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New Jersey Farm and Farm-Related Employment, 2002

This product includes data for 1981-2002 and revises estimates for 1998-2001.

Note: These data will no longer be updated or maintained because some of the necessary underlying data are no longer available to ERS.

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New Jersey farm and farm-related employment, 2002
Farm industries
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Total* Metro
Emp. Pct. of total Emp. Pct. of total
Farming:

Farm production
18,390 0.38 18,390 0.38
....Farm proprietors 9,148 0.19 9,148 0.19
....Farm wage and salary workers 9,242 0.19 9,242 0.19
Closely related:

Agricultural services
10,451 0.22 10,451 0.22
Agricultural input industries-- 3,481 0.07 3,481 0.07
....Agricultural chemicals 527 0.01 527 0.01
....Farm machinery and equipment 70 0.00 70 0.00
....Farm supply & mach. wholesale trade 2,253 0.05 2,253 0.05
....Commodity contract brokers 631 0.01 631 0.01
Agricultural processing and marketing-- 51,583 1.08 51,583 1.08
....Meat products 3,304 0.07 3,304 0.07
....Dairy products 2,854 0.06 2,854 0.06
....Can., frozen, and pres. fruit and veg. 3,292 0.07 3,292 0.07
....Grain mill products 1,137 0.02 1,137 0.02
....Bakery products 6,374 0.13 6,374 0.13
....Sugar and confectionery products 2,117 0.04 2,117 0.04
....Fats and oils products 267 0.01 267 0.01
....Beverages 4,295 0.09 4,295 0.09
....Misc. food prep. & kindred products 4,768 0.10 4,768 0.10
....Tobacco products 16 0.00 16 0.00
....Apparel and textiles 14,594 0.30 14,594 0.30
....Leather products and footwear 1,201 0.03 1,201 0.03
....Packaging 4,711 0.10 4,711 0.10
....Farm-related raw mat. whlsle trade 421 0.01 421 0.01
....Warehousing 2,232 0.05 2,232 0.05
Peripherally related:

Agricultural wholesale & retail trade
461,324 9.62 461,324 9.62
Indirect agribusiness 17,482 0.36 17,482 0.36
Total farm & farm-related
employment
562,711 11.73 562,711 11.73
All other employment 4,235,175 88.27 4,235,175 88.27
Total employment 4,797,886 100.00 4,797,886 100.00

*Metro and nonmetro detail may not add to total because of some employment not
classified by location. Metro and nonmetro estimates are based on the June 2003 metropolitan area definitions.

Data are based on the 1997 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Source: Most industry estimates were developed from an enhanced file of the County Business Patterns, U.S. Bureau of the Census. Farm proprietors and farm wage and salary workers are from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.

For more information, contact: Kathleen Kassel

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Updated date: March 1, 2005