Cotton Ginnings ISSN: 1948-9021 Released March 25, 2013, 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: 2011 and 2012 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop and State : Running bales ginned : Equivalent 480-pound : : net weight bales ginned :--------------------------------------------------------------- : 2011 Crop : 2012 Crop 1/ : 2011 Crop : 2012 Crop ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number : Upland : Alabama ................: 682,450 764,150 702,350 788,350 Arizona ................: 738,300 545,450 755,050 557,600 Arkansas ...............: 1,198,800 1,244,700 1,226,750 1,270,100 California .............: 579,050 534,600 599,450 556,300 Florida ................: 134,350 131,550 136,500 134,600 Georgia ................: 2,426,700 2,857,850 2,496,950 2,947,150 Kansas .................: 69,300 72,200 71,050 74,400 Louisiana ..............: 513,650 475,350 524,900 485,450 Mississippi ............: 1,145,250 916,550 1,173,400 935,050 Missouri ...............: 762,700 755,700 779,250 774,450 : New Mexico .............: 62,100 39,000 62,900 39,300 North Carolina .........: 1,021,300 1,221,250 1,063,450 1,270,100 Oklahoma ...............: 70,600 118,750 71,450 120,250 South Carolina .........: 485,450 548,900 499,400 562,500 Tennessee ..............: 810,000 731,350 827,700 749,000 Texas ..................: 3,491,150 4,948,950 3,577,700 5,061,350 Virginia ...............: 137,750 176,600 140,800 180,600 : United States ..........: 14,328,900 16,082,900 14,709,050 16,506,550 : American Pima : Arizona ................: 19,850 7,300 20,500 7,600 California .............: 760,250 723,950 783,200 752,450 New Mexico .............: 7,550 5,800 7,650 5,900 Texas ..................: 36,450 12,950 37,600 13,350 : United States ..........: 824,100 750,000 848,950 779,300 : All : United States ..........: 15,153,000 16,832,900 15,558,000 17,285,850 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ There were 16,358 bales included in this report from the 2012 crop which ginners estimated would be ginned after the March survey, compared with 66,087 bales last year. There were 671 active cotton gins for the 2012 crop year compared with 682 active gins for the 2011 crop year. Average Net Weight per Bale - States and United States: 2010-2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crop and State : Average net weight per bale :----------------------------------------------- : 2010 Crop : 2011 Crop : 2012 Crop ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : pounds : Upland : Alabama ................: 490.9 494.0 495.2 Arizona ................: 494.3 490.8 490.7 Arkansas ...............: 492.2 491.2 489.8 California .............: 497.7 496.9 499.5 Florida ................: 488.7 487.6 491.2 Georgia ................: 492.2 493.9 495.0 Kansas .................: 492.0 492.1 494.7 Louisiana ..............: 488.4 490.5 490.2 Mississippi ............: 490.6 491.8 489.7 Missouri ...............: 489.7 490.4 491.9 : New Mexico .............: 487.5 486.3 483.8 North Carolina .........: 497.7 499.8 499.2 Oklahoma ...............: 486.6 485.7 486.1 South Carolina .........: 493.2 493.8 491.9 Tennessee ..............: 489.9 490.5 491.6 Texas ..................: 491.5 491.9 490.9 Virginia ...............: 491.1 490.6 490.9 : United States ..........: 491.8 492.7 492.6 : American Pima : Arizona ................: 494.6 495.6 498.1 California .............: 500.4 494.5 498.9 New Mexico .............: 483.4 485.9 488.1 Texas ..................: 492.3 495.3 495.6 : United States ..........: 499.7 494.5 498.8 : All : United States ..........: 492.0 492.8 492.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All Cotton Running Bales Ginned and to be Ginned - Counties, Districts, States, and United States: 2012 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 ....................: 43,300 :: Lonoke .......................: 1/ Madison ......................: 39,300 :: Monroe .......................: 1/ District 10 ..................: 176,100 :: Phillips .....................: 1/ : :: Saint Francis ................: 110,750 Blount .......................: 1/ :: Woodruff .....................: 1/ Cherokee .....................: 1/ :: District 60 ..................: 412,900 District 20 ..................: 2/ :: : : :: Lafayette ....................: 1/ Chilton ......................: 1/ :: District 70 ..................: 2/ Tallapoosa ...................: 1/ :: : District 30 ..................: 2/ :: Ashley .......................: 62,500 : :: Chicot .......................: 1/ Autauga ......................: 1/ :: Desha ........................: 