Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
5,977 
92 
69 
103 
194 
243 
percent 
100.0 
1.5 
1.2 
1.7 
3.2 
4.1 
Land in farms 
acres 
436,539 
96,144 
21,723 
26,181 
30,974 
22,021 
Average size of farm 
acres 
73 
1,045 
315 
254 
160 
91 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
5,977 
92 
69 
103 
194 
243 
$1,000 
555,461 
387,842 
47,882 
36,753 
30,625 
17,593 
Average per farm 
dollars 
92,933 
4,215,677 
693,940 
356,827 
157,861 
72,397 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
1,841 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
746 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
833 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
723 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
760 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
359 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
249 
- 
- 
- 
- 
235 
$100,000 to $249,999 
202 
- 
- 
- 
194 
8 
$250,000 to $499,999 
103 
- 
103 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
69 
- 
69 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
92 
92 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
54 
54 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
14 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
24 
24 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
5,977 
92 
69 
103 
194 
243 
$1,000 
550,620 
386,678 
47,360 
36,263 
29,875 
17,310 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
261 
32 
22 
30 
35 
23 
$1,000 
15,216 
8,893 
1,620 
1,913 
1,236 
782 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
58 
20 
9 
11 
12 
6 
$1,000 
12,776 
8,520 
1,321 
1,619 
900 
416 
Corn 
farms 
239 
31 
21 
30 
34 
22 
$1,000 
14,907 
8,878 
1,532 
1,870 
(D) 
737 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
57 
20 
9 
11 
12 
5 
$1,000 
12,575 
8,507 
1,246 
1,577 
900 
345 
Wheat 
farms 
13 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
62 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
8 
1 
1 
- 
2 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
27 
3 
2 
3 
1 
1 
$1,000 
110 
(D) 
(D) 
42 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
49 
7 
7 
8 
5 
9 
$1,000 
35,722 
27,341 
(D) 
2,817 
675 
325 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
30 
7 
6 
8 
5 
4 
$1,000 
35,359 
27,341 
4,273 
2,817 
675 
251 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
952 
23 
26 
33 
55 
100 
$1,000 
36,386 
11,743 
7,149 
4,002 
4,348 
3,147 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
116 
15 
21 
22 
29 
29 
$1,000 
28,116 
11,656 
7,075 
3,723 
3,814 
1,848 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
556 
12 
17 
16 
40 
67 
$1,000 
27,349 
10,779 
6,836 
2,577 
2,663 
2,062 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
75 
9 
13 
11 
19 
23 
$1,000 
23,821 
10,753 
6,706 
2,535 
2,364 
1,463 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
314 
7 
13 
14 
27 
57 
$1,000 
21,629 
9,814 
4,696 
1,802 
2,234 
1,584 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
57 
7 
9 
9 
18 
14 
$1,000 
19,185 
9,814 
4,596 
1,742 
2,124 
909 
Berries 
farms 
371 
8 
14 
11 
24 
49 
$1,000 
5,720 
965 
2,139 
775 
429 
478 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
14 
4 
4 
2 
1 
3 
$1,000 
3,697 
899 
1,828 
(D) 
(D) 
192 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
880 
41 
30 
37 
80 
116 
$1,000 
252,923 
211,354 
12,059 
9,600 
9,170 
5,412 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
224 
38 
27 
31 
63 
65 
$1,000 
245,921 
(D) 
11,976 
9,427 
8,918 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
80 Connecticut 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
