Cotton Production - 64 Year Record*

 

 

Year

Production Bales

Acres

Year

Production Bales

Acres

 

1938

46,100

124,000

1970

169,300

221,700

 

1939

41,500

94,100

1971

116,800

215,600

 

1940

39,100

127,400

1972

234,400

215,200

 

1941

57,900

130,200

1973

315,300

268,500

 

1942

74,260

126,000

1974

38,800

72,900

 

1943

51,950

129,000

1975

123,400

237,600

 

1944

55,800

121,000

1976

244,200

271,400

 

1945

7,150

44,800

1977

230,000

290,000

 

1946

27,100

111,000

1978

92,000

271,000

 

1947

102,000

266,000

1979

243,800

275,000

 

1948

60,400

267,000

1980

88,000

293,900

 

1949

193,000

318,000

1981

270,600

316,500

 

1950

96,000

225,000

1982

153,400

251,200

 

1951

67,000

319,000

1983

57,800

103,400

 

1952

50,000

361,000

1984

129,900

225,500

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1953

12,300

45,000

1985

147,200

220,000

 

1954

81,164

213,000

1986

39,000

220,700

 

1955

85,000

185,000

1987

120,000

227,000

 

1956

82,057

202,000

1988

204,168

245,244

 

1957

129,000

201,000

1989

85,515

199,750

 

1958

143,000

202,000

1990

220,800

221,500

 

1959

152,767

192,084

1991

99,300

153,500

 

1960

176,756

205,073

1992

156,800

178,800

 

1961

213,217

221,393

1993

226,500

237,062

 

1962

145,648

212,330

1994

140,100

221,900

 

1963

160,483

196,489

1995

171,700

266,900

 

1964

93,944

156,000

1996

108,100

112,500

 

1965

153,000

186,354

1997

213,900

251,800

 

1966

130,000

196,009

1998

80,800

86,500

 

1967

76,317

113,553

1999

209,100

258,900

 

1968

182,096

168,554

2000

81,500

102,700

 

1969

140,159

214,138

2001

66,000 (est)

79,000 (est)

* 64 Year Average: Production Bales: 125,068 / Acres: 197,272 / Yield per acre: 317