Table 1. USDA Cotton Production
  Upland Cotton Cotton yields in pounds lint per acre
State Acres Planted Acres harvested Est. Yield * December January 1999
Alabama 590,000 530,000 520 489 489 601
Arizona 280,000 278,000 1287 1273 1312 1118
Arkansas 960,000 950,000 709 743 733 685
California 775,000 770,000 1275 1380 1371 849
Florida 130,000 106,000 490 420 453 498
Georgia 1,500,000 1,350,000 600 594 583 517
Kansas 40,000 37,000 300 525 298 501
Louisiana 710,000 695,000 639 627 628 573
Mississippi 1,300,000 1,280,000 662 649 649 755
Missouri 400,000 388,000 731 648 668 509
New Mexico 90,000 85,000 625 734 734 781
North Carolina 930,000 925,000 770 748 747 669
Oklahoma 280,000 170,000 440 420 438 540
South Carolina 300,000 290,000 645 629 629 600
Tennessee 570,000 565,000 600 606 607 593
Texas 6,400,000 4,400,000 379 410 431 519
Virginia 110,000 108,000 800 722 707 770
total US 15,365,000 12,927,000 595 612 625 616
  Pima Cotton
Arizona 6,000 6,000   824 824 768
California 145,000 144,000   1200 1167 900
New Mexico 4,500 4,500   680 768 617
Texas 16,000 16,000   930 900 649
total US 171,500 170,500   1144 1119 842
  all cotton all cotton   all cotton all cotton all cotton
TOTAL US 15,536,500 13,097,500   619 631 621
             
From USDA/NASS Agricultural Statistics Service January , 2001
*estimates from losses Coordinators