United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Co St 2 (02) Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses 2001 Summary January 2002 General Refrigerated Warehouse Capacity Up 5 Percent General refrigerated storage capacity in the United States totaled 3.04 billion gross cubic feet on October 1, 2001, an increase of 5 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 42nd biennial survey of refrigerated warehouses. The five States with the largest gross general warehouse capacity (million cubic feet) were: California with 433; Florida, 231; Washington, 189; Wisconsin, 162 and Texas with 157. Usable refrigerated space in general storages was 2.39 billion cubic feet, or 79 percent of the gross space. Usable freezer space was 77 percent of the usable refrigerated space with the remaining 23 percent used as cooler space. Convertible refrigerated space was classified as usable freezer space. Public general warehouse capacity totaled 2.25 billion gross cubic feet in 2001, accounting for 74 percent of the general storage. Public general storage capacity increased 5 percent since 1999 and is 43 percent above the capacity of ten years ago. Private and semiprivate general warehouse capacity totaled 789 million gross cubic feet, or 26 percent of the general gross refrigerated space. Apple and pear storage totaled 727 million gross cubic feet, up 3 percent from October 1, 1999. Controlled atmosphere (CA) capacity totaled 164 million bushels, up 6 percent from 1999. The State of Washington had 81 percent of the Nation's CA capacity. Refrigerated Warehouses: Number by Type, State, and United States, October 1, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : General Storages : Apple & Pear Storages : :-------------------------------------------------------------: State : : Private & : : : : : Total : Public : Semiprvt : Total : Regular : CA : All 1/ : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 13 10 23 23 AK : 2 23 25 25 AZ : 5 3 8 1 2 2 10 AR : 15 7 22 22 CA : 122 104 226 29 5 30 256 CO : 9 7 16 8 1 8 24 CT : 3 4 7 28 7 29 36 DE : 3 7 10 2 2 12 FL : 38 33 71 71 GA : 35 30 65 65 HI : 3 1 4 4 ID : 6 15 21 8 6 8 29 IL : 25 13 38 15 1 15 53 IN : 16 5 21 26 4 28 49 IA : 31 6 37 2 2 39 KS : 10 3 13 1 1 14 KY : 5 1 6 4 4 10 LA : 14 7 21 21 ME : 1 16 17 23 14 23 40 MD : 7 5 12 5 3 6 18 MA : 22 13 35 54 25 58 93 MI : 25 22 47 153 101 181 228 MN : 24 24 48 12 1 12 60 MS : 7 7 14 14 MO : 22 5 27 4 4 31 MT : 3 2 5 5 NE : 13 9 22 1 1 23 NV : 1 4 5 5 NH : 1 2 3 26 12 26 29 NJ : 25 9 34 19 3 21 55 NM : 1 3 4 1 1 2 6 NY : 32 51 83 146 92 154 237 NC : 16 5 21 15 3 17 38 ND : 3 1 4 4 OH : 18 7 25 53 13 53 78 OK : 5 6 11 1 1 12 OR : 14 27 41 58 18 62 103 PA : 34 10 44 113 15 114 158 RI : 3 3 5 2 7 10 SC : 11 3 14 4 4 18 SD : 2 4 6 6 TN : 13 4 17 17 TX : 44 24 68 68 UT : 10 7 17 20 7 22 39 VT : 2 2 11 5 11 13 VA : 20 12 32 30 10 31 63 WA : 38 33 71 228 212 273 344 WV : 2 2 4 12 5 15 19 WI : 46 80 126 16 1 17 143 WY : 1 1 1 : US : 816 681 1,497 1,134 569 1,244 2,741 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Firms with both regular and CA storage are counted once. General Refrigerated Warehouses: Number by Size Group, United States, October 1, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Size : Public : Private : All (Cubic Feet) : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : 0-499,999 : 123 355 478 500,000-999,999 : 125 111 236 1,000,000-2,499,999 : 250 125 375 2,500,000-4,999,999 : 201 63 264 5,000,000 and Over : 119 27 146 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apple and Pear Refrigerated Warehouses: Number by Size Group, United States, October 1, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Size : Regular 1/ : CA 1/ : All (Bushels) : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : 0-49,999 : 753 202 662 50,000-99,999 : 136 104 192 100,000-499,999 : 200 173 252 500,000-999,999 : 33 45 68 1,000,000 and Over : 12 45 70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 