Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
7,239 
5,570 
1,237 
432 
3,848 
3,391 
Female 
1,832 
1,631 
126 
75 
878 
954 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
4,493 
3,239 
945 
309 
2,391 
2,102 
Other 
4,578 
3,962 
418 
198 
2,335 
2,243 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
7,408 
6,115 
1,084 
209 
3,747 
3,661 
Not on farm operated 
1,663 
1,086 
279 
298 
979 
684 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
3,369 
2,486 
653 
230 
1,791 
1,578 
Any 
5,702 
4,715 
710 
277 
2,935 
2,767 
1 to 49 days 
855 
722 
94 
39 
501 
354 
50 to 99 days 
460 
392 
51 
17 
243 
217 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
1,018 
836 
135 
47 
548 
470 
200 days or more 
3,369 
2,765 
430 
174 
1,643 
1,726 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
178 
146 
19 
13 
84 
94 
3 or 4 years 
336 
254 
37 
45 
161 
175 
5 to 9 years 
1,241 
1,050 
125 
66 
598 
643 
1 0 years or more 
7,316 
5,751 
1,182 
383 
3,883 
3,433 
Average years on present farm 
22.4 
21.6 
27.1 
20.3 
23.1 
21.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
129 
109 
9 
11 
64 
65 
3 or 4 years 
269 
213 
24 
32 
132 
137 
5 to 9 years 
1,071 
914 
107 
50 
527 
544 
1 0 years or more 
7,602 
5,965 
1,223 
414 
4,003 
3,599 
Average years operating any farm 
24.1 
23.2 
29.4 
22.8 
24.9 
23.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
9 
5 
1 
3 
5 
4 
25 to 34 years 
199 
129 
45 
25 
109 
90 
35 to 44 years 
690 
499 
124 
67 
351 
339 
45 to 49 years 
914 
717 
135 
62 
446 
468 
50 to 54 years 
1,352 
1,058 
195 
99 
683 
669 
55 to 59 years 
1,532 
1,215 
225 
92 
769 
763 
60 to 64 years 
1,311 
1,039 
221 
51 
648 
663 
65 to 69 years 
1,160 
951 
157 
52 
605 
555 
70 years and over 
1,904 
1,588 
260 
56 
1,110 
794 
Average age 
59.5 
60.0 
58.5 
54.4 
60.0 
58.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
144 
128 
12 
4 
77 
67 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
14 
12 
2 
- 
8 
6 
Asian 
110 
89 
12 
9 
32 
78 
Black or African American 
53 
43 
4 
6 
34 
19 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
8 
7 
1 
- 
3 
5 
White 
8,859 
7,031 
1,337 
491 
4,633 
4,226 
More than one race reported 
27 
19 
7 
1 
16 
11 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
1,171 
954 
141 
76 
1,001 
170 
2 people 
4,013 
3,228 
602 
183 
1,949 
2,064 
3 people 
1,529 
1,219 
224 
86 
688 
841 
4 people 
1,380 
1,067 
234 
79 
669 
711 
5 or more people 
978 
733 
162 
83 
419 
559 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
7,148 
6,136 
696 
316 
3,747 
3,401 
25 to 49 percent 
448 
283 
131 
34 
246 
202 
50 to 74 percent 
594 
355 
177 
62 
307 
287 
75 to 99 percent 
359 
186 
143 
30 
177 
182 
100 percent 
522 
241 
216 
65 
249 
273 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
342 
226 
85 
31 
171 
171 
acres 
60,069 
25,169 
29,976 
4,924 
26,081 
33,988 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
6,953 
5,479 
1,066 
408 
3,350 
3,603 
Dial-up service 
433 
335 
64 
34 
253 
180 
DSL service 
1,789 
1,427 
263 
99 
851 
938 
Cable modem service 
3,404 
2,672 
532 
200 
1,592 
1,812 
Fiber-optic service 
802 
648 
106 
48 
383 
419 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
898 
660 
180 
58 
381 
517 
Satellite service 
419 
313 
80 
26 
196 
223 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
146 
118 
15 
13 
69 
77 
Other Internet service 
41 
31 
8 
2 
20 
21 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
7,837 
6,376 
1,044 
417 
4,314 
3,523 
2 households 
958 
647 
237 
74 
319 
639 
3 households 
154 
96 
53 
5 
45 
109 
4 households 
64 
47 
12 
5 
28 
36 
5 or more households 
58 
35 
17 
6 
20 
38 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
New Jersey 219 
