                        :              :: Tallahatchie           :       78,450
 Caddo                  :        7,250 :: Tunica                 :       46,450
 Red River           1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: District 10            :      383,750
 District 10         3/ :        7,250 ::                        :
                        :              :: Benton              1/ :
 Ouachita            1/ :              :: Calhoun                :       33,050
                        :              :: Desoto              1/ :
 District 20         2/ :              :: Grenada             1/ :
                        :              :: Lafayette           1/ :
 East Carroll           :       68,750 :: Panola                 :       29,100
 Franklin               :       87,900 :: Tate                1/ :
 Madison             1/ :              :: Yalobusha           1/ :
 Morehouse              :       59,700 ::                        :
 Richland               :       89,800 :: District 20            :      118,550
 Tensas                 :      125,250 ::                        :
 West Carroll           :       50,150 :: Lee                 1/ :
                        :              :: Pontotoc            1/ :
 District 30         3/ :      481,550 :: Tippah              1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 Avoyelles           1/ :              :: District 30         2/ :
 Catahoula              :       42,650 ::                        :
 Concordia              :       55,100 :: Humphreys              :       95,250
 Pointe Coupe        1/ :              :: Issaquena           1/ :
 Rapides                :       15,600 :: Leflore                :      130,300
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See footnotes on page 11.
 
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,
                      District, State and United States
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned
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                        :              ::                        :
 Mississippi (Cont'd)   :              :: Missouri (Cont'd)      :
                        :              ::                        :
 Sharkey             1/ :              :: Stoddard            1/ :
 Sunflower              :       89,100 ::                        :
 Washington             :      115,800 :: District 90            :      337,750
 Yazoo                  :      119,350 ::                        :
                        :              :: MO  Total              :      337,750
 District 40         3/ :      549,800 ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
 Carroll             1/ :              :: New Mexico             :
 Holmes                 :       82,400 ::                        :
 Madison             1/ :              :: Quay                1/ :
 Montgomery          1/ :              ::                        :
 Rankin              1/ :              :: District 30         2/ :
 Webster             1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: Hidalgo             1/ :
 District 50            :      161,250 :: Luna                1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 Chickasaw           1/ :              :: District 70         2/ :
 Monroe              1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: Chaves              1/ :
 District 60            :       42,850 :: Dona Ana               :       31,100
                        :              :: Eddy                1/ :
 Hinds               1/ :              ::                        :
 Jefferson           1/ :              :: District 90            :       58,850
 Warren              1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: NM  Total              :       69,600
 District 70            :       55,100 ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
 MS  Total              :    1,400,900 :: North Carolina         :
                        :              ::                        :
                        :              :: Rutherford          1/ :
 Missouri               :              ::                        :
                        :              :: District 20         2/ :
 Dunklin                :      138,650 ::                        :
 New Madrid             :       96,000 :: Anson               1/ :
 Pemiscot               :       72,750 :: Cleveland           1/ :
 Scott               1/ :              :: Stanly              1/ :
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See footnotes on page 11.
 
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,
                      District, State and United States
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          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              :    1,006,700
 District 60            :       71,650 ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
 Bertie              1/ :              :: Oklahoma               :
 Edgecombe           1/ :              ::                        :
 Gates               1/ :              :: Beckham             1/ :
 Halifax                :       83,600 :: Custer              1/ :
 Hertford            1/ :              :: Washita                :        6,300
 Martin              1/ :              ::                        :
 Nash                1/ :              :: District 20            :       12,000
 Northampton            :       89,350 ::                        :
 Perquimans          1/ :              :: Caddo               1/ :
                        :              :: Greer               1/ :
 District 70            :      445,450 :: Harmon                 :       19,450
                        :              :: Jackson                :       86,700
 Beaufort            1/ :              :: Kiowa                  :        2,750
 Craven              1/ :              :: Tillman             1/ :
 Greene              1/ :              ::                        :
 Jones               1/ :              :: District 30         3/ :      108,900
 Lenoir              1/ :              ::                        :
 Pitt                1/ :              :: Grady               1/ :
 Wayne               1/ :              :: Mcclain             1/ :
 Wilson              1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: District 50            :        9,050
 District 80            :      296,400 ::                        :
                        :              :: Bryan               1/ :
 Bladen              1/ :              ::                        :
 Duplin              1/ :              :: District 60         2/ :
 Harnett             1/ :              ::                        :
 Hoke                1/ :              :: OK  Total              :      138,450
 Robeson                :       43,750 ::                        :
 Sampson                :       58,500 ::                        :
 Scotland            1/ :              :: South Carolina         :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 90         3/ :      102,250 :: York                1/ :
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See footnotes on page 11.
 
