Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
6,941 
86 
89 
146 
237 
313 
Not on farm operated 
1,232 
38 
29 
52 
101 
66 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
3,060 
97 
87 
140 
212 
183 
Any 
5,113 
27 
31 
58 
126 
196 
1 to 49 days 
750 
5 
6 
10 
30 
32 
50 to 99 days 
398 
- 
3 
5 
7 
29 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
897 
1 
6 
10 
20 
24 
200 days or more 
3,068 
21 
16 
33 
69 
111 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
373 
2 
3 
- 
13 
13 
3 or 4 years 
620 
2 
2 
4 
16 
47 
5 to 9 years 
1,432 
8 
13 
21 
56 
57 
1 0 years or more 
5,748 
112 
100 
173 
253 
262 
Average years on present farm 
20.3 
28.6 
25.2 
26.3 
24.4 
20.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
286 
1 
3 
- 
12 
5 
3 or 4 years 
541 
2 
2 
4 
12 
41 
5 to 9 years 
1,204 
5 
12 
14 
46 
34 
1 0 years or more 
6,142 
116 
101 
180 
268 
299 
Average years operating any farm 
22.5 
30.2 
27.7 
28.7 
26.9 
23.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
62 
- 
1 
1 
2 
8 
25 to 34 years 
488 
6 
10 
14 
35 
18 
35 to 44 years 
834 
13 
18 
17 
28 
54 
45 to 49 years 
798 
13 
12 
23 
43 
27 
50 to 54 years 
1,140 
26 
18 
37 
47 
45 
55 to 59 years 
1,231 
20 
24 
40 
45 
74 
60 to 64 years 
1,253 
17 
12 
18 
58 
54 
65 to 69 years 
981 
14 
12 
23 
18 
46 
70 years and over 
1,386 
15 
11 
25 
62 
53 
Average age 
57.0 
56.3 
53.0 
55.3 
55.5 
55.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
58 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
17 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Asian 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
68 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
8,018 
123 
118 
195 
334 
373 
More than one race reported 
55 
- 
- 
3 
3 
6 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
950 
9 
9 
20 
40 
34 
2 people 
4,250 
61 
57 
95 
167 
187 
3 people 
1,206 
15 
19 
40 
56 
64 
4 people 
1,041 
19 
24 
26 
41 
48 
5 or more people 
726 
20 
9 
17 
34 
46 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
6,098 
11 
18 
50 
102 
158 
25 to 49 percent 
589 
9 
19 
16 
38 
61 
50 to 74 percent 
620 
22 
23 
29 
45 
72 
75 to 99 percent 
362 
48 
17 
36 
66 
42 
1 00 percent 
504 
34 
41 
67 
87 
46 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
296 
24 
22 
26 
26 
37 
acres 
179,463 
115,301 
14,643 
6,228 
7,110 
9,485 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
6,393 
116 
103 
177 
260 
305 
Dial-up service 
597 
4 
4 
18 
28 
14 
DSL service 
2,746 
45 
33 
69 
114 
133 
Cable modem service 
2,034 
32 
35 
59 
70 
101 
Fiber-optic service 
122 
7 
- 
7 
1 
4 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
750 
21 
18 
27 
47 
34 
Satellite service 
469 
5 
12 
11 
25 
18 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
272 
13 
10 
9 
4 
16 
Other Internet service 
107 
4 
2 
6 
6 
9 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
7,157 
64 
58 
133 
245 
286 
2 households 
765 
28 
35 
41 
70 
73 
3 households 
142 
13 
15 
18 
17 
7 
4 households 
63 
12 
3 
2 
4 
5 
5 or more households 
46 
7 
7 
4 
2 
8 
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 
103 
110 
180 
312 
358 
acres 
1,314,892 
175,169 
85,497 
85,154 
110,182 
75,616 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
396 
15 
16 
12 
26 
29 
acres 
107,962 
32,675 
8,110 
6,070 
18,491 
5,607 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
94 Maine 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
