Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
9,071 
10,327 
14 
20 
110 
89 
53 
62 
Land in farms 
acres 
715,057 
733,450 
462 
450 
7,217 
5,816 
1,038 
(D) 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,237 
2,950 
4 
7 
36 
28 
29 
17 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,221 
4,814 
8 
10 
37 
39 
17 
37 
50 to 179 acres 
1,790 
1,675 
1 
3 
27 
11 
7 
8 
1 80 to 499 acres 
541 
589 
1 
- 
6 
9 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
282 
299 
- 
- 
4 
2 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
8,564 
9,717 
14 
20 
101 
83 
47 
59 
acres 
447,860 
448,601 
(D) 
(D) 
5,896 
4,868 
(D) 
1,185 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,870 
1,976 
2 
1 
21 
11 
10 
10 
acres 
267,197 
284,849 
(D) 
(D) 
1,321 
948 
(D) 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
7,201 
8,351 
12 
19 
89 
78 
43 
52 
acres 
303,904 
310,100 
(D) 
(D) 
4,810 
3,947 
646 
912 
Part owners 
farms 
1,363 
1,366 
2 
1 
12 
5 
4 
7 
acres 
353,109 
350,079 
(D) 
(D) 
1,876 
(D) 
(D) 
623 
Tenants 
farms 
507 
610 
9 
6 
6 
3 
acres 
58,044 
73,271 
- 
" 
531 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
9,071 
10,327 
14 
20 
110 
89 
53 
62 
$1,000 
1,014,532 
993,874 
17 
(D) 
25,442 
14,273 
285 
707 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
9,071 
10,327 
14 
20 
110 
89 
53 
62 
$1,000 
1,006,936 
986,885 
17 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
233 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
5,812 
6,505 
7 
17 
81 
73 
22 
33 
$1,000 
890,767 
851,653 
5 
(D) 
24,730 
14,094 
(D) 
645 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
3,579 
4,017 
6 
5 
30 
24 
25 
23 
$1,000 
116,169 
135,233 
12 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
1,036 
857 
- 
- 
5 
4 
5 
6 
$1,000 
7,596 
6,988 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
51 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,232 
3,124 
9 
3 
24 
7 
15 
24 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,521 
1,777 
3 
6 
9 
7 
14 
9 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,039 
998 
1 
- 
7 
7 
10 
7 
$5,000 to $9,999 
962 
1,032 
1 
4 
8 
15 
5 
8 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,050 
1,108 
- 
4 
14 
20 
7 
6 
$25,000 to $49,999 
611 
663 
- 
2 
6 
5 
2 
5 
$50,000 or more 
1,656 
1,625 
- 
1 
42 
28 
" 
3 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
19 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
_ 
$1,000 
922 
668 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
157 
143 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
$1,000 
196 
315 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
984 
810 
- 
- 
5 
3 
4 
5 
$1,000 
7,399 
6,673 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,115 
639 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 
6 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
791 
953 
1 
2 
28 
29 
6 
18 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
537 
706 
- 
3 
18 
14 
2 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,565 
2,123 
2 
5 
24 
24 
6 
4 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
1,521 
1,873 
3 
7 
13 
2 
5 
7 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
1,521 
1,873 
3 
7 
13 
2 
5 
7 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
701 
704 
- 
- 
1 
2 
8 
9 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
9 
75 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
76 
123 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
60 
95 
1 
1 
1 
- 
5 
5 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
455 
405 
- 
2 
8 
7 
3 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1 124) 
630 
669 
2 
- 
1 
2 
4 
4 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,611 
1,962 
5 
- 
16 
8 
9 
9 
-continued 
46 New Jersey 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
