Table 31 . Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - New Jersey: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
1,160 
598 
264 
158 
39 
43 
21 
- 
37 
70 years and over 
1,904 
1,225 
265 
265 
36 
47 
17 
3 
46 
Average age 
59.5 
69.9 
54.9 
56.0 
56.4 
58.4 
56.4 
60.1 
57.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
144 
26 
69 
41 
- 
1 
1 
- 
6 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
14 
5 
6 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
110 
16 
40 
23 
12 
3 
9 
- 
7 
Black or African American 
53 
24 
14 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
8 
6 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
White 
8,859 
2,401 
3,438 
1,908 
267 
324 
180 
18 
323 
More than one race reported 
27 
9 
10 
5 
1 
" 
1 
- 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,171 
393 
332 
330 
29 
32 
12 
- 
43 
2 people 
4,013 
1,453 
1,353 
729 
106 
145 
78 
8 
141 
3 people 
1,529 
291 
662 
372 
57 
57 
25 
2 
63 
4 people 
1,380 
190 
676 
324 
54 
48 
42 
4 
42 
5 or more people 
978 
134 
486 
198 
34 
46 
33 
4 
43 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
7,148 
2,177 
3,246 
1,357 
67 
65 
19 
2 
215 
25 to 49 percent 
448 
109 
125 
122 
30 
30 
9 
1 
22 
50 to 74 percent 
594 
121 
95 
198 
52 
58 
32 
2 
36 
75 to 99 percent 
359 
37 
20 
115 
55 
52 
49 
5 
26 
100 percent 
522 
17 
23 
161 
76 
123 
81 
8 
33 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
342 
26 
49 
99 
26 
39 
22 
6 
75 
acres 
60,069 
2,084 
1,784 
9,193 
2,666 
10,629 
13,822 
3,036 
16,855 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
6,953 
1,584 
2,902 
1,512 
222 
277 
178 
18 
260 
Dial-up service 
433 
122 
163 
92 
12 
11 
15 
- 
18 
DSL service 
1,789 
415 
743 
413 
37 
73 
26 
2 
80 
Cable modem service 
3,404 
765 
1,431 
688 
118 
152 
104 
10 
136 
Fiber-optic service 
802 
173 
337 
197 
24 
23 
17 
4 
27 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
898 
170 
344 
218 
42 
37 
43 
3 
41 
Satellite service 
419 
92 
173 
84 
28 
15 
11 
1 
15 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
146 
43 
62 
23 
1 
7 
5 
- 
5 
Other Internet service 
41 
10 
17 
9 
- 
1 
1 
1 
2 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
7,837 
2,183 
3,213 
1,673 
215 
218 
96 
8 
231 
2 households 
958 
248 
219 
234 
49 
72 
60 
4 
72 
3 households 
154 
18 
44 
18 
6 
23 
21 
4 
20 
4 households 
64 
8 
21 
15 
6 
5 
4 
1 
4 
5 or more households 
58 
4 
12 
13 
4 
10 
9 
1 
5 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
8,739 
2,461 
3,509 
1,953 
280 
328 
190 
18 
- 
acres 
661,285 
98,821 
129,495 
111,178 
56,118 
121,604 
117,489 
26,580 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,170 
196 
388 
293 
51 
103 
54 
4 
81 
acres 
143,956 
10,381 
21,794 
15,131 
8,730 
37,262 
36,765 
2,130 
11,763 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
7,329 
2,244 
3,073 
1,593 
183 
170 
64 
2 
- 
acres 
427,216 
82,575 
103,662 
89,150 
(D) 
69,689 
40,068 
(D) 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
787 
140 
207 
155 
34 
58 
41 
2 
150 
acres 
109,138 
8,297 
12,980 
(D) 
5,278 
22,477 
(D) 
(D) 
15,644 
Registered under state law 
farms 
655 
109 
167 
139 
28 
54 
38 
2 
118 
acres 
96,926 
7,124 
9,217 
8,010 
(D) 
20,456 
33,197 
(D) 
13,522 
Corporation 
farms 
824 
62 
207 
189 
62 
94 
84 
13 
113 
acres 
155,725 
3,726 
11,772 
11,899 
9,423 
25,571 
42,826 
24,356 
26,152 
Family held 
farms 
734 
56 
178 
174 
60 
89 
79 
13 
85 
acres 
143,526 
(D) 
10,734 
9,783 
(D) 
23,877 
38,742 
24,356 
23,273 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
14 
4 
2 
- 
- 
- 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
720 
56 
174 
172 
60 
89 
79 
13 
77 
Other than family held 
farms 
90 
6 
29 
15 
2 
5 
5 
_ 
28 
acres 
12,199 
(D) 
1,038 
2,116 
(D) 
1,694 
4,084 
- 
2,879 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
88 
6 
29 
15 
2 
4 
4 
28 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
131 
15 
22 
16 
1 
6 
1 
1 
69 
acres 
22,978 
4,223 
1,081 
(D) 
(D) 
3,867 
(D) 
(D) 
1 1 ,976 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 427 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