1983-01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Private and : Year : Public : Semi-private : Total 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Cubic Feet : 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 2001 : 2,266 1,501 3,767 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. Refrigerated Space: By Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 2001 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Gross Space : Usable Space Type :Number :----------------------------------------------------------- : : Cooler : Freezer : Total : Cooler : Freezer : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------------- 1,000 Cubic Feet -------------------- : General : Public : 815 394,236 1,857,708 2,251,944 308,409 1,479,375 1,787,784 Private & : Semiprvt : 675 306,674 482,183 788,857 232,161 371,489 603,648 Total : 1,515 700,910 2,339,891 3,040,801 540,570 1,850,864 2,391,432 : Apple : Public : 19 14,177 6 14,183 10,275 5 10,280 Private & : Semiprvt : 1,235 704,839 7,573 712,412 569,787 5,722 575,509 Total : 1,254 719,016 7,579 726,595 580,062 5,727 585,789 : Total : 2,734 1,419,926 2,347,470 3,767,396 1,120,630 1,856,591 2,977,221 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. Gross Refrigerated Space: By Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 1983-01 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type : 1983 : 1985 : 1987 : 1989 : 1991 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Cubic Feet : General : Public : 1,028,300 1,110,394 1,285,860 1,391,901 1,572,879 Private and : Semiprivate : 573,463 589,132 676,369 603,402 624,005 Total : 1,601,763 1,699,526 1,962,229 1,995,303 2,196,884 : Apple : Public : 18,871 19,383 19,750 21,945 27,227 Private and : Semiprivate : 445,996 466,768 494,404 554,150 584,296 Total : 464,867 486,151 514,154 576,095 611,523 : Total, All : 2,066,631 2,185,677 2,476,384 2,571,397 2,808,407 :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1993 : 1995 : 1997 : 1999 : 2001 :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Cubic Feet : General : Public : 1,678,461 1,741,585 2,043,908 2,146,643 2,251,943 Private and : Semiprivate : 658,893 674,649 683,372 756,505 788,853 Total : 2,337,354 2,416,234 2,727,280 2,903,152 3,040,796 : Apple : Public : 21,645 23,419 23,907 21,690 14,183 Private and : Semiprivate : 613,093 647,993 675,838 680,736 712,412 Total : 634,737 671,412 699,745 702,426 726,595 : Total, All : 2,972,092 3,087,646 3,427,025 3,605,578 3,767,394 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. General Storages: Gross and Usable Refrigerated Space by State and United States, October 1, 2001 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Gross Space : Usable Space :----------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : Private & : : : Private & : : Public : Semiprvt : Total : Public : Semiprvt : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Cubic Feet : AL : 27,252 1,858 29,110 22,711 1,572 24,283 AK : * * 3,871 * * 3,254 AZ : * * * * * * AR : 64,881 17,756 82,637 54,211 13,368 67,579 CA : 298,116 134,523 432,639 232,951 106,157 339,108 CO : 12,629 5,119 17,748 9,105 3,694 12,799 CT : 5,039 222 5,261 4,056 174 4,230 DE : 10,699 15,462 26,161 6,917 11,685 18,602 FL : 94,849 136,628 231,477 78,129 111,434 189,563 GA : 118,276 13,325 131,601 94,972 11,143 106,115 HI : 930 2,968 3,898 680 1,187 1,867 ID : 33,630 27,107 60,737 30,536 22,524 53,060 IL : 97,734 17,080 114,814 74,825 12,069 86,894 IN : 42,459 1,004 43,463 33,296 674 33,970 IA : 68,375 4,775 73,150 56,769 3,124 59,893 KS : 59,924 23,540 83,464 46,843 17,523 64,366 KY : 22,248 * 22,337 19,414 * 19,487 LA : 10,042 303 10,345 8,358 272 8,630 ME : 1,834 10,382 12,216 1,391 6,638 8,029 MD : 20,747 6,736 27,483 15,750 4,896 20,646 MA : 46,342 8,316 54,658 39,286 5,203 44,489 MI : 71,232 22,701 93,933 55,206 18,686 73,892 MN : 47,011 17,200 64,211 34,401 11,876 46,277 MS : 15,275 7,620 22,895 11,785 5,211 16,996 MO : 88,051 12,766 100,817 70,676 