Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Middlesex 
New Haven 
New London 
Tolland 
Windham 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
518 
695 
949 
578 
692 
2007 
393 
573 
793 
484 
594 
acres, 2012 
24,070 
42,309 
65,159 
47,764 
58,264 
2007 
16,623 
45,684 
63,380 
39,334 
60,136 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
292 
467 
544 
374 
446 
2007 
245 
448 
544 
349 
434 
acres, 2012 
6,549 
11,124 
19,901 
14,970 
18,471 
TENURE 
2007 
6,387 
11,752 
20,394 
14,525 
21,226 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
426 
535 
786 
437 
524 
2007 
293 
400 
594 
358 
440 
acres, 2012 
15,966 
14,556 
40,251 
28,281 
31,673 
2007 
9,827 
12,650 
37,354 
20,667 
29,722 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
223 
342 
428 
277 
307 
2007 
163 
313 
387 
237 
302 
acres, 2012 
2,646 
4,949 
7,747 
5,813 
4,051 
2007 
2,237 
3,835 
7,679 
3,728 
5,015 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
61 
111 
111 
116 
142 
2007 
82 
120 
149 
110 
135 
acres, 2012 
5,597 
19,416 
21,324 
18,581 
25,861 
2007 
6,058 
22,890 
21,059 
18,011 
29,640 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
2,703 
5,523 
12,968 
10,866 
15,631 
2007 
3,046 
5,625 
12,694 
10,428 
18,198 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
2,894 
13,893 
8,356 
7,715 
10,230 
2007 
3,012 
17,265 
8,365 
7,583 
1 1 ,442 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
50 
93 
90 
76 
125 
2007 
68 
103 
123 
97 
120 
acres, 2012 
3,200 
5,587 
10,731 
8,681 
14,067 
2007 
3,720 
6,327 
10,678 
10,439 
16,007 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
31 
49 
52 
25 
26 
2007 
18 
53 
50 
16 
19 
acres, 2012 
2,507 
8,337 
3,584 
902 
730 
2007 
738 
10,144 
4,967 
656 
774 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
19 
32 
26 
21 
14 
2007 
14 
32 
34 
15 
12 
acres, 2012 
703 
588 
1,423 
476 
353 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
430 
1,590 
2,037 
358 
204 
Total operators 
number 
872 
1,209 
1,609 
930 
1,168 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
261 
323 
448 
297 
292 
2 operators 
192 
282 
396 
235 
347 
3 operators 
39 
64 
76 
31 
31 
4 operators 
22 
11 
20 
7 
21 
5 or more operators 
4 
15 
9 
8 
1 
Total women operators 
number 
371 
456 
669 
344 
435 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
258 
330 
501 
262 
377 
2 operators 
43 
45 
57 
32 
25 
3 operators 
9 
12 
6 
6 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
" 
- 
6 
- 
" 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
639 
953 
1,291 
787 
945 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
194 
296 
374 
240 
297 
2 operators 
166 
212 
370 
209 
255 
3 operators 
22 
47 
32 
19 
37 
4 operators 
8 
9 
10 
9 
3 
5 or more operators 
3 
9 
7 
7 
2 
Total women operators 
number 
291 
314 
473 
290 
344 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
228 
252 
392 
235 
283 
2 operators 
15 
23 
33 
20 
22 
3 operators 
7 
4 
5 
5 
2 
4 operators 
3 
1 
- 
- 
" 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
2 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
362 
535 
703 
438 
560 
2007 
259 
455 
632 
377 
467 
acres, 2012 
21,155 
34,766 
55,525 
41,655 
50,507 
2007 
12,972 
38,724 
57,877 
34,613 
51,756 
Female 
farms, 2012 
156 
160 
246 
140 
132 
2007 
134 
118 
161 
107 
127 
acres, 2012 
2,915 
7,543 
9,634 
6,109 
7,757 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
3,651 
6,960 
5,503 
4,721 
8,380 
Farming 
2012 
252 
299 
461 
198 
355 
2007 
163 
290 
354 
221 
275 
Other 
2012 
266 
396 
488 
380 
337 
Place of residence: 
2007 
230 
283 
439 
263 
319 
On farm operated 
2012 
408 
522 
803 
470 
631 
2007 
332 
450 
703 
407 
529 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
110 
173 
146 
108 
61 
2007 
61 
123 
90 
77 
65 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Connecticut 299 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
