United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Co St 2 (00) Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses 1999 Summary January 2000 General Refrigerated Warehouse Capacity Up 6 Percent General refrigerated storage capacity in the United States totaled 2.90 billion gross cubic feet on October 1, 1999, an increase of 6 percent since the previous survey was conducted two years ago. While most of the increase was due to new construction, some was due to the increased survey coverage of existing warehouses. This was the 41st biennial survey of refrigerated warehouses. The five States with the largest gross general warehouse capacity (million cubic feet) were: California with 393; Florida 233; Washington, 187; Wisconsin and Texas each had 155. Usable refrigerated space in general storages was 2.28 billion cubic feet, or 79 percent of the gross space. Usable freezer space was 78 percent of the usable refrigerated space with the remaining 22 percent used as cooler space. Convertible refrigerated space was classified as usable freezer space. Public general warehouse capacity totaled 2.15 billion gross cubic feet in 1999, accounting for 74 percent of the general storage. Public general storage capacity has increased 36 percent since 1991 and is over twice the capacity of 1981. Private and semiprivate general warehouse capacity totaled 757 million gross cubic feet, or 26 percent of the general gross refrigerated space. Apple and pear storage totaled 702 million gross cubic feet, up slightly from October 1, 1997. Controlled atmosphere (CA) capacity totaled 155 million bushels, up 3 percent from 1997. The State of Washington had 80 percent of the Nation's CA capacity. Refrigerated Warehouses: Number by Type, State, and United States, October 1, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : General Storages : Apple & Pear Storages : :-------------------------------------------------------------: State : : Private & : : : : : Total : Public : Semiprvt : Total : Regular : CA : All 1/ : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 14 10 24 24 AK : 27 27 27 AZ : 5 2 7 1 2 2 9 AR : 15 8 23 23 CA : 119 93 212 33 6 34 246 CO : 14 4 18 8 1 8 26 CT : 3 5 8 30 8 31 39 DE : 4 6 10 2 2 12 FL : 36 38 74 74 GA : 32 30 62 62 HI : 5 1 6 6 ID : 6 15 21 9 7 9 30 IL : 21 12 33 15 1 15 48 IN : 15 4 19 28 3 30 49 IA : 25 9 34 2 2 36 KS : 8 5 13 1 1 14 KY : 4 4 4 4 8 LA : 12 9 21 21 ME : 1 18 19 29 19 31 50 MD : 5 6 11 7 3 8 19 MA : 20 15 35 55 27 59 94 MI : 28 18 46 155 102 181 227 MN : 26 23 49 13 1 13 62 MS : 7 4 11 11 MO : 17 8 25 4 4 29 MT : 5 1 6 6 NE : 15 6 21 2 1 2 23 NV : 2 3 5 5 NH : 1 1 2 23 13 23 25 NJ : 28 10 38 21 5 24 62 NM : 1 2 3 1 1 2 5 NY : 37 48 85 147 93 156 241 NC : 18 5 23 19 3 21 44 ND : 3 1 4 4 OH : 20 6 26 55 13 55 81 OK : 4 3 7 1 1 8 OR : 14 27 41 47 18 51 92 PA : 34 10 44 117 16 118 162 RI : 2 2 4 3 7 9 SC : 9 4 13 4 4 17 SD : 3 4 7 7 TN : 14 4 18 18 TX : 38 33 71 71 UT : 9 7 16 23 9 24 40 VT : 2 2 12 6 12 14 VA : 22 12 34 40 10 40 74 WA : 37 32 69 229 206 267 336 WV : 2 2 4 11 5 15 19 WI : 43 78 121 17 2 18 139 WY : 1 1 1 : US : 802 673 1,475 1,169 584 1,274 2,749 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Firms with both regular and CA storage are counted once. General Refrigerated Warehouses: Number by Size Group, United States, October 1, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Size : Public : Private : All (Cubic Feet) : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : 0-499,999 : 135 341 476 500,000-999,999 : 123 120 243 1,000,000-2,499,999 : 237 131 368 2,500,000-4,999,999 : 194 56 250 5,000,000 and Over : 113 25 138 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apple and Pear Refrigerated Warehouses: