Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
8,173 
45 
891 
681 
958 
2,340 
_ 
percent 
100.0 
0.6 
10.9 
8.3 
11.7 
28.6 
- 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,454,104 
25,404 
255,909 
189,807 
124,894 
483,996 
- 
Average size of farm 
acres 
178 
565 
287 
279 
130 
207 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
8,173 
45 
891 
681 
958 
2,340 
_ 
$1,000 
773,224 
4,385 
223,323 
113,907 
74,024 
53,966 
- 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
94,607 
97,455 
250,643 
167,264 
77,269 
23,063 
- 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
1,990 
8 
72 
100 
133 
501 
- 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1,122 
2 
114 
55 
83 
386 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,050 
4 
80 
67 
127 
364 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,077 
5 
124 
89 
171 
341 
- 
$1 0,000 to $24,999 
1,125 
8 
116 
132 
184 
359 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
620 
5 
103 
95 
103 
184 
_ 
$50,000 to $99,999 
404 
3 
77 
68 
78 
96 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
339 
3 
52 
46 
39 
70 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
202 
4 
38 
14 
30 
23 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
120 
3 
52 
8 
5 
16 
_ 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
124 
- 
63 
7 
5 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
86 
- 
47 
3 
3 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
20 
- 
9 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
18 
- 
7 
3 
1 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
8,173 
45 
891 
681 
958 
2,340 
_ 
$1,000 
763,062 
4,224 
221,152 
113,233 
73,836 
50,995 
- 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
349 
45 
158 
6 
5 
49 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
7 
889 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
112 
11 
75 
- 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
21,415 
2,871 
13,879 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Corn 
farms 
152 
27 
22 
3 
5 
23 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
1,665 
2,933 
(Z) 
5 
823 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
40 
6 
8 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
8,741 
1,448 
2,904 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
17 
3 
5 
- 
- 
7 
- 
$1,000 
707 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
6 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
30 
6 
20 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
519 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
10 
3 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
758 
(D) 
336 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
58 
6 
34 
- 
- 
8 
- 
$1,000 
3,744 
460 
3,227 
- 
- 
6 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
24 
2 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
3,424 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds. 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
191 
18 
124 
3 
3 
25 
- 
$1,000 
8,868 
522 
8,258 
5 
2 
54 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
55 
4 
51 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
7,397 
384 
7,014 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
6 
885 
73 
200 
278 
- 
$1,000 
207,254 
428 
199,486 
421 
1,313 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
283 
3 
259 
1 
6 
13 
- 
$1,000 
198,133 
416 
193,487 
(D) 
(D) 
3,540 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,103 
1 
172 
602 
116 
163 
_ 
$1,000 
114,657 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
507 
574 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
141 
4 
135 
- 
2 
- 
$1,000 
106,545 
- 
(D) 
105,726 
- 
(D) 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
244 
- 
39 
146 
15 
35 
- 
$1,000 
12,574 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
71 
153 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
35 
- 
2 
33 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
10,901 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
948 
1 
147 
494 
109 
152 
- 
$1,000 
102,083 
(D) 
(D) 
99,931 
436 
420 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
158 Maine 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
