U.S. All Cotton Production Summary - 1866-2015
All Cotton Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1866-2015
[Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun]
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: Acreage : Yield :Production in : Price : Value
Year :-----------------------------: per : 480-pound : per : of
: Planted 1/ : Harvested : acre :nwt. bales 2/ : pound 3/ : production
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: ----- 1,000 acres ----- pounds 1,000 bales cents 1,000 dollars
:
1866 ....: 7,666.0 122.00 2,097.0
1867 ....: 7,864.0 143.00 2,520.0
1868 ....: 6,973.0 151.00 2,366.0
1869 ....: 7,751.0 155.00 3,011.0
:
1870 ....: 9,238.0 208.00 4,352.0
1871 ....: 8,285.0 159.00 2,974.0
1872 ....: 9,580.0 182.00 3,933.0
1873 ....: 10,998.0 168.00 4,168.0
1874 ....: 10,753.0 157.00 3,836.0
1875 ....: 11,348.0 181.00 4,631.0
1876 ....: 11,747.0 168.00 4,474.0 0.097 200,791
1877 ....: 12,606.0 170.00 4,773.0 0.085 192,217
1878 ....: 13,539.0 168.00 5,074.0 0.082 194,224
1879 ....: 14,474.0 181.00 5,756.0 0.103 281,784
:
1880 ....: 15,921.0 191.00 6,606.0 0.098 312,925
1881 ....: 16,483.0 149.00 5,456.0 0.107 274,440
1882 ....: 15,638.0 209.00 6,949.0 0.091 311,644
1883 ....: 16,295.0 162.00 5,713.0 0.091 252,501
1884 ....: 16,849.0 155.00 5,682.0 0.092 251,581
1885 ....: 17,922.0 170.00 6,576.0 0.084 267,481
1886 ....: 18,370.0 164.00 6,505.0 0.081 254,733
1887 ....: 18,793.0 175.00 7,047.0 0.086 294,527
1888 ....: 19,520.0 170.00 6,938.0 0.085 294,183
1889 ....: 20,191.0 177.00 7,473.0 0.086 319,334
:
1890 ....: 20,937.0 196.00 8,653.0 0.086 368,108
1891 ....: 21,503.0 199.00 9,035.0 0.072 323,943
1892 ....: 18,869.0 169.00 6,700.0 0.083 277,556
1893 ....: 20,256.0 175.00 7,493.0 0.070 260,096
1894 ....: 21,886.0 219.00 9,091.0 0.046 230,071
1895 ....: 19,839.0 172.00 7,162.0 0.076 272,378
1896 ....: 23,230.0 175.00 8,533.0 0.067 283,463
1897 ....: 25,131.0 209.00 10,899.0 0.067 367,065
1898 ....: 24,715.0 223.00 11,278.0 0.057 330,282
1899 ....: 24,163.0 185.00 9,346.0 0.070 326,208
:
1900 ....: 24,886.0 195.00 10,124.0 0.092 463,295
1901 ....: 27,050.0 168.00 9,508.0 0.070 334,075
1902 ....: 27,561.0 185.00 10,630.0 0.076 403,717
1903 ....: 27,762.0 170.00 9,851.0 0.105 516,764
1904 ....: 30,077.0 214.00 13,438.0 0.090 603,433
1905 ....: 27,753.0 182.00 10,576.0 0.108 569,788
1906 ....: 31,404.0 202.00 13,274.0 0.096 635,537
1907 ....: 30,729.0 173.00 11,106.0 0.104 575,207
1908 ....: 31,091.0 204.00 13,241.0 0.090 596,611
1909 ....: 31,744.0 30,555.0 157.00 10,005.0 0.135 676,558
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
All Cotton Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1866-2015 (continued)
[Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun]
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: Acreage : Yield :Production in : Price : Value
Year :-----------------------------: per : 480-pound : per : of
