Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
4,472 
3,352 
843 
277 
2,235 
2,237 
Female 
1,505 
1,237 
137 
131 
681 
824 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,766 
1,927 
600 
239 
1,342 
1,424 
Other 
3,211 
2,662 
380 
169 
1,574 
1,637 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,863 
3,847 
830 
186 
2,288 
2,575 
Not on farm operated 
1,114 
742 
150 
222 
628 
486 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,101 
1,516 
431 
154 
1,067 
1,034 
Any 
3,876 
3,073 
549 
254 
1,849 
2,027 
1 to 49 days 
478 
363 
83 
32 
242 
236 
50 to 99 days 
304 
265 
26 
13 
177 
127 
100 to 199 days 
558 
434 
82 
42 
243 
315 
200 days or more 
2,536 
2,011 
358 
167 
1,187 
1,349 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
267 
220 
26 
21 
113 
154 
3 or 4 years 
319 
241 
47 
31 
128 
191 
5 to 9 years 
920 
731 
115 
74 
373 
547 
10 years or more 
4,471 
3,397 
792 
282 
2,302 
2,169 
Average years on present farm 
21.8 
21.4 
25.3 
18.5 
23.6 
20.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
204 
172 
17 
15 
82 
122 
3 or 4 years 
240 
189 
37 
14 
102 
138 
5 to 9 years 
808 
632 
102 
74 
350 
458 
10 years or more 
4,725 
3,596 
824 
305 
2,382 
2,343 
Average years operating any farm 
24.1 
23.6 
27.6 
21.3 
25.3 
23.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
55 
39 
8 
8 
26 
29 
25 to 34 years 
226 
135 
37 
54 
118 
108 
35 to 44 years 
431 
292 
99 
40 
187 
244 
45 to 49 years 
549 
416 
80 
53 
231 
318 
50 to 54 years 
921 
680 
163 
78 
458 
463 
55 to 59 years 
1,011 
795 
159 
57 
440 
571 
60 to 64 years 
892 
691 
147 
54 
440 
452 
65 to 69 years 
685 
560 
101 
24 
367 
318 
70 years and over 
1,207 
981 
186 
40 
649 
558 
Average age 
58.7 
59.4 
57.7 
52.2 
59.4 
58.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
81 
71 
8 
2 
33 
48 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
21 
19 
1 
1 
8 
13 
Asian 
13 
10 
3 
- 
8 
5 
Black or African American 
7 
6 
1 
- 
1 
6 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
5,902 
4,524 
972 
406 
2,887 
3,015 
More than one race reported 
34 
30 
3 
1 
12 
22 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
738 
564 
120 
54 
616 
122 
2 people 
2,818 
2,226 
428 
164 
1,296 
1,522 
3 people 
1,052 
793 
189 
70 
451 
601 
4 people 
822 
588 
158 
76 
341 
481 
5 or more people 
547 
418 
85 
44 
212 
335 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4,787 
3,908 
598 
281 
2,387 
2,400 
25 to 49 percent 
361 
239 
94 
28 
168 
193 
50 to 74 percent 
330 
188 
103 
39 
157 
173 
75 to 99 percent 
180 
80 
89 
11 
64 
116 
1 00 percent 
319 
174 
96 
49 
140 
179 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
292 
207 
47 
38 
143 
149 
acres 
46,909 
23,631 
19,141 
4,137 
19,331 
27,578 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,813 
3,693 
781 
339 
2,177 
2,636 
Dial-up service 
219 
158 
49 
12 
103 
116 
DSL service 
1,933 
1,468 
339 
126 
866 
1,067 
Cable modem service 
2,541 
1,982 
381 
178 
1,129 
1,412 
Fiber-optic service 
91 
76 
8 
7 
56 
35 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
477 
367 
76 
34 
166 
311 
Satellite service 
178 
141 
25 
12 
105 
73 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
101 
81 
15 
5 
33 
68 
Other Internet service 
34 
18 
9 
7 
5 
29 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,207 
4,053 
785 
369 
2,691 
2,516 
2 households 
550 
375 
140 
35 
146 
404 
3 households 
148 
108 
39 
1 
44 
104 
4 households 
43 
31 
10 
2 
27 
16 
5 or more households 
29 
22 
6 
1 
8 
21 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
218 Connecticut 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
