Table 4. Bt cotton costs by state
State Number acres Bt cost/ Acre Average/ all Acres Total Cost % population Bollworm Acres Bt cotton sprayed Avg. # bworm appli to Bt cotton  
Alabama, South 130,000 $25.00 $12.50 $3,250,000 45 0 0.00 45
Alabama, Central 42,500 $28.00 $14.00 $1,190,000 60 0 0.00 60
Alabama, North 112,200 $25.00 $10.00 $2,805,000 50 0 0.00 50
Arizona 189,000 $31.90 $20.86 $6,029,100 63 378 1.00 63
Arkansas, Northeast 220,000 $22.00 $8.80 $4,840,000 80 150,000 1.00 80
Arkansas, Southeast 300,000 $22.00 $14.67 $6,600,000 60 270,000 1.00 60
California, San Joaquin Valley 2,000 $12.00 $0.03 $24,000 0 0 0.00 0
Florida 71,000 $26.50 $16.36 $1,881,500 65 350 1.00 65
Georgia 700,000 $26.00 $12.21 $18,200,000 50 100,000 1.00 50
Kansas 600 $23.00 $0.31 $13,800 0 0 0.00 0
Louisiana 693,000 $29.75 $24.08 $20,616,750 100 613,042 1.30 100
Mississippi Delta 947,000 $26.00 $22.08 $24,622,000 90 757,600 1.30 90
Mississippi Hills 388,000 $26.00 $18.21 $10,088,000 90 77,600 1.10 90
Missouri 60,355 $24.50 $3.74 $1,478,698 99 2,200 1.00 99
New Mexico 8,035 $32.00 $4.09 $257,120 100 0 0.00 100
North Carolina 605,000 $19.25 $12.20 $11,646,250 85 423,000 0.90 85
Oklahoma 107,000 $20.00 $11.26 $2,140,000 78 26,000 1.00 78
South Carolina 220,000 $22.50 $17.07 $4,950,000 85 109,000 1.50 85
Tennessee 485,057 $23.79 $18.98 $11,541,340 42 128,035 1.65 42
Texas, Upper Gulf Coast 113,950 $20.10 $8.64 $2,290,395 70 14,814 1.00 70
Texas, Lower Gulf Coast 76,431 $19.82 $3.37 $1,514,862 60 3,000 1.00 60
Texas, Northern Rolling Plains 40,000 $23.00 $1.77 $920,000 92 0 0.00 92
Texas, High Plains 70,000 $20.00 $0.55 $1,400,000 99 0 0.00 99
Texas, Far West 81,000 $17.62 $2.93 $1,427,220 0 0 0.00 0
Texas, Lower Rio Grande Valley 21,494 $30.00 $3.00 $644,820 99 0 0.00 99
Texas, Southern Rolling Plains 64,625 $14.40 $1.60 $930,600 90 0 0.00 90
Texas, Northern Blacklands 9,000 $21.50 $2.42 $193,500 80 0 0.00 80
Texas, Southern Blacklands 32,000 $18.00 $6.40 $576,000 70 640 0.10 70
Virginia 51,500 $12.00 $6.00 $618,000 75 51,500 1.20 75
Total US 5,840,747 $24.43 $9.69 $142,688,954 72 2,727,159 0.42 72.00