United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses 07 Summary ISSN: 996 January 0
Contents Refrigerated Warehouses Capacity Highlights... Refrigerated Warehouses by Number and Type States and United States: October, 07... Refrigerated Warehouses by Number and Size Group United States: October, 07... 6 Refrigerated Storage by Type of Warehouse United States: October, 07... 6 Gross and Usable Refrigerated Space States and United States: October, 07... 7 Gross and Usable Cooler Space States and United States: October, 07... Gross and Usable Freezer Space States and United States: October, 07... 9 Gross Refrigerated Space 0 Largest States: October, 07... 0 Number of Facilities by Size Group United States: October, 07... 0 Definitions... Statistical Methodology... Information Contacts... Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses 07 Summary (January 0)
Special Note Changes were made to the Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses program. Warehouses must meet the following criteria to be included in this publication: artificially cooled to a temperature of 0 degrees Fahrenheit or lower, normally store food products for 0 days or more, and store one of the 0 commodities reported in the Monthly Cold Storage report. Please contact the Livestock Branch at (0) 7070 or email at HQ_SD_LB@nass.usda.gov with any questions or concerns Refrigerated Warehouses Capacity.6 Billion Cubic Feet Gross refrigerated storage capacity in the United States totaled.60 billion cubic feet on October, 07. This was the 0 th biennial survey of refrigerated warehouses. The five States with the largest gross warehouse capacity (million cubic feet) were California 96, Washington 7, Florida 9, Texas and Wisconsin. Usable refrigerated storage capacity was.9 billion cubic feet, or percent of the gross space. Usable freezer space was percent of the usable refrigerated space with the remaining 9 percent used as cooler space. Convertible refrigerated space was classified as usable freezer space. warehouse refrigerated storage capacity totaled. billion gross cubic feet in 07, accounting for 79 percent of the total storage. Private and semiprivate warehouse refrigerated capacity totaled 767 million gross cubic feet, or percent of the gross refrigerated space. Refrigerated warehouse numbers totaled 90 in 07. The number of public warehouses at 60. Private and semiprivate warehouses totaled 9. Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses 07 Summary (January 0)
Refrigerated Warehouses by Number and Type States and United States: October, 07 State Alabama... Alaska... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Connecticut... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Private and semiprivate (number) (number) (number) 0 7 9 7 6 9 0 Hawaii... Idaho... Illinois... Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maine... Maryland... 6 0 7 7 9 9 9 Massachusetts... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri... Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New Hampshire... New Jersey... 7 9 6 6 7 New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio... Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... Rhode Island... South Carolina... 9 7 6 6 0 0 South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Vermont... Virginia... Washington... West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming... 0 7 9 6 9 United States... Represents zero. 60 9 90 Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses 07 Summary (January 0)
Refrigerated Warehouses by Number and Size Group United States: October, 07 Cubic feet 099,999... 00,000999,999...,000,000,99,999...,00,000,999,999...,000,000 and over... Private and semiprivate (number) (number) (number) 9 6 9 6 69 All 6 0 99 Refrigerated Storage by Type of Warehouse United States: October, 07 [s may not add due to rounding] Type... Private and semiprivate...... Number 60 9 90 Gross space Usable space Cooler Freezer Cooler Freezer (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet),69 77,00 709,7,0,7 90,,9,09,, 767,,60,,76 97, 6,00,9,69 9,9,77,99,, 9,7,9,9 6 Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses 07 Summary (January 0)
Gross and Usable Refrigerated Space States and United States: October, 07 [s may not add due to rounding. Includes frozen juice tank storage capacity] State Alabama... Alaska... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Connecticut... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Gross space Private & semiprivate Usable space Private & semiprivate (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet),7 7,99,,97,0 67,7 6,9 6,0,7,0 6,00,,00,7 96,7,76 9,6, 6,60 70,97,69 9,79,,00,0 9,,7,,9,7 7,0,07,7,0,6 Hawaii... Idaho... Illinois... Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maine... Maryland...,6 66,77,006,00,06,,000 9, 77,6 6,06,006,0 7,7 7, 7,70,0 0,909 9,0,7,90 7,9 66,90,0,0,7,77 Massachusetts... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri... Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New Hampshire... New Jersey... 0,9,6,96,7 9,06 0,96 6,9 6,7 7,6 6, 9,0 9,6,96 9,9 7,69 6,677,906 6,,6,0 0,,79,6,,7 6,6 7,6 7,7,6 79,7 7, 0,7 New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio... Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... Rhode Island... South Carolina... 7,9 97,7 6,9 9,06,0,7,7 67,09 7,9 0,,09,67 9,7,6 6,6 0,0 7,07, 6,7, 6,,70 7,60,7 7,00 6,66,,7 77,99 0,9 South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Vermont... Virginia... Washington... West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming... 0,,9 60,0,7 7,9,96,76 9,9, 9,69,6 7,,9 0,0,99 70,77 7,, 6,6,9,9,0,07,7,6,7 6,,76 6,9,70 6,6,7,9 6,666 0,7 79,7 United States...,, 767, Represents zero. Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.,60,,, 9,7,9,9 Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses 07 Summary (January 0) 7
