Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,863 
41 
45 
69 
141 
187 
Not on farm operated 
1,114 
51 
24 
34 
53 
56 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,101 
74 
53 
75 
110 
127 
Any 
3,876 
18 
16 
28 
84 
116 
1 to 49 days 
478 
6 
2 
4 
12 
22 
50 to 99 days 
304 
1 
- 
2 
1 
13 
100 to 199 days 
558 
- 
2 
1 
16 
14 
200 days or more 
2,536 
11 
12 
21 
55 
67 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
267 
1 
1 
- 
6 
8 
3 or 4 years 
319 
- 
- 
2 
11 
7 
5 to 9 years 
920 
3 
1 
5 
21 
22 
10 years or more 
4,471 
88 
67 
96 
156 
206 
Average years on present farm 
21.8 
31.5 
31.9 
30.0 
24.1 
26.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
204 
- 
1 
- 
5 
6 
3 or 4 years 
240 
- 
- 
- 
3 
7 
5 to 9 years 
808 
3 
1 
5 
27 
19 
10 years or more 
4,725 
89 
67 
98 
159 
211 
Average years operating any farm 
24.1 
32.6 
32.7 
32.5 
26.4 
28.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
55 
- 
- 
- 
7 
6 
25 to 34 years 
226 
1 
1 
1 
11 
14 
35 to 44 years 
431 
8 
4 
14 
21 
21 
45 to 49 years 
549 
6 
2 
8 
19 
13 
50 to 54 years 
921 
13 
12 
19 
28 
39 
55 to 59 years 
1,011 
22 
22 
13 
24 
33 
60 to 64 years 
892 
14 
12 
19 
37 
28 
65 to 69 years 
685 
11 
7 
9 
21 
35 
70 years and over 
1,207 
17 
9 
20 
26 
54 
Average age 
58.7 
59.3 
59.3 
58.3 
55.2 
58.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
81 
- 
- 
- 
6 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
13 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
5,902 
91 
69 
102 
194 
242 
More than one race reported 
34 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
738 
2 
6 
12 
20 
27 
2 people 
2,818 
51 
31 
42 
76 
101 
3 people 
1,052 
9 
16 
18 
47 
51 
4 people 
822 
20 
8 
20 
39 
29 
5 or more people 
547 
10 
8 
11 
12 
35 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4,787 
19 
17 
27 
62 
123 
25 to 49 percent 
361 
4 
5 
8 
22 
28 
50 to 74 percent 
330 
15 
17 
25 
44 
45 
75 to 99 percent 
180 
26 
8 
14 
30 
36 
1 00 percent 
319 
28 
22 
29 
36 
11 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
292 
27 
13 
17 
10 
21 
acres 
46,909 
17,040 
4,554 
4,433 
668 
3,988 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,813 
84 
57 
80 
168 
207 
Dial-up service 
219 
4 
1 
4 
6 
10 
DSL service 
1,933 
39 
28 
38 
76 
97 
Cable modem service 
2,541 
47 
32 
36 
69 
89 
Fiber-optic service 
91 
3 
- 
2 
3 
4 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
477 
13 
5 
7 
16 
28 
Satellite service 
178 
3 
6 
- 
6 
4 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
101 
4 
3 
2 
3 
4 
Other Internet service 
34 
1 
1 
1 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,207 
46 
30 
69 
163 
193 
2 households 
550 
17 
24 
22 
23 
42 
3 households 
148 
22 
10 
10 
5 
6 
4 households 
43 
2 
4 
1 
2 
- 
5 or more households 
29 
5 
1 
1 
1 
2 
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 
74 
58 
90 
178 
233 
acres 
391,397 
82,925 
18,908 
20,584 
30,095 
19,667 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,068 
27 
15 
30 
58 
82 
acres 
107,277 
37,552 
4,688 
4,898 
11,100 
6,983 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
94 Connecticut 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
