HDR1012000170020129961500CAPACITY OF REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSES HDR2012000170020129961500REFRGRTD WHSES HIGHLIGHTS General Refrigerated Warehouse Capacity up 3 Percent General refrigerated storage capacity in the United States totaled 2.42 billion gross cubic feet on October 1, 1995, an increase of 3 percent since the previous survey was conducted two years ago. This was the 38th biennial survey of refrigerated warehouses. The five States with the largest gross general warehouse capacity (million cubic feet) were: California with 312; Florida, 174; Washington, 170; Texas, 133; and Wisconsin with 122. Usable refrigerated space in general storages was 1.89 billion cubic feet, or 78 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 1.74 billion gross cubic feet in 1995, accounting for 72 percent of the general storage. Public general storage capacity has increased 57 percent in the last ten years. Private and semiprivate general warehouse capacity totaled 675 million gross cubic feet, or 28 percent of the general gross refrigerated space. Private and semiprivate general storage capacity has increased 15 percent since 10 years ago. Apple and pear storage totaled 671 million gross cubic feet, up 6 percent since October 1, 1993. Controlled atmosphere (CA) capacity totaled 144.1 million bushels, up 10 percent from 1993. The State of Washington had 79 percent of the CA total capacity. HDR2012000170020129961500NO. REFRGRTD WHSES, TYPE, ST&US OCT 1 95 Number of Refrigerated Warehouses by Type, by State and United States, October 1, 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : General Storages : Apple & Pear Storages : :-----------------------------:-----------------------------: State : :Private &: : : : : Total : Public : Semiprvt: Total : Regular : CA : All 1/ : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 15 8 23 23 AK : 2 22 24 24 AZ : 4 3 7 1 2 2 9 AR : 16 3 19 19 CA : 101 102 203 26 12 30 233 CO : 12 6 18 9 9 27 CT : 3 3 39 9 41 44 DE : 4 7 11 2 2 13 FL : 32 34 66 66 GA : 26 40 66 66 HI : 2 1 3 3 ID : 4 14 18 6 7 7 25 IL : 23 14 37 20 2 20 57 IN : 15 6 21 37 3 38 59 IA : 28 6 34 34 KS : 11 11 2 2 13 KY : 3 2 5 5 5 10 LA : 11 11 22 22 ME : 1 19 20 33 24 36 56 MD : 9 3 12 8 3 9 21 MA : 19 11 30 68 29 70 100 MI : 22 26 48 178 111 208 256 MN : 28 25 53 14 1 14 67 MS : 4 2 6 6 MO : 17 13 30 6 6 36 MT : 3 1 4 4 NE : 13 5 18 3 3 21 NV : 4 1 5 5 NH : 1 1 26 14 26 27 NJ : 30 8 38 24 6 28 66 NM : 1 3 4 2 2 6 NY : 34 56 90 162 100 172 262 NC : 13 7 20 18 5 22 42 ND : 2 1 3 3 OH : 21 5 26 61 11 61 87 OK : 5 3 8 1 1 9 OR : 14 29 43 45 15 49 92 PA : 28 8 36 152 14 153 189 RI : 2 2 4 3 7 9 SC : 8 6 14 4 1 5 19 SD : 2 4 6 6 TN : 12 4 16 16 TX : 40 25 65 65 UT : 8 8 16 19 8 20 36 VT : 2 2 14 7 15 17 VA : 20 17 37 52 9 52 89 WA : 36 34 70 249 203 281 351 WV : 1 2 3 14 6 19 22 WI : 40 75 115 8 1 9 124 WY : 1 1 1 : US : 745 688 1,433 1,310 608 1,424 2,857 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Firms with both regular and CA storage are counted once. HDR2012000170020129961500NO. REFRGRTD WHSES, SZ GRP&US OCT 1 95 Number of Refrigerated Warehouses by Size Group, United States, October 1, 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Number Type of Storage : Size :-------------------------------------- : : Public : Private : All ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 cubic feet : : : General : 0 - 499,999 : 138 374 512 : 500,000 - 