Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
7,239 
217 
205 
254 
402 
453 
Female 
1,832 
1 
7 
13 
31 
73 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
4,493 
201 
198 
228 
335 
333 
Other 
4,578 
17 
14 
39 
98 
193 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
7,408 
137 
139 
188 
282 
392 
Not on farm operated 
1,663 
81 
73 
79 
151 
134 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
3,369 
169 
162 
172 
249 
223 
Any 
5,702 
49 
50 
95 
184 
303 
1 to 49 days 
855 
2 
3 
13 
29 
65 
50 to 99 days 
460 
- 
3 
8 
18 
41 
100 to 199 days 
1,018 
3 
6 
18 
28 
60 
200 days or more 
3,369 
44 
38 
56 
109 
137 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
178 
2 
3 
5 
6 
10 
3 or 4 years 
336 
3 
5 
16 
13 
6 
5 to 9 years 
1,241 
12 
13 
21 
37 
49 
10 years or more 
7,316 
201 
191 
225 
377 
461 
Average years on present farm 
22.4 
28.7 
28.3 
26.9 
25.7 
25.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
129 
1 
- 
5 
1 
6 
3 or 4 years 
269 
3 
4 
11 
13 
4 
5 to 9 years 
1,071 
5 
10 
12 
21 
42 
10 years or more 
7,602 
209 
198 
239 
398 
474 
Average years operating any farm 
24.1 
31.4 
30.5 
29.4 
28.1 
27.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
25 to 34 years 
199 
6 
2 
14 
18 
19 
35 to 44 years 
690 
19 
29 
21 
37 
49 
45 to 49 years 
914 
25 
16 
30 
48 
47 
50 to 54 years 
1,352 
37 
31 
39 
75 
71 
55 to 59 years 
1,532 
39 
35 
47 
75 
85 
60 to 64 years 
1,311 
46 
42 
45 
65 
67 
65 to 69 years 
1,160 
24 
32 
24 
51 
77 
70 years and over 
1,904 
22 
25 
47 
63 
110 
Average age 
59.5 
57.0 
57.7 
57.9 
57.0 
59.1 
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 
208 
207 
263 
418 
512 
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 
21 
49 
87 
2 people 
4,013 
93 
86 
118 
172 
231 
3 people 
1,529 
28 
35 
50 
85 
70 
4 people 
1,380 
44 
36 
43 
65 
87 
5 or more people 
978 
39 
33 
35 
62 
51 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
7,148 
22 
36 
68 
149 
282 
25 to 49 percent 
448 
8 
24 
23 
51 
53 
50 to 74 percent 
594 
35 
44 
47 
89 
97 
75 to 99 percent 
359 
60 
33 
49 
65 
51 
1 00 percent 
522 
93 
75 
80 
79 
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 
203 
191 
208 
323 
411 
Dial-up service 
433 
15 
8 
12 
15 
33 
DSL service 
1,789 
32 
54 
37 
69 
111 
Cable modem service 
3,404 
117 
107 
108 
169 
194 
Fiber-optic service 
802 
22 
15 
20 
37 
51 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
898 
49 
26 
30 
51 
60 
Satellite service 
419 
13 
8 
22 
26 
16 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
146 
6 
4 
3 
6 
8 
Other Internet service 
41 
3 
1 
1 
1 
6 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
7,837 
105 
126 
196 
323 
427 
2 households 
958 
69 
58 
41 
81 
71 
3 households 
154 
27 
15 
20 
16 
14 
4 households 
64 
6 
3 
7 
5 
8 
5 or more households 
58 
11 
10 
3 
8 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 New Jersey 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
