Sell plastic pallets in Mississippi
Mississippi had 25,454 warehousing jobs in 2025, 23rd among the states, and its most concentrated pallet-using industry is meat and poultry processing. Send the lot with its ZIP; the desk reads size, style, grade and marks, and rules it sold, returned or scrapped.
Last reviewed November 12, 2026
Mississippi in numbers
- Warehousing and storage jobs, 2025
- 25,454 (23rd of 50 states)
- Warehousing establishments
- 305 (26th of 50); about 83 jobs each
- Share of US warehousing jobs
- 1.34%
- Food manufacturing jobs
- 24,727 (28th of 50)
- Most concentrated pallet-using industry
- meat and poultry processing, 4.7x the national share of employment
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing jobs
- 1,138
- Motor vehicle assembly jobs
- 5,745
- Auto parts jobs
- 4,926
- Refrigerated warehouse space, October 1, 2025
- 14 million cubic feet (30th of 50)
Reading a Mississippi lot
Count the warehouses and Mississippi comes 26th; count the jobs in them and it comes 23rd. It sits in the middle of the fifty by warehousing jobs. With about 83 people a site against a national 82, a single dock here can hold a truckload at once.
Mississippi has 1.0 food manufacturing jobs for every warehousing job, against 0.9 across the fifty states. The plants are the bigger half of the picture, and they swap pallets on a schedule more than on wear. Among the other industries counted here, motor vehicle assembly (5,745 jobs) is 5.0 times the size of pharmaceutical manufacturing (1,138).
DeSoto County holds 45.7% of Mississippi's warehousing jobs, and the top 3 listed hold 77.6%. Three counties carry most of the market, and a lot near any of them is close to the most dock activity. None of the metros in the dossier sits inside Mississippi, so a lot is read by its ZIP.
USDA counted 14 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehouse space in Mississippi, 30th of 50 and about 550 cubic feet for each warehousing job, against 2,254 across the states it reports. Cold storage is a smaller part of the picture here, so most lots come off ambient docks.
Where Mississippi's warehousing jobs sit
| County | Warehousing jobs | Share of the state's total |
|---|---|---|
| DeSoto | 11,634 | 45.7% |
| Madison | 4,239 | 16.7% |
| Marshall | 3,876 | 15.2% |
What Mississippi's industries put on the dock
- Meat and poultry processing: 18,648 jobs, 2025
- Motor vehicle manufacturing: 5,745 jobs, 2025
- Food manufacturing: 24,727 jobs, 2025
- Warehousing and storage: 25,454 jobs, 2025
- Motor vehicle parts manufacturing: 4,926 jobs, 2025
By location quotient meat and poultry processing leads in Mississippi, with 4.7 times the national share of employment. The page on meat and poultry plants shows what that industry sets down on a dock.
Where Mississippi sits among the fifty
| Measure, 2025 | Mississippi | Next state above | Next state below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warehousing jobs | 23rd: 25,454 | Missouri, 26,726 (+1,272) | Connecticut, 25,127 (-327) |
| Warehousing establishments | 26th: 305 | Alabama, 306 (+1) | Colorado, 304 (-1) |
| Food manufacturing jobs | 28th: 24,727 | Colorado, 26,569 (+1,842) | Utah, 23,423 (-1,304) |
States next to Mississippi
| State | Warehousing jobs | Largest county for warehousing | Food manufacturing jobs | Top concentration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 53,427 | Shelby (11,727) | 40,320 | motor vehicle parts manufacturing |
| Alabama | 21,880 | Jefferson (6,920) | 33,728 | motor vehicle manufacturing |
| Louisiana | 15,312 | East Baton Rouge (3,948) | 16,970 | chemical manufacturing |
| Arkansas | 15,624 | Pulaski (7,477) | 51,799 | meat and poultry processing |
Mississippi has fewer warehousing jobs than 1 of these 4 and more than the rest. The largest of them, Tennessee, has 2.1 times Mississippi's 25,454. A lot near a state line can be read against either side, so give the exact ZIP.
More on Mississippi from the sources
- States where meat and poultry processing is the largest share of private jobs in 2025 (BLS QCEW): Nebraska (3.7%), Arkansas (3.1%), Iowa (2.6%), Delaware (2.4%), Mississippi (2.0%); the national share is 0.42%. (data.bls.gov)
Other pallet-using industries counted in Mississippi
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Against warehousing jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing | 1,138 | 0.0 to 1 |
| Motor vehicle assembly | 5,745 | 0.2 to 1 |
| Auto parts | 4,926 | 0.2 to 1 |
Sending a lot from Mississippi
Count the stacks, give the ZIP where they stand, and use the sorter or the form below. If the dock holds a clean line-change stock, say so in the message.
How many warehousing jobs does Mississippi have?
25,454 private-sector jobs across 305 establishments in 2025, 1.34% of the US total, which ranks Mississippi 23rd of 50.
Do you take plastic pallets from Mississippi?
Yes. The desk reads lots from every state, and the ZIP lets it read the route in Mississippi. This site states no price or pickup date.
Which Mississippi industry is most concentrated?
Meat and poultry processing, at 4.7 times the national share of employment in the 2025 federal data used here.