999,999 : 138 127 265 :1,000,000 - 2,499,999 : 229 118 347 :2,500,000 - 4,999,999 : 163 46 209 : 5,000,000+ : 77 23 100 : : : :-------------------------------------- Apple and Pear : bushels : Regular 1/ : CA 1/ : All : :-------------------------------------- : : : 0 - 49,999 : 911 238 824 : 50,000 - 99,999 : 140 105 203 : 100,000 - 499,999 : 218 186 270 : 500,000 - 999,999 : 34 43 66 : 1,000,000+ : 7 36 61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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". Gross Refrigerated Storage Capacity by Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 1977-95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Private and : Year : Public : Semi-private : Total 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Million Cubic Feet : 1977 : 894 785 1,679 1979 : 940 912 1,852 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. HDR2012000170020129961500REFRGRTD SP BY TYPE OF WHSE, US Refrigerated Space by Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 1995 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Gross Space : Usable space Type :Number:-----------------------------:----------------------------- : : Cooler : Freezer : Total : Cooler : Freezer : Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Cubic Feet General : Public : 745 297,562 1,444,023 1,741,585 230,651 1,138,054 1,368,704 Private &: Semipvt: 688 252,927 421,722 674,649 192,534 329,506 522,040 Total : 1,433 550,488 1,865,746 2,416,234 423,184 1,467,560 1,890,745 : Apple : Public : 25 23,419 23,419 18,566 18,566 Private &: Semipvt: 1,399 642,941 5,052 647,993 518,794 3,856 522,650 Total : 1,424 666,360 5,052 671,412 537,359 3,856 541,215 : Total : 2,857 1,216,849 1,870,797 3,087,646 960,544 1,471,416 2,431,960 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gross Refrigerated Space by Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 1977-95 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type : 1977 : 1979 : 1981 : 1983 : 1985 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Cubic Feet General : Public : 860,542 908,394 956,153 1,028,300 1,110,394 Private and : Semiprivate : 438,110 529,483 539,992 573,463 589,132 Total : 1,298,652 1,437,877 1,496,145 1,601,763 1,699,526 : Apple : Public : 33,047 31,611 26,940 18,871 19,383 Private and : Semiprivate : 346,833 382,977 401,889 445,996 466,768 Total : 379,880 414,588 428,829 464,867 486,151 : Total, All : 1,678,532 1,852,464 1,924,973 2,066,631 2,185,677 :------------------------------------------------------------ : 1987 : 1989 : 1991 : 1993 : 1995 :------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Cubic Feet General : Public : 1,285,860 1,391,901 1,572,879 1,678,461 1,741,585 Private and : Semiprivate : 676,369 603,402 624,005 658,893 674,649 Total : 1,962,229 1,995,303 2,196,884 2,337,354 2,416,234 : Apple : Public : 19,750 21,945 27,227 21,645 23,419 Private and : Semiprivate : 494,404 554,150 584,296 613,093 647,993 Total : 514,154 576,095 611,523 634,737 671,412 : Total, All : 2,476,384 2,571,397 2,808,407 2,972,092 3,087,646 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Totals may not add due to rounding. HDR2012000170020129961500GEN'L STRG:GROSS&USBL REFRG SP, ST&US General Storages: Gross and Usable Refrigerated Space, by State and United States, October 1, 1995 1/ 2/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Gross Space : Usable Space :------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : Private &: : : Private &: : Public : Semiprvt : Total : Public : Semiprvt : Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Cubic Feet : AL : 23,734 775 24,509 20,111 600 20,711 AK : * * 1,615 * * 1,509 AZ : 2,501 1,364 3,866 2,006 1,173 3,179 AR : 61,809 1,434 63,243 52,286 1,149 53,435 CA : 200,331 111,219 311,550 155,619 88,847 244,466 CO : 13,297 1,821 15,118 9,672 1,555 11,227 CT : * * * * * * DE : 13,699 14,866 28,565 9,467 11,155 20,622 FL : 66,967 106,635 173,602 55,405 86,447 141,852 GA : 62,446 15,956 78,402 49,262 13,473 62,734 HI : * * * * * * ID : 23,931 22,272 46,202 17,419 18,352 35,771 IL : 83,467 24,053 107,520 63,650 16,055 79,704 IN : 33,716 5,026 38,742 26,920 3,712 30,633 IA : 49,733 4,579 54,312 41,881 3,374 45,256 KS : 77,037 77,037 61,701 61,701 KY : * * 9,384 * * 6,573 LA : 6,675 2,803 9,477 5,163 1,897 7,060 ME : * * 16,486 * * 11,728 MD : 21,104 3,718 24,822 16,039 2,445 18,484 MA : 34,256 5,397 39,652 26,819 4,181 31,000 MI : 49,922 19,248 69,170 37,489 15,974 53,463 MN : 36,097 18,450 54,547 27,634 12,793 40,427 MS : * * 16,082 * * 13,091 MO : 78,686 17,358 96,044 63,154 14,442 77,596 MT : * * * * * * NE : 29,029 3,215 32,244 23,614 2,374 25,988 NV : * * 2,815 * * 2,551 NH : * * * * * * NJ : 58,514 12,858 71,371 47,149 11,559 58,708 NM : * * 939 * * 853 NY : 50,364 34,693 85,057 33,990 27,014 61,005 NC : 37,368 8,320 45,688 30,114 5,960 36,074 ND : * * * * * * OH : 44,319 9,910 54,228 35,898 7,055 42,953 OK : 8,514 4,026 12,540 5,859 3,122 8,982 OR : 61,815 39,552 101,367 52,320 30,400 82,720 PA : 71,964 8,317 80,281 54,802 5,879 60,681 RI : * * * * * * SC : 9,889 4,032 13,922 8,370 3,092 11,462 SD : * * 5,410 * * 4,064 TN : 27,170 8,609 35,779 20,940 4,595 25,535 TX : 112,592 20,731 133,323 75,120 17,346 92,466 UT : 19,817 5,749 25,566 16,065 4,638 20,703 VT : * * * * * * VA : 28,041 17,579 45,620 21,733 14,409 36,142 WA : 124,503 45,486 169,990 103,308 34,549 137,857 WV : * * * * * * WI : 86,131 35,776 121,907 72,213 25,190 97,403 WY : * * * * * * Oth Sts: 32,148 38,823 18,240 25,511 27,235 12,377 : US : 1,741,585 674,649 2,416,234 1,368,704 522,040 1,890,745 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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. HDR2012000170020129961500GEN'L STRG:GROSS&USBL COOLER SP,ST&US General Storages: Gross and Usable Cooler Space, by State and United States, October 1, 1995 1/ 2/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Gross Space : Usable Space :------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : Private &: : : Private &: : Public : Semiprvt : Total : Public : Semiprvt : Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Cubic Feet : AL : * * 6,108 * * 5,276 AK : * * 204 * * 197 AZ : * * 382 * * 338 AR : * * 2,562 * * 1,911 CA : 52,661 58,451 111,111 40,470 46,424 86,895 CO : 1,414 906 2,320 1,168 748 1,916 CT : * * * * * * DE : * * 6,439 * * 5,474 FL : 8,339 35,145 43,484 6,935 27,775 34,711 GA : 21,834 6,630 28,464 16,782 5,516 22,298 HI : * * * * * * ID : * * 924 * * 659 IL : 11,239 13,348 24,588 9,069 8,748 17,817 IN : * * 3,026 * * 2,311 IA : 5,242 1,877 7,119 4,342 1,118 5,459 KS : 19,641 19,641 14,428 14,428 KY : * * 2,679 * * 1,842 LA : 1,267 677 1,944 937 467 1,404 ME : * * 339 * * 262 MD : 1,290 1,290 1,002 1,002 MA : 3,205 438 3,643 2,680 336 3,017 MI : 4,883 7,492 12,374 3,781 6,482 10,263 MN : 6,469 8,207 14,676 4,868 5,272 10,139 MS : * * 2,571 * * 