Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[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) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
29 
_ 
2 
1 
2 
19 
_ 
Ethanol farms 
4 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Other farms 
13 
- 
2 
- 
3 
6 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
31 
- 
2 
- 
2 
24 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
6,126 
16 
528 
586 
817 
1,678 
_ 
Part owners farms 
1,581 
27 
231 
75 
96 
543 
- 
Tenants farms 
466 
2 
132 
20 
45 
119 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
7,708 
43 
759 
661 
913 
2,221 
_ 
acres 
1,237,055 
19,041 
201,550 
183,628 
123,540 
403,527 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
7,707 
43 
759 
661 
913 
2,221 
- 
acres 
1,204,914 
18,136 
192,593 
181,471 
120,915 
391,778 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
2,056 
30 
364 
100 
141 
664 
_ 
acres 
253,734 
7,273 
67,467 
8,364 
3,979 
92,518 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
2,047 
29 
363 
95 
141 
662 
- 
acres 
249,190 
7,268 
63,316 
8,336 
3,979 
92,218 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
528 
10 
80 
53 
50 
223 
_ 
acres 
36,685 
910 
13,108 
2,185 
2,625 
12,049 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
13,406 
65 
1,484 
1,111 
1,566 
3,738 
_ 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
3,782 
27 
389 
315 
462 
1,183 
- 
2 operators 
3,787 
16 
431 
322 
413 
989 
- 
3 operators 
445 
2 
53 
34 
67 
116 
- 
4 operators 
119 
- 
17 
6 
11 
40 
- 
5 or more operators 
40 
- 
1 
4 
5 
12 
- 
Total women operators number 
5,494 
12 
601 
407 
664 
1,291 
_ 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4,712 
12 
543 
375 
533 
1,141 
- 
2 operators 
348 
- 
25 
16 
58 
57 
- 
3 operators 
21 
- 
1 
- 
3 
12 
- 
4 operators 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,792 
43 
608 
530 
648 
1,933 
- 
Female 
2,381 
2 
283 
151 
310 
407 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,964 
25 
606 
311 
468 
965 
- 
Other 
4,209 
20 
285 
370 
490 
1,375 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
6,941 
38 
714 
508 
779 
1,918 
- 
Not on farm operated 
1,232 
7 
177 
173 
179 
422 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
3,060 
16 
416 
246 
314 
911 
- 
Any 
5,113 
29 
475 
435 
644 
1,429 
- 
1 to 49 days 
750 
3 
53 
88 
141 
224 
- 
50 to 99 days 
398 
2 
59 
35 
63 
100 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
897 
6 
112 
93 
139 
254 
- 
200 days or more 
3,068 
18 
251 
219 
301 
851 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
373 
2 
78 
34 
41 
93 
- 
3 or 4 years 
620 
- 
124 
33 
43 
145 
- 
5 to 9 years 
1,432 
5 
166 
100 
177 
307 
- 
1 0 years or more 
5,748 
38 
523 
514 
697 
1,795 
- 
Average years on present farm 
20.3 
27.5 
17.5 
22.3 
19.4 
23.5 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
286 
1 
59 
32 
29 
71 
- 
3 or 4 years 
541 
1 
104 
30 
28 
126 
- 
5 to 9 years 
1,204 
4 
161 
82 
141 
259 
- 
1 0 years or more 
6,142 
39 
567 
537 
760 
1,884 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
22.5 
29.1 
19.7 
24.3 
21.6 
25.8 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
62 
- 
9 
9 
4 
16 
- 
25 to 34 years 
488 
1 
112 
27 
50 
95 
- 
35 to 44 years 
834 
2 
105 
36 
84 
168 
- 
45 to 49 years 
798 
6 
86 
47 
95 
203 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
172 Maine 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
