Major U.S. states for cotton production 2025

This statistic shows the leading ten U.S. states with the highest cotton production in 2025. In that year, Texas was estimated to produce about **** million bales of cotton. The United States in total were ranked as fourth leading cotton producing country worldwide in 2024/2025. 

Cotton production

The production of cotton is one of the United States’ most important industries. The country was the world’s fourth largest cotton producer after China, India, and Brazil as well as the second largest global cotton exporter in 2025/2026. 

In terms of cotton production by state, U.S. cotton is mostly grown and harvested in the Southern states, also known as the “Cotton Belt” where cotton plantations were established in the 1800s. More than *** billion U.S. dollars’ worth of cotton was produced in Texas in 2024. 

Upland cotton is the nation’s most commonly cultivated variety of cotton. American Pima, a finer and more expensive cotton fiber, is mainly cultivated in Arizona and California. In 2024, the United States allocated some ***** million acres of land for planting cotton. Approximately *****million bales of cotton were produced that year.

Cotton is typically used in the production of textiles. Hence Bangladesh, a leader in textile manufacturing, was the largest cotton importer in 2024/2025.