Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
5,792 
4,156 
1,350 
286 
2,702 
3,090 
Female 
2,381 
1,970 
231 
180 
1,080 
1,301 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
3,964 
2,596 
1,042 
326 
1,830 
2,134 
Other 
4,209 
3,530 
539 
140 
1,952 
2,257 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
6,941 
5,327 
1,409 
205 
3,093 
3,848 
Not on farm operated 
1,232 
799 
172 
261 
689 
543 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
3,060 
2,126 
711 
223 
1,486 
1,574 
Any 
5,113 
4,000 
870 
243 
2,296 
2,817 
1 to 49 days 
750 
568 
137 
45 
405 
345 
50 to 99 days 
398 
296 
76 
26 
143 
255 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
897 
713 
147 
37 
446 
451 
200 days or more 
3,068 
2,423 
510 
135 
1,302 
1,766 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
373 
248 
52 
73 
182 
191 
3 or 4 years 
620 
442 
93 
85 
173 
447 
5 to 9 years 
1,432 
1,109 
198 
125 
612 
820 
1 0 years or more 
5,748 
4,327 
1,238 
183 
2,815 
2,933 
Average years on present farm 
20.3 
20.1 
23.5 
11.2 
22.1 
18.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
286 
202 
36 
48 
136 
150 
3 or 4 years 
541 
379 
85 
77 
147 
394 
5 to 9 years 
1,204 
933 
151 
120 
526 
678 
1 0 years or more 
6,142 
4,612 
1,309 
221 
2,973 
3,169 
Average years operating any farm 
22.5 
22.3 
26.0 
13.6 
24.3 
21.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
62 
32 
14 
16 
22 
40 
25 to 34 years 
488 
289 
105 
94 
203 
285 
35 to 44 years 
834 
579 
162 
93 
309 
525 
45 to 49 years 
798 
564 
161 
73 
309 
489 
50 to 54 years 
1,140 
877 
201 
62 
504 
636 
55 to 59 years 
1,231 
901 
273 
57 
578 
653 
60 to 64 years 
1,253 
978 
244 
31 
606 
647 
65 to 69 years 
981 
792 
176 
13 
490 
491 
70 years and over 
1,386 
1,114 
245 
27 
761 
625 
Average age 
57.0 
58.0 
56.2 
46.2 
58.6 
55.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
58 
38 
16 
4 
13 
45 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
17 
12 
5 
- 
8 
9 
Asian 
15 
15 
- 
- 
2 
13 
Black or African American 
68 
10 
- 
58 
60 
8 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
8,018 
6,061 
1,558 
399 
3,697 
4,321 
More than one race reported 
55 
28 
18 
9 
15 
40 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
950 
803 
109 
38 
832 
118 
2 people 
4,250 
3,225 
856 
169 
1,765 
2,485 
3 people 
1,206 
884 
230 
92 
469 
737 
4 people 
1,041 
762 
218 
61 
394 
647 
5 or more people 
726 
452 
168 
106 
322 
404 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
6,098 
4,966 
888 
244 
2,801 
3,297 
25 to 49 percent 
589 
432 
138 
19 
294 
295 
50 to 74 percent 
620 
367 
197 
56 
297 
323 
75 to 99 percent 
362 
155 
173 
34 
145 
217 
1 00 percent 
504 
206 
185 
113 
245 
259 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
296 
199 
77 
20 
104 
192 
acres 
179,463 
51,953 
123,929 
3,581 
46,984 
132,479 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
6,393 
4,784 
1,209 
400 
2,656 
3,737 
Dial-up service 
597 
494 
98 
5 
253 
344 
DSL service 
2,746 
2,044 
543 
159 
1,104 
1,642 
Cable modem service 
2,034 
1,547 
339 
148 
838 
1,196 
Fiber-optic service 
122 
92 
27 
3 
65 
57 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
750 
529 
137 
84 
284 
466 
Satellite service 
469 
357 
99 
13 
217 
252 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
272 
201 
60 
11 
113 
159 
Other Internet service 
107 
85 
20 
2 
50 
57 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
7,157 
5,462 
1,277 
418 
3,525 
3,632 
2 households 
765 
522 
208 
35 
177 
588 
3 households 
142 
80 
55 
7 
38 
104 
4 households 
63 
39 
23 
1 
26 
37 
5 or more households 
46 
23 
18 
5 
16 
30 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
218 Maine 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
