Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
8,173 
8,136 
17 
59 
15 
12 
68 
17 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,454,104 
1,347,566 
8,811 
9,711 
636 
(D) 
363 
451 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,239 
1,046 
1 
13 
9 
6 
64 
11 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,278 
2,383 
1 
22 
- 
5 
3 
2 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2,794 
3,019 
10 
20 
6 
- 
1 
4 
1 80 to 499 acres 
1,318 
1,178 
3 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
544 
510 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
7,707 
7,755 
17 
44 
15 
12 
10 
6 
acres 
1,204,914 
1,111,181 
(D) 
(D) 
636 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,047 
2,062 
5 
15 
- 
1 
58 
11 
acres 
249,190 
236,385 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
6,126 
6,074 
12 
44 
15 
11 
10 
6 
acres 
789,217 
737,642 
7,733 
9,432 
636 
87 
305 
440 
Part owners 
farms 
1,581 
1,681 
5 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
617,930 
569,648 
1,078 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Tenants 
farms 
466 
381 
- 
15 
- 
58 
11 
acres 
46,957 
40,276 
- 
279 
- 
- 
58 
11 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
8,173 
8,136 
17 
59 
15 
12 
68 
17 
$1,000 
773,224 
626,005 
(D) 
(D) 
79 
(D) 
97 
23 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
8,173 
8,136 
17 
59 
15 
12 
68 
17 
$1,000 
763,062 
617,190 
(D) 
(D) 
79 
(D) 
97 
23 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
4,899 
4,427 
11 
26 
3 
12 
65 
13 
$1,000 
473,852 
326,573 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
23 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
3,679 
3,233 
8 
22 
6 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
289,210 
290,617 
(D) 
17 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Government payments 
farms 
1,332 
1,459 
4 
18 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
10,162 
8,815 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,990 
2,446 
_ 
28 
12 
_ 
22 
7 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1,122 
1,248 
2 
16 
- 
5 
39 
6 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,050 
960 
4 
4 
- 
1 
5 
4 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,077 
892 
3 
4 
1 
- 
1 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,125 
973 
2 
3 
- 
5 
1 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
620 
507 
4 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
1,189 
1,110 
2 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
10 
8 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
361 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
293 
695 
2 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
581 
1,508 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
1,161 
1,008 
3 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
9,581 
7,307 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
45 
34 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
891 
650 
4 
3 
1 
1 
64 
13 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
681 
961 
1 
13 
- 
- 
3 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floricuiture 
production (1 1 14) 
958 
682 
3 
3 
2 
11 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
2,340 
2,598 
3 
26 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
2,340 
2,598 
3 
26 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
950 
765 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
14 
119 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
308 
396 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
160 
97 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
209 
323 
- 
- 
6 
- 
1 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
326 
364 
- 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,291 
1,147 
- 
4 
6 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
46 Maine 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