11,328 82,004 MT : * * * * * * NE : 32,170 8,889 41,059 25,448 7,128 32,576 NV : 2,830 4,540 7,370 2,830 3,706 6,536 NH : * * * * * * NJ : 62,105 8,099 70,204 45,840 6,233 52,073 NM : * * 1,156 * * 1,026 NY : 54,048 32,155 86,203 42,232 25,663 67,895 NC : 46,987 12,167 59,154 38,978 9,544 48,522 ND : 4,564 3,562 8,126 3,597 2,625 6,222 OH : 53,665 16,982 70,647 42,202 11,732 53,934 OK : 7,195 4,293 11,488 4,839 3,453 8,292 OR : 69,199 35,165 104,364 57,539 26,498 84,037 PA : 119,183 15,086 134,269 95,839 11,225 107,064 RI : * * * * * * SC : 21,535 3,437 24,972 17,292 2,905 20,197 SD : 3,127 9,196 12,323 2,375 4,174 6,549 TN : 32,276 8,122 40,398 25,313 5,057 30,370 TX : 143,459 13,191 156,650 98,406 10,562 108,968 UT : 19,247 7,295 26,542 16,341 5,591 21,932 VT : * * * * * * VA : 42,129 18,733 60,862 34,085 14,219 48,304 WA : 139,528 49,612 189,140 113,850 38,355 152,205 WV : * * 2,419 * * 1,096 WI : 122,111 39,472 161,583 102,793 25,917 128,710 WY : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 19,010 11,466 22,941 15,717 8,620 18,888 : US : 2,251,943 788,853 3,040,796 1,787,784 603,645 2,391,429 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, 2001 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Gross Space : Usable Space :----------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : Private & : : : Private & : : Public : Semiprvt : Total : Public : Semiprvt : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Cubic Feet : AL : * * 5,040 * * 4,354 AK : * * 136 * * 130 AZ : * * * * * * AR : * * 3,201 * * 2,431 CA : 73,667 89,728 163,395 58,061 71,182 129,243 CO : * * 5,178 * * 3,758 CT : * * 1,026 * * 717 DE : * * * * * * FL : 20,839 54,835 75,674 17,500 44,267 61,767 GA : 30,922 8,577 39,499 24,247 7,197 31,444 HI : * * * * * * ID : * * 2,212 * * 1,755 IL : 14,108 8,419 22,527 10,651 6,219 16,870 IN : 3,897 637 4,534 3,127 420 3,547 IA : 11,304 3,396 14,700 8,803 2,070 10,873 KS : * * * * * * KY : * * * * * * LA : 1,754 42 1,796 1,458 32 1,490 ME : * * 286 * * 245 MD : * * 1,215 * * 942 MA : 4,585 547 5,132 3,754 399 4,153 MI : 9,529 7,306 16,835 7,783 6,240 14,023 MN : 7,598 8,317 15,915 6,044 5,367 11,411 MS : * * * * * * MO : * * 31,685 * * 26,318 MT : * * * * * * NE : * * 9,467 * * 7,517 NV : * * 1,491 * * 1,340 NH : * * * * * * NJ : 20,938 2,787 23,725 16,393 1,977 18,370 NM : * * * * * * NY : 10,281 14,601 24,882 6,794 11,600 18,394 NC : 2,104 2,152 4,256 1,910 1,689 3,599 ND : * * * * * * OH : 4,784 1,112 5,896 3,562 911 4,473 OK : * * 3,669 * * 2,998 OR : * * 4,762 * * 3,617 PA : * * 19,439 * * 14,082 RI : * * * * * * SC : * * 636 * * 429 SD : * * 6,676 * * 3,106 TN : * * 2,224 * * 1,411 TX : 28,879 8,819 37,698 20,037 6,997 27,034 UT : * * 1,522 * * 1,156 VT : * * * * * * VA : 10,618 8,182 18,800 8,784 7,129 15,913 WA : 6,404 10,756 17,160 5,311 7,652 12,963 WV : * * * * * * WI : 35,129 30,825 65,954 28,773 19,367 48,140 WY : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 96,896 45,636 42,667 75,417 31,446 30,557 : US : 394,236 306,674 700,910 308,409 232,161 540,570 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, 2001 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Gross Space : Usable Space :----------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : Private & : : : Private & : : Public : Semiprvt : Total : Public : Semiprvt : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Cubic Feet : AL : * * 24,069 * * 19,928 AK : * * 3,735 * * 3,125 AZ : * * * * * * AR : * * 79,435 * * 65,148 CA : 224,449 44,795 269,244 174,889 34,975 209,864 CO : * * 12,570 * * 9,041 CT : * * 4,235 * * 3,513 DE : * * * * * * FL : 74,009 81,793 155,802 60,629 67,168 127,797 GA : 87,354 4,748 92,102 70,725 3,946 74,671 HI : * * * * * * ID : * * 58,526 * * 51,305 IL : 83,626 8,661 92,287 * * 70,025 IN : 38,563 367 38,930 30,169 254 30,423 IA : 57,072 1,379 58,451 47,966 1,054 49,020 KS : * * * * * * KY : * * * * * * LA : * * * 6,900 240 7,140 ME : * * 11,930 * * 7,784 MD : * * 26,269 * * 19,704 MA : 