: Planted 1/ : Harvested : acre :nwt. bales 2/ : pound 3/ : production
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: ----- 1,000 acres ----- pounds 1,000 bales cents 1,000 dollars
:
1910 ....: 32,480.0 31,508.0 176.00 11,609.0 0.140 810,507
1911 ....: 35,634.0 34,916.0 215.00 15,694.0 0.097 756,989
1912 ....: 33,199.0 32,557.0 201.00 13,703.0 0.115 787,645
1913 ....: 35,721.0 35,206.0 192.00 14,153.0 0.125 882,502
1914 ....: 36,197.0 35,615.0 216.00 16,112.0 0.074 592,192
1915 ....: 30,544.0 29,951.0 179.00 11,172.0 0.112 626,897
1916 ....: 33,977.0 33,071.0 166.00 11,448.0 0.174 993,514
1917 ....: 33,064.0 32,245.0 167.00 11,284.0 0.271 1,528,535
1918 ....: 36,123.0 35,038.0 164.00 12,018.0 0.289 1,735,227
1919 ....: 34,573.0 32,906.0 166.00 11,411.0 0.353 2,016,075
:
1920 ....: 35,872.0 34,408.0 187.00 13,429.0 0.159 1,066,759
1921 ....: 29,716.0 28,678.0 133.00 7,945.0 0.170 675,500
1922 ....: 32,176.0 31,361.0 149.00 9,755.0 0.229 1,115,915
1923 ....: 37,000.0 35,550.0 136.00 10,140.0 0.287 1,454,558
1924 ....: 40,690.0 39,501.0 165.00 13,630.0 0.229 1,560,995
1925 ....: 45,968.0 44,386.0 174.00 16,105.0 0.196 1,579,936
1926 ....: 45,839.0 44,608.0 193.00 17,978.0 0.125 1,122,606
1927 ....: 39,471.0 38,342.0 162.00 12,956.0 0.202 1,308,628
1928 ....: 43,737.0 42,434.0 163.00 14,477.0 0.180 1,301,404
1929 ....: 44,448.0 43,232.0 164.00 14,825.0 0.168 1,243,840
:
1930 ....: 43,329.0 42,444.0 157.00 13,932.0 0.095 658,981
1931 ....: 39,110.0 38,704.0 212.00 17,097.0 0.057 483,575
1932 ....: 36,494.0 35,891.0 174.00 13,003.0 0.065 423,975
1933 ....: 40,248.0 29,383.0 213.00 13,047.0 0.102 663,383
1934 ....: 27,860.0 26,866.0 172.00 9,636.0 0.124 595,572
1935 ....: 28,063.0 27,509.0 185.00 10,638.0 0.111 590,021
1936 ....: 30,627.0 29,755.0 199.00 12,399.0 0.124 766,222
1937 ....: 34,090.0 33,623.0 270.00 18,946.0 0.084 796,469
1938 ....: 25,018.0 24,248.0 236.00 11,943.0 0.086 513,704
1939 ....: 24,683.0 23,805.0 238.00 11,817.0 0.091 537,010
:
1940 ....: 24,871.0 23,861.0 253.00 12,566.0 0.099 621,310
1941 ....: 23,130.0 22,236.0 232.00 10,744.0 0.170 914,695
1942 ....: 23,302.0 22,602.0 272.00 12,817.0 0.191 1,220,320
1943 ....: 21,900.0 21,610.0 254.00 11,427.0 0.199 1,136,751
1944 ....: 20,221.0 19,617.0 299.00 12,230.0 0.207 1,267,857
1945 ....: 18,092.0 17,029.0 254.00 9,015.0 0.225 1,014,823
1946 ....: 18,638.0 17,584.0 236.00 8,640.0 0.326 1,409,668
1947 ....: 21,786.0 21,330.0 267.00 11,860.0 0.319 1,892,949
1948 ....: 23,576.0 22,911.0 311.00 14,877.0 0.304 2,260,089
1949 ....: 28,283.0 27,439.0 282.00 16,128.0 0.286 2,304,636
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
All Cotton Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1866-2015 (continued)
[Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun]
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: Acreage : Yield :Production in : Price : Value
