Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
2,616 
8 
100 
165 
553 
732 
1,058 
acres 
391,397 
247,329 
1,325 
4,047 
15,847 
63,579 
74,959 
87,572 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,068 
615 
7 
56 
69 
148 
178 
157 
acres 
107,277 
82,881 
1,125 
1,800 
3,957 
34,722 
21,167 
20,110 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
4,663 
2,056 
2 
77 
120 
425 
552 
880 
acres 
258,511 
160,167 
(D) 
(D) 
7,465 
48,440 
38,829 
62,362 
Partnership 
farms 
612 
324 
12 
19 
29 
66 
94 
104 
acres 
69,996 
49,978 
1,620 
552 
8,134 
6,096 
16,123 
17,453 
Registered under state law 
farms 
529 
277 
12 
13 
25 
62 
84 
81 
acres 
56,582 
39,991 
1,620 
492 
4,947 
4,951 
12,140 
15,841 
Corporation 
farms 
523 
319 
- 
2 
25 
83 
116 
93 
acres 
84,454 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
11,864 
26,216 
15,477 
Family held 
farms 
439 
282 
- 
2 
24 
74 
97 
85 
acres 
73,621 
48,990 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
22,711 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
6 
3 
- 
1 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
433 
279 
- 
1 
24 
73 
96 
85 
Other than family held 
farms 
84 
37 
- 
- 
1 
9 
19 
8 
acres 
10,833 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
3,505 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
5 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
79 
35 
- 
- 
1 
9 
18 
7 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
179 
67 
2 
15 
10 
14 
17 
9 
acres 
23,578 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
992 
5,043 
575 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,704 
1,098 
3 
47 
99 
241 
336 
372 
workers 
13,713 
11,469 
(D) 
(D) 
1,025 
2,849 
3,907 
3,297 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,078 
773 
1 
37 
78 
191 
246 
220 
workers 
6,663 
5,719 
(D) 
(D) 
620 
1,192 
2,227 
1,492 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,149 
725 
2 
30 
68 
139 
218 
268 
workers 
7,050 
5,750 
(D) 
(D) 
405 
1,657 
1,680 
1,805 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
79 
69 
1 
6 
17 
28 
17 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,261 
1,456 
8 
67 
81 
293 
413 
594 
workers 
8,319 
3,947 
21 
225 
478 
767 
1,004 
1,452 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,768 
684 
39 
44 
193 
179 
229 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,403 
1,060 
1 
44 
63 
217 
292 
443 
50 to 69 acres 
460 
216 
- 
9 
13 
43 
69 
82 
70 to 99 acres 
389 
203 
6 
8 
23 
34 
52 
80 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
279 
144 
- 
4 
11 
27 
31 
71 
140 to 179 acres 
189 
109 
- 
4 
6 
14 
36 
49 
180 to 219 acres 
142 
93 
7 
2 
5 
16 
27 
36 
220 to 259 acres 
60 
45 
- 
1 
2 
2 
12 
28 
260 to 499 acres 
177 
128 
2 
2 
11 
22 
49 
42 
500 to 999 acres 
67 
47 
- 
- 
3 
13 
18 
13 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
29 
26 
- 
- 
1 
4 
10 
11 
2,000 acres or more 
14 
11 
" 
- 
2 
3 
4 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
78 
46 
1 
3 
8 
11 
23 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
574 
355 
3 
37 
19 
76 
75 
145 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
270 
120 
- 
2 
9 
18 
32 
59 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
1,115 
512 
_ 
12 
32 
94 
163 
211 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
1,007 
441 
- 
5 
12 
76 
142 
206 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
39 
36 
- 
- 
3 
11 
15 
7 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
968 
405 
. 
5 
9 
65 
127 
199 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
693 
248 
- 
13 
11 
40 
68 
116 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
6 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
146 
110 
7 
3 
11 
12 
45 
32 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
160 
58 
- 
- 
28 
15 
8 
7 
Poultry and egg production (1 123) 
175 
88 
- 
8 
5 
16 
31 
28 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
246 
66 
- 
- 
1 
16 
18 
31 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,507 
719 
6 
32 
52 
217 
185 
227 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,452 
628 
7 
24 
52 
109 
177 
259 
number 
48,278 
39,637 
485 
544 
3,766 
3,986 
18,803 
12,053 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
887 
324 
5 
28 
70 
76 
145 
1 0 to 49 
418 
176 
1 
16 
14 
22 
50 
73 
50 to 99 
56 
43 
6 
3 
4 
5 
13 
12 
100 to 199 
38 
36 
- 
- 
3 
6 
12 
15 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
202 Connecticut 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
