Cotton Ginnings - 2012 Summary

United States
Department of
Agriculture
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service

Cotton Ginnings
2012 Summary
May 2013

ISSN: 2159-7804

Contents
Running Bales Ginned by Crop – States and United States: 2009-2012 ................................................................................ 4
All Cotton Running Bales Ginned by Percent – States: 2012 Crop ........................................................................................ 4
Running Bales Produced and Equivalent 480-pound Bales Ginned by Crop – States and United States:
2011 and 2012 Crop ................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Running Bales Ginned Biweekly by Crop – States and United States: 2012 Crop ................................................................ 6
All Cotton Running Bales Ginned, Equivalent 480-pound Bales Ginned, Active Gins, and Average Bale
Weight – Counties, States, and United States: 2012 Crop ...................................................................................................... 9
Number of Active Gins by Size Group – States and United States: 2012 Crop Year........................................................... 16
2012 Cotton Ginnings Comments ......................................................................................................................................... 18
Statistical Methodology ........................................................................................................................................................ 18
Information Contacts ............................................................................................................................................................ 18

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Running Bales Ginned by Crop – States and United States: 2009-2012
[Excluding linters]
Crop and State

Running bales ginned
2009 Crop

2010 Crop

2011 Crop

2012 Crop

(number)

(number)

(number)

(number)

All cotton
Alabama ......................
Arizona ........................
Arkansas ......................
California .....................
Florida ..........................
Georgia ........................
Kansas .........................
Louisiana .....................
Mississippi ...................
Missouri .......................

331,650
424,300
797,550
587,450
89,550
1,821,100
43,200
340,750
396,900
522,450

463,450
564,700
1,100,300
841,200
118,800
2,222,950
81,500
438,950
814,800
712,650

682,450
758,150
1,198,800
1,339,300
134,350
2,426,700
69,300
513,650
1,145,250
762,700

764,150
552,750
1,244,700
1,258,550
131,550
2,857,850
72,450
475,350
916,550
755,700

New Mexico .................
North Carolina ..............
Oklahoma ....................
South Carolina .............
Tennessee ...................
Texas ...........................
Virginia .........................

34,900
750,050
309,950
195,300
485,600
4,578,700
122,700

49,350
937,100
400,900
357,550
667,500
7,763,600
108,050

69,650
1,021,300
70,600
485,450
810,000
3,527,600
137,750

44,800
1,221,250
119,350
548,900
731,350
4,961,900
176,600

United States ...............

11,832,100

17,643,350

15,153,000

16,833,750

American Pima
Arizona ........................
California .....................
New Mexico .................
Texas ...........................

3,950
346,450
5,150
29,300

4,200
444,750
5,800
28,700

19,850
760,250
7,550
36,450

7,300
723,950
5,800
12,950

United States ...............

384,850

483,450

824,100

750,000

All Cotton Running Bales Ginned by Percent – States: 2012 Crop
[United States all cotton running bales ginned is 16,833,750. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding]
State

Percent ginned

State

Percent ginned

(percent)
Alabama ................................................
Arizona ..................................................
Arkansas ................................................
California ...............................................
Florida ....................................................
Georgia ..................................................
Kansas ...................................................
Louisiana ...............................................
Mississippi .............................................

4

(percent)
4.5
3.3
7.4
7.5
0.8
17.0
0.4
2.8
5.4

Missouri ................................................
New Mexico ..........................................
North Carolina .......................................
Oklahoma .............................................
South Carolina ......................................
Tennessee ............................................
Texas ....................................................
Virginia ..................................................

4.5
0.3
7.3
0.7
3.3
4.3
29.5
1.0

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Running Bales Produced and Equivalent 480-pound Bales Ginned by Crop – States and United States:
2011 and 2012 Crop
Crop and State

Equivalent 480-pound
bales ginned

Running bales produced
2011 Crop

2012 Crop

2011 Crop

2012 Crop

(number)

(number)

(number)

(number)

All cotton
Alabama ...............................................
Arizona .................................................
Arkansas ..............................................
California ..............................................
Florida ..................................................
Georgia ................................................
Kansas .................................................
Louisiana ..............................................
Mississippi ............................................
Missouri ................................................

