Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[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 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
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 
7,938 
(NA) 
16 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
67 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
396 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
6,929 
6,956 
15 
39 
15 
11 
67 
17 
Partnerships 
525 
544 
- 
15 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Corporations 
582 
552 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
137 
84 
2 
5 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
3,782 
3,995 
8 
26 
2 
6 
60 
15 
2 operators 
3,787 
3,575 
8 
28 
13 
6 
7 
2 
3 operators 
445 
431 
1 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 operators 
119 
88 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
40 
47 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4,712 
4,398 
11 
39 
14 
5 
64 
13 
2 operators 
348 
303 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 operators 
21 
40 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
6,393 
5,335 
15 
50 
9 
7 
52 
6 
Dial-up 
597 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
DSL service 
2,746 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
2,034 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
44 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
122 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
750 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
469 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
272 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
107 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
296 
201 
2 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
179,463 
96,337 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
7,157 
6,787 
16 
50 
15 
12 
67 
17 
2 households 
765 
1,057 
- 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 households 
142 
163 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 households 
63 
61 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
46 
68 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
6,098 
6,273 
4 
52 
14 
7 
11 
17 
25 to 49 percent 
589 
567 
11 
- 
- 
5 
1 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
620 
515 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
362 
394 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
504 
387 
- 
3 
- 
- 
56 
- 
--continued 
48 Maine 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