Number by Size Group, United States, October 1, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Size : Regular 1/ : CA 1/ : All (Bushels) : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : 0-49,999 : 776 217 689 50,000-99,999 : 140 103 193 100,000-499,999 : 210 179 257 500,000-999,999 : 34 41 68 1,000,000 and Over : 9 44 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Number of operations with regular or CA storage. Many operators have both types in the same building, thus the count of regular plus CA does not equal "All". Refrigerated Storage: Gross Capacity by Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 1981-99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Private and : Year : Public : Semi-private : Total 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Cubic Feet : 1981 : 983 942 1,925 1983 : 1,047 1,019 2,067 1985 : 1,130 1,056 2,186 1987 : 1,306 1,171 2,476 1989 : 1,414 1,158 2,571 1991 : 1,600 1,208 2,808 1993 : 1,700 1,272 2,972 1995 : 1,765 1,323 3,088 1997 : 2,068 1,359 3,427 1999 : 2,168 1,437 3,606 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. Refrigerated Space: By Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 1999 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Gross Space : Usable Space Type :Number :----------------------------------------------------------- : : Cooler : Freezer : Total : Cooler : Freezer : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------------- 1,000 Cubic Feet -------------------- : General : Public : 798 354,935 1,791,708 2,146,643 276,610 1,421,984 1,698,594 Private & : Semiprvt : 673 298,599 457,906 756,505 225,790 357,194 582,984 Total : 1,471 653,537 2,249,615 2,903,152 502,401 1,779,175 2,281,576 : Apple : Public : 18 21,315 375 21,690 17,378 325 17,703 Private & : Semiprvt : 1,257 670,874 9,862 680,736 542,785 7,295 550,080 Total : 1,275 692,189 10,237 702,426 560,163 7,620 567,783 : Total : 2,746 1,345,726 2,259,852 3,605,578 1,062,564 1,786,795 2,849,359 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. Gross Refrigerated Space: By Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 1981-99 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type : 1981 : 1983 : 1985 : 1987 : 1989 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Cubic Feet : General : Public : 956,153 1,028,300 1,110,394 1,285,860 1,391,901 Private and : Semiprivate : 539,992 573,463 589,132 676,369 603,402 Total : 1,496,145 1,601,763 1,699,526 1,962,229 1,995,303 : Apple : Public : 26,940 18,871 19,383 19,750 21,945 Private and : Semiprivate : 401,889 445,996 466,768 494,404 554,150 Total : 428,829 464,867 486,151 514,154 576,095 : Total, All : 1,924,973 2,066,631 2,185,677 2,476,384 2,571,397 :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1991 : 1993 : 1995 : 1997 : 1999 :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Cubic Feet : General : Public : 1,572,879 1,678,461 1,741,585 2,043,908 2,146,643 Private and : Semiprivate : 624,005 658,893 674,649 683,372 756,505 Total : 2,196,884 2,337,354 2,416,234 2,727,280 2,903,152 : Apple : Public : 27,227 21,645 23,419 23,907 21,690 Private and : Semiprivate : 584,296 613,093 647,993 675,838 680,736 Total : 611,523 634,737 671,412 699,745 702,426 : Total, All : 2,808,407 2,972,092 3,087,646 3,427,025 3,605,578 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. General Storages: Gross and Usable Refrigerated Space by State and United States, October 1, 1999 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Gross Space : Usable Space :----------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : Private & : : : Private & : : Public : Semiprvt : Total : Public : Semiprvt : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Cubic