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) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
1,140 
1 
149 
92 
111 
267 
- 
55 to 59 years 
1,231 
18 
127 
99 
183 
344 
- 
60 to 64 years 
1,253 
5 
141 
105 
205 
355 
- 
65 to 69 years 
981 
5 
77 
114 
99 
333 
- 
70 years and over 
1,386 
7 
85 
152 
127 
559 
- 
Average age 
57.0 
58.8 
52.8 
60.5 
57.0 
59.8 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
58 
- 
9 
3 
- 
18 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
17 
- 
4 
1 
3 
3 
- 
Asian 
15 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
68 
- 
64 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
8,018 
45 
815 
672 
944 
2,333 
- 
More than one race reported 
55 
- 
7 
5 
9 
4 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
950 
3 
68 
91 
109 
247 
- 
2 people 
4,250 
26 
469 
389 
541 
1,346 
- 
3 people 
1,206 
12 
126 
101 
120 
343 
- 
4 people 
1,041 
2 
103 
63 
114 
252 
- 
5 or more people 
726 
2 
125 
37 
74 
152 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
6,098 
33 
473 
484 
701 
1,882 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
589 
2 
82 
76 
90 
133 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
620 
5 
92 
67 
95 
160 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
362 
2 
88 
32 
27 
86 
- 
1 00 percent 
504 
3 
156 
22 
45 
79 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
296 
1 
42 
36 
43 
50 
- 
acres 
179,463 
(D) 
29,055 
98,207 
3,536 
19,814 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
6,393 
31 
751 
509 
828 
1,669 
- 
Dial-up service 
597 
- 
35 
46 
66 
165 
- 
DSL service 
2,746 
13 
324 
202 
375 
766 
- 
Cable modem service 
2,034 
10 
229 
166 
275 
475 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
122 
- 
16 
9 
13 
34 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
750 
3 
102 
87 
64 
180 
- 
Satellite service 
469 
4 
56 
47 
38 
136 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
272 
2 
48 
15 
32 
70 
- 
Other Internet service 
107 
- 
21 
10 
12 
30 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
7,157 
37 
728 
559 
815 
2,079 
- 
2 households 
765 
6 
111 
99 
107 
215 
- 
3 households 
142 
2 
22 
10 
25 
33 
- 
4 households 
63 
- 
16 
9 
4 
13 
- 
5 or more households 
46 
- 
14 
4 
7 
- 
- 
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 
45 
855 
653 
932 
2,296 
- 
acres 
1,314,892 
25,404 
220,706 
128,997 
122,151 
466,713 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
396 
4 
40 
41 
51 
84 
- 
acres 
107,962 
4,438 
29,071 
5,173 
8,867 
29,871 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
6,929 
37 
718 
576 
778 
2,022 
- 
acres 
912,217 
17,291 
126,394 
72,912 
56,716 
377,204 
- 
Partnership farms 
525 
5 
77 
40 
54 
118 
- 
acres 
151,773 
(D) 
41,870 
6,194 
(D) 
33,343 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
312 
5 
43 
22 
41 
64 
- 
acres 
111,743 
(D) 
32,787 
4,054 
6,438 
23,433 
- 
Corporation farms 
582 
3 
76 
54 
113 
152 
- 
acres 
354,808 
(D) 
81,442 
99,860 
60,632 
60,326 
- 
Family held farms 
503 
3 
72 
51 
97 
126 
- 
acres 
335,369 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
60,173 
50,346 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
8 
1 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
495 
2 
71 
46 
97 
126 
- 
Other than family held farms 
79 
_ 
4 
3 
16 
26 
_ 
acres 
19,439 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
459 
9,980 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
174 Maine 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
