Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
Farms by- 
Type of organization (see text): 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
67,691 
(NA) 
54 
(NA) 
175 
(NA) 
39 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
4,700 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
15 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
60,617 
68,138 
47 
74 
165 
150 
34 
34 
Partnerships 
4,667 
6,386 
1 
6 
7 
13 
3 
4 
Corporations 
3,334 
3,333 
2 
6 
5 
4 
2 
6 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
institutional, etc 
1,136 
606 
13 
14 
- 
1 
3 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
35,848 
41,387 
25 
48 
70 
56 
25 
22 
2 operators 
28,666 
31,681 
30 
45 
86 
89 
15 
19 
3 operators 
3,973 
4,142 
6 
5 
17 
15 
2 
3 
4 operators 
843 
830 
1 
- 
4 
2 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
424 
423 
1 
2 
- 
6 
- 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
30,471 
34,412 
41 
56 
121 
116 
15 
19 
2 operators 
1,407 
1,494 
1 
3 
10 
10 
2 
3 
3 operators 
149 
164 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
4 operators 
53 
37 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
21 
31 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
48,693 
45,179 
53 
61 
110 
49 
26 
27 
Dial-up 
5,527 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
DSL service 
21,771 
(NA) 
26 
(NA) 
55 
(NA) 
12 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
5,730 
(NA) 
6 
(NA) 
39 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
2,192 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
8,521 
(NA) 
10 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
8,035 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
9 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
960 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
1,171 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
2,097 
1,951 
10 
12 
10 
3 
3 
- 
acres 
1,143,889 
875,035 
(D) 
20,302 
(D) 
(D) 
539 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
57,542 
63,975 
53 
81 
115 
114 
38 
41 
2 households 
9,385 
11,219 
7 
16 
22 
27 
- 
3 
3 households 
1,671 
1,895 
1 
2 
7 
9 
3 
- 
4 households 
618 
830 
- 
1 
7 
10 
1 
- 
5 or more households 
538 
544 
2 
- 
26 
8 
- 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
43,199 
51,468 
52 
73 
122 
124 
34 
28 
25 to 49 percent 
5,964 
5,988 
2 
7 
17 
23 
4 
3 
50 to 74 percent 
7,126 
6,647 
3 
10 
26 
13 
2 
7 
75 to 99 percent 
5,981 
6,337 
4 
6 
11 
4 
1 
3 
1 00 percent 
7,484 
8,023 
2 
4 
1 
4 
1 
3 
--continued 
50 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