Feet : AL : 28,450 1,855 30,305 23,551 1,568 25,120 AK : * * 2,200 * * 2,051 AZ : * * * * * * AR : 64,232 13,089 77,321 54,374 9,204 63,578 CA : 274,009 119,236 393,245 211,114 95,241 306,355 CO : 14,778 1,846 16,623 10,428 1,481 11,909 CT : 5,017 241 5,258 3,847 190 4,037 DE : 12,156 14,006 26,162 8,017 10,585 18,602 FL : 93,035 140,036 233,072 76,005 114,336 190,341 GA : 111,456 12,543 123,999 89,701 10,446 100,146 HI : 1,586 2,967 4,553 1,139 1,187 2,326 ID : 32,730 22,863 55,593 29,295 18,759 48,053 IL : 86,253 25,851 112,105 63,121 19,747 82,869 IN : 40,840 1,287 42,128 32,600 954 33,555 IA : 60,264 9,175 69,441 50,462 6,045 56,508 KS : 57,058 23,787 80,845 47,005 17,495 64,500 KY : 15,029 * 15,029 11,905 * 11,905 LA : 6,198 3,009 9,208 5,146 1,823 6,969 ME : 1,834 10,549 12,383 1,391 7,709 9,100 MD : 18,672 5,483 24,155 14,287 3,689 17,977 MA : 43,220 5,445 48,664 34,721 4,291 39,012 MI : 69,417 14,768 84,185 54,363 11,921 66,283 MN : 41,434 18,131 59,565 32,024 12,472 44,495 MS : 20,030 1,852 21,882 15,660 1,292 16,952 MO : 87,374 8,579 95,953 71,012 7,204 78,216 MT : * * * * * * NE : 34,378 3,510 37,889 27,574 2,736 30,310 NV : 3,330 4,640 7,970 3,186 3,257 6,441 NH : * * * * * * NJ : 67,318 6,131 73,449 51,449 4,794 56,243 NM : * * 935 * * 848 NY : 51,096 33,111 84,206 35,197 23,884 59,082 NC : 51,544 8,880 60,424 42,273 7,024 49,297 ND : 4,564 3,562 8,126 3,597 2,625 6,222 OH : 50,783 11,582 62,365 40,680 8,562 49,241 OK : 6,514 2,190 8,704 4,295 1,749 6,044 OR : 75,686 38,181 113,867 63,196 29,488 92,684 PA : 113,522 18,586 132,108 90,956 14,797 105,753 RI : * * * * * * SC : 19,967 1,375 21,343 16,095 888 16,983 SD : 3,865 8,819 12,684 2,934 3,827 6,760 TN : 31,016 8,122 39,138 25,295 5,058 30,352 TX : 125,049 29,483 154,532 82,824 24,975 107,800 UT : 17,106 8,980 26,086 14,060 7,336 21,396 VT : * * * * * * VA : 39,723 17,776 57,499 32,302 14,896 47,198 WA : 139,199 47,891 187,090 114,924 36,364 151,287 WV : * * 2,420 * * 1,096 WI : 115,998 38,599 154,596 97,818 26,532 124,350 WY : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 10,913 8,489 13,847 8,771 6,553 11,330 : US : 2,146,643 756,505 2,903,152 1,698,594 582,984 2,281,576 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Included in "Other States" and U.S. totals. 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Includes frozen juice tank storage capacity. General Storages: Gross and Usable Cooler Space by State and United States, October 1, 1999 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Gross Space : Usable Space :----------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : Private & : : : Private & : : Public : Semiprvt : Total : Public : Semiprvt : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Cubic Feet : AL : * * 5,178 * * 4,455 AK : * * 245 * * 238 AZ : * * * * * * AR : * * 2,840 * * 2,180 CA : 65,583 81,279 146,862 51,564 64,696 116,259 CO : * * 4,358 * * 3,133 CT : * * 1,026 * * 719 DE : * * * * * * FL : 16,528 49,403 65,932 13,403 39,782 53,185 GA : 30,910 8,181 39,091 24,305 6,849 31,153 HI : * * * * * * ID : * * 1,182 * * 889 IL : 14,930 9,192 24,122 11,335 6,444 17,780 IN : 4,021 495 4,517 3,351 360 3,712 IA : 6,326 5,413 11,740 5,105 3,153 8,258 KS : * * * * * * KY : * * * * * * LA : 1,053 824 1,878 877 510 1,387 ME : * * 360 * * 274 MD : * * 1,215 * * 942 MA : 5,294 884 6,178 4,319 713 5,032 MI : 8,489 5,199 13,688 7,008 4,443 11,451 MN : 7,524 8,078 15,602 5,980 5,128 11,108 MS : * * * * * * MO : * * 30,167 * * 24,778 MT : * * * * * * NE : * * 8,630 * * 7,076 NV : * * 1,841 * * 1,067 NH : * * * * * * NJ : 22,428 3,728 26,156 17,456 2,916 20,372 NM : * * * * * * NY : 10,248 14,611 24,859 7,370 10,456 17,827 NC : 2,051 2,763 4,814 1,863 1,994 