Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
152 
129 
48 
135 
45 
18 
4 
Not on farm operated 
37 
13 
12 
42 
22 
11 
10 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
83 
81 
33 
102 
33 
20 
10 
Any 
106 
61 
27 
75 
34 
9 
4 
1 to 49 days 
16 
5 
8 
9 
9 
3 
1 
50 to 99 days 
3 
7 
2 
4 
2 
- 
1 
100 to 199 days 
17 
14 
4 
12 
7 
- 
1 
200 days or more 
70 
35 
13 
50 
16 
6 
1 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
7 
2 
- 
4 
2 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
14 
9 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
5 to 9 years 
16 
15 
4 
13 
1 
1 
- 
1 0 years or more 
152 
116 
56 
159 
63 
28 
14 
Average years on present farm 
26.3 
27.2 
28.4 
28.9 
29.0 
34.9 
25.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
5 
2 
- 
3 
2 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
14 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 to 9 years 
15 
16 
4 
10 
1 
- 
- 
10 years or more 
155 
121 
56 
164 
64 
29 
14 
Average years operating any farm 
28.0 
30.2 
30.5 
30.7 
31.0 
37.8 
29.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
7 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
7 
2 
1 
8 
- 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
10 
5 
3 
12 
5 
1 
2 
45 to 49 years 
9 
2 
1 
11 
7 
3 
1 
50 to 54 years 
29 
22 
2 
23 
10 
3 
2 
55 to 59 years 
22 
19 
10 
28 
13 
6 
3 
60 to 64 years 
44 
26 
13 
44 
15 
5 
2 
65 to 69 years 
19 
21 
4 
19 
8 
6 
2 
70 years and over 
49 
38 
26 
30 
9 
5 
2 
Average age 
61.5 
61.2 
65.4 
58.8 
58.5 
61.8 
58.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
8 
7 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
184 
141 
60 
175 
67 
29 
14 
More than one race reported 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
24 
17 
17 
25 
8 
1 
1 
2 people 
99 
74 
28 
76 
26 
19 
9 
3 people 
32 
28 
4 
37 
15 
2 
- 
4 people 
18 
10 
8 
22 
11 
4 
1 
5 or more people 
16 
13 
3 
17 
7 
3 
3 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
134 
97 
37 
91 
31 
11 
3 
25 to 49 percent 
9 
12 
1 
10 
5 
3 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
19 
14 
9 
24 
9 
4 
3 
75 to 99 percent 
8 
5 
9 
22 
8 
5 
2 
100 percent 
19 
14 
4 
30 
14 
6 
4 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
10 
6 
6 
25 
12 
10 
1 
acres 
1,506 
(D) 
1,432 
8,400 
9,078 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
152 
114 
45 
131 
50 
24 
14 
Dial-up service 
13 
4 
1 
9 
2 
1 
- 
DSL service 
56 
35 
17 
52 
20 
3 
7 
Cable modem service 
70 
58 
25 
60 
26 
19 
10 
Fiber-optic service 
1 
- 
- 
4 
1 
2 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
26 
19 
1 
11 
7 
4 
3 
Satellite service 
14 
10 
3 
9 
2 
- 
1 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
- 
1 
- 
5 
2 
1 
- 
Other Internet service 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
140 
124 
49 
122 
41 
15 
7 
2 households 
36 
14 
5 
34 
16 
8 
3 
3 households 
6 
2 
5 
14 
4 
5 
4 
4 households 
3 
2 
1 
5 
2 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
4 
- 
- 
2 
4 
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 
177 
136 
58 
152 
53 
22 
11 
acres 
27,627 
26,632 
13,672 
52,357 
34,971 
29,360 
58,747 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Connecticut 69 
