Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.... number 
8,173 
1,239 
2,278 
622 
857 
794 
percent 
100.0 
15.2 
27.9 
7.6 
10.5 
9.7 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,454,104 
4,841 
58,579 
35,743 
69,833 
90,930 
Average size of farm 
acres 
178 
4 
26 
57 
81 
115 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
8,173 
1,239 
2,278 
622 
857 
794 
$1,000 
773,224 
(D) 
56,070 
8,549 
23,576 
17,270 
Average per farm 
dollars 
94,607 
(D) 
24,613 
13,744 
27,510 
21,750 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
1,990 
383 
767 
155 
233 
172 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1,122 
293 
370 
82 
114 
80 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,050 
161 
306 
125 
144 
103 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,077 
192 
296 
81 
106 
139 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,125 
105 
259 
100 
135 
136 
$25,000 to $49,999 
620 
41 
147 
47 
57 
68 
$50,000 to $99,999 
404 
28 
64 
18 
43 
61 
$100,000 to $249,999 
339 
20 
34 
10 
16 
28 
$250,000 to $499,999 
202 
11 
22 
4 
2 
5 
$500,000 to $999,999 
120 
2 
9 
_ 
4 
2 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
124 
3 
4 
- 
3 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
86 
2 
1 
- 
2 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
20 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
18 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
8,173 
1,239 
2,278 
622 
857 
794 
$1,000 
763,062 
(D) 
55,147 
(D) 
22,879 
16,513 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
349 
8 
11 
7 
15 
56 
$1,000 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
38 
79 
114 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
112 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
21,415 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Corn 
farms 
152 
4 
8 
3 
9 
25 
$1,000 
(D) 
(Z) 
(D) 
(D) 
7 
12 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
40 
- 
- 
$1,000 
8,741 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
17 
1 
- 
- 
- 
9 
$1,000 
707 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
14 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
30 
2 
- 
- 
3 
6 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
7 
10 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
758 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
58 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
$1,000 
3,744 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
24 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
3,424 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
191 
1 
3 
4 
9 
38 
$1,000 
8,868 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
64 
75 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
55 
1 
- 
$1,000 
7,397 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
2 
_ 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1,513 
320 
396 
117 
104 
153 
$1,000 
207,254 
1,918 
7,456 
1,485 
2,912 
3,726 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
283 
7 
36 
9 
15 
19 
$1,000 
198,133 
720 
4,776 
735 
2,186 
2,340 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,103 
159 
300 
93 
108 
123 
$1,000 
114,657 
550 
3,711 
1,404 
1,812 
1,397 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
141 
1 
14 
7 
14 
5 
$1,000 
106,545 
(D) 
1,275 
(D) 
1,031 
345 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
244 
33 
87 
11 
17 
29 
$1,000 
12,574 
185 
998 
325 
470 
276 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
35 
1 
6 
1 
3 
1 
$1,000 
10,901 
(D) 
507 
(D) 
279 
(D) 
Berries 
farms 
948 
142 
240 
85 
102 
109 
$1,000 
102,083 
365 
2,714 
1,078 
1,342 
1,121 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
107 
- 
9 
6 
11 
4 
$1,000 
95,490 
- 
765 
447 
739 
276 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
1,099 
367 
295 
92 
98 
79 
$1,000 
76,007 
(D) 
14,417 
1,718 
(D) 
2,497 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
145 
38 
38 
6 
9 
18 
$1,000 
67,335 
6,890 
12,071 
1,048 
3,731 
1,684 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
54 Maine 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