3,857 ND : * * * * * * OH : 5,168 1,112 6,280 3,814 911 4,725 OK : * * 2,545 * * 2,076 OR : * * 3,036 * * 2,312 PA : * * 16,581 * * 11,647 RI : * * * * * * SC : * * 1,203 * * 883 SD : * * 6,772 * * 3,189 TN : * * 927 * * 724 TX : 19,287 18,449 37,736 11,696 15,348 27,045 UT : * * 3,080 * * 2,341 VT : * * * * * * VA : 11,120 7,225 18,345 9,227 5,806 15,033 WA : 6,171 8,833 15,004 5,133 5,942 11,074 WV : * * * * * * WI : 32,802 30,591 63,392 27,015 20,663 47,679 WY : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 85,002 42,339 36,155 65,789 29,676 26,541 : US : 354,935 298,599 653,537 276,610 225,790 502,401 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Included in "Other States" and U.S. totals. 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Includes frozen juice tank storage capacity. General Storages: Gross and Usable Freezer Space by State and United States, October 1, 1999 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Gross Space : Usable Space :----------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : Private & : : : Private & : : Public : Semiprvt : Total : Public : Semiprvt : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Cubic Feet : AL : * * 25,127 * * 20,665 AK : * * 1,955 * * 1,813 AZ : * * * * * * AR : * * 74,481 * * 61,398 CA : 208,426 37,957 246,383 159,550 30,545 190,096 CO : * * 12,265 * * 8,776 CT : * * 4,232 * * 3,318 DE : * * * * * * FL : 76,507 90,633 167,140 62,602 74,554 137,156 GA : 80,546 4,362 84,908 65,396 3,597 68,993 HI : * * * * * * ID : * * 54,411 * * 47,164 IL : 71,323 16,659 87,983 51,786 13,303 65,089 IN : 36,819 792 37,611 29,249 594 29,843 IA : 53,938 3,762 57,701 45,357 2,892 48,250 KS : * * * * * * KY : * * * * * * LA : 5,145 2,185 7,330 4,269 1,313 5,582 ME : * * 12,023 * * 8,826 MD : * * 22,940 * * 17,035 MA : 37,926 4,561 42,486 30,402 3,578 33,980 MI : 60,928 9,569 70,497 47,355 7,478 54,832 MN : 33,910 10,053 43,963 26,044 7,344 33,387 MS : * * * * * * MO : * * 65,786 * * 53,438 MT : * * * * * * NE : * * 29,259 * * 23,234 NV : * * 6,129 * * 5,374 NH : * * * * * * NJ : 44,890 2,403 47,293 33,993 1,878 35,871 NM : * * * * * * NY : 40,848 18,500 59,347 27,827 13,428 41,255 NC : 49,493 6,117 55,610 40,410 5,030 45,440 ND : * * * * * * OH : 45,615 10,470 56,085 36,866 7,651 44,516 OK : * * 6,159 * * 3,968 OR : * * 110,831 * * 90,372 PA : * * 115,527 * * 94,106 RI : * * * * * * SC : * * 20,140 * * 16,100 SD : * * 5,912 * * 3,571 TN : * * 38,211 * * 29,628 TX : 105,762 11,034 116,796 71,128 9,627 80,755 UT : * * 23,006 * * 19,055 VT : * * * * * * VA : 28,603 10,551 39,154 23,075 9,090 32,165 WA : 133,028 39,058 172,086 109,791 30,422 140,213 WV : * * * * * * WI : 83,196 8,008 91,204 70,803 5,869 76,671 WY : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 594,805 171,232 137,644 486,081 129,001 107,240 : US : 1,791,708 457,906 2,249,615 1,421,984 357,194 1,779,175 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Included in "Other States" and U.S. totals. 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Includes frozen juice tank storage capacity. Apple and Pear Storages: Gross and Usable Refrigerated Space, Regular and CA Capacity by State and United States, October 1, 1999 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Refrigerated Space : Apple Storage Capacity :--------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : : : Controlled : : Gross : Usable : Regular : Atmosphere : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Cubic Feet ---------- 1,000 Bushels ---------- : CA : 30,697 23,226 6,503 1,557 8,060 CO : 2,584 2,115 646 163 809 CT : 1,738 1,389 408 157 565 ID : 5,978 5,053 1,719 1,034 2,753 IL : 1,231 1,030 355 80 435 IN : 2,324 1,817 414 185 599 KY : 139 