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) 
State Total 
Mississippi 
2012 
1,463 
110,050,752 
75,223 
1,088 
375 
2007 
1,585 
93,681,066 
59,105 
1,033 
552 
Counties, 2012 
Adams 
4 
530,000 
132,500 
4 
_ 
Alcorn 
23 
813,300 
35,361 
15 
8 
Amite 
7 
73,680 
10,526 
4 
3 
Attala 
9 
293,300 
32,589 
6 
3 
Benton 
14 
405,014 
28,930 
7 
7 
Bolivar 
114 
16,384,500 
143,724 
113 
1 
Calhoun 
33 
577,450 
17,498 
25 
8 
Carroll 
12 
683,000 
56,917 
10 
2 
Chickasaw 
18 
826,100 
45,894 
12 
6 
Choctaw 
5 
85,540 
17,108 
2 
3 
Claiborne 
7 
622,000 
88,857 
5 
2 
Clarke 
5 
5,066 
1,013 
1 
4 
Clay 
11 
52,100 
4,736 
6 
5 
Coahoma 
39 
4,751,000 
121,821 
39 
- 
Copiah 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
1 
Covington 
14 
127,300 
9,093 
4 
10 
DeSoto 
15 
1,197,024 
79,802 
11 
4 
Forrest 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
1 
Franklin 
7 
324,000 
46,286 
2 
5 
George 
10 
31,200 
3,120 
7 
3 
Greene 
7 
50,329 
7,190 
5 
2 
Grenada 
3 
120,000 
40,000 
1 
2 
Flancock 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2 
Flinds 
14 
531,000 
37,929 
12 
2 
Holmes 
26 
3,883,000 
149,346 
26 
- 
Humphreys 
28 
3,714,012 
132,643 
27 
1 
Issaquena 
14 
1,766,000 
126,143 
14 
- 
Itawamba 
14 
121,800 
8,700 
13 
1 
Jackson 
11 
91,560 
8,324 
9 
2 
Jasper 
5 
7,500 
1,500 
3 
2 
Jefferson 
3 
174,000 
58,000 
2 
1 
Jefferson Davis 
3 
19,500 
6,500 
3 
- 
Jones 
14 
61,842 
4,417 
4 
10 
Kemper 
10 
23,482 
2,348 
2 
8 
Lafayette 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
3 
Lamar 
4 
18,100 
4,525 
3 
1 
Lauderdale 
5 
3,640 
728 
- 
5 
Lawrence 
5 
110,000 
22,000 
3 
2 
Leake 
7 
31,548 
4,507 
3 
4 
Lee 
20 
1,286,950 
64,348 
14 
6 
Leflore 
46 
9,055,000 
196,848 
46 
_ 
Lincoln 
6 
113,000 
18,833 
2 
4 
Lowndes 
29 
860,750 
29,681 
23 
6 
Madison 
37 
962,700 
26,019 
25 
12 
Marion 
9 
71,400 
7,933 
- 
9 
Marshall 
14 
514,200 
36,729 
9 
5 
Monroe 
32 
838,520 
26,204 
19 
13 
Montgomery 
23 
519,480 
22,586 
17 
6 
Neshoba 
4 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
3 
Newton 
6 
20,800 
3,467 
- 
6 
Noxubee 
108 
4,635,430 
42,921 
84 
24 
Oktibbeha 
3 
30,000 
10,000 
2 
1 
Panola 
31 
1 ,764,830 
56,930 
22 
9 
Pearl River 
23 
89,614 
3,896 
2 
21 
Perry 
4 
610,000 
152,500 
3 
1 
Pike 
8 
313,600 
39,200 
1 
7 
Pontotoc 
25 
849,340 
33,974 
18 
7 
Prentiss 
22 
290,020 
13,183 
13 
9 
Quitman 
32 
2,489,500 
77,797 
32 
- 
Rankin 
20 
193,705 
9,685 
5 
15 
Scott 
8 
433,770 
54,221 
4 
4 
Sharkey 
25 
4,172,000 
166,880 
25 
- 
Simpson 
13 
246,090 
18,930 
3 
10 
Smith 
7 
18,186 
2,598 
3 
4 
Stone 
3 
820 
273 
3 
- 
Sunflower 
53 
8,437,000 
159,189 
52 
1 
Tallahatchie 
42 
5,954,682 
141,778 
42 
- 
Tate 
24 
569,050 
23,710 
12 
12 
Tippah 
41 
556,195 
13,566 
26 
15 
Tishomingo 
9 
123,500 
13,722 
9 
- 
Tunica 
26 
6,276,000 
241,385 
26 
_ 
Union 
23 
598,800 
26,035 
21 
2 
Walthall 
6 
63,500 
10,583 
1 
5 
Warren 
4 
224,000 
56,000 
4 
- 
Washington 
60 
11,408,000 
190,133 
60 
- 
Wayne 
7 
61,600 
8,800 
2 
5 
Webster 
9 
443,500 
49,278 
8 
1 
Wilkinson 
3 
36,000 
12,000 
- 
3 
Winston 
17 
151,584 
8,917 
4 
13 
Yalobusha 
12 
139,287 
11,607 
8 
4 
Yazoo 
34 
5,703,091 
167,738 
26 
8 
' 2007 data may not include storage capacity for pulse crops. 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Mississippi 515 
