Currently available, obsolete and foreign cotton cultivars were evaluated for resistance to thrips feeding. Each cultivar, replicated four times, was planted in 44 ft. plots that included two Gaucho-treated and two untreated rows. A whole plant sampling technique was used to collect adult and larval thrips from seedling cotton. Visual damage of each cultivar and treatment was rated on all sample dates. In the untreated plots, Asiatic 154 and Asiatic 49 had the lowest mean number of total thrips with 40 and 47 per five plants, respectively. Also, these two cultivars had the lowest average damage rating, indicating a high degree of resistance. Identifying thrips resistant cotton cultivars will lessen the impact on the environment and lower production cost by reducing insecticide application.