Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
11 
3 
1 
4 
- 
2 
- 
Ethanol farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
5 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
7,201 
608 
543 
451 
1,357 
1,224 
_ 
Part owners farms 
1,363 
396 
191 
72 
140 
239 
- 
Tenants farms 
507 
111 
57 
14 
68 
58 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
8,576 
1,009 
736 
523 
1,498 
1,466 
_ 
acres 
476,798 
96,419 
42,257 
61,701 
58,972 
96,676 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
8,564 
1,004 
734 
523 
1,497 
1,463 
- 
acres 
447,860 
90,482 
40,553 
59,121 
55,070 
90,242 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
1,884 
511 
250 
86 
209 
300 
_ 
acres 
268,824 
128,491 
41,731 
6,489 
16,719 
38,295 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,870 
507 
248 
86 
208 
297 
- 
acres 
267,197 
128,004 
41,684 
6,489 
16,642 
37,999 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
763 
149 
58 
54 
117 
139 
_ 
acres 
30,565 
6,424 
1,751 
2,580 
3,979 
6,730 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
14,574 
1,540 
1,311 
1,065 
2,544 
2,257 
- 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
4,726 
751 
390 
249 
834 
899 
- 
2 operators 
3,609 
308 
302 
227 
586 
524 
- 
3 operators 
587 
51 
86 
46 
107 
86 
- 
4 operators 
100 
5 
9 
4 
24 
10 
- 
5 or more operators 
49 
- 
4 
11 
14 
2 
" 
Total women operators number 
5,028 
322 
429 
276 
770 
722 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4,237 
297 
343 
248 
637 
639 
- 
2 operators 
329 
11 
35 
14 
51 
37 
- 
3 operators 
29 
1 
2 
- 
3 
3 
- 
4 operators 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
" 
1 
" 
3 
- 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
7,239 
1,030 
660 
457 
1,361 
1,270 
- 
Female 
1,832 
85 
131 
80 
204 
251 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
4,493 
605 
483 
289 
794 
608 
- 
Other 
4,578 
510 
308 
248 
771 
913 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
7,408 
845 
623 
408 
1,178 
1,272 
- 
Not on farm operated 
1,663 
270 
168 
129 
387 
249 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
3,369 
486 
332 
215 
612 
511 
- 
Any 
5,702 
629 
459 
322 
953 
1,010 
- 
1 to 49 days 
855 
125 
69 
53 
160 
173 
- 
50 to 99 days 
460 
48 
41 
32 
104 
77 
- 
100 to 199 days 
1,018 
110 
92 
73 
168 
168 
- 
200 days or more 
3,369 
346 
257 
164 
521 
592 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
178 
33 
18 
6 
27 
25 
- 
3 or 4 years 
336 
31 
44 
22 
41 
57 
- 
5 to 9 years 
1,241 
146 
96 
81 
170 
200 
- 
1 0 years or more 
7,316 
905 
633 
428 
1,327 
1,239 
- 
Average years on present farm 
22.4 
26.0 
23.5 
21.8 
23.3 
23.2 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
129 
19 
12 
5 
20 
21 
- 
3 or 4 years 
269 
20 
33 
19 
38 
51 
- 
5 to 9 years 
1,071 
132 
75 
72 
141 
176 
- 
10 years or more 
7,602 
944 
671 
441 
1,366 
1,273 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
24.1 
28.4 
25.9 
23.4 
24.7 
25.0 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
4 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
25 to 34 years 
199 
37 
18 
6 
40 
29 
- 
35 to 44 years 
690 
102 
73 
38 
119 
72 
- 
45 to 49 years 
914 
84 
61 
58 
143 
153 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
172 New Jersey 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