110 36 0 36 ME : 4,337 3,729 776 904 1,680 MD : 1,529 1,214 208 354 562 MA : 4,377 3,600 972 587 1,559 MI : 32,838 28,787 4,718 7,733 12,451 MN : 796 683 272 33 305 NH : 2,004 1,752 329 492 821 NJ : 5,787 4,870 565 183 747 NY : 35,251 29,886 5,835 7,053 12,888 NC : 5,098 4,421 1,621 480 2,101 OH : 3,393 2,777 800 328 1,129 OR : 49,673 39,486 7,996 3,774 11,769 PA : 23,998 19,358 4,537 2,785 7,323 RI : 181 167 32 25 57 SC : 608 482 193 0 193 UT : 4,206 3,599 533 565 1,099 VT : 2,611 2,220 353 607 960 VA : 14,088 12,243 3,149 1,612 4,761 WA : 456,040 364,804 59,171 123,254 182,424 WV : 7,135 5,859 1,923 494 2,417 WI : 795 690 253 77 330 : Oth Sts : 2,991 2,415 575 339 914 : US : 702,427 567,782 104,892 154,855 259,747 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Included in "Other States" and U.S. totals. 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Firms in this table store only apples or pears. Nearly all the storages are private and nearly all the space is cooler, thus public use and freezer space breakouts are not presented at the State level. See page 4 for U.S. totals. Refrigerated Warehouses: Gross Refrigerated Space, by Type of Warehouse and Temperature Range, October 1, 1923-99, United States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Total General 1/ : : Total :---------------------------------: Apple :------------------------- Year : : : : and : : Private & : Cooler : Freezer : Total : Pear 2/ : Public :Semi-Private ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 cu ft : 1923 : 470,506 114,898 585,404 205,936 379,468 1925 : 498,532 128,137 626,669 242,565 384,104 1927 : 513,761 154,085 667,846 273,897 393,949 1929 : 558,029 170,566 728,595 316,810 411,785 1931 : 561,793 179,050 740,843 325,703 415,140 1933 : 542,189 169,753 711,942 317,211 394,731 1935 : 557,976 152,594 710,570 322,451 388,119 1937 : 568,013 162,309 730,322 333,834 396,488 1939 : 562,934 183,506 746,440 351,368 395,072 1941 : 567,260 199,123 766,383 371,771 394,612 1943 : 449,509 201,757 651,266 389,992 261,274 1945 : 423,504 222,687 646,191 403,832 242,359 1947 : 433,219 241,822 675,041 408,232 266,809 1949 : 436,058 264,720 700,778 413,256 287,522 1951 : 406,786 304,230 711,016 425,114 285,902 1953 : 400,722 347,328 748,050 466,470 281,580 1955 : 279,422 373,974 653,396 159,621 498,599 314,418 1957 : 280,827 428,120 708,947 192,450 545,061 356,336 1959 : 278,944 455,781 734,725 207,542 567,251 375,016 1961 : 285,927 512,938 798,865 225,179 593,863 430,181 1963 : 289,276 575,370 864,646 243,404 630,605 477,445 1965 : 304,958 639,883 944,841 253,965 681,035 517,771 1967 : 307,900 711,790 1,019,690 274,415 734,804 559,301 1969 : 295,253 766,678 1,061,931 290,815 762,203 590,543 1971 : 304,236 811,922 1,116,158 310,819 774,263 652,714 1973 : 308,272 888,783 1,197,055 318,113 828,691 686,477 1975 : 317,776 947,998 1,265,774 365,083 876,292 754,565 1977 : 335,882 962,770 1,298,652 379,880 893,589 784,943 1979 : 359,533 1,078,343 1,437,876 414,588 940,005 912,459 1981 : 361,863 1,134,282 1,496,145 428,829 983,093 941,881 1983 : 408,851 1,192,912 1,601,763 464,867 1,047,171 1,019,459 1985 : 438,127 1,261,399 1,699,526 486,151 1,129,777 1,055,900 1987 : 532,310 1,429,917 1,962,227 514,154 1,305,608 1,170,773 1989 : 498,262 1,497,039 1,995,301 576,095 1,413,845 1,157,551 1991 : 515,900 1,680,984 2,196,884 611,523 1,600,106 1,208,301 1993 : 559,971 1,777,383 2,337,355 634,737 1,700,106 1,271,986 1995 : 550,489 1,865,745 2,416,234 671,412 1,765,004 1,322,642 1997 : 634,473 2,092,807 2,727,280 699,745 2,067,815 1,359,210 1999 : 653,537 2,249,615 2,903,152 702,426 2,168,333 1,437,241 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Includes meat packers. 