Cotton Ginnings ISSN: 1948-9021 Released March 23, 2012, 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: 2010 and 2011 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop and State : Running bales ginned : Equivalent 480-pound : : net weight bales ginned :--------------------------------------------------------------- : 2010 Crop : 2011 Crop 1/ : 2010 Crop : 2011 Crop ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number : Upland : Alabama ................: 463,450 682,450 473,950 702,350 Arizona ................: 560,500 732,800 577,200 749,450 Arkansas ...............: 1,100,300 1,198,800 1,128,250 1,226,750 California .............: 396,450 579,350 411,050 599,750 Florida ................: 118,800 134,350 120,950 136,500 Georgia ................: 2,222,950 2,426,700 2,279,450 2,496,950 Kansas .................: 81,500 69,300 83,550 71,050 Louisiana ..............: 438,950 513,650 446,650 524,900 Mississippi ............: 814,800 1,145,250 832,800 1,173,400 Missouri ...............: 712,650 762,700 727,050 779,250 : New Mexico .............: 43,550 62,100 44,250 62,900 North Carolina .........: 937,100 1,021,300 971,650 1,063,450 Oklahoma ...............: 400,900 70,600 406,400 71,450 South Carolina .........: 357,550 485,450 367,400 499,400 Tennessee ..............: 667,500 810,000 681,250 827,700 Texas ..................: 7,734,900 3,491,150 7,920,200 3,577,700 Virginia ...............: 108,050 137,750 110,550 140,800 : United States ..........: 17,159,900 14,323,700 17,582,600 14,703,750 : American Pima : Arizona ................: 4,200 19,850 4,350 20,500 California .............: 444,750 762,350 463,650 785,550 New Mexico .............: 5,800 7,550 5,850 7,650 Texas ..................: 28,700 36,450 29,450 37,600 : United States ..........: 483,450 826,200 503,300 851,300 : All : United States ..........: 17,643,350 15,149,900 18,085,900 15,555,050 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ There were 66,087 bales included in this report from the 2011 crop which ginners estimated would be ginned after the March survey, compared to 7,993 bales last year. There were 682 active cotton gins for the 2011 crop year compared with 700 active gins for the 2010 crop year. Average Net Weight per Bale - States and United States: 2009-2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crop and State : Average net weight per bale :----------------------------------------------- : 2009 Crop : 2010 Crop : 2011 Crop ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : pounds : Upland : Alabama ................: 492.7 490.9 494.0 Arizona ................: 495.4 494.3 490.9 Arkansas ...............: 493.0 492.2 491.2 California .............: 495.7 497.7 496.9 Florida ................: 498.6 488.7 487.6 Georgia ................: 496.1 492.2 493.9 Kansas .................: 491.4 492.0 492.1 Louisiana ..............: 491.4 488.4 490.5 Mississippi ............: 491.1 490.6 491.8 Missouri ...............: 491.4 489.7 490.4 : New Mexico .............: 487.0 487.5 486.3 North Carolina .........: 498.7 497.7 499.8 Oklahoma ...............: 489.8 486.6 485.7 South Carolina .........: 494.1 493.2 493.8 Tennessee ..............: 491.9 489.9 490.5 Texas ..................: 492.9 491.5 491.9 Virginia ...............: 484.7 491.1 490.6 : United States ..........: 493.6 491.8 492.7 : American Pima : Arizona ................: 491.6 494.6 495.6 California .............: 498.4 500.4 494.6 New Mexico .............: 484.4 483.4 485.9 Texas ..................: 492.0 492.3 495.3 : United States ..........: 497.7 499.7 494.6 : All : United States ..........: 493.7 492.0 492.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All Cotton Running Bales Ginned and to be Ginned - Counties, Districts, States, and United States: 2011 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 ....................: 54,250 :: Lonoke .......................: 1/ Madison ......................: 36,400 :: Monroe .......................: 1/ District 10 ..................: 188,600 :: Phillips .....................: 87,600 : :: Saint Francis ................: 103,550 Blount .......................: 1/ :: Woodruff .....................: 1/ Cherokee .....................: 1/ :: District 60 ..................: 360,600 District 20 ..................: 2/ :: : : :: Lafayette ....................: 1/ Chilton ......................: 1/ :: District 70 ..................: 2/ Tallapoosa ...................: 1/ :: : District 30 ..................: 2/ :: Ashley .......................: 70,350 : :: Chicot .......................: 1/ Autauga ......................: 1/ :: Desha ........................: 118,450 Elmore .......................: 1/ :: Drew .........................: 1/ Macon ........................: 1/ :: Jefferson ....................: 1/ Marengo ......................: 1/ :: Lincoln ......................: 1/ District 40 ..................: 66,300 :: District 90 3/ ...............: 188,800 : :: : Escambia .....................: 1/ :: Arkansas total ...............: 1,198,800 Mobile .......................: 1/ :: : Monroe .......................: 1/ :: California : District 50 ..................: 110,350 :: Sutter .......................: 1/ : :: District 50 ..................: 2/ Coffee .......................: 1/ :: : Covington ....................: 1/ :: Fresno .......................: 391,050 Geneva .......................: 1/ :: Kern .........................: 170,550 Henry ........................: 1/ :: Kings ........................: 424,900 Houston ......................: 1/ :: Madera .......................: 1/ Russell ......................: 1/ :: Merced .......................: 1/ District 60 ..................: 236,650 :: Tulare .......................: 101,550 : :: District 51 3/ ...............: 1,088,050 Alabama total ................: 682,450 :: : : :: Riverside ....................: 1/ Arizona : :: District 80 ..................: 2/ Mohave .......................: 1/ :: : District 10 ..................: 2/ :: California total .............: 1,341,700 : :: : Cochise ......................: 1/ :: Florida : Graham .......................: 1/ :: Escambia .....................: 1/ Maricopa .....................: 142,350 :: Jackson ......................: 1/ Pinal ........................: 408,600 :: Santa Rosa ...................: 1/ Yuma .........................: 100,800 :: District 10 ..................: 2/ District 80 3/ ...............: 651,750 :: : : :: Florida total ................: 134,350 Arizona total ................: 752,650 :: : : :: : Arkansas : :: : Clay .........................: 1/ :: : Craighead ....................: 186,550 :: : Greene .......................: 1/ :: : Mississippi ..................: 251,150 :: : Poinsett .....................: 87,750 :: : District 30 ..................: 566,150 :: : --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Cotton Running Bales Ginned and to be Ginned - Counties, Districts, States, and United States: 2011 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 ..................: 2/ :: Red River ....................: 1/ : :: District 10 ..................: 2/ Bleckley .....................: 1/ :: : Dodge ........................: 1/ :: East Carroll .................: 43,550 Laurens ......................: 1/ :: Franklin .....................: 86,850 Morgan .......................: 1/ :: Madison ......................: 1/ Pulaski ......................: 1/ :: Morehouse ....................: 1/ District 50 ..................: 78,900 :: Richland .....................: 1/ : :: Tensas .......................: 93,000 Bulloch ......................: 1/ :: West Carroll .................: 1/ Burke ........................: 72,850 :: District 30 ..................: 330,000 Candler ......................: 1/ :: : Jefferson ....................: 1/ :: Avoyelles ....................: 1/ Screven ......................: 1/ :: Catahoula ....................: 63,000 District 60 ..................: 309,650 :: Concordia ....................: 1/ : :: Pointe Coupee ................: 1/ Calhoun ......................: 1/ :: Rapides ......................: 1/ Decatur ......................: 1/ :: District 50 ..................: 157,400 Early ........................: 1/ :: : Lee ..........................: 1/ :: Louisiana total ..............: 513,650 Miller .......................: 1/ :: : Mitchell .....................: 1/ :: Mississippi : Randolph .....................: 1/ :: Bolivar ......................: 39,000 Seminole .....................: 1/ :: Coahoma ......................: 199,000 Sumter .......................: 1/ :: Quitman ......................: 1/ Terrell ......................: 1/ :: Tallahatchie .................: 1/ Thomas .......................: 1/ :: Tunica .......................: 48,400 District 70 ..................: 657,400 :: District 10 ..................: 359,550 : :: : Berrien ......................: 1/ :: Benton .......................: 1/ Brooks .......................: 1/ :: Calhoun ......................: 42,300 Coffee .......................: 1/ :: De Soto ......................: 1/ Colquitt .....................: 316,000 :: Lafayette ....................: 1/ Cook .........................: 1/ :: Panola .......................: 40,450 Crisp ........................: 1/ :: Yalobusha ....................: 1/ Dooly ........................: 150,400 :: District 20 ..................: 141,000 Irwin ........................: 1/ :: : Jeff Davis ...................: 1/ :: Lee ..........................: 1/ Tift .........................: 1/ :: Pontotoc .....................: 1/ Turner .......................: 1/ :: District 30 ..................: 2/ Wilcox .......................: 1/ :: : Worth ........................: 1/ :: Humphreys ....................: 1/ District 80 ..................: 1,260,150 :: Leflore ......................: 131,050 : :: Sharkey ......................: 1/ Appling ......................: 1/ :: Sunflower ....................: 1/ District 90 ..................: 2/ :: Washington ...................: 51,950 : :: Yazoo ........................: 122,000 Georgia total ................: 2,426,700 :: District 40 ..................: 415,450 : :: : Kansas : :: Carroll ......................: 1/ Stevens ......................: 1/ :: Holmes .......................: 1/ District 30 ..................: 2/ :: Montgomery ...................: 1/ : :: Webster ......................: 1/ Harper .......................: 1/ :: District 50 ..................: 132,550 Pratt ........................: 1/ :: : District 60 ..................: 2/ :: Monroe .......................: 1/ : :: District 60 ..................: 2/ Kansas total .................: 69,300 :: : : :: Hinds ........................: 1/ : :: District 70 ..................: 2/ : :: : : :: Mississippi total ............: 1,145,250 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Cotton Running Bales Ginned and to be Ginned - Counties, Districts, States, and United States: 2011 Crop Year (continued) [Excluding linters] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State, county, and district : Running bales ginned :: State, county, and district : Running bales ginned --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number :: : number : :: : Missouri : :: Oklahoma : Dunklin ......................: 326,850 :: Custer .......................: 1/ New Madrid ...................: 193,250 :: Washita ......................: 1/ Pemiscot .....................: 93,450 :: District 20 ..................: 5,200 Scott ........................: 1/ :: : Stoddard .....................: 1/ :: Caddo ........................: 1/ District 90 ..................: 762,700 :: Harmon .......................: 1/ : :: Jackson ......................: 17,300 Missouri total ...............: 762,700 :: Kiowa ........................: 1/ : :: Tillman ......................: 1/ New Mexico : :: District 30 ..................: 51,150 Chaves .......................: 1/ :: : Dona Ana .....................: 1/ :: Kay ..........................: 1/ Eddy .........................: 1/ :: District 40 ..................: 2/ District 90 ..................: 2/ :: : : :: Grady ........................: 1/ New Mexico total .............: 69,650 :: District 50 ..................: 2/ : :: : North Carolina : :: Oklahoma total ...............: 70,600 Anson ........................: 1/ :: : Cleveland ....................: 1/ :: South Carolina : Stanly .......................: 1/ :: Darlington ...................: 1/ District 60 ..................: 59,700 :: Dillon .......................: 1/ : :: Marlboro .....................: 1/ Bertie .......................: 1/ :: Williamsburg .................: 1/ Chowan .......................: 1/ :: District 30 ..................: 125,700 Edgecombe ....................: 1/ :: : Gates ........................: 1/ :: Calhoun ......................: 113,000 Halifax ......................: 111,800 :: Clarendon ....................: 1/ Hertford .....................: 1/ :: Lee ..........................: 1/ Martin .......................: 1/ :: Orangeburg ...................: 106,200 Nash .........................: 1/ :: Sumter .......................: 49,850 Northampton ..................: 118,150 :: District 50 3/ ...............: 269,050 Perquimans ...................: 1/ :: : District 70 ..................: 452,700 :: Hampton ......................: 1/ : :: District 80 ..................: 2/ Beaufort .....................: 1/ :: : Greene .......................: 1/ :: South Carolina total .........: 485,450 Hyde .........................: 1/ :: : Jones ........................: 1/ :: Tennessee : Lenoir .......................: 1/ :: Lake .........................: 1/ Pitt .........................: 1/ :: Lauderdale ...................: 1/ Wayne ........................: 1/ :: Tipton .......................: 81,750 Wilson .......................: 1/ :: District 10 3/ ...............: 81,750 District 80 ..................: 321,750 :: : : :: Carroll ......................: 1/ Bladen .......................: 1/ :: Crockett .....................: 163,800 Duplin .......................: 1/ :: Fayette ......................: 1/ Harnett ......................: 1/ :: Gibson .......................: 1/ Hoke .........................: 1/ :: Hardeman .....................: 1/ Robeson ......................: 1/ :: Haywood ......................: 181,100 Sampson ......................: 1/ :: Madison ......................: 1/ District 90 ..................: 187,150 :: District 20 ..................: 618,950 : :: : North Carolina total .........: 1,021,300 :: Lincoln ......................: 1/ : :: District 40 ..................: 2/ : :: : : :: Tennessee total ..............: 810,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Cotton Running Bales Ginned and to be Ginned - Counties, Districts, States, and United States: 2011 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 .......................: 55,150 :: District 51 ..................: 2/ Deaf Smith ...................: 1/ :: : Floyd ........................: 120,400 :: Brazos .......................: 1/ Hale .........................: 280,850 :: Robertson ....................: 1/ Hansford .....................: 1/ :: Walker .......................: 1/ Moore ........................: 1/ :: District 52 ..................: 42,150 Parmer .......................: 83,650 :: : Swisher ......................: 47,550 :: El Paso ......................: 1/ District 11 ..................: 859,450 :: Pecos ........................: 1/ : :: Reeves .......................: 1/ Bailey .......................: 1/ :: District 60 ..................: 83,450 Cochran ......................: 1/ :: : Crosby .......................: 67,350 :: Tom Green ....................: 1/ Dawson .......................: 55,100 :: Upton ........................: 1/ Gaines .......................: 173,650 :: District 70 ..................: 36,150 Glasscock ....................: 1/ :: : Hockley ......................: 111,300 :: Burleson .....................: 1/ Howard .......................: 1/ :: Caldwell .....................: 1/ Lamb .........................: 138,900 :: District 81 ..................: 2/ Lubbock ......................: 164,750 :: : Lynn .........................: 69,900 :: Kleberg ......................: 1/ Martin .......................: 28,700 :: Nueces .......................: 133,350 Midland ......................: 1/ :: Refugio ......................: 1/ Terry ........................: 69,050 :: San Patricio .................: 317,650 Yoakum .......................: 60,700 :: District 82 3/ ...............: 451,000 District 12 ..................: 1,049,450 :: : : :: Brazoria .....................: 1/ Childress ....................: 1/ :: Calhoun ......................: 1/ Collingsworth ................: 1/ :: Fort Bend ....................: 38,500 Cottle .......................: 1/ :: Jackson ......................: 1/ Dickens ......................: 1/ :: Matagorda ....................: 1/ Donley .......................: 1/ :: Wharton ......................: 137,200 Garza ........................: 1/ :: District 90 ..................: 264,400 Hall .........................: 1/ :: : Hardeman .....................: 1/ :: Zavala .......................: 1/ Motley .......................: 1/ :: District 96 ..................: 2/ Wilbarger ....................: 1/ :: : District 21 ..................: 98,000 :: Cameron ......................: 1/ : :: Hidalgo ......................: 1/ Fisher .......................: 1/ :: Willacy ......................: 99,000 Haskell ......................: 1/ :: District 97 3/ ...............: 99,000 Jones ........................: 1/ :: : Knox .........................: 1/ :: Texas total ..................: 3,527,600 Mitchell .....................: 3,950 :: : Nolan ........................: 1/ :: Virginia : Runnels ......................: 1/ :: Greensville ..................: 1/ Scurry .......................: 1/ :: Isle Of Wight ................: 1/ District 22 ..................: 63,000 :: Suffolk City .................: 1/ : :: District 90 ..................: 2/ Ellis ........................: 17,400 :: : Falls ........................: 1/ :: Virginia total ...............: 137,750 Hill .........................: 1/ :: : Hunt .........................: 1/ :: United States ............. : 15,149,900 Lamar ........................: 1/ :: : Milam ........................: 1/ :: : Navarro ......................: 1/ :: : Williamson ...................: 14,600 :: : District 40 ..................: 104,100 :: : --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual gins, but included in District total. 2/ Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual gins, but included in State total. 3/ Excludes some gins to avoid disclosing data for individual gins, but included in State total. 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 and December 1 in Kansas. 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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