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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1 ,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
460 
850 
728 
733 
755 
1,222 
Female 
160 
275 
349 
317 
367 
768 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
396 
560 
468 
374 
445 
735 
Other 
224 
565 
609 
676 
677 
1,255 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
540 
951 
948 
921 
925 
1,753 
Not on farm operated 
80 
174 
129 
129 
197 
237 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
258 
382 
335 
311 
434 
614 
Any 
362 
743 
742 
739 
688 
1,376 
1 to 49 days 
49 
115 
90 
104 
100 
205 
50 to 99 days 
33 
57 
76 
60 
42 
75 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
96 
166 
151 
111 
117 
195 
200 days or more 
184 
405 
425 
464 
429 
901 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
18 
44 
68 
38 
79 
95 
3 or 4 years 
46 
88 
93 
61 
102 
152 
5 to 9 years 
84 
208 
166 
207 
229 
372 
1 0 years or more 
472 
785 
750 
744 
712 
1,371 
Average years on present farm 
23.2 
20.6 
20.0 
20.9 
17.3 
18.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
10 
29 
39 
29 
69 
89 
3 or 4 years 
24 
80 
90 
48 
100 
132 
5 to 9 years 
78 
191 
135 
173 
205 
299 
1 0 years or more 
508 
825 
813 
800 
748 
1,470 
Average years operating any farm 
25.4 
22.4 
22.6 
23.5 
19.6 
20.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
- 
8 
6 
2 
18 
16 
25 to 34 years 
41 
72 
53 
43 
64 
120 
35 to 44 years 
57 
109 
96 
97 
124 
216 
45 to 49 years 
66 
113 
99 
97 
126 
179 
50 to 54 years 
74 
141 
167 
146 
152 
283 
55 to 59 years 
74 
180 
143 
154 
148 
324 
60 to 64 years 
90 
184 
183 
189 
165 
279 
65 to 69 years 
106 
135 
142 
120 
117 
247 
70 years and over 
112 
183 
188 
202 
208 
326 
Average age 
57.9 
56.6 
57.9 
58.7 
56.7 
56.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
10 
3 
6 
13 
14 
4 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
4 
2 
3 
4 
2 
- 
Asian 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
12 
Black or African American 
- 
1 
1 
5 
39 
22 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
607 
1,115 
1,071 
1,037 
1,081 
1,932 
More than one race reported 
7 
7 
1 
4 
- 
24 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
65 
106 
107 
113 
120 
324 
2 people 
361 
610 
599 
576 
571 
959 
3 people 
94 
155 
161 
177 
164 
257 
4 people 
66 
139 
124 
98 
164 
284 
5 or more people 
34 
115 
86 
86 
103 
166 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
350 
803 
910 
921 
982 
1,782 
25 to 49 percent 
95 
121 
90 
49 
27 
61 
50 to 74 percent 
93 
106 
36 
56 
61 
66 
75 to 99 percent 
45 
43 
14 
4 
15 
30 
1 00 percent 
37 
52 
27 
20 
37 
51 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
21 
43 
25 
15 
15 
41 
acres 
4,431 
6,942 
1,051 
2,447 
1,694 
10,009 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
517 
875 
830 
822 
887 
1,480 
Dial-up service 
29 
78 
71 
92 
75 
182 
DSL service 
238 
364 
345 
379 
404 
613 
Cable modem service 
159 
281 
249 
238 
324 
484 
Fiber-optic service 
23 
15 
14 
14 
13 
24 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
66 
101 
92 
70 
82 
185 
Satellite service 
29 
64 
95 
60 
55 
94 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
11 
40 
33 
44 
27 
65 
Other Internet service 
5 
10 
13 
9 
13 
30 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
540 
952 
985 
962 
1,026 
1,875 
2 households 
63 
131 
72 
73 
82 
96 
3 households 
12 
27 
3 
8 
10 
12 
4 households 
4 
12 
14 
1 
4 
2 
5 or more households 
1 
3 
3 
6 
- 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Maine 121 
