Cotton cultivars were evaluated for tolerance to thrips feeding. The cultivar BG 4740 had the highest mean number of total thrips per 5 plants with 106.1 and the lowest yield at 558.7 lbs/a. However, ST 373, which had the lowest mean number of total thrips at 38.9, had a moderately high lint yield of 740.5 lbs/a. The highest yielding cultivar was DPL 33B with 868.7 lbs/a and a mean number of total thrips of 64.4.