Maple syrup in Connecticut, county by county
- Maple farms, 2022
- 190
- -5% since 2017
- Taps, 2022
- 87,320
- +12% since 2017
- Gallons of syrup
- 15,361
- 0.18 gal per tap
- Counties with a page
- 8
- of 8 with maple farms
Reading the map
Where Connecticut's sugaring happens
Litchfield County alone holds 32,727 taps (37% of the state). Counties shaded lightest have the fewest taps; grey counties reported fewer than five maple farms and have no atlas page. Click any county for its season calendar.
USDA's reported Connecticut season ran from about Feb 12 to Mar 26 in a median year (8 years of records). Our weather signal for the same counties, weighted by farms, gives Feb 21 to Mar 26; county dates below are scaled so the state matches USDA, keeping only the within-state differences.
Every county
Connecticut maple production and season dates by county
| County | Farms | Taps | Gallons | Taps vs 2017 | Sap usually runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litchfield | 73 | 32,727 | 6,816 | +19% | Feb 19 – Apr 1 |
| Windham | 22 | 16,240 | 2,560 | +29% | Feb 10 – Mar 25 |
| Middlesex | 20 | 11,048 | 2,044 | +53% | Feb 6 – Mar 20 |
| Tolland | 9 | 8,750 | 1,174 | +3% | Feb 15 – Mar 29 |
| Hartford | 16 | 6,584 | 942 | -11% | Feb 6 – Mar 20 |
| New London | 16 | 6,537 | 616 | -18% | Feb 3 – Mar 15 |
| Fairfield | 18 | 2,864 | 590 | +52% | Feb 8 – Mar 21 |
| New Haven | 16 | 2,570 | 619 | -49% | Feb 9 – Mar 23 |
| Connecticut total | 190 | 87,320 | 15,361 | +12% | USDA median Feb 12 – Mar 26 |
“Withheld” = USDA suppressed the figure to avoid disclosing individual operations. County totals need not sum to the state total for that reason.
About this page
Production figures are copied, unchanged, from Table 37 of the 2022 Census of Agriculture county volume for Connecticut. Season dates come from our county maple atlas: 36 seasons of daily temperatures at each county seat scored with the freeze-thaw rule behind our live forecast, calibrated against 117 state-seasons of USDA-reported dates. How the atlas is built, and the downloadable dataset →
Sources · 3
- 1.2022 Census of Agriculture, County Level Data — Connecticut, Table 37: Maple Syrup, 2022 and 2017 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
- 2.USDA NASS maple syrup reports — approximate average season opened and closed dates, 2011–2022 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (mirrored by the University of Vermont)
- 3.PRISM daily temperature grids (AN81d, 4 km), accessed 2026-10-05 · PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu
FAQ
Connecticut maple questions
- Which county in Connecticut makes the most maple syrup?
- Litchfield County, with 32,727 taps and 6,816 gallons of syrup across 73 farms in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, about 37% of the state's taps.
- How many maple producers are there in Connecticut?
- The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 190 farms producing maple syrup in Connecticut (199 in 2017), with 87,320 taps and 15,361 gallons of syrup. The Census counts farms, so backyard sugarmakers who don't sell are not included.
- Where does the sap run first in Connecticut?
- By our weather record, New London County (Norwich) typically starts around February 3, while Litchfield County (Litchfield) starts around February 19, a spread of about 16 days across the state.
Other states
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