665,100
798,550
1,247,250
1,297,250
179,550
2,391,650
66,550
499,450
1,169,700
724,950

720,150
596,400
1,268,100
1,211,550
192,400
2,820,700
68,500
465,850
972,800
713,150

702,350
775,550
1,226,750
1,382,650
136,500
2,496,950
71,050
524,900
1,173,400
779,250

788,350
565,200
1,270,100
1,308,750
134,600
2,947,150
73,950
485,450
935,050
774,450

New Mexico ..........................................
North Carolina ......................................
Oklahoma .............................................
South Carolina ......................................
Tennessee ............................................
Texas ...................................................
Virginia .................................................

132,400
984,850
84,900
503,900
793,400
3,455,400
158,150

85,800
1,176,650
151,400
577,800
723,200
4,896,100
193,200

70,550
1,063,450
71,450
499,400
827,700
3,615,300
140,800

45,200
1,270,100
121,000
562,500
749,000
5,074,700
180,600

United States ........................................

15,153,000

16,833,750

15,558,000

17,286,150

American Pima
Arizona .................................................
California ..............................................
New Mexico ..........................................
Texas ...................................................

19,600
760,450
5,950
38,100

7,050
724,150
4,800
14,000

20,500
783,200
7,650
37,600

7,600
752,450
5,900
13,350

United States ........................................

824,100

750,000

848,950

779,300

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Running Bales Ginned Biweekly by Crop – States and United States: 2012 Crop
[Excluding linters]
Crop and State

Running bales ginned
October 1, 2012

October 15, 2012

November 1, 2012

(number)

(number)

(number)

All cotton
Alabama ................................
Arizona ..................................
Arkansas ................................
California ...............................
Florida ....................................
Georgia ..................................
Kansas ...................................
Louisiana ...............................
Mississippi .............................
Missouri .................................

8,250
20,050
214,000
50,300
(2)
131,250
116,650
56,700

49,800
35,550
493,250
39,100
4,200
174,300
(2)
258,100
274,550
221,500

181,400
101,950
921,400
246,450
20,500
564,650
(2)
408,250
575,050
468,300

New Mexico ...........................
North Carolina ........................
Oklahoma ..............................
South Carolina .......................
Tennessee .............................
Texas .....................................
Virginia ...................................

2,350
700
1,400
63,750
886,100
-

(1)
29,350
5,350
7,150
236,500
1,112,050
(1)

5,450
246,450
22,450
61,600
478,600
1,973,700
31,050

United States .........................

1,551,500

2,942,600

6,307,250

American Pima
Arizona ..................................
California ...............................
New Mexico ...........................
Texas .....................................

-

17,800
-

(1)
126,100
(1)
(1)

United States .........................

-

17,800

See footnote(s) at end of table.

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126,500
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Running Bales Ginned Biweekly by Crop – States and United States: 2012 Crop (continued)
[Excluding linters]
Crop and State

Running bales ginned
November 15, 2012

December 1, 2012

December 15, 2012

(number)

(number)

(number)

All cotton
Alabama ................................
Arizona ..................................
Arkansas ...............................
California ...............................
Florida ...................................
Georgia .................................
Kansas ..................................
Louisiana ...............................
Mississippi .............................
Missouri .................................

321,450
173,050
1,150,200
452,900
44,650
991,400
(2)
460,250
780,400
645,000

466,600
261,000
1,226,700
680,350
76,100
1,501,750
36,750
474,850
872,200
714,200

582,300
344,900
1,241,650
881,500
98,800
1,955,500
49,500
475,300
898,200
732,750

New Mexico ...........................
North Carolina .......................
Oklahoma ..............................
South Carolina .......................
Tennessee .............................
Texas ....................................
Virginia ..................................

16,700
500,800
48,100
133,150
646,050
2,962,850
66,900

29,500
789,550
80,100
225,700
718,750
4,000,750
107,650

38,850
1,031,550
96,150
312,550
731,100
4,577,350
145,650

United States .........................

9,393,850

12,262,500

14,193,600

American Pima
Arizona ..................................
California ...............................
New Mexico ...........................
Texas ....................................

(1)
240,900
(1)
(1)

3,850
363,900
2,850
8,500

6,950
485,800
3,650
11,550

United States .........................

246,300

379,100

See footnote(s) at end of table.

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507,950
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Running Bales Ginned Biweekly by Crop – States and United States: 2012 Crop (continued)
[Excluding linters]
Crop and State

Running bales ginned
January 1, 2013

January 15, 2013

February 1, 2013

(number)

(number)

(number)

All cotton
Alabama ................................
Arizona ..................................
Arkansas ................................
California ...............................
Florida ....................................
Georgia ..................................
Kansas ...................................
Louisiana ...............................
Mississippi .............................
Missouri .................................

