Table 8. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Connecticut: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
685 
363 
165 
100 
15 
12 
8 
1 
21 
70 years and over 
1,207 
771 
216 
131 
12 
34 
9 
4 
30 
Average age 
58.7 
69.0 
54.7 
54.4 
54.5 
61.9 
59.2 
55.9 
52.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
81 
29 
18 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
21 
2 
13 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Asian 
13 
1 
6 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
2 
Black or African American 
7 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
5,902 
1,632 
2,439 
1,215 
135 
124 
59 
18 
280 
More than one race reported 
34 
6 
13 
8 
1 
" 
- 
6 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
738 
302 
237 
136 
12 
15 
1 
1 
34 
2 people 
2,818 
978 
1,053 
520 
48 
54 
33 
8 
124 
3 people 
1,052 
177 
521 
239 
20 
29 
8 
1 
57 
4 people 
822 
94 
380 
215 
44 
14 
12 
5 
58 
5 or more people 
547 
97 
280 
119 
15 
12 
6 
3 
15 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
4,787 
1,456 
2,271 
771 
40 
33 
10 
3 
203 
25 to 49 percent 
361 
70 
134 
102 
11 
15 
1 
1 
27 
50 to 74 percent 
330 
80 
34 
119 
36 
26 
9 
2 
24 
75 to 99 percent 
180 
22 
16 
73 
17 
15 
18 
7 
12 
100 percent 
319 
20 
16 
164 
35 
35 
22 
5 
22 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
292 
26 
54 
77 
13 
22 
11 
9 
80 
acres 
46,909 
2,466 
3,944 
6,848 
1,020 
6,411 
10,279 
2,869 
13,072 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,813 
1,219 
2,034 
1,047 
121 
103 
55 
17 
217 
Dial-up service 
219 
92 
64 
48 
3 
3 
3 
- 
6 
DSL service 
1,933 
489 
804 
429 
46 
46 
23 
7 
89 
Cable modem service 
2,541 
616 
1,111 
543 
68 
55 
30 
11 
107 
Fiber-optic service 
91 
36 
21 
17 
1 
2 
2 
- 
12 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
477 
101 
227 
97 
11 
8 
9 
2 
22 
Satellite service 
178 
75 
29 
56 
2 
5 
5 
- 
6 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
101 
48 
27 
8 
2 
3 
4 
2 
7 
Other Internet service 
34 
3 
17 
12 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
5,207 
1,425 
2,232 
1,101 
123 
64 
31 
10 
221 
2 households 
550 
185 
176 
93 
10 
34 
12 
3 
37 
3 households 
148 
25 
44 
24 
4 
13 
12 
4 
22 
4 households 
43 
11 
17 
5 
1 
4 
2 
- 
3 
5 or more households 
29 
2 
2 
6 
1 
9 
3 
1 
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 
1,648 
2,471 
1,229 
139 
124 
60 
18 
- 
acres 
391,397 
80,208 
98,175 
77,894 
21,097 
30,310 
73,773 
9,940 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,068 
203 
364 
313 
51 
33 
19 
4 
81 
acres 
107,277 
11,754 
16,058 
23,653 
(D) 
7,244 
32,592 
(D) 
7,169 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
4,663 
1,438 
2,081 
1,004 
68 
53 
18 
1 
- 
acres 
258,511 
64,586 
78,464 
52,688 
12,798 
(D) 
33,165 
(D) 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
612 
106 
189 
109 
32 
29 
14 
4 
129 
acres 
69,996 
7,519 
9,630 
(D) 
4,002 
(D) 
(D) 
6,936 
(D) 
Registered under state law 
farms 
529 
79 
163 
92 
31 
26 
12 
3 
123 
acres 
56,582 
5,866 
8,621 
8,220 
3,702 
7,036 
6,381 
4,111 
12,645 
Corporation 
farms 
523 
85 
150 
100 
39 
41 
27 
10 
71 
acres 
84,454 
7,045 
7,297 
10,433 
4,297 
(D) 
28,397 
(D) 
18,970 
Family held 
farms 
439 
78 
110 
88 
35 
39 
25 
8 
56 
acres 
73,621 
6,953 
5,644 
10,241 
(D) 
5,184 
(D) 
2,106 
13,404 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
6 
- 
3 
- 
- 
2 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
433 
78 
107 
88 
35 
39 
25 
6 
55 
Other than family held 
farms 
84 
7 
40 
12 
4 
2 
2 
2 
15 
acres 
10,833 
92 
1,653 
192 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
5,566 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
5 
- 
1 
- 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
79 
7 
39 
12 
4 
2 
2 
2 
11 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
179 
19 
51 
16 
- 
1 
1 
3 
88 
acres 
23,578 
1,058 
2,784 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 107 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
