Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
921 
13 
91 
48 
186 
131 
9 
55 to 59 years 
1,011 
10 
75 
52 
179 
218 
9 
60 to 64 years 
892 
8 
80 
38 
156 
156 
7 
65 to 69 years 
685 
12 
78 
31 
121 
125 
1 
70 years and over 
1,207 
20 
106 
68 
262 
248 
7 
Average age 
58.7 
60.5 
57.4 
60.9 
59.6 
61.2 
58.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) .. 
81 
- 
11 
5 
18 
5 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
21 
- 
1 
- 
6 
2 
- 
Asian 
13 
- 
8 
1 
4 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
7 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander .. 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
5,902 
78 
558 
252 
1,097 
1,004 
39 
More than one race reported 
34 
- 
7 
17 
2 
1 
" 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
738 
14 
68 
26 
112 
172 
4 
2 people 
2,818 
36 
268 
133 
554 
495 
14 
3 people 
1,052 
12 
99 
43 
207 
150 
10 
4 people 
822 
4 
90 
43 
168 
106 
6 
5 or more people 
547 
12 
49 
25 
74 
84 
5 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4,787 
58 
429 
206 
862 
845 
12 
25 to 49 percent 
361 
6 
38 
14 
63 
40 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
330 
7 
48 
23 
77 
54 
4 
75 to 99 percent 
180 
5 
20 
15 
49 
23 
10 
100 percent 
319 
2 
39 
12 
64 
45 
11 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
292 
2 
35 
8 
81 
38 
8 
acres 
46,909 
(D) 
3,931 
2,524 
5,810 
7,871 
3,150 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,813 
48 
471 
227 
907 
699 
29 
Dial-up service 
219 
2 
37 
4 
33 
37 
- 
DSL service 
1,933 
20 
175 
106 
409 
278 
13 
Cable modem service 
2,541 
22 
255 
115 
449 
387 
16 
Fiber-optic service 
91 
- 
11 
4 
28 
19 
1 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
477 
4 
34 
23 
93 
58 
2 
Satellite service 
178 
2 
6 
7 
16 
33 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
101 
1 
24 
5 
17 
8 
- 
Other Internet service 
34 
- 
- 
3 
3 
3 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,207 
62 
493 
230 
956 
880 
29 
2 households 
550 
10 
49 
25 
100 
97 
8 
3 households 
148 
6 
23 
13 
35 
18 
2 
4 households 
43 
- 
7 
2 
19 
7 
- 
5 or more households 
29 
- 
2 
- 
5 
5 
- 
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 
75 
543 
255 
1,042 
962 
32 
acres 
391,397 
15,084 
20,210 
18,036 
38,051 
87,750 
6,407 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
1,068 
8 
116 
72 
226 
113 
9 
acres 
107,277 
1,746 
3,048 
3,704 
8,458 
16,723 
3,317 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
4,663 
58 
479 
174 
808 
854 
22 
acres 
258,511 
11,045 
14,255 
7,536 
26,505 
68,709 
3,486 
Partnership 
.. farms 
612 
10 
44 
48 
113 
86 
7 
acres 
69,996 
3,052 
3,204 
3,328 
5,352 
14,929 
2,422 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
529 
9 
41 
45 
105 
63 
7 
acres 
56,582 
3,042 
2,976 
2,925 
5,104 
12,308 
2,422 
Corporation 
.. farms 
523 
8 
25 
40 
150 
43 
9 
acres 
84,454 
(D) 
3,608 
8,187 
10,917 
(D) 
(D) 
Family held 
.. farms 
439 
8 
23 
32 
127 
31 
8 
acres 
73,621 
(D) 
(D) 
7,343 
9,112 
5,965 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
.. farms 
6 
1 
1 
4 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
433 
8 
22 
31 
123 
31 
8 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
84 
- 
2 
8 
23 
12 
1 
acres 
10,833 
- 
(D) 
844 
1,805 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Connecticut 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
