Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
5,977 
4,916 
21 
29 
13 
30 
7 
6 
Land in farms 
acres 
436,539 
405,616 
559 
1,025 
1,184 
1,322 
118 
(D) 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,768 
1,232 
16 
10 
4 
10 
- 
3 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,403 
1,894 
2 
11 
3 
13 
7 
2 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,317 
1,287 
2 
8 
4 
3 
- 
- 
1 80 to 499 acres 
379 
400 
1 
- 
2 
4 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
110 
103 
" 
- 
" 
- 
" 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
5,569 
4,587 
20 
28 
13 
30 
7 
6 
acres 
298,196 
264,396 
(D) 
(D) 
1,179 
1,318 
(D) 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,388 
1,426 
2 
3 
3 
4 
1 
acres 
138,343 
141,220 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
4 
(D) 
" 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4,589 
3,490 
19 
26 
10 
26 
6 
6 
acres 
210,592 
182,185 
(D) 
(D) 
377 
1,310 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
980 
1,097 
1 
2 
3 
4 
1 
acres 
167,877 
169,417 
(D) 
(D) 
807 
12 
(D) 
- 
Tenants 
farms 
408 
329 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
58,070 
54,014 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
5,977 
4,916 
21 
29 
13 
30 
7 
6 
$1,000 
555,461 
555,675 
119 
141 
(D) 
146 
(D) 
13 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
5,977 
4,916 
21 
29 
13 
30 
7 
6 
$1,000 
550,620 
551,553 
(D) 
141 
(D) 
146 
(D) 
13 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
3,249 
2,937 
6 
7 
13 
22 
6 
2 
$1,000 
389,137 
401,372 
46 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
2,420 
2,040 
12 
11 
2 
7 
1 
5 
$1,000 
161,482 
150,181 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
519 
352 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
4,841 
4,122 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,841 
1,284 
8 
17 
_ 
8 
1 
1 
$1,000 to $2,499 
746 
633 
- 
4 
- 
6 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
833 
719 
1 
- 
2 
7 
- 
5 
$5,000 to $9,999 
723 
560 
9 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
760 
657 
3 
1 
4 
9 
6 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
359 
329 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
715 
734 
- 
1 
1 
" 
- 
- 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
14 
38 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
38 
57 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
513 
335 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
4,803 
4,065 
(D) 
- 
~ 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
78 
37 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
574 
385 
1 
1 
8 
7 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
270 
333 
- 
- 
1 
6 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,115 
762 
6 
5 
4 
6 
6 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
1,007 
1,305 
2 
- 
- 
3 
- 
3 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
39 
70 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
968 
1,235 
2 
- 
- 
3 
- 
3 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
693 
490 
- 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
6 
32 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
146 
212 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
160 
69 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
175 
273 
- 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
246 
198 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,507 
820 
12 
6 
8 
- 
-continued 
46 Connecticut 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