2/ From 1923 to 1953 included in total. Public General Warehouses: Cooler Space Occupied by Month, 1940-1999, United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : 1940 : 45 39 36 37 41 45 52 55 57 57 61 60 1941 : 52 46 40 40 47 53 58 58 61 63 68 64 1942 : 60 55 52 55 58 66 68 69 70 74 74 66 1943 : 60 59 57 61 64 68 76 77 77 75 77 73 1944 : 68 68 74 80 82 84 85 84 81 78 80 76 1945 : 72 70 68 67 66 66 65 67 69 67 65 64 1946 : 60 62 67 75 77 79 76 80 78 80 77 69 1947 : 65 62 61 65 68 74 77 76 73 76 78 74 1948 : 69 65 59 62 65 67 67 65 64 64 59 54 1949 : 52 48 48 49 50 52 53 53 60 68 67 64 1950 : 59 55 54 54 56 60 61 64 63 72 71 67 1951 : 65 60 60 59 62 65 64 65 65 69 66 63 1952 : 59 57 59 59 61 62 63 64 65 69 67 64 1953 : 61 57 56 57 61 61 62 64 65 70 67 63 1954 : 60 58 59 61 64 64 63 65 67 74 72 67 1955 : 63 60 58 60 60 61 62 64 64 68 65 60 1956 : 58 58 55 56 57 59 60 63 64 71 66 61 1957 : 57 55 55 54 55 57 57 59 60 63 59 55 1958 : 53 50 50 52 50 49 48 49 48 56 54 51 1959 : 49 47 46 47 49 51 51 53 55 59 57 53 1960 : 52 50 48 51 50 51 52 52 52 58 56 55 1961 : 53 51 52 51 53 54 57 54 53 60 60 57 1962 : 54 54 56 55 59 61 64 66 65 70 68 63 1963 : 58 55 54 55 53 55 56 58 56 59 59 58 1964 : 56 54 55 54 56 56 56 57 57 58 57 56 1965 : 53 53 53 53 54 54 54 56 54 55 55 53 1966 : 50 49 51 50 50 50 51 55 53 57 56 56 1967 : 57 56 56 57 59 60 60 61 60 64 62 61 1968 : 60 58 59 59 60 62 60 64 62 68 65 64 1969 : 61 60 60 61 61 61 62 63 62 66 64 62 1970 : 60 60 59 58 58 59 60 61 60 65 64 63 1971 : 61 60 59 58 59 59 61 61 61 64 63 62 1972 : 59 58 57 57 57 57 59 60 56 59 58 56 1973 : 55 56 54 52 53 53 54 54 50 53 54 56 1974 : 58 59 63 65 64 65 64 63 62 64 63 62 1975 : 61 59 58 58 58 55 55 53 52 58 57 56 1976 : 55 55 56 55 55 55 56 56 56 58 59 58 1977 : 59 58 61 59 59 59 60 58 57 59 59 57 1978 : 58 58 58 59 59 60 58 57 55 59 58 59 1979 : 58 58 58 58 60 58 58 59 58 59 59 59 1980 : 59 59 59 60 62 63 64 63 60 61 60 60 1981 : 61 60 61 62 63 64 64 64 61 63 64 65 1982 : 64 64 63 1/ 1/ 65 1/ 1/ 66 1/ 1/ 64 1983 : 63 64 64 63 63 64 66 64 64 64 66 65 1984 : 64 64 63 64 61 61 58 60 57 60 60 60 1985 : 60 62 60 60 60 62 63 62 62 62 61 60 1986 : 61 62 61 61 60 60 60 57 55 59 58 59 1987 : 59 59 56 58 60 61 62 57 58 59 57 54 1988 : 54 55 56 56 58 59 58 56 55 54 54 53 1989 : 53 53 52 53 53 54 54 48 47 48 49 49 1990 : 46 47 52 53 53 52 51 49 51 52 52 52 1991 : 51 53 53 47 52 51 51 47 49 52 55 55 1992 : 59 60 61 62 60 57 58 56 57 60 60 59 1993 : 54 58 59 56 57 58 57 56 56 58 58 57 1994 : 55 54 55 55 55 55 56 56 55 55 54 52 1995 : 51 50 50 51 50 50 51 50 50 51 50 48 1996 : 50 51 51 51 52 50 48 49 46 45 46 47 1997 : 47 47 46 49 50 51 49 49 49 51 52 51 1998 : 50 53 54 55 56 58 57 56 54 55 54 54 1999 : 51 52 54 55 54 55 52 49 48 49 46 46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates temporarily discontinued. Public General Warehouses: Freezer Space Occupied by Month, 1940-1999, United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : 1940 : 67 66 63 58 55 58 65 69 68 69 68 71 1941 : 78 77 70 63 61 63 69 75 74 73 72 75 1942 : 76 76 72 67 62 64 69 74 77 79 79 76 1943 : 75 69 64 61 62 67 77 83 87 90 89 89 1944 : 89 89 92 88 85 87 87 89 89 89 86 83 1945 : 80 73 69 65 64 67 73 78 81 82 83 85 1946 : 83 81 80 79 80 80 86 88 87 87 85 86 1947 : 84 82 80 73 74 78 79 80 81 83 84 85 1948 : 84 81 75 70 70 71 72 72 71 72 72 72 1949 : 71 68 64 60 59 61 63 66 67 70 73 76 1950 : 75 74 69 67 64 69 71 74 74 78 79 81 1951 : 80 76 72 70 71 73 76 78 81 83 83 83 1952 : 81 81 78 76 77 78 78 77 77 78 78 79 1953 : 79 76 73 70 69 70 73 76 79 81 80 78 1954 : 77 75 73 72 72 73 75 77 80 82 81 78 1955 : 76 71 68 66 65 66 68 70 71 74 73 72 1956 : 70 66 64 63 64 65 68 70 72 76 77 75 1957 : 72 68 66 64 65 68 70 72 73 75 73 69 1958 : 66 