Table 46. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Land in farms 
Harvested cropland 
Market 
value of 
agricultural 
products 
sold 
($1,000) 
Farms by economic class and primary occupation 
Farming 
Other than farming 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
State Total 
New Jersey 
1,832 
64,643 
1,025 
17,383 
29,743 
497 
248 
232 
487 
209 
159 
Counties 
Atlantic 
66 
1,621 
36 
576 
2,899 
11 
10 
7 
20 
3 
15 
Bergen 
13 
396 
6 
31 
240 
1 
- 
3 
7 
- 
2 
Burlington 
185 
5,211 
91 
1,644 
3,755 
65 
21 
34 
34 
10 
21 
Camden 
38 
809 
30 
347 
639 
12 
1 
2 
15 
6 
2 
Cape May 
27 
666 
17 
125 
885 
9 
8 
3 
5 
2 
- 
Cumberland 
76 
2,016 
57 
617 
1,716 
20 
12 
13 
14 
10 
7 
Essex 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Gloucester 
108 
3,387 
62 
1,206 
2,094 
27 
11 
7 
37 
12 
14 
Hunterdon 
345 
1 1 ,248 
187 
3,510 
4,899 
97 
39 
55 
100 
37 
17 
Mercer 
55 
2,190 
29 
462 
1,389 
15 
8 
8 
14 
7 
3 
Middlesex 
24 
455 
10 
160 
325 
6 
1 
2 
10 
2 
3 
Monmouth 
174 
4,836 
69 
1,229 
2,506 
51 
30 
26 
37 
17 
13 
Morris 
87 
2,331 
57 
559 
796 
20 
14 
8 
21 
14 
10 
Ocean 
53 
1,858 
26 
184 
786 
15 
1 
5 
14 
8 
10 
Passaic 
25 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
(D) 
3 
3 
4 
10 
4 
1 
Salem 
121 
4,267 
75 
1,820 
1,718 
27 
26 
6 
38 
22 
2 
Somerset 
91 
4,966 
57 
1,025 
1,346 
21 
7 
13 
23 
13 
14 
Sussex 
190 
9,025 
115 
2,130 
1,197 
60 
39 
11 
52 
18 
10 
Union 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Warren 
151 
8,932 
89 
1,733 
2,051 
37 
17 
23 
36 
23 
15 
Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms with a woman operator 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
New Jersey 
4,585 
4,923 
245,779 
1,832 
64,643 
Counties 
Atlantic 
181 
189 
8,835 
66 
1,621 
Bergen 
35 
40 
1,197 
13 
396 
Burlington 
446 
482 
41,281 
185 
5,211 
Camden 
103 
115 
3,201 
38 
809 
Cape May 
71 
78 
2,057 
27 
666 
Cumberland 
218 
224 
15,032 
76 
2,016 
Essex 
8 
9 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Gloucester 
255 
280 
12,257 
108 
3,387 
Hunterdon 
814 
878 
38,976 
345 
1 1 ,248 
Mercer 
134 
144 
4,728 
55 
2,190 
Middlesex 
84 
87 
3,548 
24 
455 
Monmouth 
417 
443 
12,807 
174 
4,836 
Morris 
204 
228 
6,015 
87 
2,331 
Ocean 
105 
113 
4,461 
53 
1,858 
Passaic 
48 
54 
930 
25 
(D) 
Salem 
334 
348 
26,406 
121 
4,267 
Somerset 
187 
204 
8,973 
91 
4,966 
Sussex 
522 
563 
28,158 
190 
9,025 
Union 
2 
2 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Warren 
417 
442 
26,834 
151 
8,932 
1 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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