Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
4,440 
4 
87 
363 
1,338 
1,438 
1,210 
acres 
178,352 
(D) 
(D) 
12,552 
55,191 
55,202 
52,156 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
502 
1 
22 
59 
176 
160 
84 
acres 
33,082 
(D) 
(D) 
3,001 
9,668 
11,991 
(D) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
3,893 
3 
73 
321 
1,169 
1,245 
1,082 
acres 
133,015 
(D) 
(D) 
11,249 
39,393 
40,608 
39,099 
Partnership 
farms 
329 
1 
9 
25 
95 
128 
71 
acres 
23,020 
(D) 
(D) 
845 
7,053 
8,670 
5,991 
Registered under state law 
farms 
266 
1 
9 
24 
75 
99 
58 
acres 
18,288 
(D) 
(D) 
840 
5,181 
6,655 
5,151 
Corporation 
farms 
290 
- 
8 
19 
92 
100 
71 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
7,301 
12,675 
9,702 
Family held 
farms 
245 
- 
5 
14 
72 
93 
61 
acres 
(D) 
- 
64 
(D) 
(D) 
12,207 
7,993 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
8 
- 
1 
1 
3 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
237 
- 
4 
14 
71 
90 
58 
Other than family held 
farms 
45 
- 
3 
5 
20 
7 
10 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(□) 
(D) 
(D) 
468 
1,709 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
45 
- 
3 
5 
20 
7 
10 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
66 
1 
7 
24 
18 
16 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
5,763 
2,580 
2,148 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
953 
1 
34 
64 
274 
298 
282 
workers 
4,593 
(D) 
(D) 
278 
2,216 
927 
1,072 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
507 
1 
21 
33 
151 
162 
139 
workers 
1,692 
(D) 
(D) 
101 
459 
443 
641 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
662 
21 
47 
199 
204 
191 
workers 
2,901 
- 
52 
177 
1,757 
484 
431 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
25 
. 
. 
2 
11 
5 
7 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
2,474 
2 
54 
187 
775 
829 
627 
workers 
5,511 
(D) 
(D) 
464 
1,839 
1,795 
1,299 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,310 
42 
121 
380 
445 
322 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,351 
3 
32 
183 
724 
750 
659 
50 to 69 acres 
282 
- 
1 
28 
85 
90 
78 
70 to 99 acres 
226 
- 
9 
9 
64 
72 
72 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
169 
- 
1 
8 
59 
53 
48 
140 to 1 79 acres 
83 
- 
2 
13 
24 
27 
17 
180 to 219 acres 
38 
- 
4 
3 
11 
9 
11 
220 to 259 acres 
24 
- 
- 
2 
9 
11 
2 
260 to 499 acres 
55 
1 
- 
4 
11 
22 
17 
500 to 999 acres 
24 
- 
- 
1 
8 
6 
9 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
11 
- 
- 
- 
3 
5 
3 
2,000 acres or more 
5 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
510 
1 
19 
53 
176 
140 
121 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
308 
- 
2 
34 
81 
117 
74 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
248 
- 
4 
24 
71 
88 
61 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
771 
. 
22 
57 
228 
240 
224 
Other crop farming (1119) 
913 
1 
18 
47 
257 
293 
297 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
913 
1 
18 
47 
257 
293 
297 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
403 
- 
5 
35 
121 
105 
137 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
8 
- 
- 
1 
3 
1 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
39 
- 
1 
7 
11 
7 
13 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
280 
- 
4 
35 
69 
96 
76 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
347 
2 
2 
19 
110 
127 
87 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
750 
- 
14 
60 
253 
277 
146 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
586 
12 
62 
187 
155 
170 
number 
6,234 
- 
91 
332 
1,907 
1,459 
2,445 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
427 
10 
53 
135 
111 
118 
1 0 to 49 
139 
- 
2 
9 
45 
39 
44 
50 to 99 
15 
- 
- 
- 
6 
4 
5 
1 00 to 1 99 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
New Jersey 203 
