Cotton Ginnings ISSN: 1948-9021 Released March 25, 2014, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Running Bales Ginned and Equivalent 480-pound Net Weight Bales Ginned by Crop - States and United States: 2012 and 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop and State : Running bales ginned : Equivalent 480-pound : : net weight bales ginned :--------------------------------------------------------------- : 2012 Crop : 2013 Crop 1/ : 2012 Crop : 2013 Crop ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number : Upland : Alabama ................: 764,150 569,800 788,350 586,150 Arizona ................: 545,450 451,850 557,600 462,500 Arkansas ...............: 1,244,700 699,200 1,270,100 718,200 California .............: 534,600 338,850 556,300 349,250 Florida ................: 131,550 124,400 134,600 127,150 Georgia ................: 2,857,850 2,294,050 2,947,150 2,369,000 Kansas .................: 72,450 1/ 73,950 1/ Louisiana ..............: 475,350 321,500 485,450 326,950 Mississippi ............: 916,550 666,900 935,050 681,350 Missouri ...............: 755,700 504,850 774,450 515,800 : New Mexico .............: 39,000 1/ 39,300 1/ North Carolina .........: 1,221,250 773,300 1,270,100 801,400 Oklahoma ...............: 119,350 132,650 121,000 134,500 South Carolina .........: 548,900 319,950 562,500 329,350 Tennessee ..............: 731,350 415,450 749,000 425,050 Texas ..................: 4,948,950 4,088,150 5,061,350 4,190,250 Virginia ...............: 176,600 135,700 180,600 139,500 : United States ..........: 16,083,750 11,912,150 16,506,850 12,233,800 : American Pima : Arizona ................: 7,300 3,250 7,600 3,300 California .............: 723,950 586,550 752,450 608,850 New Mexico .............: 5,800 1/ 5,900 1/ Texas ..................: 12,950 1/ 13,350 1/ : United States ..........: 750,000 609,900 779,300 632,850 : All : United States ..........: 16,833,750 12,522,050 17,286,150 12,866,650 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ There were 20,150 bales included in this report from the 2013 crop which ginners estimated would be ginned after the March survey, compared with 16,358 bales last year. There were 609 active cotton gins for the 2013 crop year compared with 671 active gins for the 2012 crop year. Average Net Weight per Bale - States and United States: 2011-2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crop and State : Average net weight per bale :----------------------------------------------- : 2011 Crop : 2012 Crop : 2013 Crop ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : pounds : Upland : Alabama ................: 494.0 495.2 493.8 Arizona ................: 490.8 490.7 491.3 Arkansas ...............: 491.2 489.8 493.0 California .............: 496.9 499.5 494.7 Florida ................: 487.6 491.2 490.7 Georgia ................: 493.9 495.0 495.7 Kansas .................: 492.1 489.8 491.6 Louisiana ..............: 490.5 490.2 488.1 Mississippi ............: 491.8 489.7 490.4 Missouri ...............: 490.4 491.9 490.4 : New Mexico .............: 486.3 483.8 492.0 North Carolina .........: 499.8 499.2 497.4 Oklahoma ...............: 485.7 486.7 486.9 South Carolina .........: 493.8 491.9 494.2 Tennessee ..............: 490.5 491.6 491.1 Texas ..................: 491.9 490.9 492.0 Virginia ...............: 490.6 490.9 493.4 : United States ..........: 492.7 492.6 493.0 : American Pima : Arizona ................: 495.6 498.1 484.4 California .............: 494.5 498.9 498.3 New Mexico .............: 485.9 488.1 497.7 Texas ..................: 495.3 495.6 493.0 : United States ..........: 494.5 498.8 498.1 : All : United States ..........: 492.8 492.9 493.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All Cotton Running Bales Ginned and to be Ginned - Counties, Districts, States, and United States: 2013 Crop Year [Excluding linters] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State, county, and district : Running bales ginned :: State, county, and district : Running bales ginned --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number :: : number : :: : Alabama : :: Arkansas - continued : Colbert ......................: 1/ :: : Lauderdale ...................: 1/ :: Crittenden ...................: 1/ Lawrence .....................: 1/ :: Lee ..........................: 1/ Limestone ....................: 26,350 :: Monroe .......................: 1/ Madison ......................: 25,850 :: Phillips .....................: 1/ District 10 ..................: 112,350 :: Saint Francis ................: 70,900 : :: District 60 ..................: 197,850 Blount .......................: 1/ :: : Cherokee .....................: 1/ :: Lafayette ....................: 1/ District 20 ..................: 1/ :: District 70 ..................: 1/ : :: : Chilton ......................: 1/ :: Ashley .......................: 1/ Tallapoosa ...................: 1/ :: Chicot .......................: 1/ District 30 ..................: 1/ :: Desha ........................: 1/ : :: Drew .........................: 1/ Autauga ......................: 1/ :: Jefferson ....................: 1/ Elmore .......................: 1/ :: Lincoln ......................: 1/ Macon ........................: 1/ :: District 90 ..................: 1/ Marengo ......................: 