Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item Connecticut Fairfield Hartford 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
5,977 
439 
2007 
4,916 
310 
acres, 2012 
436,539 
53,948 
2007 
405,616 
39,543 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
3,781 
258 
2007 
3,517 
215 
acres, 2012 
126,835 
3,767 
2007 
136,833 
5,312 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
4,589 
330 
2007 
3,490 
234 
acres, 2012 
210,592 
8,456 
2007 
182,185 
8,580 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
2,747 
206 
2007 
2,338 
163 
acres, 2012 
40,388 
2,165 
2007 
38,281 
2,317 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
980 
48 
2007 
1,097 
46 
acres, 2012 
167,877 
16,990 
2007 
169,417 
7,013 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
87,604 
11,529 
2007 
82,211 
3,231 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
80,273 
5,461 
2007 
87,206 
3,782 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
775 
21 
2007 
947 
42 
acres, 2012 
76,290 
1,332 
2007 
85,801 
2,699 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
408 
61 
2007 
329 
30 
acres, 2012 
58,070 
28,502 
2007 
54,014 
23,950 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
259 
31 
2007 
232 
10 
acres, 2012 
10,157 
270 
2007 
12,751 
296 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
9,880 
718 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
2,916 
223 
2 operators 
2,510 
175 
3 operators 
384 
27 
4 operators 
99 
6 
5 or more operators 
68 
8 
Total women operators 
number 
3,864 
284 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2,986 
217 
2 operators 
331 
23 
3 operators 
52 
7 
4 operators 
6 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
" 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
7,913 
519 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
2,520 
168 
2 operators 
1,982 
100 
3 operators 
299 
25 
4 operators 
72 
12 
5 or more operators 
43 
5 
Total women operators 
number 
2,928 
202 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2,366 
150 
2 operators 
203 
16 
3 operators 
35 
4 
4 operators 
10 
2 
5 or more operators 
2 
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PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
4,472 
304 
2007 
3,755 
224 
acres, 2012 
362,266 
39,195 
2007 
347,687 
37,258 
Female 
farms, 2012 
1,505 
135 
2007 
1,161 
86 
acres, 2012 
74,273 
14,753 
2007 
57,929 
2,285 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2012 
2,766 
254 
2007 
2,273 
147 
Other 
2012 
3,211 
185 
2007 
2,643 
163 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2012 
4,863 
334 
2007 
4,062 
227 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
1,114 
105 
2007 
854 
83 
Litchfield 
899 
1,207 
790 
979 
54,062 
90,963 
53,504 
87,412 
637 
763 
597 
685 
21,009 
31,044 
24,041 
33,196 
654 
897 
518 
653 
24,667 
46,742 
22,876 
40,509 
435 
529 
360 
413 
5,882 
7,135 
6,016 
7,454 
171 
220 
204 
251 
23,810 
36,298 
25,448 
39,298 
13,941 
14,443 
14,175 
14,814 
9,869 
21,855 
11,273 
24,484 
147 
173 
179 
215 
12,179 
20,513 
14,207 
21,724 
74 
90 
68 
75 
5,585 
7,923 
5,180 
7,605 
55 
61 
58 
57 
2,948 
3,396 
3,818 
4,018 
1,477 
1,897 
429 
643 
402 
481 
54 
62 
6 
6 
8 
15 
587 
718 
463 
578 
51 
55 
2 
10 
4 
- 
1,289 
1,490 
396 
555 
309 
361 
71 
46 
11 
10 
3 
7 
468 
546 
359 
467 
50 
24 
3 
5 
- 
4 
639 
931 
603 
738 
43,600 
75,863 
44,185 
70,302 
260 
276 
187 
241 
10,462 
15,100 
9,319 
17,110 
446 
501 
378 
445 
453 
706 
412 
534 
671 
1,024 
595 
819 
228 
183 
195 
160 
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298 Connecticut 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