Year :-----------------------------: per : 480-pound : per : of
: Planted 1/ : Harvested : acre :nwt. bales 2/ : pound 3/ : production
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: ----- 1,000 acres ----- pounds 1,000 bales cents 1,000 dollars
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1950 ....: 18,866.0 17,843.0 269.00 10,014.0 0.401 2,005,684
1951 ....: 29,353.0 26,949.0 269.00 15,149.0 0.379 2,868,720
1952 ....: 28,065.0 25,921.0 280.00 15,139.0 0.346 2,617,644
1953 ....: 26,872.0 24,341.0 324.00 16,465.0 0.323 2,654,683
1954 ....: 20,052.0 19,251.0 341.00 13,697.0 0.336 2,301,358
1955 ....: 17,991.0 16,928.0 417.00 14,721.0 0.323 2,379,030
1956 ....: 17,077.0 15,615.0 409.00 13,310.0 0.318 2,112,625
1957 ....: 14,310.0 13,558.0 388.00 10,964.0 0.297 1,625,119
1958 ....: 12,379.0 11,849.0 466.00 11,512.0 0.332 1,912,311
1959 ....: 15,833.0 15,117.0 461.00 14,558.0 0.317 2,304,265
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1960 ....: 16,080.0 15,309.0 446.00 14,272.0 0.302 2,154,165
1961 ....: 16,588.0 15,634.0 438.00 14,318.0 0.329 2,356,309
1962 ....: 16,293.0 15,569.0 457.00 14,867.0 0.319 2,370,480
1963 ....: 14,843.0 14,212.0 517.00 15,334.0 0.322 2,469,647
1964 ....: 14,835.6 14,054.6 517.00 15,144.9 0.311 2,258,491
1965 ....: 14,152.3 13,612.7 527.00 14,937.9 0.294 2,106,088
1966 ....: 10,349.4 9,552.6 480.00 9,556.8 0.218 997,467
1967 ....: 9,449.6 7,997.3 447.00 7,443.4 0.267 953,820
1968 ....: 10,912.9 10,159.3 516.00 10,925.7 0.231 1,212,021
1969 ....: 11,882.5 11,051.1 434.00 9,990.2 0.220 1,054,981
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1970 ....: 11,945.2 11,155.0 438.00 10,192.1 0.220 1,121,622
1971 ....: 12,354.9 11,470.9 438.00 10,477.0 0.282 1,419,624
1972 ....: 14,001.3 12,983.8 507.00 13,704.1 0.273 1,798,960
1973 ....: 12,479.7 11,970.2 520.00 12,974.0 0.446 2,779,504
1974 ....: 13,679.4 12,546.6 442.00 11,540.1 0.429 2,374,064
1975 ....: 9,477.6 8,796.0 453.00 8,301.6 0.513 2,043,678
1976 ....: 11,635.5 10,913.5 465.00 10,580.6 0.641 3,254,954
1977 ....: 13,679.5 13,275.3 520.00 14,389.2 0.523 3,614,938
1978 ....: 13,375.1 12,400.0 420.00 10,855.8 0.584 3,044,991
1979 ....: 13,977.5 12,830.9 547.00 14,629.3 0.625 4,391,378
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1980 ....: 14,533.8 13,214.8 404.00 11,122.1 0.747 3,986,678
1981 ....: 14,330.1 13,841.2 542.00 15,645.7 0.543 4,075,403
1982 ....: 11,345.4 9,733.9 590.00 11,962.7 0.596 3,422,370
1983 ....: 7,926.3 7,347.5 508.00 7,771.4 0.666 2,482,802
1984 ....: 11,145.4 10,379.1 600.00 12,981.8 0.589 3,670,508
1985 ....: 10,684.6 10,229.0 630.00 13,432.2 0.563 3,628,112
1986 ....: 10,044.6 8,468.4 552.00 9,731.1 0.524 2,449,111
1987 ....: 10,397.2 10,030.3 706.00 14,759.9 0.643 4,555,017
1988 ....: 12,514.8 11,948.2 619.00 15,411.5 0.566 4,190,488
1989 ....: 10,586.6 9,537.7 614.00 12,195.6 0.662 3,877,888
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
