Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,863 
1,469 
1,958 
370 
321 
214 
Not on farm operated 
1,114 
299 
445 
90 
68 
65 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,101 
487 
816 
177 
135 
124 
Any 
3,876 
1,281 
1,587 
283 
254 
155 
1 to 49 days 
478 
142 
204 
35 
29 
17 
50 to 99 days 
304 
105 
120 
33 
17 
10 
100 to 199 days 
558 
208 
207 
27 
37 
24 
200 days or more 
2,536 
826 
1,056 
188 
171 
104 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
267 
99 
104 
15 
18 
16 
3 or 4 years 
319 
121 
130 
16 
22 
5 
5 to 9 years 
920 
363 
362 
77 
34 
34 
10 years or more 
4,471 
1,185 
1,807 
352 
315 
224 
Average years on present farm 
21.8 
19.0 
21.3 
22.4 
23.5 
26.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
204 
75 
72 
11 
18 
16 
3 or 4 years 
240 
84 
110 
14 
10 
5 
5 to 9 years 
808 
313 
320 
66 
39 
24 
10 years or more 
4,725 
1,296 
1,901 
369 
322 
234 
Average years operating any farm 
24.1 
21.2 
23.7 
25.2 
24.8 
28.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
55 
30 
7 
- 
7 
2 
25 to 34 years 
226 
85 
81 
12 
20 
10 
35 to 44 years 
431 
138 
157 
28 
48 
22 
45 to 49 years 
549 
214 
207 
35 
29 
30 
50 to 54 years 
921 
263 
397 
80 
55 
35 
55 to 59 years 
1,011 
329 
406 
93 
47 
35 
60 to 64 years 
892 
202 
368 
62 
71 
40 
65 to 69 years 
685 
204 
274 
59 
33 
36 
70 years and over 
1,207 
303 
506 
91 
79 
69 
Average age 
58.7 
56.7 
59.3 
60.2 
57.3 
59.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
81 
37 
25 
- 
1 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
21 
16 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Asian 
13 
4 
3 
3 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
7 
- 
7 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
5,902 
1,739 
2,374 
455 
388 
276 
More than one race reported 
34 
9 
17 
2 
1 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
738 
175 
293 
89 
45 
43 
2 people 
2,818 
859 
1,143 
189 
168 
128 
3 people 
1,052 
363 
379 
72 
75 
45 
4 people 
822 
201 
394 
62 
49 
42 
5 or more people 
547 
170 
194 
48 
52 
21 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4,787 
1,544 
1,998 
334 
297 
210 
25 to 49 percent 
361 
64 
150 
57 
28 
20 
50 to 74 percent 
330 
70 
102 
19 
32 
25 
75 to 99 percent 
180 
27 
56 
16 
12 
10 
100 percent 
319 
63 
97 
34 
20 
14 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
292 
65 
95 
24 
11 
27 
acres 
46,909 
222 
2,354 
1,243 
911 
3,314 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,813 
1,479 
1,917 
354 
324 
209 
Dial-up service 
219 
63 
77 
18 
15 
16 
DSL service 
1,933 
602 
781 
165 
109 
86 
Cable modem service 
2,541 
785 
1,026 
163 
197 
102 
Fiber-optic service 
91 
24 
48 
1 
5 
5 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
477 
111 
203 
40 
40 
12 
Satellite service 
178 
36 
73 
12 
10 
8 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
101 
36 
38 
6 
4 
8 
Other Internet service 
34 
14 
9 
1 
6 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,207 
1,613 
2,126 
400 
322 
248 
2 households 
550 
114 
202 
42 
55 
21 
3 households 
148 
33 
38 
17 
11 
9 
4 households 
43 
6 
22 
1 
- 
1 
5 or more households 
29 
2 
15 
1 
- 
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 farms 
5,689 
1,690 
2,317 
440 
370 
263 
acres 
391,397 
7,539 
54,682 
25,117 
30,317 
30,376 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
68 Connecticut 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
