Wild Blueberry Harvested Acres by Counties

Prepared by David E. Yarborough, Extension Blueberry Specialist, The University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Orono, ME  04469. Revised 2019.

County 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017
Androscoggin (NA) (NA) (NA) 1 (D)
Aroostook (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (D)
Cumberland 246 141 (NA) (NA) 41
Franklin 92 135 (NA) (NA) 23
Hancock 3,839 3,162 5,812 2,717 4496
Kennebec 97 (NA) 122 35 23
Knox 1,647 1,494 1,398 776 1345
Lincoln 396 309 286 299 (D)
Oxford 242 168 115 147 (D)
Penobscot 139 119 95 111 82
Piscataquis 233 133 221 96 (D)
Sagadahoc (NA) (NA) (NA) 12 12
Somerset (NA) (NA) 24 3 (D)
Waldo 609 391 380 199 498
Washington 17,861 16,844 14,222 13,668 (D)
York (NA) (NA) 7 32 (D)
State Total 25,429 23,000 22,747 18,110 20,023
Source: Source: 2017 Census of Agriculture, USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Maine State and County Data, Volume 1, Chapter 2, Pages 311, 323-324, Table 33. Berries: 2017, 2012 and 2007.

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