Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,792 
117 
108 
187 
289 
343 
Female 
2,381 
7 
12 
15 
50 
61 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,964 
114 
111 
177 
292 
292 
Other 
4,209 
10 
9 
25 
47 
112 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
6,941 
86 
91 
150 
237 
339 
Not on farm operated 
1,232 
38 
29 
52 
102 
65 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
3,060 
97 
88 
141 
213 
187 
Any 
5,113 
27 
32 
61 
126 
217 
1 to 49 days 
750 
5 
6 
10 
32 
34 
50 to 99 days 
398 
- 
3 
5 
7 
40 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
897 
1 
6 
11 
19 
24 
200 days or more 
3,068 
21 
17 
35 
68 
119 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
373 
2 
3 
- 
13 
13 
3 or 4 years 
620 
2 
2 
4 
16 
54 
5 to 9 years 
1,432 
8 
13 
22 
56 
67 
1 0 years or more 
5,748 
112 
102 
176 
254 
270 
Average years on present farm 
20.3 
28.6 
25.4 
26.3 
24.3 
19.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
286 
1 
3 
- 
12 
5 
3 or 4 years 
541 
2 
2 
4 
12 
47 
5 to 9 years 
1,204 
5 
12 
15 
46 
45 
1 0 years or more 
6,142 
116 
103 
183 
269 
307 
Average years operating any farm 
22.5 
30.2 
27.9 
28.6 
26.8 
22.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
62 
- 
1 
1 
2 
8 
25 to 34 years 
488 
6 
10 
14 
35 
30 
35 to 44 years 
834 
13 
18 
18 
29 
57 
45 to 49 years 
798 
13 
12 
23 
43 
27 
50 to 54 years 
1,140 
26 
18 
38 
46 
49 
55 to 59 years 
1,231 
20 
25 
39 
48 
76 
60 to 64 years 
1,253 
17 
12 
21 
56 
57 
65 to 69 years 
981 
14 
13 
22 
18 
47 
70 years and over 
1,386 
15 
11 
26 
62 
53 
Average age 
57.0 
56.3 
53.1 
55.3 
55.4 
55.1 
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 
120 
199 
335 
398 
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 
37 
2 people 
4,250 
61 
58 
98 
167 
190 
3 people 
1,206 
15 
19 
40 
57 
67 
4 people 
1,041 
19 
25 
26 
41 
55 
5 or more people 
726 
20 
9 
18 
34 
55 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
6,098 
11 
18 
51 
103 
167 
25 to 49 percent 
589 
9 
21 
14 
39 
63 
50 to 74 percent 
620 
22 
23 
29 
48 
80 
75 to 99 percent 
362 
48 
17 
39 
64 
43 
1 00 percent 
504 
34 
41 
69 
85 
51 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
296 
24 
22 
26 
26 
38 
acres 
179,463 
115,301 
14,643 
6,228 
7,110 
9,607 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
6,393 
116 
105 
179 
263 
319 
Dial-up service 
597 
4 
4 
18 
28 
16 
DSL service 
2,746 
45 
33 
71 
115 
139 
Cable modem service 
2,034 
32 
36 
59 
70 
102 
Fiber-optic service 
122 
7 
- 
7 
1 
4 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
750 
21 
19 
27 
48 
39 
Satellite service 
469 
5 
12 
11 
25 
19 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
272 
13 
11 
8 
4 
16 
Other Internet service 
107 
4 
2 
6 
7 
8 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
7,157 
64 
58 
138 
245 
312 
2 households 
765 
28 
36 
41 
71 
72 
3 households 
142 
13 
16 
17 
17 
7 
4 households 
63 
12 
3 
2 
4 
5 
5 or more households 
46 
7 
7 
4 
2 
8 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Maine 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