1/ Elmore .......................: 1/ :: Drew .........................: 1/ Macon ........................: 1/ :: Jefferson ....................: 1/ Marengo ......................: 1/ :: Lincoln ......................: 1/ District 40 ..................: 70,650 :: District 90 3/ ...............: 62,500 : :: : Escambia .....................: 1/ :: Arkansas total ...............: 1,244,700 Mobile .......................: 1/ :: : Monroe .......................: 1/ :: California : District 50 ..................: 101,650 :: Sutter .......................: 1/ : :: District 50 ..................: 2/ Coffee .......................: 1/ :: : Covington ....................: 1/ :: Fresno .......................: 359,450 Geneva .......................: 1/ :: Kern .........................: 166,550 Henry ........................: 1/ :: Kings ........................: 405,100 Houston ......................: 1/ :: Madera .......................: 1/ Russell ......................: 1/ :: Merced .......................: 1/ District 60 ..................: 313,050 :: Tulare .......................: 77,450 : :: District 51 3/ ...............: 1,008,550 Alabama total ................: 764,150 :: : : :: Riverside ....................: 1/ Arizona : :: District 80 ..................: 2/ Mohave .......................: 1/ :: : District 10 ..................: 2/ :: California total .............: 1,258,550 : :: : Cochise ......................: 1/ :: Florida : Graham .......................: 1/ :: Escambia .....................: 1/ Maricopa .....................: 95,650 :: Jackson ......................: 1/ Pinal ........................: 297,600 :: Santa Rosa ...................: 1/ Yuma .........................: 1/ :: District 10 ..................: 2/ District 80 3/ ...............: 393,250 :: : : :: Florida total ................: 131,550 Arizona total ................: 552,750 :: : : :: : Arkansas : :: : Clay .........................: 1/ :: : Craighead ....................: 189,800 :: : Greene .......................: 1/ :: : Mississippi ..................: 280,450 :: : Poinsett .....................: 94,600 :: : District 30 ..................: 614,750 :: : --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Cotton Running Bales Ginned and to be Ginned - Counties, Districts, States, and United States: 2012 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 .................: 32,450 Laurens ......................: 1/ :: Franklin .....................: 65,550 Morgan .......................: 1/ :: Madison ......................: 1/ Pulaski ......................: 1/ :: Morehouse ....................: 1/ District 50 ..................: 100,850 :: Richland .....................: 1/ : :: Tensas .......................: 95,000 Bulloch ......................: 1/ :: West Carroll .................: 1/ Burke ........................: 104,050 :: District 30 ..................: 285,550 Candler ......................: 1/ :: : Jefferson ....................: 1/ :: Avoyelles ....................: 1/ Screven ......................: 1/ :: Catahoula ....................: 61,100 District 60 ..................: 408,100 :: Concordia ....................: 1/ : :: Pointe Coupee ................: 1/ Calhoun ......................: 1/ :: Rapides ......................: 1/ Decatur ......................: 1/ :: District 50 ..................: 152,750 Early ........................: 1/ :: : Lee ..........................: 1/ :: Louisiana total ..............: 475,350 Miller .......................: 1/ :: : Mitchell .....................: 1/ :: Mississippi : Randolph .....................: 1/ :: Bolivar ......................: 15,800 Seminole .....................: 1/ :: Coahoma ......................: 187,100 Sumter .......................: 1/ :: Quitman ......................: 1/ Terrell ......................: 1/ :: Tallahatchie .................: 1/ Thomas .......................: 1/ :: Tunica .......................: 43,800 District 70 ..................: 733,200 :: District 10 ..................: 312,200 : :: : Berrien ......................: 1/ :: Benton .......................: 1/ Brooks .......................: 1/ :: Calhoun ......................: 36,800 Coffee .......................: 1/ :: De Soto ......................: 1/ Colquitt .....................: 370,300 :: Lafayette ....................: 1/ Cook .........................: 1/ :: Panola .......................: 29,450 Crisp ........................: 1/ :: Yalobusha ....................: 1/ Dooly ........................: 236,100 :: District 20 ..................: 111,600 Irwin ........................: 1/ :: : Jeff Davis ...................: 