Table 61. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race: 2012 
[Data were collected for a maximum of three operators. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
American Indian 
or Alaska Native 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Asian 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Black or African 
American 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Native Hawaiian 
or Other Pacific 
Islander alone or 
in combination with 
other races 
White 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
. number 
112 
18 
92 
10 
8,102 
116 
Land in farms 
acres 
23,019 
696 
1,201 
943 
1 ,446,929 
13,348 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
18 
10 
67 
1 
1,178 
7 
1 0 to 49 acres 
30 
2 
17 
2 
2,274 
35 
50 to 1 79 acres 
41 
6 
8 
6 
2,790 
42 
1 80 to 499 acres 
16 
- 
- 
1 
1,317 
32 
500 acres or more 
7 
- 
- 
- 
543 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
106 
18 
31 
10 
7,694 
112 
acres 
20,313 
(D) 
1,138 
668 
1,197,817 
10,979 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
27 
1 
62 
5 
1,985 
35 
acres 
2,706 
(D) 
63 
275 
249,112 
2,369 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
85 
17 
30 
5 
6,117 
81 
acres 
14,065 
(D) 
1,108 
358 
782,400 
6,762 
Part owners 
farms 
21 
1 
1 
5 
1,577 
31 
acres 
8,192 
(D) 
(D) 
585 
617,630 
6,255 
Tenants 
farms 
6 
61 
- 
408 
4 
acres 
762 
- 
(D) 
- 
46,899 
331 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
112 
18 
92 
10 
8,102 
116 
$1,000 
12,476 
453 
510 
486 
766,381 
2,463 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
112 
18 
92 
10 
8,102 
116 
$1,000 
12,149 
453 
510 
486 
756,294 
2,379 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
50 
4 
76 
9 
4,836 
57 
$1,000 
1 1 ,025 
(D) 
(D) 
190 
467,101 
827 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
53 
8 
3 
8 
3,675 
79 
$1,000 
1,124 
(D) 
(D) 
295 
289,193 
1,552 
Government payments 
farms 
25 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1,330 
22 
$1,000 
327 
- 
- 
- 
10,087 
84 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
49 
13 
39 
_ 
1,968 
24 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
9 
- 
39 
- 
1,089 
23 
$2,500 to $4,999 
7 
1 
8 
- 
1,041 
14 
$5,000 to $9,999 
10 
1 
1 
3 
1,075 
15 
$10,000 to $24,999 
13 
- 
4 
1 
1,122 
14 
$25,000 to $49,999 
11 
2 
- 
1 
619 
18 
$50,000 or more 
13 
1 
1 
5 
1,188 
8 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
10 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
361 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
- 
292 
6 
$1,000 
3 
- 
- 
- 
580 
28 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
24 
- 
- 
- 
1,160 
17 
$1,000 
324 
- 
- 
- 
9,507 
57 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
45 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
15 
2 
64 
- 
832 
13 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
15 
- 
3 
4 
677 
5 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
11 
2 
3 
- 
956 
12 
Other crop farming (1119) 
19 
- 
8 
- 
2,338 
25 
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) 
19 
- 
8 
- 
2,338 
25 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
12 
- 
- 
- 
946 
12 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
14 
6 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
6 
- 
- 
5 
308 
7 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
7 
- 
- 
- 
160 
6 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3 
8 
2 
- 
209 
3 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
8 
- 
5 
- 
326 
12 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
16 
6 
7 
1 
1,291 
15 
--continued 
50 Maine 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
