- Encompasses over 75 square miles in Southwestern Madison County, Illinois on the banks of the Mississippi River and Chain of Rocks Canal. The municipalities of Granite City, Madison and Venice are located within the Port.
- The Port includes Foreign Trade Zone #31, commercial warehouses, truck and rail facilities, harbor facilities, industrial plants, office space, recreational facilities and residential housing units.
- In 2000, the Port added over 840 acres of land in a transfer of the former Charles Melvin Price Support Center property from the U.S. Army, creating over 1200 acres of prime development along the river and adding nearly 2 million square feet of warehouse space.
- The Port has over 84 tenants, whose employment exceeds 800 individuals from the surrounding communities.
- America’s Central Port transfers in excess of 4 million tons of product annually between river barges, railcars and trucks.
- Nearly 80 million tons of product annually are shipped past the Port’s harbor facility located on the Chain of Rocks Canal.
- America’s Central Port’s harbor is the most northerly ice-free port on the Mississippi River.
- Lock and Dam #27 at the south end of the Port’s harbor is the last lock on the Mississippi River. The River is free-flowing to New Orleans past this point.
- A recent study of the economic impact of the Port on Madison County was over $208 million dollars annually and growing.
- The Port is responsible for approximately 1,350 jobs in Madison County, and a total labor compensation of over $66 million.