Words you will meet
- Thermoforming
- Heated plastic sheet formed over a mould; lighter pallets.
- Welding repair
- Plastic is hard to glue, so cracked parts are normally welded.
- Edge rack
- Resting on the rack beams by the pallet's edges only, with no support in the middle.
- Runners
- Bottom rails that touch the floor or rack and carry the load.
- Picture frame
- A raised rim around the deck edge that keeps cartons from sliding off.
- Rotational moulding
- Resin heated in a rotating mould to make a hollow jointless part.
- Virgin resin
- New, unblended resin that has not been through a product before.
- Open deck
- Top deck with gaps between slats or ribs; lighter and drains.
- Closed deck
- Solid top deck with no gaps; keeps small items from falling through.
- Cruciform base
- Bottom with a cross-shaped member as well as a perimeter, for strength and automated handling.
- Lip
- Raised edge on the deck, or an optional soft lip, that keeps the load in place.
- Anti-slip
- Textured deck or rubber grommets that reduce load slip.
- 4-way entry
- Forks or a jack can enter from all four sides.
- 2-way entry
- Forks enter from two opposite sides only.
- Rackable
- Rated to sit on rack beams, with a stated racking load.
- Fork pocket
- Opening in the pallet where the forks go.
Who asks, and what they need
- Pharmaceutical and healthcare shippers
- Hygienic pallets that can be sanitised; documents on resin and colour; PP sometimes preferred for sterilisation.
- Automotive plants and suppliers
- 48 x 45 pallets that match bulk containers; closed-loop reuse; heavy dynamic and static loads.
- Chemical and drum shippers
- 48 x 48 and 45 x 45 pallets for drums and bags; chemical resistance.
What the sources say
- States where meat and poultry processing is the largest share of private jobs in 2025 (BLS QCEW): Nebraska (3.7%), Arkansas (3.1%), Iowa (2.6%), Delaware (2.4%), Mississippi (2.0%); the national share is 0.42%. (data.bls.gov)
- Counties with the most private meat and poultry processing jobs (NAICS 3116) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Hall County, Georgia (11,123), Cook County, Illinois (8,367), Sussex County, Delaware (8,212), Marshall County, Alabama (7,387), Fresno County, California (6,499), Douglas County, Nebraska (6,452). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 556,647 jobs across 4,689 establishments in meat and poultry processing (NAICS 3116) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Texas (44,780), Georgia (42,030), North Carolina (35,715), Arkansas (34,773), Iowa (33,386). (data.bls.gov)
- USDA NASS counted 931 refrigerated warehouses on October 1, 2025: 476 public and 455 private or semiprivate. Public warehouses held 2.46 billion gross cubic feet, 62 percent of the total. (esmis.nal.usda.gov)
- Counties with the most private motor vehicle manufacturing jobs (NAICS 3361) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Wayne County, Michigan (24,188), Bexar County, Texas (6,165), Cook County, Illinois (5,473), Eaton County, Michigan (4,432), Oakland County, Michigan (735), Los Angeles County, California (643). (data.bls.gov)
- Private warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) paid an average of $56,706 a year across 1,901,976 jobs in 2025 (BLS QCEW). (data.bls.gov)
- States where food manufacturing is the largest share of private jobs in 2025 (BLS QCEW): Nebraska (4.9%), Arkansas (4.7%), Iowa (4.6%), Alaska (3.4%), Wisconsin (3.2%); the national share is 1.33%. (data.bls.gov)
- Nestable pallets can cut empty-pallet storage space by up to 75 percent. (blog.containerexchanger.com)
- Private employers in the US averaged 1,901,976 jobs across 23,345 establishments in warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (236,923), Texas (175,579), Pennsylvania (123,481), Florida (105,401), Ohio (98,354). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 73,136 jobs across 1,811 establishments in refrigerated warehousing (NAICS 49312) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (9,969), Texas (6,638), New Jersey (5,388), Georgia (4,453), Pennsylvania (4,102). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 1,775,008 jobs across 42,763 establishments in food manufacturing (NAICS 311) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (166,660), Texas (112,088), Illinois (98,300), Pennsylvania (82,538), Wisconsin (81,993). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 892,426 jobs across 25,801 establishments in chemical manufacturing (NAICS 325) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Texas (90,310), California (75,499), Ohio (49,328), Illinois (48,745), New Jersey (47,966). (data.bls.gov)
- USDA NASS counted 3.99 billion cubic feet of gross refrigerated warehouse capacity in the US on October 1, 2025, with usable capacity of 3.25 billion cubic feet (82 percent of gross). (esmis.nal.usda.gov)
- Pennsylvania had 228 million cubic feet and New Jersey 137 million of gross refrigerated warehouse space on October 1, 2025 (USDA NASS). (esmis.nal.usda.gov)
- Port Houston's public terminals handled 4,303,345 TEUs in 2025 (up 4 percent, a record) and 54,491,066 short tons of cargo; the Houston Ship Channel is described as the nation's largest port for waterborne tonnage, with more than 200 private and eight public terminals. (porthouston.com)
- Port Houston says it supports 1.54 million jobs in Texas and 3.37 million nationwide, and that its 2025 growth included petrochemical and industrial shipments, manufacturing-related freight and consumer imports. (porthouston.com)
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