[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":344},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:\u002Fwhere-we-ship\u002Fstates\u002Farkansas":3},{"tier":4,"sections":5,"faq":194,"sources":201,"related":226,"plate":267,"form":278,"scene":279,"path":280,"crumb":21,"ruler":281,"answer":282,"title":283,"h1":283,"description":282,"type":284,"schema":285,"reviewed":288,"crumbs":289,"jsonld":299},3,[6,14,47,67,101,125,161],{"h2":7,"blocks":8},"Arkansas, by road",[9,12],{"t":10,"text":11},"p","I-40 and I-30 cross it east to west, and I-49 now links the Northwest Arkansas corner to the Gulf. For a plastic pallet buyer in Arkansas, the geography sets the route and the route sets the empty return: I-40, I-30, I-55 and I-49 carry most of what leaves, and every empty pallet that comes back has to ride the same road.",{"t":10,"text":13},"The counties with the most warehousing jobs are Pulaski (7,477), Benton (2,670) and Crittenden (505), which is 68.2 percent of the state's 15,624. It shares a land border with Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"Warehousing in numbers",[17,45],{"t":18,"head":19,"rows":23,"caption":44},"table",[20,21,22],"Measure","Arkansas","How it is worked out",[24,28,32,36,40],[25,26,27],"Private warehousing and storage jobs","15,624","BLS QCEW, NAICS 493, 2025",[29,30,31],"Share of US jobs in the trade","0.82 percent","15,624 against about 1,901,976 nationwide",[33,34,35],"Establishments","218","BLS QCEW",[37,38,39],"Jobs per establishment","72","15,624 ÷ 218, rounded",[41,42,43],"Gross refrigerated space","93 million cu ft","2.3 percent of the US 3.99 billion","",{"t":10,"text":46},"Refrigerated space matters because a freezer is hard on plastic; the [cold guide](\u002Fguides\u002Fplastic-pallets-in-the-cold) says what to ask for. Arkansas held 93 million cubic feet of gross refrigerated warehouse capacity on October 1, 2025.",{"h2":48,"blocks":49},"Reading the numbers",[50],{"t":51,"items":52},"ul",[53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66],"Pulaski County has 7,477 warehousing jobs, 47.9 percent of Arkansas's 15,624, the most in the state.","Benton County has 2,670 warehousing jobs, 17.1 percent of Arkansas's 15,624, 4,807 fewer than Pulaski County.","Crittenden County has 505 warehousing jobs, 3.2 percent of Arkansas's 15,624, 6,972 fewer than Pulaski County.","Meat and poultry processing employs 34,773 people in Arkansas, 2.23 for every warehousing job.","Food manufacturing employs 51,799 people in Arkansas, 3.32 for every warehousing job.","Refrigerated warehousing employs 1,941 people in Arkansas, 0.12 for every warehousing job.","Fruit and vegetable preserving employs 4,153 people in Arkansas, 0.27 for every warehousing job.","Plastics product manufacturing employs 6,804 people in Arkansas, 0.44 for every warehousing job.","Arkansas holds 0.82 percent of US warehousing jobs, about one in every 122, spread over 218 establishments averaging 72 jobs each.","Northwest Arkansas accounts for 3,065 warehousing jobs, 19.6 percent of Arkansas's.","Missouri has 26,726 warehousing jobs, 1.71 times the 15,624 in Arkansas.","Tennessee has 53,427 warehousing jobs, 3.42 times the 15,624 in Arkansas.","Mississippi has 25,454 warehousing jobs, 1.63 times the 15,624 in Arkansas.","Louisiana has 15,312 warehousing jobs, 0.98 times the 15,624 in Arkansas.",{"h2":68,"blocks":69},"Who ships pallets here",[70,97,99],{"t":18,"head":71,"rows":75,"caption":96},[72,73,74],"Industry","Private jobs, 2025","Jobs per warehousing job",[76,80,84,88,92],[77,78,79],"Meat and poultry processing","34,773","2.23",[81,82,83],"Food manufacturing","51,799","3.32",[85,86,87],"Refrigerated warehousing","1,941","0.12",[89,90,91],"Fruit and vegetable preserving","4,153","0.27",[93,94,95],"Plastics product manufacturing","6,804","0.44","Jobs: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025; where counties are withheld the figure is partial.",{"t":10,"text":98},"In Arkansas, meat and poultry processing employs 34,773. These plants ask about drainage and cleaning first, then about static load for the product stacked on the pallet. It tends to lean on a washable nestable or stackable that drains, usually in 48 x 40 in, and to ask about whether the deck drains and how the maker says to clean it.",{"t":10,"text":100},"Meat and poultry processing is the trade where Arkansas is most concentrated, at 7.5 times the national share of employment. A buyer in that trade will tend to ask the questions in the last column first.",{"h2":102,"blocks":103},"The empty return",[104,106],{"t":10,"text":105},"An illustration, not a forecast: if each of 218 warehouse establishments in Arkansas sent back 500 empty pallets in a week, that would be 109,000 pallets. The table counts the 53 ft trailers that takes at three makers' published nestable figures, beside the 540 per trailer of a rackable.",{"t":18,"head":107,"rows":112,"caption":124},[108,109,110,111],"Model","Per trailer","Trailers per week","Rackable trailers",[113,118,122],[114,115,116,117],"PHS Plastic EXP 116 nestable","1,260","87","202",[119,120,121,117],"PHS Plastic EXP 100 nestable","2,340","47",[123,115,116,117],"Rehrig Pacific Standard-duty nestable","Trailers = pallets ÷ per-trailer figure, rounded up. Maker-published figures for named 48 x 40 in models.",{"h2":126,"blocks":127},"Next door",[128,159],{"t":18,"head":129,"rows":133,"caption":158},[130,131,132],"Neighbouring state","Warehousing jobs","Share of US",[134,138,142,146,150,154],[135,136,137],"[Missouri](\u002Fwhere-we-ship\u002Fstates\u002Fmissouri)","26,726","1.41 percent",[139,140,141],"[Tennessee](\u002Fwhere-we-ship\u002Fstates\u002Ftennessee)","53,427","2.81 percent",[143,144,145],"[Mississippi](\u002Fwhere-we-ship\u002Fstates\u002Fmississippi)","25,454","1.34 percent",[147,148,149],"[Louisiana](\u002Fwhere-we-ship\u002Fstates\u002Flouisiana)","15,312","0.81 percent",[151,152,153],"[Texas](\u002Fwhere-we-ship\u002Fstates\u002Ftexas)","175,579","9.23 percent",[155,156,157],"[Oklahoma](\u002Fwhere-we-ship\u002Fstates\u002Foklahoma)","19,669","1.03 percent","BLS QCEW 2025.",{"t":10,"text":160},"Metros in Arkansas with their own page: [Northwest Arkansas](\u002Fwhere-we-ship\u002Fmetros\u002Fnorthwest-arkansas).",{"h2":162,"blocks":163},"Words on this page",[164],{"t":165,"rows":166},"dl",[167,170,173,176,179,182,185,188,191],[168,169],"4-way entry","A pallet that forks or a pallet jack can enter from all four sides.",[171,172],"Edge rack","A rack arrangement where the pallet rests on the edges of the beams. 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