Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
3,087 
19 
140 
295 
733 
1,053 
847 
Female 
1,122 
2 
59 
160 
328 
346 
227 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
4,209 
21 
199 
455 
1,061 
1,399 
1,074 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,547 
6 
167 
398 
913 
1,201 
862 
Not on farm operated 
662 
15 
32 
57 
148 
198 
212 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
672 
6 
21 
40 
65 
149 
391 
Any 
3,537 
15 
178 
415 
996 
1,250 
683 
1 to 49 days 
349 
- 
12 
27 
59 
141 
110 
50 to 99 days 
179 
- 
- 
15 
27 
72 
65 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
563 
6 
17 
58 
169 
169 
144 
200 days or more 
2,446 
9 
149 
315 
741 
868 
364 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
197 
20 
16 
37 
66 
40 
18 
3 or 4 years 
375 
1 
78 
102 
100 
77 
17 
5 to 9 years 
709 
- 
74 
139 
253 
173 
70 
1 0 years or more 
2,928 
- 
31 
177 
642 
1,109 
969 
Average years on present farm 
19.2 
1.7 
6.1 
8.6 
13.6 
19.9 
31.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
167 
20 
10 
35 
51 
36 
15 
3 or 4 years 
336 
1 
73 
89 
85 
71 
17 
5 to 9 years 
607 
- 
85 
122 
209 
142 
49 
1 0 years or more 
3,099 
- 
31 
209 
716 
1,150 
993 
Average years operating any farm 
21.0 
1.7 
6.4 
9.7 
15.0 
22.1 
33.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
21 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
199 
- 
199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
455 
- 
- 
455 
- 
- 
- 
45 to 49 years 
459 
- 
- 
- 
459 
- 
- 
50 to 54 years 
602 
- 
- 
- 
602 
- 
- 
55 to 59 years 
716 
- 
- 
- 
- 
716 
- 
60 to 64 years 
683 
- 
- 
- 
- 
683 
- 
65 to 69 years 
481 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
481 
70 years and over 
593 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
593 
Average age 
56.7 
22.4 
30.5 
40.7 
50.0 
59.3 
72.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
32 
- 
- 
2 
15 
8 
7 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
1 
Asian 
14 
- 
- 
7 
- 
6 
1 
Black or African American 
12 
- 
- 
- 
12 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
4,157 
21 
196 
447 
1,047 
1,379 
1,067 
More than one race reported 
17 
- 
3 
1 
2 
6 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
483 
1 
13 
19 
101 
174 
175 
2 people 
2,179 
18 
77 
80 
353 
908 
743 
3 people 
587 
- 
60 
64 
209 
160 
94 
4 people 
597 
2 
32 
185 
241 
98 
39 
5 or more people 
363 
- 
17 
107 
157 
59 
23 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
3,781 
19 
177 
419 
961 
1,244 
961 
25 to 49 percent 
230 
- 
16 
19 
42 
82 
71 
50 to 74 percent 
141 
- 
4 
8 
38 
54 
37 
75 to 99 percent 
27 
2 
1 
7 
3 
9 
5 
1 00 percent 
30 
- 
1 
2 
17 
10 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
84 
- 
4 
14 
32 
22 
12 
acres 
21,938 
- 
580 
1,709 
10,308 
2,497 
6,844 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,302 
14 
159 
401 
918 
1,095 
715 
Dial-up service 
312 
- 
7 
20 
98 
106 
81 
DSL service 
1,434 
8 
57 
194 
401 
466 
308 
Cable modem service 
1,070 
12 
44 
115 
302 
376 
221 
Fiber-optic service 
69 
- 
6 
3 
5 
35 
20 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
369 
6 
32 
84 
78 
93 
76 
Satellite service 
274 
- 
12 
30 
74 
92 
66 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
123 
1 
4 
17 
23 
53 
25 
Other Internet service 
52 
- 
6 
5 
20 
16 
5 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
3,808 
20 
172 
435 
989 
1,253 
939 
2 households 
306 
1 
27 
16 
52 
114 
96 
3 households 
59 
- 
- 
- 
12 
19 
28 
4 households 
22 
- 
- 
1 
4 
6 
11 
5 or more households 
14 
- 
- 
3 
4 
7 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Maine 201 
