Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[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 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
Farms by- 
Type of organization (see text): 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
5,689 
(NA) 
21 
(NA) 
11 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
1,068 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
4,663 
3,967 
21 
22 
11 
27 
7 
6 
Partnerships 
612 
485 
- 
7 
- 
3 
- 
- 
Corporations 
523 
389 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
179 
75 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
2,916 
2,520 
8 
12 
8 
16 
1 
1 
2 operators 
2,510 
1,982 
13 
15 
5 
14 
6 
5 
3 operators 
384 
299 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
99 
72 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
68 
43 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2,986 
2,366 
18 
22 
7 
24 
6 
5 
2 operators 
331 
203 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 operators 
52 
35 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
6 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
2 
- 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
4,813 
3,170 
20 
23 
11 
21 
7 
4 
Dial-up 
219 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
DSL service 
1,933 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
2,541 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
91 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
477 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
178 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
101 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
34 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
292 
194 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
46,909 
36,016 
(D) 
" 
- 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
5,207 
4,215 
21 
23 
11 
30 
7 
5 
2 households 
550 
494 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 households 
148 
129 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 households 
43 
50 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
29 
28 
" 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4,787 
3,769 
20 
27 
12 
17 
1 
6 
25 to 49 percent 
361 
345 
- 
1 
- 
6 
- 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
330 
393 
- 
- 
- 
7 
6 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
180 
198 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 percent 
319 
211 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
48 Connecticut 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