660,850
410,450
1,244,650
1,011,050
111,000
2,326,200
57,550
475,350
907,300
744,800

711,150
466,950
1,244,650
1,109,650
119,400
2,593,800
60,350
475,350
909,750
753,950

748,750
517,050
1,244,650
1,201,950
129,650
2,792,200
63,050
475,350
916,550
755,700

New Mexico ...........................
North Carolina ........................
Oklahoma ..............................
South Carolina .......................
Tennessee .............................
Texas .....................................
Virginia ...................................

43,150
1,133,900
106,800
385,250
731,350
4,810,350
166,900

44,700
1,193,300
111,700
448,800
731,350
4,881,600
172,200

44,750
1,211,150
115,350
507,000
731,350
4,916,500
176,100

United States .........................

15,326,900

16,028,650

16,547,100

American Pima
Arizona ..................................
California ...............................
New Mexico ...........................
Texas .....................................

7,250
567,350
5,100
11,550

7,300
636,250
5,800
11,550

7,300
696,850
5,800
11,850

United States .........................

591,250

660,900

721,800

- Represents zero.
1
Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual gins.
2
Kansas' first estimate is December 1.

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All Cotton Running Bales Ginned, Equivalent 480-pound Bales Ginned, Active Gins, and Average Bale
Weight – Counties, States, and United States: 2012 Crop
County and State

Running bales
ginned

Equivalent 480-pound
bales ginned

Number of
active gins

Average weight per
running bale ginned

(number)

(number)

(number)

(pounds)

Alabama
Autauga .......................
Blount ..........................
Cherokee .....................
Chilton .........................
Coffee ..........................
Colbert .........................
Covington ....................
Elmore .........................
Escambia .....................
Geneva ........................

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

498.6
495.4
493.2
495.0
497.0
502.8
495.3
499.0
500.0
495.3

Henry ...........................
Houston .......................
Lauderdale ..................
Lawrence .....................
Limestone ....................
Macon .........................
Madison .......................
Marengo ......................
Mobile ..........................
Monroe ........................
Russell ........................
Tallapoosa ...................

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
43,300
(1)
39,300
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
45,150
(1)
39,900
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

2
1
2
3
3
1
3
1
1
1
1
1

490.6
485.4
498.7
499.1
500.7
487.9
487.2
496.8
502.7
496.9
493.3
496.6

Alabama total ...............

764,150

788,350

30

495.2

Arizona
Cochise .......................
Graham .......................
Maricopa ......................
Mohave .......................
Pinal ............................
Yuma ...........................

(1)
(1)
95,650
(1)
297,600
(1)

(1)
(1)
98,600
(1)
303,500
(1)

1
4
4
1
8
4

490.0
495.4
494.8
482.4
489.5
489.4

Arizona total ................

552,750

565,200

22

490.8

Arkansas
Ashley .........................
Chicot ..........................
Clay .............................
Craighead ....................
Crittenden ....................
Desha ..........................
Drew ............................
Greene ........................
Jefferson ......................
Lafayette ......................

62,500
(1)
(1)
189,800
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

62,400
(1)
(1)
193,350
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

4
2
1
6
2
3
1
2
1
2

479.2
490.9
478.6
489.0
494.4
484.7
472.9
490.4
490.0
496.4

Lee ..............................
Lincoln .........................
Lonoke ........................
Mississippi ...................
Monroe ........................
Phillips .........................
Poinsett .......................
Saint Francis ...............
Woodruff ......................

(1)
(1)
(1)
280,450
(1)
(1)
94,600
110,750
(1)

(1)
(1)
(1)
287,100
(1)
(1)
95,600
115,350
(1)

2
1
1
10
1
6
3
5
1

486.4
497.2
488.9
491.4
491.5
493.5
485.1
499.9
475.0

Arkansas total ..............

1,244,700

1,270,100

54

See footnote(s) at end of table.