2,024 MO : 21,234 5,401 26,636 17,185 4,796 21,981 MT : * * * * * * NE : * * 10,047 * * 8,317 NV : * * 663 * * 659 NH : * * * * * * NJ : 15,823 2,576 18,399 13,121 1,976 15,097 NM : * * * * * * NY : 10,716 15,646 26,362 7,419 12,494 19,912 NC : 4,330 4,654 8,984 3,385 3,329 6,714 ND : * * * * * * OH : 8,063 1,035 9,098 6,270 840 7,110 OK : * * 3,700 * * 2,976 OR : 2,081 2,871 4,953 1,687 2,016 3,703 PA : 5,400 4,715 10,115 3,675 3,063 6,738 RI : * * * * * * SC : * * 920 * * 667 SD : * * * * * * TN : * * 3,423 * * 1,775 TX : 23,811 14,528 38,339 15,580 12,345 27,924 UT : * * 3,561 * * 2,695 VT : * * * * * * VA : 10,282 10,606 20,888 8,573 8,628 17,201 WA : 3,735 7,677 11,413 2,995 5,097 8,092 WV : * * * * * * WI : 22,611 29,213 51,823 18,157 20,472 38,629 WY : * * * * Oth Sts: 31,991 20,832 5,274 26,141 14,592 3,350 US : 297,562 252,927 550,488 230,651 192,534 423,184 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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. HDR2012000170020129961500GEN'L STRG:GROSS&USBL FRZR SP,ST&US General Storages: Gross and Usable Freezer Space, by State and United States, October 1, 1995 1/ 2/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Gross Space : Usable Space :------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : Private &: : : Private &: : Public : Semiprvt : Total : Public : Semiprvt : Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Cubic Feet : AL : * * 18,401 * * 15,436 AK : * * 1,411 * * 1,312 AZ : * * 3,483 * * 2,842 AR : * * 60,681 * * 51,524 CA : 147,671 52,768 200,439 115,149 42,422 157,571 CO : 11,883 915 12,798 8,504 807 9,311 CT : * * * * * * DE : * * 22,126 * * 15,148 FL : 58,628 71,490 130,118 48,469 58,672 107,141 GA : 40,613 9,325 49,938 32,480 7,957 40,437 HI : * * * * * * ID : * * 45,278 * * 35,112 IL : 72,227 10,705 82,932 54,580 7,307 61,887 IN : * * 35,716 * * 28,321 IA : 44,491 2,702 47,192 37,540 2,257 39,796 KS : 57,396 57,396 47,273 47,273 KY : * * 6,705 * * 4,731 LA : 5,407 2,126 7,533 4,226 1,430 5,656 ME : * * 16,147 * * 11,466 MD : 19,815 3,718 23,532 15,037 2,445 17,483 MA : 31,050 4,959 36,009 24,138 3,845 27,983 MI : 45,040 11,756 56,796 33,708 9,492 43,200 MN : 29,629 10,243 39,871 22,767 7,521 30,288 MS : * * 13,511 * * 11,067 MO : 57,452 11,957 69,408 45,969 9,646 55,615 MT : * * * * * * NE : * * 22,197 * * 17,671 NV : * * 2,152 * * 1,891 NH : * * * * * * NJ : 42,690 10,282 52,972 34,027 9,583 43,610 NM : * * * * * * NY : 39,648 19,047 58,695 26,571 14,521 41,092 NC : 33,038 3,666 36,704 26,729 2,631 29,360 ND : * * * * * * OH : 36,255 8,875 45,130 29,628 6,215 35,843 OK : * * 8,839 * * 6,005 OR : 59,734 36,681 96,414 50,633 28,383 79,017 PA : 66,564 3,601 70,165 51,127 2,816 53,943 RI : * * * * * * SC : * * 13,002 * * 10,795 SD : * * * * * * TN : * * 32,356 * * 23,759 TX : 88,781 6,203 94,984 59,540 5,001 64,541 UT : * * 22,005 * * 18,008 VT : * * * * * * VA : 17,758 6,973 24,731 13,160 5,781 18,941 WA : 120,768 37,809 158,577 100,313 29,452 129,764 WV : * * * * * * WI : 63,520 6,563 70,083 54,056 4,718 58,774 WY : * * * * Oth Sts: 253,966 89,360 19,315 202,428 66,605 13,944 : US : 1,444,023 421,722 1,865,746 1,138,054 329,506 1,467,560 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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. HDR2012000170020129961500APPLE&PEAR STRGS:GROSS&USBL REFRGTD SP,ST&US Apple and Pear Storages: Gross and Usable Refrigerated Space, Regular and CA Capacity, by