Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1982 and 

 1978-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



Essex 



Gloucester 



Hudson 



Mercer 



FARMS 



Land in farms . 



Harvested cropland _ 



-farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres. 1982. 



1978. 



.farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978- 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners .farms. 1982. 



1978- 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Han/ested cropland .farms. 1982. 



1978- 



acres. 1982- 



1978. 



Pan owners ..farms. 1982. 



1978- 



acres. 1982- 



1978. 



Owned land in farms acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Rented land in farms ...acres, 1982. 



1978- 



Harvested cropland farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Tenants farms. 1982. 



1978- 



acres. 1982. 



1978. 



Harvested cropland farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 

 On farm operated 1982. 



1978. 

 Not on farm operated 1982. 



1978. 

 Not reported 1982. 



1978. 



Operators by principal occupation: 

 Farming 1982. 



1978. 

 Other 1982. 



1978. 



Operators by days of work off farm: 

 None 1982. 



1978. 

 Any 1982- 



1978- 



1 to 49 days 1982. 



1978. 

 50 10 99 days.. 1982. 



1978. 

 100 to 149 days 1982. 



1978- 

 150 to 199 days 1982- 



1978- 

 200 days or more 1982- 



1978. 



Not reported 1982. 



1978. 



1 982 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 1982. 



1978. 

 25 to 34 years 1982. 



1978. 

 35 to 44 years _ 1982. 



1978- 

 45 to 54 years 1982. 



1978. 



55 to 64 years 1982. 



1978- 

 65 years and over 1982. 



1978- 

 Average age 1982- 



1978. 



33 



38 



1 204 



1 868 



28 



29 



636 



(D) 



27 



30 



775 



(D) 



22 



22 



375 



609 



S 



6 



(□) 



287 



42 



71 



(D) 



216 



5 



6 



(D) 



152 



1 



2 



(D) 



(D) 



1 



1 



(D) 



(D) 



6 

 3 

 10 



4 

 1 



1 



2 



14 



24.1 



16 



11 



14 



11 



9 



57.7 



55.8 



687 



701 



66 133 



69 661 



603 



624 



47 340 



50 989 



425 



391 



22 376 



21 051 



347 



326 



11 859 



10 735 



179 



207 



32 931 



38 474 



14 672 



17 295 



18 259 

 21 179 



176 



203 



26 019 



31 702 



83 



103 



10 826 



10 136 



80 



95 



9 462 



8 552 



532 

 552 

 91 

 B3 

 64 

 66 



416 

 434 

 271 

 267 



311 

 355 

 321 

 316 



31 

 27 

 17 

 21 

 11 

 33 

 46 

 36 

 216 

 199 



55 

 30 



31 



45 

 113 

 375 

 18.7 

 123 



10 



15 



62 



69 



131 



131 



185 



204 



188 

 183 



111 



99 



51.6 



50.7 



2 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



2 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



1 



1 

 (D) 



1 Oil 

 938 

 114 

 99 

 55 

 67 



443 

 455 

 737 

 649 



314 

 374 

 802 

 705 



43 

 56 

 36 

 39 

 45 

 50 

 100 

 79 

 578 

 481 



64 

 25 



44 

 137 

 234 

 606 

 15.6 

 159 



20 



22 



84 



79 



271 



241 



319 



310 



285 

 258 

 201 

 194 

 51.5 

 51.9 



302 



297 



40 023 



42 513 



255 



263 



29 501 



30 384 



190 



177 



10 742 



10 726 



149 



152 



4 720 



4 781 



65 



60 



18 351 



17 786 



5 660 

 4 742 



12 671 



13 044 



63 



59 



15 352 



13 926 



47 

 60 



10 930 



14 001 



43 



52 



9 429 



11 677 



228 

 222 



59 

 60 

 15 

 15 



151 

 163 

 151 

 134 



128 

 125 



157 

 159 



8 



16 



11 



7 



11 



19 



15 



14 



112 



103 



17 

 13 



26 

 63 

 160 

 19.3 

 44 



7 

 7 

 28 

 25 

 66 

 41 

 49 

 70 



98 

 88 

 64 

 66 

 53.1 

 538 



251 

 268 



32 438 



33 462 

 222 

 236 



25 361 

 24 648 



158 

 158 



8 427 

 7 604 



135 

 133 



4 421 

 3 496 



63 



62 



16 900 



16 465 



5 632 



5 583 

 11 268 

 10 882 



62 



61 



14 474 



13 166 



30 



48 



7 111 



9 383 



25 

 42 



6 456 



7 986 



198 

 204 

 36 

 45 

 17 

 19 



159 

 183 

 92 

 85 



123 

 132 

 100 

 120 



11 



16 



5 



5 



7 



9 



14 



14 



63 



76 



28 

 16 



10 

 20 

 25 

 152 

 21.9 

 44 



2 

 5 

 20 

 20 

 44 

 41 

 49 

 63 



61 

 76 

 75 

 63 

 54.7 

 53.9 



138 NEW JERSEY 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



