Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
4,472 
86 
66 
92 
173 
210 
Female 
1,505 
6 
3 
11 
29 
39 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,766 
88 
64 
92 
164 
189 
Other 
3,211 
4 
5 
11 
38 
60 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,863 
41 
45 
69 
144 
197 
Not on farm operated 
1,114 
51 
24 
34 
58 
52 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,101 
74 
53 
75 
117 
124 
Any 
3,876 
18 
16 
28 
85 
125 
1 to 49 days 
478 
6 
2 
4 
12 
25 
50 to 99 days 
304 
1 
- 
2 
1 
14 
100 to 199 days 
558 
- 
2 
1 
17 
13 
200 days or more 
2,536 
11 
12 
21 
55 
73 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
267 
1 
1 
- 
6 
8 
3 or 4 years 
319 
- 
- 
2 
11 
12 
5 to 9 years 
920 
3 
1 
5 
21 
23 
10 years or more 
4,471 
88 
67 
96 
164 
206 
Average years on present farm 
21.8 
31.5 
31.9 
30.0 
24.3 
26.3 
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 
20 
10 years or more 
4,725 
89 
67 
98 
167 
216 
Average years operating any farm 
24.1 
32.6 
32.7 
32.5 
26.5 
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 
25 
45 to 49 years 
549 
6 
2 
8 
19 
13 
50 to 54 years 
921 
13 
12 
19 
33 
37 
55 to 59 years 
1,011 
22 
22 
13 
24 
33 
60 to 64 years 
892 
14 
12 
19 
38 
27 
65 to 69 years 
685 
11 
7 
9 
23 
37 
70 years and over 
1,207 
17 
9 
20 
26 
57 
Average age 
58.7 
59.3 
59.3 
58.3 
55.3 
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 
202 
248 
More than one race reported 
34 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
738 
2 
6 
12 
24 
25 
2 people 
2,818 
51 
31 
42 
77 
104 
3 people 
1,052 
9 
16 
18 
50 
51 
4 people 
822 
20 
8 
20 
39 
33 
5 or more people 
547 
10 
8 
11 
12 
36 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4,787 
19 
17 
27 
66 
127 
25 to 49 percent 
361 
4 
5 
8 
22 
28 
50 to 74 percent 
330 
15 
17 
25 
44 
50 
75 to 99 percent 
180 
26 
8 
14 
34 
32 
100 percent 
319 
28 
22 
29 
36 
12 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
292 
27 
13 
17 
11 
20 
acres 
46,909 
17,040 
4,554 
4,433 
848 
3,808 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,813 
84 
57 
80 
175 
212 
Dial-up service 
219 
4 
1 
4 
6 
11 
DSL service 
1,933 
39 
28 
38 
81 
94 
Cable modem service 
2,541 
47 
32 
36 
71 
95 
Fiber-optic service 
91 
3 
- 
2 
3 
4 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
477 
13 
5 
7 
16 
31 
Satellite service 
178 
3 
6 
- 
6 
5 
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 
169 
201 
2 households 
550 
17 
24 
22 
23 
42 
3 households 
148 
22 
10 
10 
7 
4 
4 households 
43 
2 
4 
1 
2 
- 
5 or more households 
29 
5 
1 
1 
1 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Connecticut 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
