Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
7,239 
5,845 
646 
537 
Female 
1,832 
1,484 
141 
118 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
4,493 
3,436 
458 
389 
Other 
4,578 
3,893 
329 
266 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
7,408 
6,246 
572 
468 
Not on farm operated 
1,663 
1,083 
215 
187 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
3,369 
2,590 
340 
279 
Any 
5,702 
4,739 
447 
376 
1 to 49 days 
855 
721 
64 
52 
50 to 99 days 
460 
382 
24 
21 
100 to 199 days 
1,018 
843 
96 
84 
200 days or more 
3,369 
2,793 
263 
219 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
178 
140 
18 
15 
3 or 4 years 
336 
260 
35 
33 
5 to 9 years 
1,241 
986 
148 
136 
1 0 years or more 
7,316 
5,943 
586 
471 
Average years on present farm 
22.4 
22.5 
21.1 
20.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
129 
102 
15 
12 
3 or 4 years 
269 
203 
31 
29 
5 to 9 years 
1,071 
870 
116 
108 
10 years or more 
7,602 
6,154 
625 
506 
Average years operating any farm 
24.1 
24.2 
23.1 
22.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
7 
1 
1 
25 to 34 years 
199 
148 
31 
29 
35 to 44 years 
690 
525 
73 
64 
45 to 49 years 
914 
724 
77 
63 
50 to 54 years 
1,352 
1,067 
109 
95 
55 to 59 years 
1,532 
1,204 
150 
125 
60 to 64 years 
1,311 
1,024 
131 
109 
65 to 69 years 
1,160 
990 
93 
76 
70 years and over 
1,904 
1,640 
122 
93 
Average age 
59.5 
60.0 
57.7 
57.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
144 
109 
20 
17 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
14 
13 
1 
- 
Asian 
110 
70 
11 
9 
Black or African American 
53 
47 
2 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
8 
7 
- 
- 
White 
8,859 
7,169 
770 
642 
More than one race reported 
27 
23 
3 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,171 
985 
82 
74 
2 people 
4,013 
3,257 
353 
284 
3 people 
1,529 
1,209 
132 
105 
4 people 
1,380 
1,121 
117 
101 
5 or more people 
978 
757 
103 
91 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
7,148 
6,080 
514 
421 
25 to 49 percent 
448 
330 
48 
43 
50 to 74 percent 
594 
411 
90 
81 
75 to 99 percent 
359 
206 
56 
45 
100 percent 
522 
302 
79 
65 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
342 
126 
53 
46 
acres 
60,069 
13,797 
5,936 
4,014 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
6,953 
5,491 
624 
522 
Dial-up service 
433 
356 
44 
38 
DSL service 
1,789 
1,458 
159 
124 
Cable modem service 
3,404 
2,608 
315 
268 
Fiber-optic service 
802 
622 
74 
67 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
898 
696 
92 
84 
Satellite service 
419 
331 
46 
42 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
146 
112 
8 
6 
Other Internet service 
41 
35 
1 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
7,837 
6,588 
532 
433 
2 households 
958 
620 
193 
167 
3 households 
154 
56 
42 
36 
4 households 
64 
42 
10 
10 
5 or more households 
58 
23 
10 
9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
146 New Jersey 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