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489.8
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All Cotton Running Bales Ginned, Equivalent 480-pound Bales Ginned, Active Gins, and Average Bale
Weight – Counties, States, and United States: 2012 Crop (continued)
County and State

Running bales
ginned

Equivalent 480-pound
bales ginned

Number of
active gins

Average weight per
running bale ginned

(number)

(number)

(number)

(pounds)

California
Fresno .........................
Kern .............................
Kings ............................
Madera ........................
Merced .........................
Riverside ......................
Sutter ...........................
Tulare ..........................

359,450
166,550
405,100
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
77,450

371,150
173,050
422,750
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
81,500

12
7
13
1
2
2
1
4

495.6
498.7
500.9
501.3
498.8
500.0
503.0
505.2

California total ..............

1,258,550

1,308,750

42

499.1

Florida
Escambia .....................
Jackson .......................
Santa Rosa ..................

(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)
(1)

1
1
2

480.9
489.0
496.4

Florida total ..................

131,550

134,600

4

491.2

Georgia
Appling .........................
Bartow .........................
Berrien .........................
Bleckley .......................
Brooks .........................
Bulloch .........................
Burke ...........................
Calhoun .......................
Candler ........................
Coffee ..........................

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
104,050
(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
108,800
(1)
(1)
(1)

2
1
2
1
1
2
4
1
2
2

497.7
468.0
487.0
491.4
502.2
492.7
501.8
495.5
495.3
492.8

Colquitt ........................
Cook ............................
Crisp ............................
Decatur ........................
Dodge ..........................
Dooly ...........................
Early ............................
Irwin .............................
Jeff Davis .....................
Jefferson ......................

370,300
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
236,100
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

381,550
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
243,350
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

6
1
2
2
1
6
1
1
1
2

494.6
489.9
501.4
499.6
498.0
494.7
491.7
498.0
494.3
499.4

Laurens ........................
Lee ..............................
Miller ............................
Mitchell ........................
Morgan ........................
Pulaski .........................
Randolph .....................
Screven .......................
Seminole ......................
Sumter .........................

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

2
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1

501.8
483.3
497.3
492.8
495.0
497.9
490.8
499.4
500.0
491.6

Terrell ..........................
Thomas ........................
Tift ...............................
Turner ..........................
Wilcox ..........................
Worth ...........................

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

1
2
2
1
1
1

497.0
490.0
495.9
490.0
489.4
489.2

Georgia total ................

2,857,850

2,947,150

62

See footnote(s) at end of table.

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All Cotton Running Bales Ginned, Equivalent 480-pound Bales Ginned, Active Gins, and Average Bale
Weight – Counties, States, and United States: 2012 Crop (continued)
County and State

Running bales
ginned

Equivalent 480-pound
bales ginned

Number of
active gins

Average weight per
running bale ginned

(number)

(number)

(number)

(pounds)

Kansas
Harper .........................
Pratt .............................
Stevens .......................

(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)
(1)

2
1
1

487.4
489.6
491.7

Kansas total .................

72,450

73,950

4

489.8

Louisiana
Avoyelles .....................
Caddo ..........................
Catahoula ....................
Concordia ....................
East Carroll ..................
Franklin .......................
Madison .......................
Morehouse ..................
Pointe Coupee .............
Rapides .......................

(1)
(1)
61,100
(1)
32,450
65,550
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)
62,150
(1)
32,600
67,700
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

1
4
3
1
3
3
1
2
1
2

487.0
488.8
488.1
488.2
482.4
495.6
487.7
482.6
478.7
484.3

Red River ....................
Richland ......................
Tensas ........................
West Carroll .................

(1)
(1)
95,000
(1)

(1)
(1)
97,600
(1)

1
1
4
1

490.8
498.6
493.2
490.3

Louisiana total .............

475,350

485,450

28

490.2

Mississippi
Benton .........................
Bolivar .........................
Calhoun .......................
Carroll ..........................
Coahoma .....................
De Soto .......................
Hinds ...........................
Holmes ........................
Humphreys ..................
Lafayette ......................

(1)
15,800
36,800
(1)
187,100
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
16,150
37,900
(1)
189,850
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

1
3
3
1
6
1
1
1
2
1

491.0
490.1
494.1
492.4
487.1
475.4
485.0
488.0
487.7
480.6

Lee ..............................
Leflore .........................
Monroe ........................
Montgomery ................
Noxubee ......................
Panola .........................
Pontotoc ......................
Quitman .......................
Sharkey .......................
Sunflower ....................
Tallahatchie .................

