Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
4,472 
3,503 
445 
374 
Female 
1,505 
1,160 
167 
155 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,766 
2,056 
324 
277 
Other 
3,211 
2,607 
288 
252 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,863 
3,954 
474 
399 
Not on farm operated 
1,114 
709 
138 
130 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,101 
1,581 
218 
184 
Any 
3,876 
3,082 
394 
345 
1 to 49 days 
478 
378 
42 
34 
50 to 99 days 
304 
254 
20 
18 
100 to 199 days 
558 
456 
57 
51 
200 days or more 
2,536 
1,994 
275 
242 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
267 
187 
38 
30 
3 or 4 years 
319 
236 
44 
42 
5 to 9 years 
920 
683 
118 
114 
1 0 years or more 
4,471 
3,557 
412 
343 
Average years on present farm 
21.8 
22.3 
19.9 
18.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
204 
136 
35 
27 
3 or 4 years 
240 
193 
23 
21 
5 to 9 years 
808 
611 
108 
104 
10 years or more 
4,725 
3,723 
446 
377 
Average years operating any farm 
24.1 
24.5 
22.4 
21.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
55 
33 
20 
19 
25 to 34 years 
226 
150 
52 
45 
35 to 44 years 
431 
302 
55 
44 
45 to 49 years 
549 
419 
75 
74 
50 to 54 years 
921 
702 
74 
67 
55 to 59 years 
1,011 
798 
74 
67 
60 to 64 years 
892 
704 
95 
87 
65 to 69 years 
685 
559 
57 
46 
70 years and over 
1,207 
996 
110 
80 
Average age 
58.7 
59.4 
55.5 
54.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
81 
48 
20 
14 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
21 
21 
- 
- 
Asian 
13 
11 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
7 
7 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
5,902 
4,602 
600 
521 
More than one race reported 
34 
22 
12 
8 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
738 
622 
46 
35 
2 people 
2,818 
2,251 
246 
207 
3 people 
1,052 
788 
130 
117 
4 people 
822 
576 
127 
109 
5 or more people 
547 
426 
63 
61 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4,787 
3,897 
428 
362 
25 to 49 percent 
361 
261 
52 
44 
50 to 74 percent 
330 
224 
50 
50 
75 to 99 percent 
180 
104 
29 
23 
100 percent 
319 
177 
53 
50 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
292 
120 
28 
26 
acres 
46,909 
14,872 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,813 
3,702 
492 
440 
Dial-up service 
219 
194 
10 
9 
DSL service 
1,933 
1,512 
186 
158 
Cable modem service 
2,541 
1,927 
276 
249 
Fiber-optic service 
91 
71 
4 
4 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
477 
336 
77 
69 
Satellite service 
178 
130 
19 
15 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
101 
80 
7 
7 
Other Internet service 
34 
31 
1 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,207 
4,181 
456 
391 
2 households 
550 
369 
110 
95 
3 households 
148 
75 
39 
36 
4 households 
43 
29 
3 
3 
5 or more households 
29 
9 
4 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
146 Connecticut 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
