Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
175 
113 
80 
224 
133 
60 
15 
Not on farm operated 
71 
36 
24 
64 
49 
20 
5 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
107 
73 
67 
173 
137 
60 
13 
Any 
139 
76 
37 
115 
45 
20 
7 
1 to 49 days 
18 
16 
5 
22 
8 
2 
- 
50 to 99 days 
12 
8 
1 
10 
3 
- 
2 
100 to 199 days 
26 
9 
7 
25 
3 
1 
2 
200 days or more 
83 
43 
24 
58 
31 
17 
3 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
8 
6 
- 
4 
3 
1 
- 
3 or 4 years 
4 
3 
5 
13 
2 
- 
- 
5 to 9 years 
15 
11 
5 
20 
11 
2 
2 
1 0 years or more 
219 
129 
94 
251 
166 
77 
18 
Average years on present farm 
27.1 
25.8 
31.7 
28.0 
30.5 
28.2 
30.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
4 
4 
- 
2 
1 
1 
- 
3 or 4 years 
4 
- 
3 
12 
3 
- 
- 
5 to 9 years 
12 
8 
2 
13 
9 
2 
2 
10 years or more 
226 
137 
99 
261 
169 
77 
18 
Average years operating any farm 
30.0 
29.1 
34.3 
30.7 
32.8 
30.4 
31.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
4 
7 
- 
13 
7 
1 
1 
35 to 44 years 
19 
10 
6 
23 
11 
7 
2 
45 to 49 years 
25 
19 
5 
26 
12 
7 
1 
50 to 54 years 
35 
19 
19 
37 
40 
10 
3 
55 to 59 years 
33 
19 
19 
54 
33 
15 
6 
60 to 64 years 
39 
25 
20 
42 
22 
22 
3 
65 to 69 years 
36 
20 
8 
35 
23 
13 
2 
70 years and over 
55 
30 
27 
57 
34 
5 
2 
Average age 
60.4 
58.7 
61.8 
58.8 
58.7 
57.9 
57.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
2 
3 
- 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
2 
1 
2 
3 
4 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
241 
147 
102 
284 
178 
79 
20 
More than one race reported 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
40 
9 
7 
33 
27 
7 
1 
2 people 
111 
81 
50 
111 
85 
41 
9 
3 people 
39 
16 
18 
47 
26 
9 
3 
4 people 
35 
24 
14 
52 
25 
11 
5 
5 or more people 
21 
19 
15 
45 
19 
12 
2 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
142 
77 
51 
93 
47 
18 
8 
25 to 49 percent 
17 
8 
5 
25 
10 
6 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
37 
23 
19 
55 
27 
12 
2 
75 to 99 percent 
25 
18 
15 
44 
30 
14 
2 
100 percent 
25 
23 
14 
71 
68 
30 
6 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
16 
13 
9 
30 
27 
10 
1 
acres 
2,521 
2,616 
2,140 
9,975 
18,462 
14,802 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
185 
119 
77 
220 
153 
75 
19 
Dial-up service 
16 
12 
2 
15 
7 
13 
- 
DSL service 
49 
25 
16 
65 
30 
13 
2 
Cable modem service 
86 
70 
46 
104 
75 
34 
12 
Fiber-optic service 
15 
6 
7 
11 
15 
11 
2 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
32 
17 
10 
38 
35 
16 
3 
Satellite service 
14 
10 
5 
25 
12 
9 
1 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1 
2 
2 
1 
5 
1 
- 
Other Internet service 
5 
1 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
201 
122 
84 
183 
116 
44 
10 
2 households 
37 
20 
14 
83 
38 
26 
6 
3 households 
3 
3 
4 
16 
18 
5 
2 
4 households 
2 
1 
1 
3 
6 
1 
1 
5 or more households 
3 
3 
1 
3 
4 
4 
1 
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 
241 
143 
93 
265 
157 
74 
18 
acres 
37,494 
28,170 
21,955 
92,756 
104,125 
100,494 
54,831 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
New Jersey 69 