(1)
75,700
(1)
(1)
(1)
29,450
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
78,900
(1)
(1)
(1)
30,550
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

1
4
1
1
1
5
1
2
2
1
2

500.5
500.2
496.0
484.6
480.0
497.9
485.0
490.4
488.0
471.4
486.9

Tunica .........................
Washington .................
Webster .......................
Yalobusha ...................
Yazoo ..........................

43,800
(1)
(1)
(1)
126,200

44,500
(1)
(1)
(1)
130,000

3
3
1
2
5

487.4
493.6
482.0
478.9
494.5

Mississippi total ...........

916,550

935,050

55

See footnote(s) at end of table.

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All Cotton Running Bales Ginned, Equivalent 480-pound Bales Ginned, Active Gins, and Average Bale
Weight – Counties, States, and United States: 2012 Crop (continued)
County and State

Running bales
ginned

Equivalent 480-pound
bales ginned

Number of
active gins

Average weight per
running bale ginned

(number)

(number)

(number)

(pounds)

Missouri
Dunklin .........................
New Madrid ..................
Pemiscot ......................
Scott ............................
Stoddard ......................

363,400
201,600
82,900
(1)
(1)

372,400
206,950
85,700
(1)
(1)

12
7
5
3
2

491.9
492.7
496.1
489.6
485.4

Missouri total ................

755,700

774,450

29

491.9

New Mexico
Chaves ........................
Dona Ana .....................
Eddy ............................

(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)
(1)

1
4
4

493.7
481.6
491.1

New Mexico total ..........

44,800

45,200

9

484.4

North Carolina
Anson ..........................
Beaufort .......................
Bertie ...........................
Bladen .........................
Chowan .......................
Cleveland .....................
Duplin ..........................
Edgecombe ..................
Gates ...........................
Greene .........................

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1

501.2
500.0
500.4
509.1
502.1
506.2
492.0
506.7
484.6
505.1

Halifax ..........................
Harnett .........................
Hertford ........................
Hoke ............................
Hyde ............................
Jones ...........................
Lenoir ...........................
Martin ...........................
Nash ............................
Northampton ................

139,700
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
129,900

143,850
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
134,700

4
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
6

494.2
500.8
499.6
507.5
495.5
499.9
502.9
488.6
495.0
497.7

Perquimans ..................
Pitt ...............................
Robeson ......................
Sampson .....................
Stanly ...........................
Wayne .........................
Wilson ..........................

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

1
2
1
2
1
1
1

496.7
498.4
508.7
491.8
503.0
513.8
506.0

North Carolina total ......

1,221,250

1,270,100

40

See footnote(s) at end of table.

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All Cotton Running Bales Ginned, Equivalent 480-pound Bales Ginned, Active Gins, and Average Bale
Weight – Counties, States, and United States: 2012 Crop (continued)
County and State

Running bales
ginned

Equivalent 480-pound
bales ginned

Number of
active gins

Average weight per
running bale ginned

(number)

(number)

(number)

(pounds)

Oklahoma
Caddo ..........................
Custer ..........................
Grady ..........................
Harmon .......................
Jackson .......................
Kiowa ..........................
Tillman .........................
Washita .......................

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
39,250
(1)
19,650
(1)

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
39,700
(1)
19,900
(1)

1
1
1
2
4
1
3
2

479.8
492.5
504.1
488.3
485.8
501.5
486.1
490.8

Oklahoma total ............

119,350

121,000

15

486.7

South Carolina
Calhoun .......................
Clarendon ....................
Darlington ....................
Dillon ...........................
Hampton ......................
Lee ..............................
Marlboro ......................
Orangeburg .................
Sumter .........................
Williamsburg ................

116,900
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
122,000
(1)
(1)

119,300
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
124,500
(1)
(1)

3
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
1

489.9
483.5
488.5
497.5
501.8
481.4
502.5
489.8
501.5
497.2

South Carolina total .....

548,900

562,500

20

491.9

Tennessee
Carroll ..........................
Crockett .......................
Fayette ........................
Gibson .........................
Hardeman ....................
Haywood .....................
Lake ............................
Lauderdale ..................
Lincoln .........................
Madison .......................
Tipton ..........................

(1)
162,500
(1)
(1)
(1)
157,500
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
166,200
(1)
(1)
(1)
161,550
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

1
5
2
2
1
7
1
2
1
2
3

492.0
491.0
492.3
490.6
488.0
492.3
491.8
490.3
481.8
487.9
501.0

Tennessee total ...........

