TABLE 8.2 Growth of Cotton Production in the United States, 1790–1830
| Year | Production in Bales |
| 1790 | 3,135 |
| 1795 | 16,719 |
| 1800 | 73,145 |
| 1805 | 146,290 |
| 1810 | 177,638 |
| 1815 | 208,986 |
| 1820 | 334,378 |
| 1825 | 532,915 |
| 1830 | 731,452 |
Source: Lewis Cecil Gray, History of Agriculture in the Southern United States to 1860, vol. 2 (Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1958).