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,
                      District, State and United States
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned
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                        :              ::                        :
 South Carolina (Cont'd):              :: Tennessee (Cont'd)     :
                        :              ::                        :
                        :              :: Lauderdale             :       47,800
 District 20         2/ :              :: Tipton                 :       67,250
                        :              ::                        :
 Darlington             :       29,200 :: District 10         3/ :      115,050
 Dillon              1/ :              ::                        :
 Marlboro               :       34,050 :: Carroll             1/ :
 Williamsburg        1/ :              :: Crockett               :       98,200
                        :              :: Fayette                :       47,250
 District 30            :      106,700 :: Gibson                 :       44,900
                        :              :: Hardeman            1/ :
 Aiken               1/ :              :: Haywood                :      149,600
 Saluda              1/ :              :: Madison             1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 40         2/ :              :: District 20            :      388,450
                        :              ::                        :
 Calhoun                :       56,900 :: Lincoln             1/ :
 Clarendon           1/ :              ::                        :
 Lee                 1/ :              :: District 40         2/ :
 Orangeburg             :       57,850 ::                        :
 Sumter                 :       26,450 :: TN  Total              :      530,600
                        :              ::                        :
 District 50            :      191,350 ::                        :
                        :              :: Texas                  :
 Allendale           1/ :              ::                        :
 Barnwell            1/ :              :: Briscoe                :       30,600
 Hampton             1/ :              :: Castro                 :       81,000
                        :              :: Deaf Smith          1/ :
 District 80            :       28,400 :: Floyd                  :      150,100
                        :              :: Hale                   :      360,450
 SC  Total              :      334,200 :: Parmer                 :      103,600
                        :              :: Swisher                :       70,450
                        :              ::                        :
 Tennessee              :              :: District 11         3/ :      796,200
                        :              ::                        :
 Dyer                1/ :              :: Bailey                 :       90,400
 Lake                1/ :              :: Cochran             1/ :
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See footnotes on page 11.
 
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,
                      District, State and United States
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned
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                        :              ::                        :
 Texas (Cont'd)         :              :: Texas (Cont'd)         :
                        :              ::                        :
 Crosby                 :      145,500 :: Jones                  :        9,350
 Dawson                 :       55,600 :: Knox                1/ :
 Gaines                 :      228,250 :: Mitchell            1/ :
 Glasscock           1/ :              :: Nolan               1/ :
 Hockley                :      209,200 :: Runnels                :       38,800
 Howard              1/ :              :: Scurry              1/ :
 Lamb                   :      257,100 :: Taylor              1/ :
 Lubbock                :      216,500 ::                        :
 Lynn                   :      151,300 :: District 22            :       98,300
 Martin                 :       22,200 ::                        :
 Midland             1/ :              :: Clay                1/ :
 Terry                  :      132,550 :: Throckmorton        1/ :
 Yoakum                 :       98,850 :: Young               1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 12            :    1,697,100 :: District 30            :        1,500
                        :              ::                        :
 Borden              1/ :              :: Collin              1/ :
 Childress           1/ :              :: Ellis                  :        6,250
 Collingswort        1/ :              :: Falls               1/ :
 Cottle              1/ :              :: Hill                   :       14,950
 Dickens             1/ :              :: Hunt                1/ :
 Donley              1/ :              :: Lamar               1/ :
 Garza               1/ :              :: Mclennan            1/ :
 Hall                   :       24,350 :: Milam               1/ :
 Hardeman            1/ :              :: Navarro             1/ :
 Kent                1/ :              :: Williamson             :       19,600
 Motley              1/ :              ::                        :
 Wichita             1/ :              :: District 40            :       71,050
 Wilbarger              :        3,650 ::                        :
                        :              :: Houston             1/ :
 District 21            :       91,250 ::                        :
                        :              :: District 51         2/ :
 Baylor              1/ :              ::                        :
 Coleman             1/ :              :: Brazos              1/ :
 Fisher              1/ :              :: Robertson              :       15,000
 Haskell                :       12,150 :: Walker              1/ :
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See footnotes on page 11.
 
               Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned by County,
                      District, State and United States
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          State/        :   Running    ::          State/        :   Running
         County/        :    Bales     ::         County/        :    Bales
        District        :   Ginned     ::        District        :   Ginned
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                        :              ::                        :
 Texas (Cont'd)         :              :: Texas (Cont'd)         :
                        :              ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 52            :       32,150 :: District 90            :      111,750
                        :              ::                        :
 Culberson           1/ :              :: Zavala              1/ :
 El Paso                :       97,100 ::                        :
 Pecos               1/ :              :: District 96         2/ :
 Reeves              1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: Cameron                :       62,800
 District 60            :      126,200 :: Hidalgo                :       69,900
                        :              :: Starr               1/ :
 Concho              1/ :              :: Willacy                :       64,100
 Mcculloch           1/ :              ::                        :
 Tom Green              :       28,150 :: District 97         3/ :      196,800
 Upton               1/ :              ::                        :
                        :              :: TX  Total              :    3,558,550
 District 70            :       49,600 ::                        :
                        :              ::                        :
 Burleson            1/ :              :: Virginia               :
 Caldwell            1/ :              ::                        :
 Medina              1/ :              :: Accomack            1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 81            :       14,400 :: District 60         2/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 Kleberg             1/ :              :: Greensville         1/ :
 Nueces                 :       69,700 :: Isle of Wigh        1/ :
 Refugio             1/ :              :: Sussex              1/ :
 San Patricio           :      121,600 :: Suffolk City        1/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 District 82         3/ :      191,300 :: District 90         2/ :
                        :              ::                        :
 Brazoria               :        5,550 :: VA  Total              :      133,850
 Calhoun             1/ :              ::                        :
 Fort Bend              :       17,350 ::                        :
 Jackson             1/ :              ::                        :
 Matagorda           1/ :              ::                        :
 Wharton                :       62,400 ::                        :
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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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