Table 61. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race: 2012 
[Data were collected for a maximum of three operators. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
American Indian 
or Alaska Native 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Asian 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Black or African 
American 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Native Hawaiian 
or Other Pacific 
Islander alone or 
in combination with 
other races 
White 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
. number 
63 
28 
20 
3 
5,957 
117 
Land in farms 
acres 
2,654 
1,574 
496 
91 
435,271 
7,000 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
26 
8 
3 
- 
1,756 
50 
1 0 to 49 acres 
25 
12 
16 
2 
2,401 
35 
50 to 179 acres 
10 
6 
1 
1 
1,314 
17 
1 80 to 499 acres 
2 
2 
- 
- 
376 
15 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
110 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
61 
28 
20 
3 
5,550 
115 
acres 
(D) 
1,569 
(D) 
(D) 
297,194 
5,990 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
6 
3 
1 
1 
1,383 
17 
acres 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
138,077 
1,010 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
57 
25 
19 
2 
4,574 
100 
acres 
2,358 
767 
(D) 
(D) 
210,405 
4,530 
Part owners 
farms 
4 
3 
1 
1 
976 
15 
acres 
(D) 
807 
(D) 
(D) 
167,008 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
2 
- 
407 
2 
acres 
(D) 
" 
- 
- 
57,858 
(□) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
63 
28 
20 
3 
5,957 
117 
$1,000 
732 
1,647 
211 
(D) 
555,305 
8,192 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
63 
28 
20 
3 
5,957 
117 
$1,000 
687 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
550,468 
8,164 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
36 
20 
19 
3 
3,235 
59 
$1,000 
610 
1,505 
(D) 
(D) 
389,012 
7,478 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
28 
6 
2 
1 
2,413 
58 
$1,000 
78 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
161,456 
686 
Government payments 
farms 
4 
1 
1 
- 
518 
10 
$1,000 
45 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
4,837 
28 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
28 
6 
7 
1 
1,840 
38 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
3 
3 
1 
743 
15 
$2,500 to $4,999 
6 
2 
- 
- 
832 
16 
$5,000 to $9,999 
19 
8 
1 
- 
712 
19 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7 
6 
7 
- 
756 
4 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
2 
1 
359 
7 
$50,000 or more 
3 
3 
- 
- 
715 
18 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
14 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
38 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
4 
1 
1 
- 
512 
10 
$1,000 
45 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
4,799 
28 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
78 
2 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
6 
14 
6 
- 
565 
13 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
18 
2 
7 
- 
270 
10 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
10 
4 
6 
1 
1,112 
23 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
3 
- 
- 
2 
1,005 
8 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
39 
1 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
3 
- 
- 
2 
966 
7 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1 
- 
- 
- 
693 
8 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
146 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
2 
- 
- 
160 
6 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1 
- 
1 
- 
174 
18 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
5 
- 
- 
- 
246 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
19 
6 
- 
- 
1,502 
28 
-continued 
50 Connecticut 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
