Table 38. Grain Storage Capacity: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Grain storage capacity 
(see text) 
Farms with capacity by North 
American Industry 
Classification System 
Farms 
Bushels 
Average bushels 
per farm 
Crop production 
(111) 
Animal production 
and aquaculture 
(112) 
United States Total 
United States 
2012 
263,164 
11,777,513,178 
44,754 
192,643 
70,521 
2007 
309,365 
11,333,050,084 
36,633 
205,765 
103,600 
States, 2012 
Alabama 
1,575 
28,646,313 
18,188 
829 
746 
Alaska 
26 
871,377 
33,515 
16 
10 
Arizona 
152 
5,023,834 
33,052 
50 
102 
Arkansas 
1,825 
202,211,978 
110,801 
1,642 
183 
California 
754 
24,564,779 
32,579 
415 
339 
Colorado 
3,409 
145,402,513 
42,653 
2,401 
1,008 
Connecticut 
70 
485,871 
6,941 
20 
50 
Delaware 
195 
9,622,430 
49,346 
144 
51 
Florida 
523 
5,760,605 
11,015 
277 
246 
Georgia 
2,607 
47,921,989 
18,382 
1,795 
812 
Idaho 
3,083 
115,149,703 
37,350 
2,133 
950 
Illinois 
21,338 
1,327,814,879 
62,228 
18,942 
2,396 
Indiana 
13,416 
770,761,493 
57,451 
11,134 
2,282 
Iowa 
34,239 
1 ,778,876,784 
51,955 
27,347 
6,892 
Kansas 
10,921 
332,103,647 
30,410 
8,637 
2,284 
Kentucky 
5,268 
186,140,428 
35,334 
3,136 
2,132 
Louisiana 
792 
79,554,252 
100,447 
721 
71 
Maine 
211 
3,502,627 
16,600 
130 
81 
Maryland 
1,226 
39,719,362 
32,398 
754 
472 
Massachusetts 
96 
948,931 
9,885 
24 
72 
Michigan 
6,961 
279,493,098 
40,151 
5,195 
1,766 
Minnesota 
25,948 
1,318,623,768 
50,818 
20,378 
5,570 
Mississippi 
1,463 
110,050,752 
75,223 
1,088 
375 
Missouri 
12,471 
444,604,236 
35,651 
8,735 
3,736 
Montana 
6,812 
291,958,851 
42,859 
4,759 
2,053 
Nebraska 
17,210 
998,139,770 
57,998 
13,607 
3,603 
Nevada 
120 
3,987,669 
33,231 
79 
41 
New Hampshire 
42 
82,402 
1,962 
18 
24 
New Jersey 
426 
9,634,020 
22,615 
333 
93 
New Mexico 
266 
8,213,031 
30,876 
106 
160 
New York 
3,203 
100,021,834 
31,228 
1,649 
1,554 
North Carolina 
3,653 
100,144,564 
27,414 
2,597 
1,056 
North Dakota 
13,117 
860,678,352 
65,61 5 
11,162 
1,955 
Ohio 
13,562 
493,052,081 
36,355 
10,437 
3,125 
Oklahoma 
5,327 
49,064,792 
9,211 
3,157 
2,170 
Oregon 
1,213 
42,227,660 
34,813 
916 
297 
Pennsylvania 
8,647 
119,300,528 
13,797 
4,285 
4,362 
Rhode Island 
27 
76,254 
2,824 
9 
18 
South Carolina 
1,537 
44,775,267 
29,132 
1,148 
389 
South Dakota 
1 1 ,324 
683,584,853 
60,366 
7,984 
3,340 
Tennessee 
3,022 
79,284,500 
26,236 
1 ,665 
1,357 
Texas 
5,013 
130,682,486 
26,069 
2,432 
2,581 
Utah 
1,264 
15,833,480 
12,526 
715 
549 
Vermont 
150 
1,661,790 
1 1 ,079 
49 
101 
Virginia 
2,448 
42,645,073 
17,420 
1,233 
1,215 
Washington 
1,549 
61,803,046 
39,899 
1,226 
323 
West Virginia 
797 
4,881,882 
6,125 
257 
540 
Wisconsin 
12,578 
358,106,472 
28,471 
6,301 
6,277 
Wyoming 
1,288 
19,816,872 
15,386 
576 
712 
^ 2007 data may not include storage capacity for pulse crops. 
538 United States 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
