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 
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 
6,979 
1,298 
462 
4,589 
4,150 
acres 
661,285 
276,554 
331,959 
52,772 
326,257 
335,028 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,170 
828 
242 
100 
563 
607 
acres 
143,956 
42,753 
85,804 
15,399 
60,165 
83,791 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
7,329 
6,016 
978 
335 
4,024 
3,305 
acres 
427,216 
188,920 
202,632 
35,664 
257,127 
170,089 
Partnership 
farms 
787 
545 
180 
62 
283 
504 
acres 
109,138 
29,207 
72,905 
7,026 
26,173 
82,965 
Registered under state law 
farms 
655 
453 
150 
52 
228 
427 
acres 
96,926 
26,082 
65,867 
4,977 
21,760 
75,166 
Corporation 
farms 
824 
532 
198 
94 
363 
461 
acres 
155,725 
66,417 
75,796 
13,512 
(D) 
(D) 
Family held 
farms 
734 
471 
188 
75 
310 
424 
acres 
143,526 
60,748 
70,448 
12,330 
47,546 
95,980 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
14 
10 
2 
2 
9 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
720 
461 
186 
73 
301 
419 
Other than family held 
farms 
90 
61 
10 
19 
53 
37 
acres 
12,199 
5,669 
5,348 
1,182 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
- 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
88 
60 
9 
19 
52 
36 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
131 
108 
7 
16 
56 
75 
acres 
22,978 
19,360 
1,776 
1,842 
(D) 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,704 
1,776 
714 
214 
1,323 
1,381 
workers 
24,561 
12,590 
10,530 
1,441 
8,662 
15,899 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,613 
1,000 
481 
132 
710 
903 
workers 
8,703 
4,352 
3,622 
729 
3,293 
5,410 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,838 
1,199 
491 
148 
914 
924 
workers 
15,858 
8,238 
6,908 
712 
5,369 
10,489 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
280 
96 
162 
22 
126 
154 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
16 
11 
4 
1 
4 
12 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
4,609 
3,763 
645 
201 
2,028 
2,581 
workers 
10,399 
8,381 
1,509 
509 
3,993 
6,406 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,237 
2,091 
50 
96 
1,120 
1,117 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,221 
3,740 
312 
169 
2,205 
2,016 
50 to 69 acres 
584 
415 
125 
44 
333 
251 
70 to 99 acres 
529 
349 
138 
42 
296 
233 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
431 
283 
115 
33 
238 
193 
140 to 179 acres 
246 
118 
103 
25 
122 
124 
180 to 219 acres 
149 
53 
76 
20 
84 
65 
220 to 259 acres 
104 
43 
45 
16 
59 
45 
260 to 499 acres 
288 
57 
190 
41 
142 
146 
500 to 999 acres 
182 
30 
136 
16 
87 
95 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
80 
15 
60 
5 
32 
48 
2,000 acres or more 
20 
7 
13 
- 
8 
12 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,115 
608 
396 
Ill 
751 
364 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
791 
543 
191 
57 
390 
401 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
537 
451 
72 
14 
249 
288 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,565 
1,357 
140 
68 
834 
731 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
1,521 
1,224 
239 
58 
899 
622 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
1,521 
1,224 
239 
58 
899 
622 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
701 
590 
94 
17 
358 
343 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
9 
5 
1 
3 
5 
4 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
76 
14 
39 
23 
33 
43 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
60 
49 
7 
4 
28 
32 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
455 
428 
21 
6 
180 
275 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
630 
584 
27 
19 
280 
350 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,611 
1,348 
136 
127 
719 
892 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,224 
835 
311 
78 
636 
588 
number 
31,449 
8,836 
18,882 
3,731 
13,589 
17,860 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
713 
607 
90 
16 
361 
352 
10 to 49 
358 
203 
119 
36 
204 
154 
50 to 99 
80 
17 
49 
14 
43 
37 
100 to 199 
46 
5 
31 
10 
18 
28 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
220 New Jersey 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
