Table 20. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Maine: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
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 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems ■ 
■ Con. 
Ethanol 
farms 
4 
2 
_ 
2 
- 
_ 
_ 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
13 
3 
9 
1 
" 
- 
- 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
31 
8 
6 
8 
1 
7 
- 
- 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
6,126 
1,889 
2,593 
1,384 
51 
37 
20 
2 
150 
Part owners 
farms 
1,581 
343 
420 
405 
137 
141 
73 
7 
55 
Tenants 
farms 
466 
51 
108 
230 
20 
22 
5 
- 
30 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
7,708 
2,232 
3,013 
1,789 
188 
178 
94 
9 
205 
acres 
1,237,055 
285,176 
368,918 
198,913 
51,889 
79,547 
83,143 
44,384 
125,085 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
7,707 
2,232 
3,013 
1,789 
188 
178 
93 
9 
205 
acres 
1,204,914 
272,457 
361,272 
194,179 
50,855 
78,288 
80,413 
43,634 
123,816 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,056 
395 
529 
641 
157 
164 
78 
7 
85 
acres 
253,734 
25,451 
35,824 
36,032 
37,014 
44,152 
40,759 
18,792 
15,710 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,047 
394 
528 
635 
157 
163 
78 
7 
85 
acres 
249,190 
25,351 
35,774 
35,789 
36,949 
44,062 
40,759 
15,110 
15,396 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
528 
152 
187 
132 
17 
11 
8 
4 
17 
acres 
36,685 
12,819 
7,696 
4,977 
1,099 
1,349 
2,730 
4,432 
1,583 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
...number 
13,406 
3,538 
5,076 
3,341 
373 
359 
222 
21 
476 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
3,782 
1,210 
1,404 
894 
79 
82 
35 
3 
75 
2 operators 
3,787 
939 
1,546 
973 
97 
88 
30 
2 
112 
3 operators 
445 
107 
119 
116 
29 
21 
17 
2 
34 
4 operators 
119 
13 
44 
32 
2 
7 
12 
2 
7 
5 or more operators 
40 
14 
8 
4 
1 
2 
4 
" 
7 
Total women operators 
...number 
5,494 
1,317 
2,148 
1,623 
119 
86 
43 
4 
154 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4,712 
1,198 
1,862 
1,367 
91 
72 
27 
4 
91 
2 operators 
348 
51 
128 
122 
11 
5 
5 
- 
26 
3 operators 
21 
3 
10 
4 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 operators 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
" 
" 
" 
" 
1 
" 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,792 
1,805 
2,223 
1,114 
185 
187 
92 
8 
178 
Female 
2,381 
478 
898 
905 
23 
13 
6 
1 
57 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,964 
1,326 
- 
2,019 
208 
184 
94 
7 
126 
Other 
4,209 
957 
3,121 
- 
- 
16 
4 
2 
109 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
6,941 
2,009 
2,692 
1,725 
152 
154 
74 
4 
131 
Not on farm operated 
1,232 
274 
429 
294 
56 
46 
24 
5 
104 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
3,060 
1,449 
182 
942 
144 
149 
77 
8 
109 
Any 
5,113 
834 
2,939 
1,077 
64 
51 
21 
1 
126 
1 to 49 days 
750 
286 
179 
229 
18 
6 
4 
- 
28 
50 to 99 days 
398 
128 
89 
158 
7 
4 
- 
- 
12 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
897 
158 
442 
255 
8 
10 
1 
- 
23 
200 days or more 
3,068 
262 
2,229 
435 
31 
31 
16 
1 
63 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
373 
58 
168 
121 
- 
2 
2 
- 
22 
3 or 4 years 
620 
43 
350 
203 
10 
3 
1 
- 
10 
5 to 9 years 
1,432 
268 
615 
459 
31 
17 
4 
- 
38 
1 0 years or more 
5,748 
1,914 
1,988 
1,236 
167 
178 
91 
9 
165 
Average years on present farm 
20.3 
27.1 
16.4 
17.1 
24.9 
26.2 
29.3 
27.3 
19.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
286 
53 
140 
79 
- 
2 
1 
- 
11 
3 or 4 years 
541 
39 
312 
167 
7 
3 
1 
- 
12 
5 to 9 years 
1,204 
191 
541 
409 
22 
15 
3 
- 
23 
1 0 years or more 
6,142 
2,000 
2,128 
1,364 
179 
180 
93 
9 
189 
Average years operating any farm ... 
22.5 
29.8 
18.2 
19.5 
28.2 
28.5 
30.2 
31.2 
22.5 
Age group: 
Linder 25 years 
62 
- 
21 
38 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
488 
- 
195 
237 
15 
19 
6 
- 
16 
35 to 44 years 
834 
21 
422 
312 
16 
18 
11 
- 
34 
45 to 49 years 
798 
47 
432 
238 
27 
25 
12 
1 
16 
50 to 54 years 
1,140 
95 
559 
351 
41 
31 
23 
1 
39 
55 to 59 years 
1,231 
191 
605 
299 
37 
46 
14 
3 
36 
60 to 64 years 
1,253 
376 
496 
271 
34 
20 
11 
2 
43 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 273 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
