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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
510 
885 
736 
808 
1,184 
1,585 
Female 
101 
165 
226 
231 
337 
647 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
330 
514 
448 
432 
560 
914 
Other 
281 
536 
514 
607 
961 
1,318 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
467 
832 
801 
906 
1,326 
1,938 
Not on farm operated 
144 
218 
161 
133 
195 
294 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
227 
347 
316 
356 
480 
668 
Any 
384 
703 
646 
683 
1,041 
1,564 
1 to 49 days 
41 
101 
95 
120 
152 
234 
50 to 99 days 
54 
62 
35 
35 
90 
114 
100 to 199 days 
54 
132 
154 
134 
170 
259 
200 days or more 
235 
408 
362 
394 
629 
957 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
6 
30 
17 
13 
28 
58 
3 or 4 years 
31 
44 
32 
32 
53 
101 
5 to 9 years 
77 
132 
146 
145 
253 
356 
10 years or more 
497 
844 
767 
849 
1,187 
1,717 
Average years on present farm 
23.8 
22.7 
22.4 
22.6 
21.4 
19.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
5 
26 
8 
11 
21 
45 
3 or 4 years 
24 
37 
29 
25 
45 
74 
5 to 9 years 
64 
105 
130 
134 
224 
324 
10 years or more 
518 
882 
795 
869 
1,231 
1,789 
Average years operating any farm 
25.8 
24.6 
24.1 
24.1 
22.9 
20.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
3 
- 
2 
2 
- 
25 to 34 years 
23 
20 
9 
21 
33 
34 
35 to 44 years 
49 
72 
69 
68 
97 
180 
45 to 49 years 
40 
109 
75 
116 
152 
256 
50 to 54 years 
80 
189 
134 
119 
236 
341 
55 to 59 years 
110 
178 
166 
168 
223 
406 
60 to 64 years 
87 
136 
130 
159 
210 
324 
65 to 69 years 
89 
119 
125 
155 
184 
280 
70 years and over 
133 
224 
254 
231 
384 
411 
Average age 
59.8 
59.4 
61.1 
60.4 
60.3 
59.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
9 
29 
6 
20 
31 
34 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
1 
1 
3 
9 
Asian 
6 
14 
8 
7 
9 
24 
Black or African American 
2 
7 
5 
10 
14 
15 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
3 
- 
3 
1 
White 
602 
1,023 
944 
1,017 
1,487 
2,178 
More than one race reported 
1 
6 
1 
4 
5 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
89 
124 
131 
109 
230 
295 
2 people 
245 
476 
444 
521 
669 
958 
3 people 
110 
195 
143 
171 
232 
410 
4 people 
96 
151 
141 
140 
239 
338 
5 or more people 
71 
104 
103 
98 
151 
231 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
445 
836 
874 
958 
1,450 
2,028 
25 to 49 percent 
57 
97 
36 
24 
17 
58 
50 to 74 percent 
51 
60 
36 
35 
35 
65 
75 to 99 percent 
33 
20 
7 
7 
8 
26 
100 percent 
25 
37 
9 
15 
11 
55 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
29 
32 
17 
21 
22 
52 
acres 
5,629 
3,170 
1,012 
1,430 
582 
2,822 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
457 
806 
723 
776 
1,110 
1,745 
Dial-up service 
32 
54 
44 
53 
64 
103 
DSL service 
90 
205 
166 
214 
346 
465 
Cable modem service 
237 
391 
364 
348 
516 
853 
Fiber-optic service 
65 
108 
89 
86 
106 
203 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
70 
108 
88 
92 
110 
214 
Satellite service 
24 
54 
41 
41 
69 
105 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
8 
14 
20 
22 
18 
37 
Other Internet service 
3 
7 
5 
5 
2 
7 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
523 
900 
841 
926 
1,425 
2,045 
2 households 
67 
132 
101 
96 
85 
157 
3 households 
12 
9 
10 
6 
4 
21 
4 households 
4 
6 
4 
10 
6 
5 
5 or more households 
5 
3 
6 
1 
1 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
New Jersey 121 