1/ :: Lee ..........................: 1/ Tift .........................: 1/ :: Pontotoc .....................: 1/ Turner .......................: 1/ :: District 30 ..................: 2/ Wilcox .......................: 1/ :: : Worth ........................: 1/ :: Humphreys ....................: 1/ District 80 ..................: 1,476,350 :: Leflore ......................: 75,700 : :: Sharkey ......................: 1/ Appling ......................: 1/ :: Sunflower ....................: 1/ District 90 ..................: 2/ :: Washington ...................: 1/ : :: Yazoo ........................: 126,200 Georgia total ................: 2,857,850 :: District 40 ..................: 299,200 : :: : Kansas : :: Carroll ......................: 1/ Stevens ......................: 1/ :: Holmes .......................: 1/ District 30 ..................: 2/ :: Montgomery ...................: 1/ : :: Webster ......................: 1/ Harper .......................: 1/ :: District 50 ..................: 85,850 Pratt ........................: 1/ :: : District 60 ..................: 2/ :: Monroe .......................: 1/ : :: Noxubee ......................: 1/ Kansas total .................: 72,200 :: District 60 ..................: 2/ : :: : : :: Hinds ........................: 1/ : :: District 70 ..................: 2/ : :: : : :: Mississippi total ............: 916,550 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Cotton Running Bales Ginned and to be Ginned - Counties, Districts, States, and United States: 2012 Crop Year (continued) [Excluding linters] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State, county, and district : Running bales ginned :: State, county, and district : Running bales ginned --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number :: : number : :: : Missouri : :: Oklahoma : Dunklin ......................: 363,400 :: Custer .......................: 1/ New Madrid ...................: 201,600 :: Washita ......................: 1/ Pemiscot .....................: 82,900 :: District 20 ..................: 7,050 Scott ........................: 1/ :: : Stoddard .....................: 1/ :: Caddo ........................: 1/ District 90 ..................: 755,700 :: Harmon .......................: 1/ : :: Jackson ......................: 39,250 Missouri total ...............: 755,700 :: Kiowa ........................: 1/ : :: Tillman ......................: 19,650 New Mexico : :: District 30 3/ ...............: 58,900 Chaves .......................: 1/ :: : Dona Ana .....................: 1/ :: Grady ........................: 1/ Eddy .........................: 1/ :: District 50 ..................: 2/ District 90 ..................: 2/ :: : : :: Oklahoma total ...............: 118,750 New Mexico total .............: 44,800 :: : : :: South Carolina : North Carolina : :: Darlington ...................: 1/ Anson ........................: 1/ :: Dillon .......................: 1/ Cleveland ....................: 1/ :: Marlboro .....................: 1/ Stanly .......................: 1/ :: Williamsburg .................: 1/ District 60 ..................: 55,200 :: District 30 ..................: 146,850 : :: : Bertie .......................: 1/ :: Calhoun ......................: 116,900 Chowan .......................: 1/ :: Clarendon ....................: 1/ Edgecombe ....................: 1/ :: Lee ..........................: 1/ Gates ........................: 1/ :: Orangeburg ...................: 122,000 Halifax ......................: 139,700 :: Sumter .......................: 1/ Hertford .....................: 1/ :: District 50 3/ ...............: 238,900 Martin .......................: 1/ :: : Nash .........................: 1/ :: Hampton ......................: 1/ Northampton ..................: 129,900 :: District 80 ..................: 2/ Perquimans ...................: 1/ :: : District 70 ..................: 563,350 :: South Carolina total .........: 548,900 : :: : Beaufort .....................: 1/ :: Tennessee : Greene .......................: 1/ :: Lake .........................: 1/ Hyde .........................: 1/ :: Lauderdale ...................: 1/ Jones ........................: 1/ :: Tipton .......................: 1/ Lenoir .......................: 1/ :: District 10 ..................: 146,050 Pitt .........................: 1/ :: : Wayne ........................: 1/ :: Carroll ......................: 1/ Wilson .......................: 1/ :: Crockett .....................: 162,500 District 80 ..................: 356,900 :: Fayette ......................: 1/ : :: Gibson .......................: 1/ Bladen .......................: 1/ :: Hardeman .....................: 1/ Duplin .......................: 1/ :: Haywood ......................: 157,500 Harnett ......................: 1/ :: Madison ......................: 1/ Hoke .........................: 1/ :: District 20 3/ ...............: 320,000 Robeson ......................: 1/ :: : Sampson ......................: 1/ :: Lincoln ......................: 1/ District 90 ..................: 245,800 :: District 40 ..................: 2/ : :: : North Carolina total .........: 1,221,250 :: Tennessee total ..............: 731,350 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Cotton Running Bales Ginned and to be Ginned - Counties, Districts, States, and United States: 2012 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 .......................: 67,450 :: District 51 ..................: 2/ Deaf Smith ...................: 1/ :: : Floyd ........................: 173,750 :: Brazos .......................: 1/ Hale .........................: 247,500 :: Robertson ....................: 1/ Hansford .....................: 1/ :: Walker .......................: 1/ Moore ........................: 1/ :: District 52 ..................: 80,150 Parmer .......................: 59,450 :: : Swisher ......................: 64,250 :: Culberson ....................: 1/ District 11 ..................: 954,250 :: El Paso ......................: 1/ : :: Pecos ........................: 1/ Bailey .......................: 1/ :: Reeves .......................: 1/ Cochran ......................: 1/ :: District 60 ..................: 46,500 Crosby .......................: 175,550 :: : Dawson .......................: 124,400 :: Tom Green ....................: 1/ Gaines .......................: 291,450 :: Upton ........................: 1/ Glasscock ....................: 1/ :: District 70 ..................: 127,600 Hockley ......................: 232,100 :: : Howard .......................: 1/ :: Burleson .....................: 1/ Lamb .........................: 179,050 :: Caldwell .....................: 1/ Lubbock ......................: 337,650 :: District 81 ..................: 2/ Lynn .........................: 169,150 :: : Martin .......................: 55,950 :: Kleberg ......................: 1/ Midland ......................: 1/ :: Nueces .......................: 25,150 Terry ........................: 127,300 :: Refugio ......................: 1/ Yoakum .......................: 114,550 :: San Patricio .................: 173,400 District 12 ..................: 1,944,500 :: District 82 3/ ...............: 198,550 : :: : Childress ....................: 1/ :: Brazoria .....................: 1/ Collingsworth ................: 1/ :: Calhoun ......................: 1/ Cottle .......................: 1/ :: Fort Bend ....................: 96,600 Dickens ......................: 1/ :: Jackson ......................: 1/ Donley .......................: 1/ :: Matagorda ....................: 1/ Garza ........................: 1/ :: Wharton ......................: 1/ Hall .........................: 1/ :: District 90 ..................: 447,300 Hardeman .....................: 1/ :: : Kent .........................: 1/ :: Zavala .......................: 1/ Motley .......................: 1/ :: District 96 ..................: 2/ Wilbarger ....................: 13,400 :: : District 21 ..................: 208,300 :: Cameron ......................: 1/ : :: Hidalgo ......................: 1/ Fisher .......................: 1/ :: Willacy ......................: 108,000 Haskell ......................: 21,850 :: District 97 3/ ...............: 108,000 Jones ........................: 33,150 :: : Knox .........................: 1/ :: Texas total ..................: 4,961,900 Mitchell .....................: 45,300 :: : Nolan ........................: 1/ :: Virginia : Runnels ......................: 1/ :: Greensville ..................: 1/ Scurry .......................: 1/ :: Isle Of Wight ................: 1/ Taylor .......................: 1/ :: Suffolk City .................: 1/ District 22 ..................: 302,550 :: District 90 ..................: 2/ : :: : Ellis ........................: 1/ :: Virginia total ...............: 176,600 Falls ........................: 1/ :: : Hill .........................: 1/ :: United States ............. : 16,832,900 Hunt .........................: 1/ :: : Lamar ........................: 1/ :: : Navarro ......................: 1/ :: : Williamson ...................: 47,850 :: : District 40 ..................: 206,150 :: : --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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