Ct Gn 1 (11-05)


Cotton
Ginnings

National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.




Released November 10, 2005, 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      
      November 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 2002-2005      
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned                        
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      2002      :      2003      :      2004      :      2005      
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All Cotton  :                                                                   
  AL        :     234,150          301,600          355,850          322,400    
  AZ        :     214,500          147,000          185,500          137,550    
  AR        :     832,700          928,650        1,019,100        1,355,950    
  CA        :     584,000          365,950          694,150          347,900    
  FL        :      16,800           41,450           36,250           22,400    
  GA        :     478,500          607,350          723,150          560,100    
  LA        :     474,400          823,850          605,550          904,700    
  MS        :   1,051,050        1,446,600        1,420,750        1,509,350    
  MO        :     309,000          261,150          383,150          491,050    
  NM        :       8,800           13,050            7,600           11,200    
  NC        :     275,900          208,100          560,000          382,700    
  OK        :      59,750           50,050           65,300           52,400    
  SC        :      34,750           70,700          160,750           96,350    
  TN        :     403,000          369,500          451,200          545,600    
  TX        :   1,689,000        1,740,600        2,041,350        1,909,800    
  VA        :      30,350           17,200           48,300           47,750    
            :                                                                   
  US        :   6,696,650        7,392,800        8,757,950        8,697,200    
            :                                                                   
Amer-Pima   :                                                                   
  AZ 1/     :                                                                   
  CA        :      90,200                           165,600           77,800    
  NM 1/     :                                                                   
  TX        :                        6,500            5,800                     
            :                                                                   
  US        :     104,600           59,350          173,350           80,000    
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1/ Not published to avoid disclosing individual gin. 


                                 
                                
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