731,350

749,000

27

See footnote(s) at end of table.

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All Cotton Running Bales Ginned, Equivalent 480-pound Bales Ginned, Active Gins, and Average Bale
Weight – Counties, States, and United States: 2012 Crop (continued)
County and State

Running bales
ginned

Equivalent 480-pound
bales ginned

Number of
active gins

Average weight per
running bale ginned

(number)

(number)

(number)

(pounds)

Texas
Bailey ...........................
Brazoria .......................
Brazos .........................
Briscoe .........................
Burleson ......................
Caldwell .......................
Calhoun .......................
Cameron ......................
Carson .........................
Castro ..........................

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
67,450

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
69,500

3
2
2
2
1
1
1
3
1
3

495.5
489.7
488.4
500.2
483.6
495.0
471.1
488.5
498.2
494.7

Childress ......................
Cochran .......................
Collingsworth ...............
Cottle ...........................
Crosby .........................
Culberson ....................
Dawson ........................
Deaf Smith ...................
Dickens ........................
Donley .........................
El Paso ........................

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
175,550
(1)
124,400
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
180,450
(1)
127,750
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

1
2
2
1
5
1
9
2
1
1
2

491.5
490.8
503.5
486.5
493.4
485.0
493.0
498.4
496.1
479.5
498.8

Ellis ..............................
Falls .............................
Fisher ...........................
Floyd ............................
Fort Bend .....................
Gaines .........................
Garza ...........................
Glasscock ....................
Hale .............................
Hall ..............................

(1)
(1)
(1)
173,750
96,600
291,450
(1)
(1)
247,500
(1)

(1)
(1)
(1)
180,450
98,400
294,900
(1)
(1)
254,600
(1)

3
1
2
9
4
8
1
1
9
3

497.2
474.1
486.4
498.5
488.9
485.7
495.2
499.5
493.8
501.3

Hansford ......................
Hardeman ....................
Haskell .........................
Hidalgo ........................
Hill ...............................
Hockley ........................
Houston .......................
Howard ........................
Hunt .............................
Jackson .......................

(1)
(1)
21,850
(1)
(1)
232,100
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)
22,800
(1)
(1)
240,050
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

1
1
6
4
4
7
1
2
1
1

490.7
499.7
501.1
495.3
509.8
496.4
470.0
487.7
489.8
477.5

See footnote(s) at end of table.

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All Cotton Running Bales Ginned, Equivalent 480-pound Bales Ginned, Active Gins, and Average Bale
Weight – Counties, States, and United States: 2012 Crop (continued)
County and State

Running bales
ginned

Equivalent 480-pound
bales ginned

Number of
active gins

Average weight per
running bale ginned

(number)

(number)

(number)

(pounds)

Texas - continued
Jones ...........................
Kent .............................
Kleberg ........................
Knox ............................
Lamar ..........................
Lamb ...........................
Lubbock .......................
Lynn ............................
Martin ..........................
Matagorda ...................
Midland ........................

33,150
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
179,050
337,650
169,150
55,950
(1)
(1)

34,100
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
185,950
345,250
172,100
56,100
(1)
(1)

5
1
1
1
1
6
10
6
4
1
1

493.4
490.3
487.8
495.0
481.2
498.5
490.8
488.4
481.5
485.9
477.5

Mitchell ........................
Moore ..........................
Motley ..........................
Navarro .......................
Nolan ...........................
Nueces ........................
Parmer ........................
Pecos ..........................
Reeves ........................

45,300
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
25,150
59,450
(1)
(1)

45,600
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
25,350
61,300
(1)
(1)

3
1
1
2
1
5
5
1
2

483.0
483.0
492.0
482.7
502.6
484.0
494.9
478.4
481.1

Refugio ........................
Robertson ....................
Runnels .......................
San Patricio .................
Scurry ..........................
Swisher .......................
Taylor ..........................
Terry ............................
Tom Green ..................
Upton ...........................
Walker .........................

(1)
(1)
(1)
173,400
(1)
64,250
(1)
127,300
(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)
(1)
176,150
(1)
65,050
(1)
131,000
(1)
(1)
(1)

1
2
4
8
2
4
1
6
2
1
1

493.7
483.7
486.0
487.6
488.6
485.9
440.0
494.0
495.6
493.8
440.0

Wharton .......................
Wilbarger .....................
Willacy .........................
Williamson ...................
Yoakum .......................
Zavala .........................