Gross and Usable Cooler Space States and United States: October, 07 [s may not add due to rounding. Includes frozen juice tank storage capacity] State Alabama... Alaska... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Connecticut... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Gross space Private & semiprivate Usable space Private & semiprivate (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet),6 6,6,7 9, 6,0 0,6,,6,77 0, 6,9, 6,9,,09 6,69 Hawaii... Idaho... Illinois... Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maine... Maryland...,66, 7,7 6,6,7 9,76,9,7 Massachusetts... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri... Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New Hampshire... New Jersey...,90 7,99,0,69 9, 7,7,,9,0 6,699,06 7,00,7,60 7,9 6,6,607 9,76,7 9,7 New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio... Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... Rhode Island... South Carolina... 0,,09 7,99,6,7,09 6,776,96,7,0,0 6,07 6,,0,0 6,99,70,9 South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Vermont... Virginia... Washington... West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming...,6,07 6,7 7,7 0,,9 6,07,6,7,7 0,06,90,,00,7 0,0,97,7 0,00 7, United States...,69 77,00 Represents zero. Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 709,7,76 97, 6,00 Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses 07 Summary (January 0)
Gross and Usable Freezer Space States and United States: October, 07 [s may not add due to rounding. Includes frozen juice tank storage capacity] State Alabama... Alaska... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Connecticut... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Gross space Private & semiprivate Usable space Private & semiprivate (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) (,000 cubic feet) 7,77 97,9 9,6,99,0,, 0,0,,09,79 7,6,0 7,9 60,0 7,96 0,7,7 Hawaii... Idaho... Illinois... Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maine... Maryland... 6, 66,,7, 6,7,,0,607 Massachusetts... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri... Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New Hampshire... New Jersey...,0 7,6 9,,7,907, 69,97 70,6,9 99,97,0 9, 0,7 6,69 9,07 6,,79 9,70,9,6 New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio... Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... Rhode Island... South Carolina... 7,9 0,09,7 0,00,,0 9,0,96 70,0,79 6, 0,70 9,600,0,7 0,66 07,7 6,0 South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Vermont... Virginia... Washington... West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming... 60,967,,67,0,66,97,7 69,7 6,6 7,0 9,096,0 9,70 9,660 6, 9,99 6, 0,7,0 9,07 0,09 United States...,0,7 90, Represents zero. Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.,9,09,9,69 9,9,77,99 Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses 07 Summary (January 0) 9
Gross Refrigerated Space 0 Largest States: October, 07 State California Washington Florida Texas Wisconsin Pennsylvania Illinois Georgia Oregon New Jersey 0 0 0 0 Million cubic feet Private Number of Facilities by Size Group United States: October, 07 Number of facilities 00 0 00 0 00 0 Less than 00,000 00,000999,999,000,000,99,999,00,000,999,999,000,000+ Cubic feet 0 Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses 07 Summary (January 0)
Definitions Refrigerated storages: Includes refrigerated facilities classified as general storages, plus facilities classified as storing only cheese, meat, nuts, or citrus concentrates. refrigerated storages: Refrigerated facilities maintained for storing food for others at specified rates per unit. Private and semiprivate refrigerated 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. Cooler space: Space that maintains temperatures between 0 and 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Freezer space: Space that maintains temperatures at 0 degrees Fahrenheit or lower. Gross space: 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. Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses 07 Summary (January 0)
Statistical Methodology Survey procedures: Questionnaires were mailed about the th of September 07, to operators of over,00 public and private cold storage warehouses. Nine hundred and fifty firms met the qualifications that their warehouses were artificially cooled to a temperature of 0 degrees Fahrenheit or lower, normally stored food products for 0 days or more and stored one of the 0 commodities reported in the Monthly Cold Storage Report. 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 0day 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 nonreporting firms to obtain State and National totals. Estimates for nonreporting firms were set based on previous reports or administrative data. Revision policy: These data are considered final and will not be revised. Reliability: Usable reports were received from about 7 firms which represent about 7 percent of the total capacity tabulated. The numbers published should be considered 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 nonsampling errors such as omissions and mistakes in reporting and processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized by a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. Email inquiries may be sent to nass@nass.usda.gov Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch... (0) 7070 Bruce Boess, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section... (0) 707 Aaron Cosgrove Catfish Production, Egg Products, Poultry Slaughter, Trout Production Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised... (0) 6907 Alissa CowellMytar Cold Storage, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses... (0) 707 Kim Linonis Layers, Eggs... (0) 6906 Miste Salmon Broiler Hatchery, Chicken Hatchery, Mink... (0) 70 Vacant Census of Agriculture, Census of Aquaculture... (0) 69070 Vacant Cost of Pollination, Honey, Honey Bee Colonies... (0) 690676 Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses 07 Summary (January 0)
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