41,757 7,769 49,526 35,532 4,804 40,336 MI : 61,703 15,395 77,098 47,423 12,446 59,869 MN : 39,412 8,882 48,294 28,357 6,509 34,866 MS : * * * * * * MO : * * 69,132 * * 55,686 MT : * * * * * * NE : * * 31,592 * * 25,059 NV : * * 5,879 * * 5,197 NH : * * * * * * NJ : 41,167 5,312 46,479 29,448 4,255 33,703 NM : * * * * * * NY : 43,767 17,554 61,321 35,438 14,063 49,501 NC : 44,883 10,014 54,897 37,068 7,856 44,924 ND : * * * * * * OH : 48,882 15,870 64,752 38,640 10,821 49,461 OK : * * 7,819 * * 5,296 OR : * * 99,604 * * 80,421 PA : * * 114,830 * * 92,983 RI : * * * * * * SC : * * 24,337 * * 19,767 SD : * * 5,647 * * 3,443 TN : * * 38,173 * * 28,960 TX : 114,580 4,373 118,953 78,368 3,565 81,933 UT : * * 25,020 * * 20,775 VT : * * * * * * VA : 31,511 10,551 42,062 25,301 7,090 32,391 WA : 133,123 38,857 171,980 108,539 30,703 139,242 WV : * * * * * * WI : 86,982 8,647 95,629 74,020 6,550 80,570 WY : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 604,868 197,216 159,282 549,963 155,190 117,993 : US : 1,857,708 482,183 2,339,891 1,479,375 371,489 1,850,864 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, 2001 1/ 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Refrigerated Space : Apple Storage Capacity :--------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : : : Controlled : : Gross : Usable : Regular : Atmosphere : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Cubic Feet ---------- 1,000 Bushels ---------- : CA : 28,873 21,664 6,140 1,538 7,678 CO : 2,584 2,115 646 163 809 CT : 1,698 1,346 351 187 538 ID : 5,278 4,573 1,479 994 2,473 IL : 1,234 1,033 356 80 436 IN : 2,280 1,789 375 206 581 KY : 141 110 36 36 ME : 3,640 3,124 718 715 1,433 MD : 1,390 1,115 173 354 527 MA : 4,153 3,409 797 514 1,311 MI : 33,880 29,742 5,104 7,537 12,641 MN : 761 656 261 33 294 NH : 2,021 1,747 330 476 806 NJ : 2,155 1,768 512 165 677 NY : 36,446 31,552 5,292 7,590 12,882 NC : 6,194 5,069 1,072 480 1,552 OH : 3,425 2,791 779 332 1,111 OR : 50,944 39,809 7,935 3,774 11,709 PA : 27,685 21,659 5,368 2,344 7,712 RI : 139 126 34 8 42 SC : 383 301 124 124 UT : 2,678 2,358 507 494 1,001 VT : 2,221 1,884 317 507 824 VA : 11,767 10,234 2,059 2,026 4,085 WA : 483,786 389,550 62,135 132,668 194,803 WV : 7,135 5,859 1,870 418 2,288 WI : 740 625 243 65 308 : Oth Sts : 2,964 2,331 430 236 666 : US : 726,595 588,339 105,443 163,904 269,347 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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. 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, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Apple and Pear Storages: Gross and Usable Refrigerated Space, Regular and CA Capacity by State and United States, October 1, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 General Refrigerated Warehouses: Number by Size Group, United States, October 1, 2001. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .3 General Storages: Gross and Usable Cooler Space by State and United States, October 1, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 General Storages: Gross and Usable Freezer Space by State and United States, October 1, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 General Storages: Gross and Usable Refrigerated Space by State and United States, October 1, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Gross Refrigerated Space: By Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 1983-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Refrigerated Storage: Gross Capacity by Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 1983-2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Refrigerated Space: By Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Refrigerated Warehouses: Number by Type, State, and United States, October 1, 2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Survey Procedures and Reliability Statement. . . . . . . . . . . 12 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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