Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hancock 
Kennebec 
Knox 
Lincoln 
Oxford 
Penobscot 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
404 
604 
314 
344 
551 
677 
2007 
386 
649 
304 
363 
545 
706 
acres, 2012 
53,365 
78,050 
29,407 
31,569 
75,275 
112,949 
2007 
52,749 
82,457 
30,100 
29,999 
68,719 
114,607 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
307 
398 
227 
203 
313 
451 
2007 
274 
416 
217 
246 
331 
475 
acres, 2012 
9,050 
29,447 
6,569 
6,288 
13,661 
32,162 
TENURE 
2007 
14,012 
32,689 
10,408 
7,397 
15,015 
38,805 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
315 
457 
257 
266 
425 
510 
2007 
299 
484 
224 
288 
414 
503 
acres, 2012 
36,503 
33,498 
20,363 
23,442 
53,026 
68,115 
2007 
30,174 
39,425 
17,812 
21,264 
43,743 
53,942 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
230 
272 
180 
138 
211 
323 
2007 
213 
276 
160 
191 
225 
300 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
5,168 
2,629 
2,201 
4,630 
8,739 
2007 
4,272 
8,213 
3,402 
3,154 
4,633 
9,342 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
57 
137 
45 
43 
108 
129 
2007 
65 
139 
57 
49 
119 
170 
acres, 2012 
16,126 
44,139 
8,399 
6,745 
21,265 
43,058 
2007 
21,986 
40,988 
1 1 ,595 
(D) 
24,096 
59,568 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
11,510 
28,379 
5,393 
3,903 
15,335 
25,844 
2007 
17,949 
24,227 
5,534 
4,125 
14,910 
37,965 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
4,616 
15,760 
3,006 
2,842 
5,930 
17,214 
2007 
4,037 
16,761 
6,061 
(D) 
9,186 
21,603 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
51 
120 
41 
34 
90 
117 
2007 
49 
125 
48 
44 
98 
154 
acres, 2012 
5,368 
24,020 
3,597 
3,387 
8,468 
22,998 
2007 
9,622 
23,050 
6,898 
3,887 
9,843 
29,126 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
32 
10 
12 
35 
18 
38 
2007 
22 
26 
23 
26 
12 
33 
acres, 2012 
736 
413 
645 
1,382 
984 
1,776 
2007 
589 
2,044 
693 
(D) 
880 
1,097 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
26 
6 
6 
31 
12 
11 
2007 
12 
15 
9 
11 
8 
21 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
259 
343 
700 
563 
425 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
118 
1,426 
108 
356 
539 
337 
Total operators 
number 
650 
998 
480 
572 
904 
1,194 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
195 
275 
153 
149 
268 
267 
2 operators 
181 
290 
156 
166 
227 
335 
3 operators 
23 
31 
5 
27 
44 
45 
4 operators 
2 
4 
- 
1 
10 
29 
5 or more operators 
3 
4 
- 
1 
2 
1 
Total women operators 
number 
252 
439 
220 
265 
384 
475 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
204 
336 
212 
228 
295 
412 
2 operators 
20 
47 
4 
17 
43 
24 
3 operators 
1 
1 
- 
1 
1 
5 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
593 
1,037 
462 
574 
885 
1,164 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
211 
327 
162 
172 
257 
322 
2 operators 
150 
275 
131 
176 
253 
342 
3 operators 
20 
36 
8 
12 
26 
20 
4 operators 
3 
8 
1 
1 
4 
16 
5 or more operators 
2 
3 
2 
2 
5 
6 
Total women operators 
number 
222 
440 
202 
253 
376 
481 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
176 
381 
188 
235 
317 
400 
2 operators 
20 
20 
4 
9 
25 
33 
3 operators 
2 
4 
2 
- 
3 
5 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
1 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
288 
405 
206 
226 
382 
489 
2007 
280 
480 
198 
241 
396 
509 
acres, 2012 
44,953 
62,770 
22,034 
20,608 
57,664 
101,852 
2007 
45,253 
67,870 
25,094 
21,980 
61,873 
102,099 
Female 
farms, 2012 
116 
199 
108 
118 
169 
188 
2007 
106 
169 
106 
122 
149 
197 
acres, 2012 
8,412 
15,280 
7,373 
10,961 
17,611 
11,097 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
7,496 
14,587 
5,006 
8,019 
6,846 
12,508 
Farming 
2012 
210 
276 
172 
176 
247 
350 
2007 
145 
308 
149 
160 
242 
352 
Other 
2012 
194 
328 
142 
168 
304 
327 
Place of residence: 
2007 
241 
341 
155 
203 
303 
354 
On farm operated 
2012 
314 
551 
252 
300 
505 
600 
2007 
290 
606 
261 
320 
500 
615 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
90 
53 
62 
44 
46 
77 
2007 
96 
43 
43 
43 
45 
91 
--continued 
330 Maine 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