61 58 57 58 61 65 68 69 73 71 69 1959 : 66 65 64 64 65 67 71 73 75 77 74 71 1960 : 69 66 63 62 64 66 68 72 75 78 75 71 1961 : 69 67 66 67 68 71 74 78 82 83 82 78 1962 : 75 71 70 69 67 70 73 75 78 79 77 74 1963 : 70 68 67 66 65 66 68 70 72 74 73 70 1964 : 69 66 66 66 66 66 68 69 69 71 69 68 1965 : 67 63 62 60 61 59 61 63 70 69 67 64 1966 : 61 59 58 58 57 59 63 66 70 73 72 71 1967 : 70 69 69 70 70 71 74 77 80 81 79 76 1968 : 74 71 68 67 66 66 67 71 73 76 74 73 1969 : 69 67 65 65 63 64 65 68 73 75 72 70 1970 : 67 66 64 65 66 67 68 71 72 74 74 72 1971 : 70 66 66 66 67 68 69 71 72 73 71 69 1972 : 66 64 64 65 65 64 66 67 69 72 70 68 1973 : 65 63 62 61 59 61 61 63 67 71 72 72 1974 : 70 68 68 69 69 69 68 69 72 74 72 70 1975 : 69 67 65 64 64 63 63 64 66 68 65 62 1976 : 60 58 58 58 58 60 63 65 68 72 69 66 1977 : 64 63 62 64 64 65 67 69 72 74 73 70 1978 : 68 66 65 66 66 67 68 69 72 75 74 72 1979 : 69 68 66 67 68 70 72 73 74 77 76 74 1980 : 72 70 69 68 67 67 68 65 71 75 73 71 1981 : 69 68 67 67 68 67 69 69 72 74 72 70 1982 : 69 69 67 1/ 1/ 67 1/ 1/ 75 1/ 1/ 73 1983 : 72 70 68 68 67 68 69 70 73 75 74 71 1984 : 69 66 65 64 63 63 64 67 69 72 70 69 1985 : 67 66 65 65 65 66 68 70 73 75 72 70 1986 : 67 66 65 65 64 65 65 68 70 73 70 67 1987 : 63 61 62 62 62 64 68 69 73 75 73 69 1988 : 67 67 65 63 62 62 64 66 68 66 69 66 1989 : 65 64 61 61 61 62 63 66 69 73 69 67 1990 : 66 66 66 64 63 63 65 69 74 76 73 72 1991 : 70 68 68 68 67 68 69 72 76 76 75 73 1992 : 65 65 65 64 63 65 65 69 71 73 67 65 1993 : 61 63 62 61 61 60 62 63 66 68 65 64 1994 : 62 60 60 59 59 60 63 67 70 72 70 68 1995 : 66 66 66 64 63 63 64 66 70 71 69 67 1996 : 66 66 64 63 61 60 61 64 67 67 64 63 1997 : 63 62 62 63 62 63 65 66 70 71 71 68 1998 : 66 65 64 64 63 64 65 66 68 70 69 66 1999 : 72 63 62 63 61 62 63 65 66 65 64 61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates temporarily discontinued. Definitions General storages: Includes refrigerated facilities classified as general storages, plus facilities classified as storing only cheese, meat, or citrus concentrates. Public general storages: Refrigerated facilities maintained for storing food for others at specified rates per unit. Private and semiprivate general storages: Refrigerated facilities maintained by an operator to facilitate his principal function as a producer, processor, or manufacturer of food products. The space is used to store the owner's products, although some space may be used by others at specified rates per unit stored. Working space, chill rooms, and curing rooms in meat storages are not included in the storage statistics. Apple and pear storages: Refrigerated facilities maintained exclusively for storing apples or pears. Storages operated by cooperatives for use by members are included as private storages. Cooler space: Space that maintains temperatures between 0 and 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Freezer space: Space that maintains temperatures at 0 degrees Fahrenheit or lower. Controlled atmosphere (CA) space: Sealed cooler space in which the oxygen and carbon dioxide content is controlled to extend the storage life of apples or pears. Gross space: Total area under refrigeration, measured from wall to wall and from floor to ceiling. Usable space: Actual area used for storing commodities. Gross space less an allowance for aisles, posts, coils, blowers, etc. Number of storages: Storages at different locations are counted separately even though operated by the same management. Survey Procedures and Reliability Survey procedures: Questionnaires were mailed about the 20th of September to operators of over 3,000 public and private cold storage warehouses. Two thousand seven hundred forty-nine firms met the qualifications that