Released May 21, 2012, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
Cotton Planted - Selected States
[These 15 States planted 99% of the 2011 cotton acreage]
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State : May 20, : May 13, : May 20, : 2007-2011
: 2011 : 2012 : 2012 : Average
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: percent
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Alabama .........: 62 68 84 70
Arizona .........: 91 90 97 89
Arkansas ........: 71 93 98 74
California ......: 93 90 92 96
Georgia .........: 51 44 63 50
Kansas ..........: 19 26 50 12
Louisiana .......: 95 92 95 89
Mississippi .....: 73 90 93 70
Missouri ........: 66 68 79 78
North Carolina ..: 80 51 74 78
Oklahoma ........: 14 29 36 26
South Carolina ..: 68 46 69 65
Tennessee .......: 38 52 75 49
Texas ...........: 42 35 48 41
Virginia ........: 91 58 85 79
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15 States .......: 52 48 62 53
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