Which state in the US produces the most cotton?

Texas leads the U.S. in cotton production . In 2000, growers produced over 4 million bales, making over $1 billion to the Texas cotton industry. Texas annually produces about 25% of the entire U.S. crop and plants over 6 million acres! That's over 9,000 square miles of cotton fields.
In 2009, Texas produced 4.9 million bales of cotton, far outdoing the next closest state of Georgia at 1.8 million bales.