Counties in New Jersey by farms
Hunterdon County had the highest farms of 20 counties in 1997, at 1,461. Union County had the lowest, at 21. The median was 446 and the figure for New Jersey was 10,045. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Map of counties, 1997
- Under 160
- 160 to 310
- 310 to 540
- 540 to 830
- 830 and over
- No data
All counties, 1997
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 1997 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunterdon County | 1,461 |
| 2 | Monmouth County | 977 |
| 3 | Burlington County | 935 |
| 4 | Sussex County | 920 |
| 5 | Warren County | 802 |
| 6 | Gloucester County | 718 |
| 7 | Salem County | 716 |
| 8 | Cumberland County | 622 |
| 9 | Somerset County | 486 |
| 10 | Atlantic County | 465 |
| 11 | Morris County | 427 |
| 12 | Mercer County | 309 |
| 13 | Middlesex County | 300 |
| 14 | Ocean County | 268 |
| 15 | Camden County | 236 |
| 16 | Cape May County | 165 |
| 17 | Bergen County | 131 |
| 18 | Passaic County | 63 |
| 19 | Essex County | 23 |
| 20 | Union County | 21 |
Other periods
About this ranking
Places from which 1,000 dollars or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census year, as counted by the USDA Census of Agriculture every five years.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 1997 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture. Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Retrieved 2026-10-11.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. (2026). Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) (Counties in New Jersey by farms, 1997) [Data set]. Data Commons. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/
MLA 9
Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022), Counties in New Jersey by farms, 1997. U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, 11 Oct. 2026, https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Data Commons, https://datacommons.org. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/new-jersey-counties?period=1997. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2026. Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Counties in New Jersey by farms, 1997. Dataset. Distributed by Data Commons. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/new-jersey-counties?period=1997.
Harvard
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service (2026) Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022), Counties in New Jersey by farms, 1997 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/new-jersey-counties?period=1997 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{department_counties_in_new_jersey_1997,
author = {{U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service}},
title = {{Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022): Counties in New Jersey by farms, 1997}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
publisher = {Data Commons},
url = {https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/},
urldate = {2026-10-11},
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Which county has the highest farms?
Hunterdon County, with 1,461 in 1997, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Which county has the lowest farms?
Union County, with 21 in 1997.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Retrieved 2026-10-11. 1 counties have no value for 1997 and are not ranked.