Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
4,713 
6,031 
4,876 
4,069 
4,005 
13,413 
Not on farm operated 
992 
1,215 
1,012 
790 
740 
4,373 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,128 
2,242 
1,634 
1,284 
1,235 
5,491 
Any 
3,577 
5,004 
4,254 
3,575 
3,510 
12,295 
1 to 49 days 
418 
455 
447 
342 
365 
1,406 
50 to 99 days 
262 
288 
237 
201 
210 
523 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
512 
710 
551 
432 
417 
1,412 
200 days or more 
2,385 
3,551 
3,019 
2,600 
2,518 
8,954 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
209 
278 
269 
208 
204 
558 
3 or 4 years 
258 
351 
366 
296 
248 
674 
5 to 9 years 
619 
900 
869 
756 
782 
2,290 
1 0 years or more 
4,619 
5,717 
4,384 
3,599 
3,511 
14,264 
Average years on present farm 
24.8 
23.0 
20.6 
20.3 
19.8 
21.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
142 
192 
197 
168 
151 
428 
3 or 4 years 
203 
285 
281 
231 
192 
534 
5 to 9 years 
524 
781 
785 
659 
707 
2,061 
1 0 years or more 
4,836 
5,988 
4,625 
3,801 
3,695 
14,763 
Average years operating any farm 
27.5 
25.6 
22.9 
22.4 
21.7 
23.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
41 
49 
27 
24 
28 
35 
25 to 34 years 
412 
459 
328 
248 
218 
507 
35 to 44 years 
626 
788 
682 
606 
568 
1,688 
45 to 49 years 
556 
757 
663 
568 
549 
1,705 
50 to 54 years 
727 
1,002 
907 
668 
788 
2,649 
55 to 59 years 
884 
1,025 
945 
832 
750 
2,877 
60 to 64 years 
709 
1,034 
807 
716 
677 
2,699 
65 to 69 years 
670 
832 
642 
452 
476 
2,111 
70 years and over 
1,080 
1,300 
887 
745 
691 
3,515 
Average age 
56.7 
56.9 
56.2 
56.1 
56.1 
58.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
5 
23 
35 
14 
29 
103 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
4 
4 
6 
3 
8 
22 
Asian 
10 
43 
24 
39 
17 
25 
Black or African American 
3 
6 
3 
- 
5 
22 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
6 
White 
5,680 
7,187 
5,837 
4,807 
4,709 
17,680 
More than one race reported 
8 
5 
17 
9 
6 
31 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
866 
1,028 
853 
658 
715 
2,833 
2 people 
2,710 
3,563 
2,838 
2,320 
2,205 
9,320 
3 people 
775 
1,003 
814 
779 
759 
2,216 
4 people 
649 
914 
762 
624 
574 
2,053 
5 or more people 
705 
738 
621 
478 
492 
1,364 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,881 
5,186 
5,061 
4,438 
4,429 
16,497 
25 to 49 percent 
1,124 
1,034 
387 
181 
129 
589 
50 to 74 percent 
905 
613 
263 
151 
106 
391 
75 to 99 percent 
438 
228 
102 
49 
40 
170 
1 00 percent 
357 
185 
75 
40 
41 
139 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
104 
146 
86 
69 
67 
283 
acres 
18,306 
27,524 
10,859 
7,608 
4,252 
38,463 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,694 
4,979 
4,167 
3,529 
3,372 
12,308 
Dial-up service 
446 
626 
470 
456 
396 
1,266 
DSL service 
1,608 
2,160 
1,883 
1,648 
1,510 
5,569 
Cable modem service 
460 
670 
451 
383 
387 
1,694 
Fiber-optic service 
150 
218 
200 
145 
149 
503 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
674 
871 
741 
605 
540 
2,001 
Satellite service 
555 
708 
672 
536 
497 
1,847 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
57 
114 
75 
79 
61 
248 
Other Internet service 
114 
102 
92 
47 
97 
326 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,795 
6,175 
5,153 
4,307 
4,280 
15,683 
2 households 
726 
910 
616 
462 
372 
1,564 
3 households 
92 
88 
64 
49 
61 
288 
4 households 
49 
33 
29 
15 
16 
127 
5 or more households 
43 
40 
26 
26 
16 
124 
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 
5,543 
7,088 
5,783 
4,784 
4,677 
17,238 
acres 
748,463 
738,110 
444,156 
309,059 
259,606 
1,267,026 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
355 
385 
276 
220 
207 
1,018 
acres 
47,471 
43,510 
20,322 
18,648 
13,702 
105,415 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Wisconsin 97 
