Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
57,611 
3,667 
14,557 
4,044 
6,186 
5,809 
Not on farm operated 
12,143 
936 
3,268 
1,110 
1,693 
1,399 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
28,900 
1,235 
4,966 
1,566 
2,646 
2,751 
Any 
40,854 
3,368 
12,859 
3,588 
5,233 
4,457 
1 to 49 days 
5,118 
319 
1,324 
350 
603 
545 
50 to 99 days 
2,374 
167 
579 
220 
321 
314 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
5,316 
455 
1,425 
506 
649 
566 
200 days or more 
28,046 
2,427 
9,531 
2,512 
3,660 
3,032 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,260 
304 
808 
198 
261 
226 
3 or 4 years 
2,828 
387 
1,009 
266 
323 
266 
5 to 9 years 
8,107 
905 
2,999 
757 
920 
727 
1 0 years or more 
56,559 
3,007 
13,009 
3,933 
6,375 
5,989 
Average years on present farm 
23.6 
16.5 
18.8 
20.8 
22.6 
24.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,576 
235 
555 
155 
178 
156 
3 or 4 years 
2,155 
317 
795 
207 
248 
200 
5 to 9 years 
6,977 
845 
2,658 
662 
786 
623 
1 0 years or more 
59,046 
3,206 
13,817 
4,130 
6,667 
6,229 
Average years operating any farm 
25.7 
18.3 
20.9 
22.9 
24.9 
26.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
346 
71 
82 
31 
50 
33 
25 to 34 years 
3,739 
433 
1,079 
268 
375 
379 
35 to 44 years 
7,751 
658 
2,376 
582 
773 
747 
45 to 49 years 
7,701 
593 
2,113 
566 
782 
687 
50 to 54 years 
10,807 
714 
2,806 
751 
1,138 
1,045 
55 to 59 years 
11,364 
716 
2,863 
793 
1,266 
1,128 
60 to 64 years 
9,844 
578 
2,347 
758 
1,123 
964 
65 to 69 years 
7,282 
406 
1,653 
563 
881 
878 
70 years and over 
10,920 
434 
2,506 
842 
1,491 
1,347 
Average age 
56.5 
52.7 
55.4 
56.6 
57.7 
57.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
283 
18 
107 
17 
27 
15 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
63 
7 
23 
2 
9 
7 
Asian 
177 
122 
40 
4 
3 
- 
Black or African American 
42 
7 
15 
5 
10 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
1 
7 
1 
- 
- 
White 
69,374 
4,451 
17,707 
5,139 
7,840 
7,194 
More than one race reported 
89 
15 
33 
3 
17 
7 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,393 
643 
2,536 
759 
1,242 
1,023 
2 people 
33,054 
1,985 
8,378 
2,500 
3,800 
3,539 
3 people 
10,155 
657 
2,565 
720 
1,068 
975 
4 people 
8,862 
678 
2,474 
640 
914 
837 
5 or more people 
8,290 
640 
1,872 
535 
855 
834 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
43,199 
3,951 
15,562 
4,191 
5,921 
4,556 
25 to 49 percent 
5,964 
224 
831 
390 
789 
882 
50 to 74 percent 
7,126 
180 
683 
312 
563 
817 
75 to 99 percent 
5,981 
114 
366 
131 
281 
464 
1 00 percent 
7,484 
134 
383 
130 
325 
489 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,097 
112 
345 
86 
121 
117 
acres 
1,143,889 
467 
9,184 
4,963 
10,145 
13,365 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
48,693 
3,510 
12,929 
3,553 
5,179 
4,733 
Dial-up service 
5,527 
324 
1,412 
412 
596 
586 
DSL service 
21,771 
1,494 
5,729 
1,595 
2,276 
2,186 
Cable modem service 
5,730 
576 
1,503 
469 
678 
569 
Fiber-optic service 
2,192 
109 
428 
160 
233 
227 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,521 
670 
2,429 
590 
830 
773 
Satellite service 
8,035 
529 
1,951 
531 
794 
684 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
960 
73 
275 
62 
103 
92 
Other Internet service 
1,171 
95 
365 
82 
137 
108 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
57,542 
4,099 
15,738 
4,506 
6,851 
6,172 
2 households 
9,385 
354 
1,672 
535 
842 
819 
3 households 
1,671 
74 
213 
64 
99 
133 
4 households 
618 
32 
105 
24 
43 
43 
5 or more households 
538 
44 
97 
25 
44 
41 
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 farms 
67,691 
4,500 
17,474 
5,049 
7,673 
7,021 
acres 
13,677,304 
21,561 
490,053 
295,260 
630,584 
822,447 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
70 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