(1)
13,400
108,000
47,850
114,550
(1)

(1)
13,550
110,050
48,600
117,050
(1)

4
3
4
4
4
2

482.3
485.0
489.0
487.6
490.5
469.3

Texas total ...................

4,961,900

5,074,700

226

490.9

Virginia
Greensville ..................
Isle Of Wight ................
Suffolk City ..................

(1)
(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)
(1)

1
2
1

492.0
488.8
493.4

Virginia total .................

176,600

180,600

4

490.9

United States ..............

16,833,750

17,286,150

671

492.9

1

Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual gins, but included in State and United States totals.

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Number of Active Gins by Size Group – States and United States: 2012 Crop Year
State and gin size group

Number of active gins

State and gin size group

(number)

Number of active gins
(number)

Alabama
1 to 2,999 ...............................................
3,000 to 4,999 ........................................
5,000 to 6,999 ........................................
7,000 to 9,999 ........................................
10,000 to 14,999 ....................................
15,000 to 19,999 ....................................
20,000 to 39,999 ....................................
40,000 and over .....................................

1
2
5
4
2
9
7

Georgia
1 to 2,999 ..............................................
3,000 to 4,999 .......................................
5,000 to 6,999 .......................................
7,000 to 9,999 .......................................
10,000 to 14,999 ...................................
15,000 to 19,999 ...................................
20,000 to 39,999 ...................................
40,000 and over ....................................

2
2
1
2
3
2
15
35

Alabama total .........................................

30

Georgia total .........................................

62

Arizona
1 to 2,999 ...............................................
3,000 to 4,999 ........................................
5,000 to 6,999 ........................................
7,000 to 9,999 ........................................
10,000 to 14,999 ....................................
15,000 to 19,999 ....................................
20,000 to 39,999 ....................................
40,000 and over .....................................

2
1
4
10
5

Kansas
1 to 2,999 ..............................................
3,000 to 4,999 .......................................
5,000 to 6,999 .......................................
7,000 to 9,999 .......................................
10,000 to 14,999 ...................................
15,000 to 19,999 ...................................
20,000 to 39,999 ...................................
40,000 and over ....................................

2
2
-

Arizona total ...........................................

22

Kansas total ..........................................

4

Arkansas
1 to 2,999 ...............................................
3,000 to 4,999 ........................................
5,000 to 6,999 ........................................
7,000 to 9,999 ........................................
10,000 to 14,999 ....................................
15,000 to 19,999 ....................................
20,000 to 39,999 ....................................
40,000 and over .....................................

4
2
1
6
8
6
16
11

Louisiana
1 to 2,999 ..............................................
3,000 to 4,999 .......................................
5,000 to 6,999 .......................................
7,000 to 9,999 .......................................
10,000 to 14,999 ...................................
15,000 to 19,999 ...................................
20,000 to 39,999 ...................................
40,000 and over ....................................

3
2
5
4
4
9
1

Arkansas total ........................................

54

Louisiana total .......................................

28

California
1 to 2,999 ...............................................
3,000 to 4,999 ........................................
5,000 to 6,999 ........................................
7,000 to 9,999 ........................................
10,000 to 14,999 ....................................
15,000 to 19,999 ....................................
20,000 to 39,999 ....................................
40,000 and over .....................................

1
1
3
5
15
17

Mississippi
1 to 2,999 ..............................................
3,000 to 4,999 .......................................
5,000 to 6,999 .......................................
7,000 to 9,999 .......................................
10,000 to 14,999 ...................................
15,000 to 19,999 ...................................
20,000 to 39,999 ...................................
40,000 and over ....................................

4
1
6
8
8
12
12
4

California total ........................................

42

Mississippi total .....................................

55

Florida
1 to 2,999 ...............................................
3,000 to 4,999 ........................................
5,000 to 6,999 ........................................
7,000 to 9,999 ........................................
10,000 to 14,999 ....................................
15,000 to 19,999 ....................................
20,000 to 39,999 ....................................
40,000 and over .....................................

2
2

Missouri
1 to 2,999 ..............................................
3,000 to 4,999 .......................................
5,000 to 6,999 .......................................
7,000 to 9,999 .......................................
10,000 to 14,999 ...................................
15,000 to 19,999 ...................................
20,000 to 39,999 ...................................
40,000 and over ....................................