1/ :: : District 40 ..................: 58,650 :: Arkansas total ...............: 699,200 : :: : Escambia .....................: 1/ :: California : Mobile .......................: 1/ :: Sutter .......................: 1/ Monroe .......................: 1/ :: District 50 ..................: 1/ District 50 ..................: 101,650 :: : : :: Fresno .......................: 1/ Coffee .......................: 1/ :: Kern .........................: 1/ Covington ....................: 1/ :: Kings ........................: 1/ Geneva .......................: 1/ :: Madera .......................: 1/ Henry ........................: 1/ :: Merced .......................: 1/ Houston ......................: 1/ :: Tulare .......................: 1/ Russell ......................: 1/ :: District 51 ..................: 1/ District 60 ..................: 224,450 :: : : :: Riverside ....................: 1/ Alabama total ................: 569,800 :: District 80 ..................: 1/ : :: : Arizona : :: California total .............: 925,400 Mohave .......................: 1/ :: : District 10 ..................: 1/ :: Florida : : :: Escambia .....................: 1/ Cochise ......................: 1/ :: Jackson ......................: 1/ Graham .......................: 1/ :: Santa Rosa ...................: 1/ Maricopa .....................: 1/ :: District 10 ..................: 124,400 Pinal ........................: 1/ :: : Yuma .........................: 1/ :: Florida total ................: 124,400 District 80 ..................: 1/ :: : : :: : Arizona total ................: 455,100 :: : : :: : Arkansas : :: : Clay .........................: 1/ :: : Craighead ....................: 131,550 :: : Greene .......................: 1/ :: : Mississippi ..................: 1/ :: : Poinsett .....................: 45,600 :: : District 30 ..................: 355,700 :: : --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Cotton Running Bales Ginned and to be Ginned - Counties, Districts, States, and United States: 2013 Crop Year (continued) [Excluding linters] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State, county, and district : Running bales ginned :: State, county, and district : Running bales ginned --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number :: : number : :: : Georgia : :: Louisiana : Bartow .......................: 1/ :: Caddo ........................: 1/ District 10 ..................: 1/ :: Red River ....................: 1/ : :: District 10 ..................: 30,700 Bleckley .....................: 1/ :: : Dodge ........................: 1/ :: East Carroll .................: 1/ Laurens ......................: 1/ :: Franklin .....................: 35,150 Morgan .......................: 1/ :: Madison ......................: 1/ Pulaski ......................: 1/ :: Richland .....................: 1/ District 50 ..................: 67,850 :: Tensas .......................: 70,400 : :: West Carroll .................: 1/ Bulloch ......................: 1/ :: District 30 ..................: 164,950 Burke ........................: 59,600 :: : Candler ......................: 1/ :: Avoyelles ....................: 1/ Jefferson ....................: 1/ :: Catahoula ....................: 59,500 Screven ......................: 1/ :: Concordia ....................: 1/ District 60 ..................: 262,100 :: Pointe Coupee ................: 1/ : :: Rapides ......................: 1/ Calhoun ......................: 1/ :: District 50 ..................: 125,850 Decatur ......................: 1/ :: : Early ........................: 1/ :: Louisiana total ..............: 321,500 Lee ..........................: 1/ :: : Miller .......................: 1/ :: Mississippi : Mitchell .....................: 1/ :: Bolivar ......................: 4,350 Randolph .....................: 1/ :: Coahoma ......................: 146,350 Seminole .....................: 1/ :: Quitman ......................: 1/ Sumter .......................: 1/ :: Tallahatchie .................: 1/ Terrell ......................: 1/ :: Tunica .......................: 1/ Thomas .......................: 1/ :: District 10 ..................: 224,800 District 70 ..................: 600,700 :: : : :: Benton .......................: 1/ Berrien ......................: 1/ :: Calhoun ......................: 1/ Brooks .......................: 1/ :: De Soto ......................: 1/ Coffee .......................: 1/ :: Lafayette ....................: 1/ Colquitt .....................: 328,900 :: Panola .......................: 23,150 Cook .........................: 1/ :: Yalobusha ....................: 1/ Crisp ........................: 1/ :: District 20 ..................: 90,900 Dooly ........................: 167,850 :: : Irwin ........................: 1/ :: Lee ..........................: 1/ Jeff Davis ...................: 1/ :: Pontotoc .....................: 1/ Tift .........................: 1/ :: District 30 ..................: 1/ Turner .......................: 1/ :: : Wilcox .......................: 1/ :: Humphreys ....................: 1/ Worth ........................: 1/ :: Leflore ......................: 37,400 District 80 ..................: 1,247,650 :: Sharkey ......................: 1/ : :: Sunflower ....................: 1/ Appling ......................: 1/ :: Washington ...................: 16,900 District 90 ..................: 1/ :: Yazoo ........................: 88,400 : :: District 40 ..................: 179,450 Georgia total ................: 2,294,050 :: : : :: Carroll ......................: 1/ Kansas : :: Holmes .......................: 1/ Stevens ......................: 1/ :: Montgomery ...................: 1/ District 30 ..................: 1/ :: Webster ......................: 1/ : :: District 50 ..................: 75,800 Harper .......................: 1/ :: : Pratt ........................: 1/ :: Monroe .......................: 1/ District 60 ..................: 1/ :: Noxubee ......................: 1/ : :: District 60 ..................: 1/ Kansas total .................: 1/ :: : : :: Hinds ........................: 1/ : :: District 70 ..................: 1/ : :: : : :: Mississippi total ............: 666,900 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Cotton Running Bales Ginned and to be Ginned - Counties, Districts, States, and United States: 2013 Crop Year (continued) [Excluding linters] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State, county, and district : Running bales ginned :: State, county, and district : Running bales ginned --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number :: : number : :: : Missouri : :: Oklahoma : Dunklin ......................: 257,000 :: Custer .......................: 1/ New Madrid ...................: 134,000 :: Washita ......................: 1/ Pemiscot .....................: 46,400 :: District 20 ..................: 1/ Scott ........................: 1/ :: : Stoddard .....................: 1/ :: Caddo ........................: 1/ District 90 ..................: 504,850 :: Harmon .......................: 1/ : :: Jackson ......................: 52,050 Missouri total ...............: 504,850 :: Kiowa ........................: 1/ : :: Tillman ......................: 1/ New Mexico : :: District 30 ..................: 120,050 Chaves .......................: 1/ :: : Dona Ana .....................: 1/ :: Grady ........................: 1/ Eddy .........................: 1/ :: District 50 ..................: 1/ District 90 ..................: 1/ :: : : :: Oklahoma total ...............: 132,650 New Mexico total .............: 1/ :: : : :: South Carolina : North Carolina : :: Darlington ...................: 1/ Anson ........................: 1/ :: Dillon .......................: 1/ Cleveland ....................: 1/ :: Marlboro .....................: 1/ Stanly .......................: 1/ :: Williamsburg .................: 1/ District 60 ..................: 1/ :: District 30 ..................: 1/ : :: : Bertie .......................: 1/ :: Calhoun ......................: 75,050 Chowan .......................: 1/ :: Clarendon ....................: 1/ Edgecombe ....................: 1/ :: Lee ..........................: 1/ Gates ........................: 1/ :: Orangeburg ...................: 64,850 Halifax ......................: 95,950 :: Sumter .......................: 1/ Hertford .....................: 1/ :: District 50 ..................: 222,950 Martin .......................: 1/ :: : Nash .........................: 1/ :: Hampton ......................: 1/ Northampton ..................: 93,200 :: District 80 ..................: 1/ Perquimans ...................: 1/ :: : District 70 ..................: 403,950 :: South Carolina total .........: 319,950 : :: : Beaufort .....................: 1/ :: Tennessee : Greene .......................: 1/ :: Lake .........................: 1/ Hyde .........................: 1/ :: Lauderdale ...................: 1/ Jones ........................: 1/ :: Tipton .......................: 1/ Lenoir .......................: 1/ :: District 10 ..................: 1/ Pitt .........................: 1/ :: : Wayne ........................: 1/ :: Carroll ......................: 1/ Wilson .......................: 1/ :: Crockett .....................: 80,250 District 80 ..................: 215,700 :: Fayette ......................: 1/ : :: Gibson .......................: 1/ Bladen .......................: 1/ :: Hardeman .....................: 1/ Duplin .......................: 1/ :: Haywood ......................: 88,750 Harnett ......................: 1/ :: Madison ......................: 1/ Hoke .........................: 1/ :: District 20 ..................: 323,950 Robeson ......................: 1/ :: : Sampson ......................: 1/ :: Lincoln ......................: 1/ District 90 ..................: 1/ :: District 40 ..................: 1/ : :: : North Carolina total .........: 773,300 :: Tennessee total ..............: 415,450 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Cotton Running Bales Ginned and to be Ginned - Counties, Districts, States, and United States: 2013 Crop Year (continued) [Excluding linters] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State, county, and district : Running bales ginned :: State, county, and district : Running bales ginned --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number :: : number : :: : Texas : :: Texas - continued : Briscoe ......................: 1/ :: : Carson .......................: 1/ :: Houston ......................: 1/ Castro .......................: 31,800 :: District 51 ..................: 1/ Deaf