Data Sets

State Fact Sheets: Connecticut

• Population, Income, Education, and Employment
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated October 21, 2009

Data Download
Need help?
Questions & Answers
Excel file

CT-fact-sheet.xls

Population, Income, Education, and Employment

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Population
Year
1980	249,081	2,858,483	3,107,564
1990	276,617	3,010,499	3,287,116
2000	291,284	3,114,281	3,405,565
2008 (latest estimates)	305,090	3,196,162	3,501,252
More information on Connecticut population • County-level Population Data • Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room • Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Income
Per-capita income (2007 dollars)
2006	41,526	54,173	53,070
2007	42,611	56,164	54,981
Percent change	5.2	7.3	7.2

Earnings per job (2007 dollars)
2006	40,545	64,054	62,441
2007	39,852	64,835	63,127
Percent change	-3.4	2.4	2.2

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	6.8	8.1	8.0
1989	5.5	6.9	6.8
1999	6.0	8.0	7.9
2007 (latest model-based estimates)	6.6	8.1	7.9
More information on Connecticut poverty rates • County-level Poverty Data • Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room • See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates • Contact Tracey Farrigan, 202-694-5489

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
Percent not completing high school
1980	33.4	29.3	29.7
1990	22.6	20.6	20.8
2000	16.4	16.0	16.0

Percent completing high school only
1980	35.0	34.3	34.4
1990	31.8	29.3	29.5
2000	32.9	28.0	28.5

Percent completing some college
1980	14.8	15.3	15.3
1990	23.5	22.5	22.5
2000	26.3	23.9	24.1

Percent completing college
1980	16.7	21.0	20.7
1990	22.1	27.6	27.2
2000	24.4	32.1	31.4
More information on Connecticut education • County-level Education Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
Total number of jobs
2006	151,582	2,058,991	2,210,573
2007	152,750	2,082,498	2,235,248

Unemployment rate (percent)
2007	4.7	4.6	4.6
2008	5.8	5.7	5.7
More information on Connecticut unemployment rates • County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429

Percent employment change
2005-2006	1.7	1.6	1.6
2006-2007	0.6	1.0	1.0
2007-2008	0.3	0.2	0.2

* Urban and rural (metro and nonmetro) definitions are based on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) June 2003 classification. See Measuring Rurality: New Definitions in 2003 for more information.

More information on socioeconomic conditions • Rural Emphasis Page • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.

Farm Characteristics

	1997	2002	2007
1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture

Approximate total land area (acres)	3,101,053	3,100,675	3,100,721
Total farmland (acres)	406,222	357,154	405,616
Percent of total land area	13.1	11.5	13.1

Cropland (acres)	200,586	170,673	163,686
Percent of total farmland	49.4	47.8	40.4
Percent in pasture	16.0	13.7	7.6
Percent irrigated	3.8	5.9	5.9

Harvested Cropland (acres)	153,446	131,248	136,833

Woodland (acres)	139,660	127,231	124,875
Percent of total farmland	34.4	35.6	30.8
Percent in pasture	13.6	16.0	13.6

Pastureland (acres)	22,659	21,988	32,823
Percent of total farmland	5.6	6.2	8.1

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)	43,317	37,262	84,232
Percent of total farmland	10.7	10.4	20.8

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (acres)	4,508	675	911

Average farm size (acres)	83	85	83

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	76.6	77.0	78.3
100 to 499 acres	21.2	20.2	19.6
500 to 999 acres	1.5	2.2	1.3
1000 to 1,999 acres	0.5	0.5	0.6
2,000 or more acres	0.1	0.1	0.2

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	66.7	67.3	65.4
$10,000 to $49,999	18.1	17.7	20.0
$50,000 to $99,999	5.0	4.5	4.7
$100,000 to $499,999	7.7	7.4	6.4
More than $500,000	2.4	3.1	3.6

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	3,268	2,886	3,490
Percent of total	66.6	68.9	71.0

Part owner (farms)	1,185	955	1,097
Percent of total	24.2	22.8	22.3

Tenant owner (farms)	452	350	329
Percent of total	9.2	8.4	6.7

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	4,040	3,436	3,967
Percent of total	82.4	82.0	80.7

Family-held corporations (farms)	347	300	350
Percent of total	7.1	7.2	7.1

Partnerships (farms)	435	341	485
Percent of total	8.9	8.1	9.9

Non-family corporations (farms)	39	38	39
Percent of total	0.8	0.9	0.8

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	44	76	75
Percent of total	0.9	1.8	1.5

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	55.0	55.4	57.6
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	45.4	49.6	46.2
Men	4,096	3,323	3,755
Women	809	868	1,161

More information on farm characteristics • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Farm Financial Indicators

	2007	2008
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	4,900	4,900

	Thousands $
Final crop output	394,246	419,996
+ Final animal output	179,984	190,327
+ Services and forestry	105,801	117,901
= Final agricultural sector output	680,031	728,223

- Intermediate consumption outlays	292,939	308,347
+ Net government transactions	-20,271	-24,810
= Gross value added	366,821	395,067

- Capital consumption	57,806	60,115

= Net value added	309,015	334,952

- Factor payments	169,525	157,974
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	150,671	144,269
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	-6,617	-10,769
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	25,471	24,474

= Net farm income	139,490	176,978

More information on farm income • Farm Income Data • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

Farm balance sheet

• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.

Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2008
1. Greenhouse/nursery	273,840	45.6	1.7
2. Dairy products	72,720	12.1	0.2
3. Chicken eggs	60,113	10.0	0.7
4. Aquaculture	27,600	4.6	2.2
5. Tobacco	22,495	3.7	1.6

All commodities	600,589		0.2

More information on Connecticut's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities for cash receipts in a text file • Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2008
1. Tobacco unmfd.	4	62.6
2. Other	25	61.9
3. Poultry and products	33	4.1
4. Fruits and preparations	26	3.5
5. Seeds	38	3.3

Overall rank	41	138.7

More information on agricultural exports • State Export Data • Agricultural Trade Briefing Room • Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

	Percent of state total receipts	Thousands $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007
1. Hartford County	24.2	133,582
2. New London County	20.0	110,068
3. New Haven County	16.3	90,173
4. Middlesex County	10.1	55,753
5. Litchfield County	8.6	47,418

State total		551,553

More information on agricultural sales • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Data Sources

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Regional Economic Information System, April 2008, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room, Economic Research Service, USDA.
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker

Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov

Updated date: October 21, 2009