Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
655 
585 
573 
70 
68 
93 
Female 
169 
149 
147 
20 
20 
38 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
534 
489 
483 
45 
43 
65 
Other 
290 
245 
237 
45 
45 
66 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
515 
474 
465 
41 
40 
75 
Not on farm operated 
309 
260 
255 
49 
48 
56 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
391 
357 
351 
34 
34 
48 
Any 
433 
377 
369 
56 
54 
83 
1 to 49 days 
61 
57 
56 
4 
3 
9 
50 to 99 days 
44 
37 
37 
7 
7 
10 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
65 
55 
54 
10 
10 
14 
200 days or more 
263 
228 
222 
35 
34 
50 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
15 
13 
13 
2 
2 
5 
3 or 4 years 
32 
28 
28 
4 
4 
9 
5 to 9 years 
86 
72 
71 
14 
13 
21 
10 years or more 
691 
621 
608 
70 
69 
96 
Average years on present farm 
22.5 
22.8 
22.8 
20.0 
(D) 
20.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
7 
6 
6 
1 
1 
5 
3 or 4 years 
26 
22 
22 
4 
4 
9 
5 to 9 years 
67 
55 
54 
12 
11 
18 
10 years or more 
724 
651 
638 
73 
72 
99 
Average years operating any farm 
24.9 
25.3 
25.3 
21.7 
(D) 
22.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
19 
13 
12 
6 
6 
1 
35 to 44 years 
78 
69 
67 
9 
9 
14 
45 to 49 years 
98 
86 
86 
12 
12 
15 
50 to 54 years 
147 
129 
127 
18 
18 
29 
55 to 59 years 
155 
140 
139 
15 
15 
23 
60 to 64 years 
137 
123 
120 
14 
12 
19 
65 to 69 years 
71 
66 
62 
5 
5 
6 
70 years and over 
118 
107 
106 
11 
11 
24 
Average age 
57.1 
57.3 
57.3 
55.1 
(D) 
57.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
13 
11 
11 
2 
2 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
28 
24 
24 
4 
4 
1 
Black or African American 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
White 
792 
706 
692 
86 
84 
128 
More than one race reported 
1 
1 
1 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
86 
69 
68 
17 
17 
18 
2 people 
346 
311 
300 
35 
33 
57 
3 people 
167 
151 
150 
16 
16 
21 
4 people 
120 
108 
107 
12 
12 
22 
5 or more people 
105 
95 
95 
10 
10 
13 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
450 
396 
384 
54 
53 
104 
25 to 49 percent 
64 
59 
59 
5 
5 
6 
50 to 74 percent 
90 
79 
78 
11 
11 
3 
75 to 99 percent 
92 
86 
86 
6 
5 
5 
100 percent 
128 
114 
113 
14 
14 
13 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
119 
103 
99 
16 
16 
44 
acres 
(D) 
27,772 
26,639 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
726 
652 
640 
74 
72 
112 
Dial-up service 
32 
23 
23 
9 
9 
1 
DSL service 
144 
122 
118 
22 
22 
28 
Cable modem service 
421 
389 
382 
32 
30 
60 
Fiber-optic service 
88 
74 
74 
14 
14 
18 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
97 
83 
82 
14 
14 
13 
Satellite service 
34 
31 
31 
3 
3 
8 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
25 
24 
24 
1 
1 
1 
Other Internet service 
2 
2 
2 
" 
- 
3 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
610 
542 
529 
68 
67 
107 
2 households 
127 
116 
116 
11 
11 
18 
3 households 
53 
47 
46 
6 
5 
3 
4 households 
11 
10 
10 
1 
1 
1 
5 or more households 
23 
19 
19 
4 
4 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
New Jersey 147 
