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) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
1,352 
178 
113 
71 
265 
196 
- 
55 to 59 years 
1,532 
164 
165 
92 
248 
244 
- 
60 to 64 years 
1,311 
127 
116 
90 
241 
231 
- 
65 to 69 years 
1,160 
153 
81 
73 
202 
203 
- 
70 years and over 
1,904 
266 
163 
109 
307 
392 
- 
Average age 
59.5 
59.5 
59.3 
60.0 
59.3 
61.4 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
144 
8 
15 
13 
18 
14 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
14 
- 
1 
- 
2 
3 
- 
Asian 
110 
- 
28 
18 
24 
13 
- 
Black or African American 
53 
5 
6 
2 
6 
5 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
8 
- 
1 
- 
3 
1 
- 
White 
8,859 
1,106 
750 
517 
1,525 
1,495 
- 
More than one race reported 
27 
4 
5 
- 
5 
4 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,171 
160 
108 
68 
189 
213 
- 
2 people 
4,013 
482 
346 
203 
692 
743 
- 
3 people 
1,529 
187 
141 
116 
251 
219 
- 
4 people 
1,380 
179 
118 
75 
260 
214 
- 
5 or more people 
978 
107 
78 
75 
173 
132 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
7,148 
739 
508 
398 
1,103 
1,344 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
448 
100 
54 
30 
85 
54 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
594 
117 
93 
38 
129 
62 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
359 
78 
49 
30 
114 
18 
- 
100 percent 
522 
81 
87 
41 
134 
43 
" 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
342 
43 
43 
29 
75 
39 
- 
acres 
60,069 
11,815 
10,814 
9,811 
5,660 
10,767 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
6,953 
757 
601 
422 
1,252 
1,050 
- 
Dial-up service 
433 
49 
36 
24 
73 
72 
- 
DSL service 
1,789 
166 
130 
96 
275 
314 
- 
Cable modem service 
3,404 
345 
321 
232 
669 
468 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
802 
79 
89 
50 
189 
92 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
898 
119 
104 
62 
122 
129 
- 
Satellite service 
419 
70 
24 
26 
38 
76 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
146 
9 
11 
6 
27 
22 
- 
Other Internet service 
41 
4 
7 
1 
4 
8 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
7,837 
925 
609 
441 
1,300 
1,346 
- 
2 households 
958 
153 
138 
71 
176 
145 
- 
3 households 
154 
25 
25 
14 
43 
17 
- 
4 households 
64 
12 
11 
3 
18 
11 
- 
5 or more households 
58 
8 
8 
28 
2 
- 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption farms 
8,739 
1,092 
753 
515 
1,488 
1,474 
- 
acres 
661,285 
211,522 
71,852 
59,952 
65,299 
118,917 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,170 
109 
124 
86 
213 
147 
- 
acres 
143,956 
42,588 
29,613 
11,436 
13,369 
19,111 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
7,329 
968 
598 
402 
1,124 
1,337 
- 
acres 
427,216 
156,328 
34,699 
19,850 
30,017 
91,295 
- 
Partnership farms 
787 
83 
89 
57 
160 
95 
- 
acres 
109,138 
30,639 
22,709 
7,757 
9,794 
16,219 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
655 
74 
70 
53 
138 
71 
- 
acres 
96,926 
28,302 
19,860 
7,588 
8,833 
13,654 
- 
Corporation farms 
824 
60 
92 
70 
260 
62 
- 
acres 
155,725 
29,816 
23,885 
36,043 
29,372 
12,470 
- 
Family held farms 
734 
58 
82 
68 
226 
56 
- 
acres 
143,526 
(D) 
20,782 
(D) 
25,044 
10,493 
- 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
14 
1 
1 
1 
6 
- 
10 or less stockholders farms 
720 
57 
81 
68 
225 
50 
- 
Other than family held farms 
90 
2 
10 
2 
34 
6 
- 
acres 
12,199 
(D) 
3,103 
(D) 
4,328 
1,977 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 New Jersey 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