their warehouses were artificially cooled to a temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit or lower, and normally stored food products for 30 days or more. The other firms who received questionnaires either did not qualify or the plants had ceased being cold storage facilities during the past two years. The list included specialized storage facilities meeting the 30 day requirement, such as fruit houses, dairy manufacturing plants, frozen fruit, fruit juice, and vegetable processors, and poultry and meat packing plants. Wholesalers, jobbers, packer branch houses, and frozen food processors whose entire inventories are turned over more than once a month were excluded. Firms that did not respond were mailed a second request and/or phoned or visited. Estimating procedures: Data for reporting firms were added to estimates for non-reporting firms to obtain State and National totals. Estimates for non-reporting firms were set based on previous reports or administrative data. Revision policy: These data are considered to be final and will not be revised. Reliability: Usable reports were received from about 2,480 firms which represent about 90 percent of the total capacity tabulated. The numbers published should be considered to be minimum figures as there are cold storage firms that are not known to NASS. Special care in identifying individual plants minimizes duplication. Survey data are also subject to non-sampling errors such as omissions and mistakes in reporting and processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized by carefully reviewing all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Index Page Apple and Pear Refrigerated Warehouses: Number by Size Group, United States, October 1, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Apple and Pear Storages: Gross and Usable Refrigerated Space, Regular and CA Capacity by State and United States, October 1, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 General Refrigerated Warehouses: Number by Size Group, United States, October 1, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 General Storages: Gross and Usable Cooler Space by State and United States, October 1, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 General Storages: Gross and Usable Freezer Space by State and United States, October 1, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 General Storages: Gross and Usable Refrigerated Space by State and United States, October 1, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Gross Refrigerated Space: By Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 1979-99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Public General Warehouses: Cooler Space Occupied, by Month, United States, 1940-99, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Public General Warehouses: Freezer Space Occupied, by Month, United States, 1940-99, United States . . . . . .. . . . . . . 13 Questionnaire Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Refrigerated Storage: Gross Capacity by Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 1981-99. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Refrigerated Space: By Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Refrigerated Warehouses: Number by Type, State, and United States, October 1, 1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Refrigerated Warehouses: Gross Refrigerated Space, by Type of Warehouse and Temperature Range, United States, October 1, 1923-99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Survey Procedures and Reliability Statement. . . . . . . . . . . 18 The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status. 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