3
6
6
11
3

Florida total ............................................

4

Missouri total .........................................

See footnote(s) at end of table.

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Number of Active Gins by Size Group – States and United States: 2012 Crop Year (continued)
State and gin size group

Number of active gins

State and gin size group

(number)

Number of active gins
(number)

New Mexico
1 to 2,999 ..............................................
3,000 to 4,999 ........................................
5,000 to 6,999 ........................................
7,000 to 9,999 ........................................
10,000 to 14,999 ....................................
15,000 to 19,999 ....................................
20,000 to 39,999 ....................................
40,000 and over .....................................

5
1
1
2
-

Tennessee
1 to 2,999 .............................................
3,000 to 4,999 .......................................
5,000 to 6,999 .......................................
7,000 to 9,999 .......................................
10,000 to 14,999 ...................................
15,000 to 19,999 ...................................
20,000 to 39,999 ...................................
40,000 and over ....................................

2
3
4
14
4

New Mexico total ...................................

9

Tennessee total ....................................

27

North Carolina
1 to 2,999 ..............................................
3,000 to 4,999 ........................................
5,000 to 6,999 ........................................
7,000 to 9,999 ........................................
10,000 to 14,999 ....................................
15,000 to 19,999 ....................................
20,000 to 39,999 ....................................
40,000 and over .....................................

2
1
5
23
9

Texas
1 to 2,999 .............................................
3,000 to 4,999 .......................................
5,000 to 6,999 .......................................
7,000 to 9,999 .......................................
10,000 to 14,999 ...................................
15,000 to 19,999 ...................................
20,000 to 39,999 ...................................
40,000 and over ....................................

21
19
19
18
24
28
64
33

North Carolina total ................................

40

Texas total ............................................

226

Oklahoma
1 to 2,999 ..............................................
3,000 to 4,999 ........................................
5,000 to 6,999 ........................................
7,000 to 9,999 ........................................
10,000 to 14,999 ....................................
15,000 to 19,999 ....................................
20,000 to 39,999 ....................................
40,000 and over .....................................

4
2
1
4
2
1
1
-

Virginia
1 to 2,999 .............................................
3,000 to 4,999 .......................................
5,000 to 6,999 .......................................
7,000 to 9,999 .......................................
10,000 to 14,999 ...................................
15,000 to 19,999 ...................................
20,000 to 39,999 ...................................
40,000 and over ....................................

2
2

Oklahoma total ......................................

15

Virginia total ..........................................

4

South Carolina
1 to 2,999 ..............................................
3,000 to 4,999 ........................................
5,000 to 6,999 ........................................
7,000 to 9,999 ........................................
10,000 to 14,999 ....................................
15,000 to 19,999 ....................................
20,000 to 39,999 ....................................
40,000 and over .....................................

1
1
1
2
1
11
3

United States
1 to 2,999 .............................................
3,000 to 4,999 .......................................
5,000 to 6,999 .......................................
7,000 to 9,999 .......................................
10,000 to 14,999 ...................................
15,000 to 19,999 ...................................
20,000 to 39,999 ...................................
40,000 and over ....................................

44
34
38
52
71
80
216
136

South Carolina total ...............................

20

United States total ................................

671

- Represents zero.

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2012 Cotton Ginning Comments
Cotton Ginnings: A total of 16.8 million running bales were ginned during the 2012 season, up 11 percent from the
2011 season. There were 671 active cotton gins during the 2012 season, down from the 682 gins that operated in 2011.
Fifty-two percent of the gins processed more than 20,000 running bales compared with 45 percent the previous season.

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. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@nass.usda.gov
Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch ....................................................................................................... (202) 720-2127
Anthony Prillaman, Head, Field Crops Section .................................................................................... (202) 720-2127
Brent Chittenden – Oats, Rye, Wheat .............................................................................................. (202) 720-8068
Angie Considine – Peanuts, Rice ..................................................................................................... (202) 720-7688
Steve Maliszewski – Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum ................................................................ (202) 720-5944
Anthony Prillaman – Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet ......................................................................... (202) 720-2127
Julie Schmidt – Crop Weather, Barley, Hay .................................................................................... (202) 720-7621
Travis Thorson – Soybeans, Sunflower, Other Oilseeds .................................................................. (202) 720-7369

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Cotton Ginnings 2012 Summary (May 2013)
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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