Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[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 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
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 
8,739 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
103 
(NA) 
52 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
1,170 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
7,329 
8,679 
13 
17 
70 
61 
47 
52 
Partnerships 
787 
726 
1 
2 
11 
1 
2 
5 
Corporations 
824 
829 
- 
- 
28 
26 
2 
2 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
131 
93 
- 
1 
1 
1 
2 
3 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
4,726 
5,509 
8 
7 
32 
35 
34 
39 
2 operators 
3,609 
4,027 
3 
12 
66 
46 
16 
19 
3 operators 
587 
653 
1 
- 
10 
7 
3 
4 
4 operators 
100 
91 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
49 
47 
- 
" 
2 
1 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4,237 
4,877 
4 
15 
58 
46 
20 
18 
2 operators 
329 
355 
- 
- 
11 
2 
- 
1 
3 operators 
29 
22 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
2 
8 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
5 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
6,953 
6,495 
12 
10 
90 
50 
40 
29 
Dial-up 
433 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
DSL service 
1,789 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
22 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
3,404 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
54 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
802 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
898 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
419 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
146 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
41 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
342 
356 
- 
2 
7 
6 
2 
2 
acres 
60,069 
60,895 
(D) 
1,670 
747 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
7,837 
8,778 
13 
17 
79 
60 
46 
54 
2 households 
958 
1,165 
1 
3 
23 
26 
7 
8 
3 households 
154 
258 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
4 households 
64 
67 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
58 
59 
" 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
7,148 
8,114 
13 
17 
66 
52 
48 
54 
25 to 49 percent 
448 
552 
1 
- 
8 
8 
- 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
594 
668 
- 
3 
10 
10 
3 
2 
75 to 99 percent 
359 
467 
- 
- 
4 
9 
2 
3 
100 percent 
522 
526 
- 
- 
22 
10 
- 
1 
-continued 
48 New Jersey 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
