Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Maine 
Androscoggin 
Aroostook 
Cumberland 
Franklin 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,415 
144 
301 
251 
79 
workers 
15,072 
807 
4,183 
1,269 
261 
$1 ,000 payroll 
134,674 
7,689 
29,732 
13,361 
1,340 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
629 
38 
37 
63 
19 
workers 
629 
38 
37 
63 
19 
2 workers 
farms 
553 
30 
51 
50 
27 
workers 
1,106 
60 
102 
100 
54 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
501 
38 
38 
66 
17 
workers 
1,678 
122 
120 
222 
61 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
351 
18 
37 
40 
13 
workers 
2,309 
131 
232 
271 
89 
1 0 workers or more 
farms 
381 
20 
138 
32 
3 
workers 
9,350 
456 
3,692 
613 
38 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
1,146 
72 
182 
128 
39 
workers 
4,594 
262 
1,016 
455 
83 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
473 
30 
50 
46 
20 
workers 
473 
30 
50 
46 
20 
2 workers 
farms 
273 
10 
46 
30 
8 
workers 
546 
20 
92 
60 
16 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
174 
19 
37 
22 
6 
workers 
587 
63 
126 
73 
22 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
154 
8 
32 
16 
5 
workers 
983 
49 
209 
100 
25 
10 workers or more 
farms 
72 
5 
17 
14 
- 
workers 
2,005 
100 
539 
176 
- 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
1,976 
111 
274 
210 
63 
workers 
10,478 
545 
3,167 
814 
178 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
550 
39 
39 
67 
16 
workers 
550 
39 
39 
67 
16 
2 workers 
farms 
499 
30 
47 
52 
26 
workers 
998 
60 
94 
104 
52 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
422 
21 
31 
54 
11 
workers 
1,409 
69 
102 
185 
(D) 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
222 
5 
44 
16 
9 
workers 
1,420 
33 
303 
111 
(D) 
1 0 workers or more 
farms 
283 
16 
113 
21 
1 
workers 
6,101 
344 
2,629 
347 
(D) 
Reported only workers working 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
439 
33 
27 
41 
16 
workers 
1,075 
137 
65 
122 
31 
$1 ,000 payroll 
21,720 
3,650 
1,395 
3,221 
474 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
1,269 
72 
119 
123 
40 
workers 
4,395 
280 
585 
401 
114 
$1 ,000 payroll 
10,450 
497 
1,224 
1,594 
163 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
707 
39 
155 
87 
23 
150 days or more, workers 
3,519 
125 
951 
333 
52 
less than 150 days, workers 
6,083 
265 
2,582 
413 
64 
$1 ,000 payroll 
102,504 
3,542 
27,114 
8,547 
703 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
125 
10 
10 
4 
1 
workers 
2,706 
62 
439 
30 
(D) 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
109 
10 
10 
4 
1 
workers 
2,478 
62 
439 
30 
(D) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
228 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
4,229 
265 
410 
390 
240 
workers 
10,698 
840 
1,036 
981 
614 
--continued 
244 Maine 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
