Ct Gn 1 (1-06)


Cotton
Ginnings

National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.


Released January 12, 2006, by the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of
Agriculture. For information on Cotton Ginnings call Shiela Corley at
(202) 720-5944, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. 


                                                                                
       Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to      
        January 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 2002-05        
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned                        
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    State   :      2002      :      2003      :      2004      :      2005      
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All Cotton  :                                                                   
  AL        :      537,250          781,100          769,300          802,050   
  AZ        :      524,550          438,550          534,600          462,000   
  AR        :    1,610,400        1,734,150        2,006,500        2,099,600   
  CA        :    1,781,400        1,666,300        2,059,750        1,401,200   
  FL        :       64,950          119,350           91,700          111,200   
  GA        :    1,461,250        1,957,100        1,711,700        1,976,450   
  KS        :       30,850           39,600           18,300           70,400   
  LA        :      748,150        1,028,300          888,200        1,105,650   
  MS        :    1,868,400        2,055,900        2,263,700        2,089,300   
  MO        :      578,750          674,200          806,800          864,400   
  NM        :       52,550           52,700           55,050           60,350   
  NC        :      757,750          989,850        1,304,050        1,311,150   
  OK        :      175,150          185,750          219,950          267,500   
  SC        :      116,150          299,050          356,000          372,300   
  TN        :      785,200          843,600          947,150        1,082,900   
  TX        :    4,477,250        3,913,400        4,751,600        5,876,100   
  VA        :       84,000          103,650          140,400          161,600   
            :                                                                   
  US        :   15,654,000       16,882,550       18,924,750       20,114,150   
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Amer-Pima   :                                                                   
  AZ        :       15,950            3,800            4,850            5,750   
  CA        :      415,650          307,850          496,600          411,700   
  NM        :       13,850           11,700           14,600           13,300   
  TX        :       34,650           37,550           33,950           30,000   
            :                                                                   
  US        :      480,100          360,900          550,000          460,750   
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