Smith ...................: 1/ :: : Floyd ........................: 213,750 :: Brazos .......................: 1/ Hale .........................: 183,900 :: Robertson ....................: 1/ Hansford .....................: 1/ :: Walker .......................: 1/ Moore ........................: 1/ :: District 52 ..................: 48,900 Parmer .......................: 21,800 :: : Swisher ......................: 57,650 :: El Paso ......................: 1/ District 11 ..................: 732,100 :: Pecos ........................: 1/ : :: Reeves .......................: 1/ Bailey .......................: 1/ :: District 60 ..................: 44,750 Cochran ......................: 1/ :: : Crosby .......................: 220,300 :: Tom Green ....................: 1/ Dawson .......................: 54,550 :: Upton ........................: 1/ Gaines .......................: 248,300 :: District 70 ..................: 122,350 Glasscock ....................: 1/ :: : Hockley ......................: 232,700 :: Burleson .....................: 1/ Howard .......................: 37,850 :: Caldwell .....................: 1/ Lamb .........................: 146,600 :: District 81 ..................: 1/ Lubbock ......................: 342,350 :: : Lynn .........................: 128,850 :: Nueces .......................: 1/ Martin .......................: 1/ :: Refugio ......................: 1/ Midland ......................: 1/ :: San Patricio .................: 1/ Terry ........................: 94,700 :: District 82 ..................: 73,450 Yoakum .......................: 122,800 :: : District 12 ..................: 1,800,250 :: Brazoria .....................: 1/ : :: Calhoun ......................: 1/ Childress ....................: 1/ :: Fort Bend ....................: 40,300 Collingsworth ................: 1/ :: Jackson ......................: 1/ Cottle .......................: 1/ :: Matagorda ....................: 1/ Dickens ......................: 1/ :: Wharton ......................: 1/ Donley .......................: 1/ :: District 90 ..................: 231,900 Garza ........................: 1/ :: : Hall .........................: 61,700 :: Zavala .......................: 1/ Hardeman .....................: 1/ :: District 96 ..................: 1/ Kent .........................: 1/ :: : Motley .......................: 1/ :: Cameron ......................: 42,700 Wilbarger ....................: 11,500 :: Hidalgo ......................: 1/ District 21 ..................: 305,850 :: Willacy ......................: 1/ : :: District 97 ..................: 65,900 Fisher .......................: 1/ :: : Haskell ......................: 51,500 :: Texas total ..................: 4,101,150 Jones ........................: 83,800 :: : Knox .........................: 1/ :: Virginia : Mitchell .....................: 1/ :: Greensville ..................: 1/ Nolan ........................: 1/ :: Isle Of Wight ................: 1/ Runnels ......................: 69,950 :: Suffolk City .................: 1/ Scurry .......................: 1/ :: District 90 ..................: 135,700 District 22 ..................: 457,650 :: : : :: Virginia total ...............: 135,700 Ellis ........................: 1/ :: : Falls ........................: 1/ :: United States ............. : 12,522,050 Hill .........................: 40,000 :: : Hunt .........................: 1/ :: : Lamar ........................: 1/ :: : Navarro ......................: 1/ :: : Williamson ...................: 25,200 :: : District 40 ..................: 126,000 :: : --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual gins. Statistical Methodology Survey Procedure: The cotton ginnings survey is an enumeration of all active gins and every effort is made to obtain a report from all ginners. Data are collected on the first and fifteenth of each month (September - January and February 1) for all estimating States while data collection begins with an August 1 survey in Texas. A final survey is conducted after gins finish ginning for the season. Ginners are asked to report the number of Upland and American Pima bales ginned prior to the data collection date. Data are collected by telephone, fax, and internet. If a completed report is not received from an active gin, the bales ginned are estimated using administrative data or imputed using current survey data for neighboring gins and the previously reported data for the imputed gin. Estimating Procedures: Information obtained from the cotton ginnings survey is used to establish estimates of Upland and American Pima bales ginned to date. These estimates are reviewed for errors, reasonableness, and consistency with historical estimates. Revision Policy: Cotton ginnings estimates are subject to revision in the annual report released in May and are based on a thorough review of all available data. Reliability: Cotton ginnings estimates are based on a census of all known ginners and therefore, have no sampling variability. However, estimates are subject to errors such as omissions, duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing of the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized through strict quality controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. 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