Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
57,611 
1,740 
2,269 
4,377 
6,671 
5,447 
Not on farm operated 
12,143 
480 
341 
452 
816 
932 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
28,900 
1,789 
2,001 
3,577 
4,788 
2,731 
Any 
40,854 
431 
609 
1,252 
2,699 
3,648 
1 to 49 days 
5,118 
108 
162 
354 
569 
492 
50 to 99 days 
2,374 
30 
43 
96 
224 
260 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
5,316 
34 
92 
174 
402 
580 
200 days or more 
28,046 
259 
312 
628 
1,504 
2,316 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,260 
25 
48 
103 
145 
213 
3 or 4 years 
2,828 
25 
36 
112 
221 
241 
5 to 9 years 
8,107 
135 
150 
352 
614 
640 
1 0 years or more 
56,559 
2,035 
2,376 
4,262 
6,507 
5,285 
Average years on present farm 
23.6 
28.1 
28.4 
27.0 
27.4 
26.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,576 
16 
27 
64 
87 
104 
3 or 4 years 
2,155 
12 
17 
70 
155 
175 
5 to 9 years 
6,977 
83 
93 
279 
486 
519 
1 0 years or more 
59,046 
2,109 
2,473 
4,416 
6,759 
5,581 
Average years operating any farm 
25.7 
30.6 
30.7 
29.2 
29.7 
29.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
346 
8 
2 
39 
63 
30 
25 to 34 years 
3,739 
65 
136 
366 
532 
468 
35 to 44 years 
7,751 
317 
310 
679 
793 
694 
45 to 49 years 
7,701 
319 
366 
685 
884 
649 
50 to 54 years 
10,807 
449 
507 
856 
1,328 
926 
55 to 59 years 
1 1 ,364 
431 
498 
816 
1,377 
929 
60 to 64 years 
9,844 
287 
367 
632 
997 
919 
65 to 69 years 
7,282 
154 
204 
358 
686 
697 
70 years and over 
10,920 
190 
220 
398 
827 
1,067 
Average age 
56.5 
54.1 
54.2 
52.9 
54.6 
56.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
283 
6 
15 
5 
24 
24 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
63 
1 
- 
5 
3 
7 
Asian 
177 
1 
2 
6 
2 
8 
Black or African American 
42 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
69,374 
2,218 
2,604 
4,815 
7,477 
6,360 
More than one race reported 
89 
- 
3 
3 
3 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,393 
170 
171 
397 
842 
860 
2 people 
33,054 
920 
1,169 
1,907 
3,199 
2,903 
3 people 
10,155 
381 
422 
808 
1,246 
952 
4 people 
8,862 
379 
445 
735 
992 
735 
5 or more people 
8,290 
370 
403 
982 
1,208 
929 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
43,199 
238 
309 
627 
1,359 
2,174 
25 to 49 percent 
5,964 
135 
153 
246 
772 
1,214 
50 to 74 percent 
7,126 
425 
508 
805 
1,533 
1,426 
75 to 99 percent 
5,981 
517 
705 
1,233 
1,639 
860 
1 00 percent 
7,484 
905 
935 
1,918 
2,184 
705 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,097 
350 
216 
275 
311 
190 
acres 
1,143,889 
636,894 
150,027 
121,814 
86,670 
41,472 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
48,693 
2,027 
2,221 
3,454 
4,775 
4,167 
Dial-up service 
5,527 
137 
192 
400 
590 
548 
DSL service 
21,771 
959 
1,037 
1,464 
2,108 
1,825 
Cable modem service 
5,730 
190 
208 
313 
453 
521 
Fiber-optic service 
2,192 
133 
116 
159 
223 
196 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,521 
413 
450 
636 
846 
744 
Satellite service 
8,035 
496 
471 
743 
826 
684 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
960 
63 
41 
67 
76 
79 
Other Internet service 
1,171 
44 
46 
72 
145 
86 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
57,542 
987 
1,471 
3,457 
5,957 
5,277 
2 households 
9,385 
665 
801 
1,077 
1,272 
920 
3 households 
1,671 
325 
239 
216 
154 
95 
4 households 
618 
125 
70 
59 
52 
43 
5 or more households 
538 
118 
29 
20 
52 
44 
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 
1,986 
2,437 
4,660 
7,271 
6,224 
acres 
13,677,304 
3,046,066 
1 ,767,933 
1 ,975,685 
1,966,144 
1,155,056 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
4,700 
596 
404 
433 
449 
357 
acres 
1,807,826 
884,225 
287,596 
194,023 
125,766 
67,148 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Wisconsin 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