All Cotton Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1866-2015 (continued)
[Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun]
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: Acreage : Yield :Production in : Price : Value
Year :-----------------------------: per : 480-pound : per : of
: Planted 1/ : Harvested : acre :nwt. bales 2/ : pound 3/ : production
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: ----- 1,000 acres ----- pounds 1,000 bales cents 1,000 dollars
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1990 ....: 12,348.1 11,731.6 634.00 15,505.4 0.682 5,075,826
1991 ....: 14,052.1 12,959.5 652.00 17,614.3 0.581 4,913,244
1992 ....: 13,240.0 11,123.3 700.00 16,218.5 0.549 4,273,935
1993 ....: 13,438.3 12,783.3 606.00 16,133.6 0.584 4,520,908
1994 ....: 13,720.1 13,322.3 708.00 19,662.0 0.720 6,796,654
1995 ....: 16,931.4 16,006.7 537.00 17,899.8 0.765 6,574,612
1996 ....: 14,652.5 12,888.1 705.00 18,942.0 0.705 6,408,144
1997 ....: 13,898.0 13,406.0 673.00 18,793.0 0.662 5,975,585
1998 ....: 13,392.5 10,683.6 625.00 13,918.2 0.617 4,119,911
1999 ....: 14,873.5 13,424.9 607.00 16,968.0 0.468 3,809,560
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2000 ....: 15,517.2 13,053.0 632.00 17,188.3 0.516 4,260,417
2001 ....: 15,768.5 13,827.7 705.00 20,302.8 0.320 3,121,848
2002 ....: 13,957.9 12,416.6 665.00 17,208.6 0.457 3,777,132
2003 ....: 13,479.6 12,003.4 730.00 18,255.2 0.630 5,516,761
2004 ....: 13,658.6 13,057.0 855.00 23,250.7 0.447 4,993,565
2005 ....: 14,245.4 13,802.6 831.00 23,890.2 0.497 5,695,217
2006 ....: 15,274.0 12,731.5 814.00 21,587.8 0.484 5,013,238
2007 ....: 10,827.2 10,489.1 879.00 19,206.9 0.613 5,652,907
2008 ....: 9,471.0 7,568.7 813.00 12,825.4 0.491 3,023,632
2009 ....: 9,149.5 7,533.7 776.00 12,183.0 0.648 3,786,674
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2010 ....: 10,974.2 10,698.7 812.00 18,101.8 0.846 7,346,868
2011 ....: 14,735.4 9,460.9 790.00 15,573.2 0.935 6,985,976
2012 ....: 12,264.4 9,321.8 892.00 17,313.8 0.757 6,291,813
2013 ....: 10,407.0 7,544.4 821.00 12,909.2 0.838 5,191,505
2014 ....: 11,037.4 9,346.8 838.00 16,319.4 0.657 5,147,241
2015 4/ .: 8,580.5 8,057.9 771.00 12,943.0 0.622 3,862,448
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1/ Acreage in cultivation July 1 prior to 1958.
2/ Production figures are in 480-pound net weight bales from 1969 to date; prior to 1969, in
500-pound gross weight bales.
3/ Gross weight price, including bagging and ties, except that, beginning 1922, American Egyptian
cotton is included at net weight; prior to 1908 prices are as of December 1. Season average
price is derived.
4/ The 2015 estimates are preliminary and are subject to revision in the "Crop Production" report
released May 2016. Price and value of production is preliminary, based on average price to
January 1, 2016.
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