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State Fact Sheets: New Jersey

• Population, Income, Education, and Employment
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated September 15, 2008

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Population, Income, Education, and Employment

	Urban *	Total
Population
Year
1980	7,365,011	7,365,011
1990	7,730,188	7,730,188
2000	8,414,350	8,414,350
2007 (latest estimates)	8,685,920	8,685,920
More information on New Jersey population • County-level Population Data • Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room • Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

	Urban *	Total
Income
Per-capita income (2006 dollars)
2005	45,004	45,004
2006	46,763	46,763
Percent change	3.9	3.9

Earnings per job (2006 dollars)
2005	57,191	57,191
2006	57,106	57,106
Percent change	-0.1	-0.1

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	9.5	9.5
1989	7.6	7.6
1999	8.5	8.5
2005 (latest model-based estimates)	8.7	8.7
More information on New Jersey poverty rates • County-level Poverty Data • Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room • See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates • Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
Percent not completing high school
1980	32.6	32.6
1990	23.3	23.3
2000	17.9	17.9

Percent completing high school only
1980	35.9	35.9
1990	31.1	31.1
2000	29.4	29.4

Percent completing some college
1980	13.2	13.2
1990	20.7	20.7
2000	22.9	22.9

Percent completing college
1980	18.3	18.3
1990	24.9	24.9
2000	29.8	29.8
More information on New Jersey education • County-level Education Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
Total number of jobs
2005		5,025,174	5,025,174
2006		5,114,577	5,114,577

Unemployment rate (percent)
2006	3.3	4.7	4.7
2007	3.4	4.2	4.2
More information on New Jersey unemployment rates • County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429

Percent employment change
2004-2005		1.8	1.8
2005-2006		1.2	1.2
2006-2007		-0.2	-0.2

Percent of 2002 employment in farm and farm-related jobs
Total		11.7	11.7
Production		0.4	0.4
Farm inputs		0.1	0.1
Processing & marketing		1.1	1.1
Wholesale & retail trade		9.6	9.6
More information on farm employment • Farm and Farm-Related Employment data • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435

* Urban and rural (metro and nonmetro) defintions are based on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) June 2003 classification. See Measuring Rurality: New Definitions in 2003 for more information.

More information on socioeconomic conditions • Rural Emphasis Page • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.

Farm Characteristics

	1992	1997	2002
1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture

Total land area (million acres)	4.72	4.72	4.75
Total farmland (million acres)	0.85	0.86	0.81
Percent of total land area	18.0	18.2	17.0

Cropland (million acres)	0.62	0.61	0.55
Percent of total farmland	73.6	71.5	68.0
Percent in pasture	11.0	11.1	10.4
Percent irrigated	12.8	15.2	17.5

Harvested Cropland (million acres)	0.49	0.50	0.44

Woodland (million acres)	0.13	0.14	0.15
Percent of total farmland	15.9	16.0	18.6
Percent in pasture	10.2	10.8	10.3

Pastureland (million acres)	0.03	0.04	0.04
Percent of total farmland	3.6	4.1	5.2

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres)	0.06	0.07	0.07
Percent of total farmland	6.9	8.4	8.2

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres)	0.00	0.00	0.00
Percent of total farmland	0.4	0.3	0.3

Average farm size (acres)	93	85	81

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	77.4	81.3	82.9
100 to 499 acres	18.8	15.2	13.6
500 to 999 acres	2.8	2.4	2.3
1000 to 1,999 acres	0.8	0.9	1.0
2,000 or more acres	0.2	0.2	0.2

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	60.1	63.3	71.0
$10,000 to $49,999	22.0	20.0	14.5
$50,000 to $99,999	5.8	5.1	3.8
$100,000 to $499,999	9.6	8.9	7.2
More than $500,000	2.1	2.9	3.4

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	6,541	7,645	7,990
Percent of total	72.1	76.1	80.5

Part owner (farms)	1,685	1,694	1,345
Percent of total	18.6	16.9	13.6

Tenant owner (farms)	853	706	589
Percent of total	9.4	7.0	5.9

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	7,553	8,454	8,578
Percent of total	83.2	84.2	86.4

Family-held corporations (farms)	708	742	598
Percent of total	7.8	7.4	6.0

Partnerships (farms)	668	678	576
Percent of total	7.4	6.7	5.8

Non-family corporations (farms)	72	84	103
Percent of total	0.8	0.8	1.0

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	78	87	69
Percent of total	0.9	0.9	0.7

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	53.9	55.2	55.1
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	46.5	41.9	52.3
Men (persons)	7,805	8,444	8,002
Women (persons)	1,274	1,601	1,922

More information on farm characteristics • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540. Data from the 1992 Census of Agriculture is not adjusted for coverage. See Coverage Adjustment from NASS.

Farm Financial Indicators

	2006	2007
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	9,800	9,800

	Thousands $
Final crop output	767,905	771,034
+ Final animal output	159,437	178,724
+ Services and forestry	135,144	171,644
= Final agricultural sector output	1,062,487	1,121,402

- Intermediate consumption outlays	417,004	437,209
+ Net government transactions	-40,816	-52,188
= Gross value added	604,667	632,006

- Capital consumption	116,098	120,388

= Net value added	488,569	511,618

- Factor payments	222,522	199,235
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	206,242	177,866
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	-21,671	-19,217
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	37,951	40,586

= Net farm income	266,047	312,383

More information on farm income • Farm Income Data • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

Farm balance sheet

• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.

Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2007
1. Greenhouse/nursery	381,998	40.4	2.2
2. Horses/mules	94,000	9.9	7.7
3. Blueberries	90,240	9.5	15.0
4. Peaches	32,832	3.5	6.5
5. Chicken eggs	32,507	3.4	0.5

All commodities	945,926		0.3

More information on New Jersey's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2007
1. Other	17	144.3
2. Fruits and preparations	14	28.3
3. Vegetables and preparations	23	15.9
4. Wheat and products	40	15.1
5. Live animals and meat	31	12.6

Overall rank	38	245.3

More information on agricultural exports • State Export Data • Agricultural Trade Briefing Room • Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

	Percent of state total receipts	Million $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2002
1. Cumberland County	16.4	122.7
2. Burlington County	11.1	83.3
3. Monmouth County	10.9	81.6
4. Atlantic County	10.5	78.5
5. Salem County	9.7	72.5

State total		749.9

More information on agricultural sales • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Data Sources

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Regional Economic Information System, April 2006, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room, Economic Research Service, USDA.
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker

Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov

Updated date: September 15, 2008