Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
7,408 
135 
138 
186 
277 
391 
Not on farm operated 
1,663 
81 
73 
78 
151 
133 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
3,369 
169 
159 
169 
247 
226 
Any 
5,702 
47 
52 
95 
181 
298 
1 to 49 days 
855 
2 
3 
13 
29 
64 
50 to 99 days 
460 
- 
3 
8 
18 
41 
100 to 199 days 
1,018 
3 
6 
18 
26 
60 
200 days or more 
3,369 
42 
40 
56 
108 
133 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
178 
2 
3 
5 
6 
9 
3 or 4 years 
336 
3 
5 
16 
13 
6 
5 to 9 years 
1,241 
11 
14 
20 
38 
47 
10 years or more 
7,316 
200 
189 
223 
371 
462 
Average years on present farm 
22.4 
28.7 
28.3 
27.0 
25.4 
25.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
129 
1 
- 
5 
1 
5 
3 or 4 years 
269 
3 
4 
11 
13 
4 
5 to 9 years 
1,071 
4 
11 
11 
22 
40 
10 years or more 
7,602 
208 
196 
237 
392 
475 
Average years operating any farm 
24.1 
31.4 
30.6 
29.5 
27.7 
27.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
25 to 34 years 
199 
6 
2 
13 
19 
18 
35 to 44 years 
690 
19 
29 
20 
37 
49 
45 to 49 years 
914 
25 
16 
29 
49 
47 
50 to 54 years 
1,352 
37 
31 
39 
73 
70 
55 to 59 years 
1,532 
39 
34 
47 
75 
83 
60 to 64 years 
1,311 
46 
42 
45 
65 
66 
65 to 69 years 
1,160 
23 
32 
25 
48 
79 
70 years and over 
1,904 
21 
25 
46 
61 
111 
Average age 
59.5 
56.9 
57.7 
58.0 
56.8 
59.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
144 
2 
1 
2 
6 
4 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
110 
9 
4 
4 
13 
12 
Black or African American 
53 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
8 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
White 
8,859 
206 
206 
260 
413 
510 
More than one race reported 
27 
1 
- 
- 
2 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,171 
14 
22 
20 
47 
88 
2 people 
4,013 
91 
85 
118 
171 
229 
3 people 
1,529 
28 
35 
50 
83 
69 
4 people 
1,380 
44 
36 
41 
67 
86 
5 or more people 
978 
39 
33 
35 
60 
52 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
7,148 
22 
35 
67 
146 
282 
25 to 49 percent 
448 
7 
25 
23 
51 
48 
50 to 74 percent 
594 
34 
45 
47 
85 
98 
75 to 99 percent 
359 
60 
32 
49 
64 
53 
1 00 percent 
522 
93 
74 
78 
82 
43 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
342 
36 
33 
21 
37 
42 
acres 
60,069 
19,939 
11,495 
3,724 
5,511 
4,755 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
6,953 
201 
191 
206 
321 
408 
Dial-up service 
433 
15 
8 
11 
16 
33 
DSL service 
1,789 
32 
52 
37 
70 
109 
Cable modem service 
3,404 
117 
107 
107 
167 
195 
Fiber-optic service 
802 
22 
15 
20 
36 
51 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
898 
47 
28 
30 
50 
61 
Satellite service 
419 
13 
7 
23 
26 
14 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
146 
5 
5 
3 
6 
8 
Other Internet service 
41 
3 
1 
1 
1 
5 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
7,837 
105 
125 
192 
320 
424 
2 households 
958 
67 
59 
42 
78 
72 
3 households 
154 
27 
15 
20 
16 
14 
4 households 
64 
6 
2 
7 
6 
8 
5 or more households 
58 
11 
10 
3 
8 
6 
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 
193 
194 
252 
389 
499 
acres 
661,285 
138,270 
73,802 
79,947 
67,454 
44,928 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,170 
63 
70 
54 
84 
86 
acres 
143,956 
42,716 
26,743 
14,998 
12,819 
9,543 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
94 New Jersey 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
