Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
9,071 
100.0 
10,327 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
715,057 
100.0 
733,450 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
7,107 
78.3 
8,138 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
456,751 
63.9 
488,697 
summer fallow 
farms 
237 
2.6 
190 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
6,575 
72.5 
7,180 
acres 
4,389 
0.6 
3,120 
acres 
408,993 
57.2 
415,542 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
4,512 
49.7 
4,803 
1 to 49 acres 
5,223 
57.6 
5,820 
acres 
132,940 
18.6 
131,312 
1 to 9 acres 
3,017 
33.3 
3,516 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
942 
10.4 
1,026 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
1,194 
13.2 
1,297 
acres 
10,923 
1.5 
1 1 ,473 
20 to 29 acres 
519 
5.7 
501 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
3,885 
42.8 
4,145 
30 to 49 acres 
493 
5.4 
506 
acres 
122,017 
17.1 
119,839 
50 to 99 acres 
507 
5.6 
500 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
369 
4.1 
353 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
292 
3.2 
314 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
4,362 
48.1 
4,246 
500 to 999 acres 
124 
1.4 
133 
acres 
64,304 
9.0 
54,007 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
50 
0.6 
55 
2,000 acres or more 
10 
0.1 
5 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
6,930 
76.4 
6,658 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
61,062 
8.5 
59,434 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
805 
8.9 
1,808 
acres 
16,926 
2.4 
39,980 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
1,388 
15.3 
1,533 
acres 
30,832 
4.3 
33,175 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
157 
(X) 
143 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
2,620 
(X) 
5,976 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
925 
10.2 
1,142 
acres 
21,321 
3.0 
24,560 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
627 
(X) 
638 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
426 
4.7 
392 
acres 
178,379 
(X) 
165,242 
acres 
5,122 
0.7 
5,495 
16 New Jersey 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
