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.] 
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 
981 
603 
214 
109 
8 
18 
7 
2 
20 
70 years and over 
1,386 
950 
177 
164 
29 
22 
14 
- 
30 
Average age 
57.0 
68.2 
53.1 
51.2 
54.9 
53.9 
55.4 
58.8 
55.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
58 
6 
26 
20 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
17 
6 
4 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Asian 
15 
2 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
68 
3 
11 
53 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
8,018 
2,264 
3,080 
1,929 
208 
197 
98 
9 
233 
More than one race reported 
55 
8 
13 
31 
- 
3 
- 
" 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
950 
344 
336 
200 
28 
14 
6 
1 
21 
2 people 
4,250 
1,598 
1,409 
885 
92 
104 
42 
8 
112 
3 people 
1,206 
250 
478 
353 
38 
34 
13 
- 
40 
4 people 
1,041 
52 
554 
307 
31 
32 
19 
- 
46 
5 or more people 
726 
39 
344 
274 
19 
16 
18 
- 
16 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
6,098 
1,914 
2,814 
1,144 
47 
32 
9 
2 
136 
25 to 49 percent 
589 
179 
171 
171 
17 
20 
6 
- 
25 
50 to 74 percent 
620 
150 
95 
256 
23 
41 
17 
1 
37 
75 to 99 percent 
362 
29 
19 
170 
50 
32 
37 
3 
22 
1 00 percent 
504 
11 
22 
278 
71 
75 
29 
3 
15 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
296 
26 
48 
105 
11 
26 
13 
2 
65 
acres 
179,463 
6,609 
12,631 
15,554 
(D) 
13,815 
16,735 
(D) 
73,597 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
6,393 
1,539 
2,551 
1,666 
170 
176 
92 
9 
190 
Dial-up service 
597 
187 
243 
130 
18 
8 
3 
- 
8 
DSL service 
2,746 
664 
1,133 
689 
78 
58 
38 
2 
84 
Cable modem service 
2,034 
462 
812 
544 
46 
67 
23 
5 
75 
Fiber-optic service 
122 
35 
49 
22 
3 
1 
4 
1 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
750 
127 
285 
241 
32 
27 
16 
1 
21 
Satellite service 
469 
141 
179 
103 
11 
17 
3 
- 
15 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
272 
69 
93 
71 
1 
15 
12 
- 
11 
Other Internet service 
107 
23 
42 
22 
7 
4 
2 
1 
6 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
7,157 
1,998 
2,878 
1,801 
146 
112 
52 
5 
165 
2 households 
765 
236 
192 
172 
42 
57 
25 
- 
41 
3 households 
142 
31 
30 
19 
17 
19 
12 
1 
13 
4 households 
63 
12 
15 
15 
1 
4 
5 
2 
9 
5 or more households 
46 
6 
6 
12 
2 
8 
4 
1 
7 
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 
7,938 
2,283 
3,121 
2,019 
208 
200 
98 
9 
- 
acres 
1,314,892 
297,808 
397,046 
229,968 
87,804 
122,350 
121,172 
58,744 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
396 
55 
147 
130 
12 
19 
12 
1 
20 
acres 
107,962 
11,186 
34,761 
10,402 
(D) 
9,640 
19,320 
(D) 
10,041 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
6,929 
2,108 
2,819 
1,728 
126 
112 
36 
- 
- 
acres 
912,217 
261,983 
292,646 
191,140 
52,333 
69,582 
44,533 
- 
- 
Partnership 
.farms 
525 
70 
120 
160 
29 
37 
21 
1 
87 
acres 
151,773 
12,454 
16,465 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
31,537 
(D) 
34,955 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
312 
37 
69 
97 
21 
27 
11 
1 
49 
acres 
111,743 
(D) 
14,321 
9,813 
7,451 
18,329 
19,292 
(D) 
29,427 
Corporation 
.farms 
582 
88 
145 
122 
53 
49 
37 
8 
80 
acres 
354,808 
18,616 
83,640 
19,080 
(D) 
29,084 
41,546 
(D) 
84,858 
Family held 
.farms 
503 
80 
114 
119 
49 
44 
37 
7 
53 
acres 
335,369 
17,155 
77,480 
(D) 
(D) 
25,681 
41,546 
(D) 
80,108 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
8 
1 
2 
1 
1 
- 
1 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
495 
79 
112 
118 
48 
44 
36 
7 
51 
Other than family held 
.farms 
79 
8 
31 
3 
4 
5 
_ 
1 
27 
acres 
19,439 
1,461 
6,160 
(D) 
(D) 
3,403 
- 
(D) 
4,750 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
7 
- 
- 
1 
- 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
72 
8 
31 
3 
4 
4 
- 
1 
21 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
137 
17 
37 
9 
- 
2 
4 
- 
68 
acres 
35,306 
4,755 
4,295 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
3,556 
- 
19,399 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
274 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
