Table 46. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Land in farms 
Flarvested cropland 
Market 
value of 
agricultural 
products 
sold 
($1,000) 
Farms by economic class and primary occupation 
Farming 
Other than farming 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
State Total 
Maine 
2,381 
230,857 
1,256 
52,284 
549 
307 
403 
586 
359 
177 
Counties 
Androscoggin 
178 
8,466 
130 
3,680 
83 
15 
20 
25 
19 
16 
Aroostook 
169 
53,511 
70 
Em 
8,347 
29 
9 
32 
53 
31 
15 
Cumberland 
207 
12,962 
96 
4,406 
48 
29 
36 
55 
33 
6 
Franklin 
109 
6,988 
47 
524 
580 
3 
15 
9 
45 
30 
7 
Flancock 
116 
8,412 
77 
1,209 
(D) 
27 
22 
31 
11 
8 
17 
Kennebec 
199 
15,280 
111 
5,331 
6,316 
28 
16 
59 
52 
34 
10 
Knox 
108 
7,373 
58 
702 
(D) 
31 
25 
15 
24 
8 
5 
Lincoln 
118 
10,961 
55 
594 
1,987 
25 
18 
27 
26 
16 
6 
Oxford 
169 
17,611 
56 
1,398 
1,312 
34 
27 
23 
60 
19 
6 
Penobscot 
188 
11,097 
114 
2,045 
2,916 
43 
22 
26 
49 
33 
15 
Piscataquis 
48 
5,296 
23 
979 
(D) 
23 
2 
8 
5 
4 
6 
Sagadahoc 
82 
4,240 
29 
643 
5,124 
23 
12 
10 
20 
9 
8 
Somerset 
138 
25,071 
62 
1,741 
1,694 
22 
23 
13 
39 
25 
16 
Waldo 
179 
19,901 
109 
6,721 
(D) 
40 
10 
25 
38 
45 
21 
Washington 
104 
10,903 
74 
1,097 
2,481 
24 
15 
17 
21 
14 
13 
York 
269 
12,785 
145 
2,524 
2,735 
66 
47 
52 
63 
31 
10 
Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
All farms with a woman operator ' 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Maine 
5,072 
5,398 
631,417 
2,381 
230,857 
Counties 
Androscoggin 
304 
320 
29,141 
178 
8,466 
Aroostook 
431 
438 
128,116 
169 
53,511 
Cumberland 
489 
520 
37,426 
207 
12,962 
Franklin 
244 
263 
25,438 
109 
6,988 
Flancock 
225 
247 
22,326 
116 
8,412 
Kennebec 
383 
428 
41,074 
199 
15,280 
Knox 
216 
220 
19,059 
108 
7,373 
Lincoln 
245 
263 
22,635 
118 
10,961 
Oxford 
337 
377 
43,303 
169 
17,611 
Penobscot 
438 
467 
58,597 
188 
1 1 ,097 
Piscataquis 
118 
122 
16,939 
48 
5,296 
Sagadahoc 
155 
158 
9,643 
82 
4,240 
Somerset 
350 
370 
67,475 
138 
25,071 
Waldo 
382 
395 
45,434 
179 
19,901 
Washington 
202 
214 
25,625 
104 
10,903 
York 
553 
596 
39,186 
269 
12,785 
' Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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