Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
New Jersey 
Atlantic 
Bergen 
Burlington 
Camden 
Cape May 
Cumberland 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,704 
170 
32 
280 
42 
41 
203 
workers 
24,561 
7,912 
158 
2,055 
555 
284 
3,397 
$1 ,000 payroll 
267,547 
44,615 
1,143 
29,935 
4,281 
1,674 
56,838 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
757 
23 
11 
72 
9 
15 
46 
workers 
757 
23 
11 
72 
9 
15 
46 
2 workers 
farms 
614 
19 
4 
79 
2 
9 
18 
workers 
1,228 
38 
8 
158 
4 
18 
36 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
540 
34 
6 
37 
15 
8 
47 
workers 
1,840 
116 
(D) 
131 
55 
(D) 
165 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
386 
27 
5 
53 
5 
7 
29 
workers 
2,517 
165 
38 
333 
33 
38 
198 
1 0 workers or more 
farms 
407 
67 
6 
39 
11 
2 
63 
workers 
18,219 
7,570 
(D) 
1,361 
454 
(D) 
2,952 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,613 
107 
24 
184 
25 
28 
136 
workers 
8,703 
1,048 
77 
823 
145 
69 
1,671 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
541 
22 
11 
66 
3 
14 
26 
workers 
541 
22 
11 
66 
3 
14 
26 
2 workers 
farms 
327 
9 
4 
41 
4 
8 
10 
workers 
654 
18 
8 
82 
8 
16 
20 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
303 
24 
4 
27 
9 
2 
28 
workers 
1,013 
83 
(D) 
88 
31 
(D) 
95 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
235 
14 
4 
32 
5 
3 
25 
workers 
1,464 
87 
32 
206 
29 
15 
156 
10 workers or more 
farms 
207 
38 
1 
18 
4 
1 
47 
workers 
5,031 
838 
(D) 
381 
74 
(D) 
1,374 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,838 
130 
20 
180 
30 
22 
139 
workers 
15,858 
6,864 
81 
1,232 
410 
215 
1,726 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
577 
19 
8 
50 
6 
6 
35 
workers 
577 
19 
8 
50 
6 
6 
35 
2 workers 
farms 
478 
27 
6 
64 
6 
5 
22 
workers 
956 
54 
12 
128 
12 
10 
44 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
381 
25 
_ 
29 
6 
7 
31 
workers 
1,288 
86 
- 
103 
(D) 
(D) 
105 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
190 
11 
2 
16 
4 
3 
18 
workers 
1,164 
73 
(D) 
104 
(D) 
17 
110 
10 workers or more 
farms 
212 
48 
4 
21 
8 
1 
33 
workers 
11,873 
6,632 
(D) 
847 
349 
(D) 
1,432 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
866 
40 
12 
100 
12 
19 
64 
workers 
3,778 
258 
39 
351 
58 
(D) 
784 
$1 ,000 payroll 
82,834 
4,961 
(D) 
7,234 
347 
756 
23,555 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
1,091 
63 
8 
96 
17 
13 
67 
workers 
3,876 
1,165 
47 
272 
59 
38 
221 
$1 ,000 payroll 
15,654 
2,923 
(D) 
916 
501 
182 
1,690 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
747 
67 
12 
84 
13 
9 
72 
1 50 days or more, workers 
4,925 
790 
38 
472 
87 
35 
887 
less than 150 days, workers 
11,982 
5,699 
34 
960 
351 
(D) 
1,505 
$1 ,000 payroll 
169,059 
36,730 
677 
21,785 
3,433 
736 
31,594 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
296 
64 
- 
29 
13 
3 
47 
workers 
11,131 
6,508 
594 
199 
(D) 
1,531 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
280 
62 
- 
28 
10 
3 
47 
workers 
10,816 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
178 
(D) 
1,531 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
16 
2 
- 
1 
3 
- 
- 
workers 
315 
(D) 
(D) 
21 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
4,609 
179 
26 
415 
87 
86 
227 
workers 
10,399 
385 
54 
911 
222 
180 
535 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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