Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 

 1974 -Con. 



1982, 1978, and 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



Operator characterjsttcs— Con. 

 Operators by years on present farm: 



2 years or less 



3 or 4 years __ 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more 



Average years on present farm 



Not reported 



Operators by age group^: 



Under 25 years __ 



25 to 34 years , 



35 to 44 years _ 



45 to 54 years 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



Male farms. 



acres. 



Female farms, 



acres. 



Operators of Spanish origin farms. 



acres. 

 Type of organization: 



Individual or family farms. 



acres. 



Partnership farms. 



acres. 



Corporation farms, 



acres. 

 Family held: 



More than 10 stockholders ___ farms, 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 

 Other than family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc. _ farms. 



acres. 



'For classification of social and ethnic groups, see text. 



21974 data apply only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorship) and partnerships; see text. 



Table 6. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish Origin, 

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Cliaracteristics 



Female 



Spanisfi origin 



Black and other races 



Black 



American 

 Indian 



Otfier (see text) 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number. 



Land in farms__ _ ___ ___acres, 



Harvested cropland .farms, 



acres, 



1982 FARMS BY SIZE 



19B2_. 

 1978_. 

 1982.. 

 1978., 

 1982. 

 1978.. 

 1982.. 

 1978.. 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 139 acres "II" 



140 to 219 acres 



220 to 499 acres 



500 acres or more 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners.. .farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978 



Pan owners farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres. 1982 



1978. 



Tenants farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



732 



577 



40 065 



36 277 



496 



426 



18 782 



15 980 



208 



308 



150 



35 



24 



7 



586 



(NA) 



22 578 



(NA) 



91 



(NA) 



12 942 



(NA) 



55 



(NA) 



4 545 



(NA) 



37 



24 



4 562 



2 535 



25 



20 



1 814 



965 



25 



17 



2 331 



1 659 



9 



5 



1 739 



(0) 



3 



2 



492 



(D) 



115 



104 



9 494 



8 196 



97 



89 



5 262 



5 342 



77 



74 



4 106 



3 364 



21 

 23 



4 033 

 4 144 



17 



7 



1 355 



688 



59 



51 



3 311 



3 930 



48 



42 



1 274 



3 049 



44 



34 



258 



814 



10 



15 



960 



(D) 



5 



2 



93 



(D) 



10 



12 



949 



691 



9 



11 



504 



456 



(D) 



210 



3 



2 



(D) 



(D) 



5 



2 



(D) 



(D) 



32 

 29 



4 370 

 2 614 

 28 

 29 

 2 814 

 1 537 



21 



24 



1 400 



1 607 



6 

 2 



2 427 



(D) 



5 



3 



543 



(D) 



14 



12 



864 



961 



12 



7 



670 



300 



10 



8 



(D) 



733 



2 



4 



(D) 



228 



2 



(D) 



4 NEW JERSEY 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



