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Cash receipts: cotton: Kentucky
What US farms took in from selling cotton each year, in billions of dollars, with USDA's forecast for the nation's current year.
Up to dateThree times a year: in February, around the start of September and around the start of December. Last published Sep 3, 2026. Next expected November 2026.
The latest figures and how they have changed
Kentucky, 1977
under $0.01 billion
Up 3.6% from under $0.01 billion in 1976
United States, 2025
$5.21 billion
Up 1.1% from $5.15 billion in 2024
KentuckyUnited StatesUSDA forecast
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What the numbers say
- In 1977, Kentucky's cash receipts was less than 0.1 times the US average.
- From 1968 to 1977 it fell 61.2%, from under $0.01 billion to under $0.01 billion.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Kentucky | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No figure | $5.86 billion (USDA forecast) |
| 2025 | No figure | $5.21 billion |
| 2024 | No figure | $5.15 billion |
| 2023 | No figure | $7.13 billion |
| 2022 | No figure | $8.19 billion |
| 2021 | No figure | $7.21 billion |
| 2020 | No figure | $6.81 billion |
| 2019 | No figure | $6.82 billion |
| 2018 | No figure | $7.48 billion |
| 2017 | No figure | $7.57 billion |
| 2016 | No figure | $5.50 billion |
| 2015 | No figure | $4.76 billion |
| 2014 | No figure | $7.11 billion |
| 2013 | No figure | $6.52 billion |
| 2012 | No figure | $8.23 billion |
| 2011 | No figure | $7.30 billion |
| 2010 | No figure | $7.46 billion |
| 2009 | No figure | $4.28 billion |
| 2008 | No figure | $5.25 billion |
| 2007 | No figure | $6.46 billion |
| 2006 | No figure | $5.55 billion |
| 2005 | No figure | $6.40 billion |
| 2004 | No figure | $4.83 billion |
| 2003 | No figure | $6.42 billion |
| 2002 | No figure | $3.42 billion |
| 2001 | No figure | $3.64 billion |
| 2000 | No figure | $2.95 billion |
| 1999 | No figure | $4.63 billion |
| 1998 | No figure | $6.07 billion |
| 1997 | No figure | $6.35 billion |
| 1996 | No figure | $6.98 billion |
| 1995 | No figure | $6.85 billion |
| 1994 | No figure | $6.74 billion |
| 1993 | No figure | $5.25 billion |
| 1992 | No figure | $5.19 billion |
| 1991 | No figure | $5.24 billion |
| 1990 | No figure | $5.49 billion |
| 1989 | No figure | $5.03 billion |
| 1988 | No figure | $4.53 billion |
| 1987 | No figure | $4.19 billion |
| 1986 | No figure | $3.37 billion |
| 1985 | No figure | $3.69 billion |
| 1984 | No figure | $3.67 billion |
| 1983 | No figure | $3.70 billion |
| 1982 | No figure | $4.46 billion |
| 1981 | No figure | $4.06 billion |
| 1980 | No figure | $4.45 billion |
| 1979 | No figure | $4.33 billion |
| 1978 | No figure | $3.54 billion |
| 1977 | $0.00 billion | $3.47 billion |
| 1976 | $0.00 billion | $3.48 billion |
| 1975 | $0.00 billion | $2.31 billion |
| 1974 | $0.00 billion | $2.89 billion |
| 1973 | $0.00 billion | $2.80 billion |
| 1972 | $0.00 billion | $1.84 billion |
| 1971 | $0.00 billion | $1.49 billion |
| 1970 | $0.00 billion | $1.25 billion |
| 1969 | $0.00 billion | $1.36 billion |
| 1968 | $0.00 billion | $1.32 billion |
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Source: USDA Economic Research Service (ERS), Farm Income and Wealth Statistics. State and US estimates released Sep 3, 2026. Retrieved Oct 21, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-21.1. Dollars as published, not adjusted for inflation.
What this measures
It is the money farms received from selling these products, before any costs, and the nation's latest year is a USDA forecast.