State and United States, October 1, 1995 1/ 2/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Refrigerated Space : Apple Storage Capacity :------------------------------------------------------------------ State : : : : Controlled : : Gross : Usable : Regular : Atmosphere : Total ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Cubic Feet -------- 1,000 Bushels --------- : CA : 31,815 23,611 6,258 3,079 9,336 CO : 2,118 1,719 587 587 CT : 1,873 1,499 442 179 621 ID : 4,728 4,002 1,060 902 1,962 IL : 1,550 1,275 * * 559 IN : 2,542 1,991 601 235 836 KY : 203 147 51 51 ME : 4,211 3,647 754 948 1,702 MD : 1,562 1,240 * * 574 MA : 4,369 3,597 959 602 1,561 MI : 34,545 30,120 5,441 7,816 13,257 MN : 827 708 * * 289 NH : 2,069 1,804 377 465 842 NJ : 2,716 2,268 620 192 812 NY : 32,113 27,296 5,619 6,429 12,048 NC : 4,463 3,832 1,135 503 1,638 OH : 3,719 3,056 906 279 1,185 OR : 45,186 35,762 7,899 2,316 10,215 PA : 26,654 21,173 4,947 1,904 6,851 RI : 170 155 * * 54 SC : 742 596 * * 269 UT : 2,507 2,227 502 424 926 VT : 2,654 2,258 453 616 1,069 VA : 16,543 13,719 4,056 1,550 5,606 WA : 429,750 343,754 57,737 114,140 171,877 WV : 7,711 6,312 2,006 569 2,575 WI : 377 341 * * 230 Oth Sts: 3,697 3,106 2,170 991 1,184 : US : 671,412 541,215 104,580 144,139 248,719 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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. HDR2012000170020129961500DEFIN, RELIABLTY, NDXM,NXT RLSE&EEO STMNT 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 October to operators of over 3,000 public and private cold storage warehouses that are artificially cooled to a temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit or lower, and whose food products are normally stored for 30 days or more. 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: Reports were received from about 2,500 firms which represent about 87 percent of the total capacity. 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 Storages: Gross and Usable Refrigerated Space, Regular and CA Capacity, by State and United States, October 1, 1995. . 8 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 General Storages: Gross and Usable Cooler Space, by State and United States, October 1, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 General Storages: Gross and Usable Freezer Space, by State and United States, October 1, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 General Storages: Gross and Usable Refrigerated Space, by State and United States, October 1, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Gross Refrigerated Space by Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 1977-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Gross Refrigerated Storage Capacity by Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 1977-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Number of Refrigerated Warehouses by Size Group, United States, October 1, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Number of Refrigerated Warehouses by Type, by State and United States, October 1, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Refrigerated Space by Type of Warehouse, United States, October 1, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Survey Procedures and Reliability Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Released January 29, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 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