Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
62,408 
2,237 
2,633 
4,849 
7,144 
6,081 
Female 
7,346 
53 
32 
108 
327 
372 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
34,760 
2,195 
2,495 
4,548 
6,263 
4,036 
Other 
34,994 
95 
170 
409 
1,208 
2,417 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
57,611 
1,805 
2,321 
4,481 
6,652 
5,502 
Not on farm operated 
12,143 
485 
344 
476 
819 
951 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
28,900 
1,847 
2,042 
3,652 
4,733 
2,766 
Any 
40,854 
443 
623 
1,305 
2,738 
3,687 
1 to 49 days 
5,118 
116 
163 
362 
572 
491 
50 to 99 days 
2,374 
30 
47 
97 
221 
266 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
5,316 
35 
93 
183 
418 
583 
200 days or more 
28,046 
262 
320 
663 
1,527 
2,347 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,260 
25 
48 
108 
141 
218 
3 or 4 years 
2,828 
26 
37 
113 
227 
241 
5 to 9 years 
8,107 
137 
153 
365 
616 
654 
1 0 years or more 
56,559 
2,102 
2,427 
4,371 
6,487 
5,340 
Average years on present farm 
23.6 
28.2 
28.5 
26.9 
27.5 
26.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,576 
16 
27 
67 
85 
104 
3 or 4 years 
2,155 
13 
18 
71 
157 
177 
5 to 9 years 
6,977 
85 
96 
288 
487 
532 
1 0 years or more 
59,046 
2,176 
2,524 
4,531 
6,742 
5,640 
Average years operating any farm 
25.7 
30.7 
30.7 
29.1 
29.7 
29.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
346 
8 
2 
40 
62 
33 
25 to 34 years 
3,739 
70 
134 
375 
527 
472 
35 to 44 years 
7,751 
328 
315 
676 
804 
707 
45 to 49 years 
7,701 
333 
364 
710 
874 
641 
50 to 54 years 
10,807 
457 
521 
899 
1,302 
923 
55 to 59 years 
1 1 ,364 
443 
522 
838 
1,364 
920 
60 to 64 years 
9,844 
295 
377 
638 
1,006 
934 
65 to 69 years 
7,282 
160 
202 
375 
693 
733 
70 years and over 
10,920 
196 
228 
406 
839 
1,090 
Average age 
56.5 
54.1 
54.3 
52.9 
54.7 
56.4 
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 
10 
Black or African American 
42 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
69,374 
2,288 
2,659 
4,943 
7,461 
6,431 
More than one race reported 
89 
- 
3 
3 
3 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,393 
172 
178 
407 
852 
880 
2 people 
33,054 
944 
1,196 
1,976 
3,195 
2,943 
3 people 
10,155 
386 
444 
826 
1,233 
956 
4 people 
8,862 
392 
452 
749 
1,001 
728 
5 or more people 
8,290 
396 
395 
999 
1,190 
946 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
43,199 
250 
313 
655 
1,372 
2,223 
25 to 49 percent 
5,964 
138 
155 
258 
797 
1,249 
50 to 74 percent 
7,126 
437 
518 
822 
1,548 
1,443 
75 to 99 percent 
5,981 
538 
715 
1,257 
1,627 
846 
1 00 percent 
7,484 
927 
964 
1,965 
2,127 
692 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,097 
354 
212 
283 
306 
192 
acres 
1,143,889 
640,366 
146,555 
124,746 
84,101 
42,158 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
48,693 
2,086 
2,260 
3,527 
4,758 
4,218 
Dial-up service 
5,527 
142 
196 
417 
581 
562 
DSL service 
21,771 
985 
1,056 
1,484 
2,117 
1,838 
Cable modem service 
5,730 
197 
209 
323 
450 
530 
Fiber-optic service 
2,192 
137 
118 
161 
220 
198 
Mobiie broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,521 
433 
445 
658 
831 
753 
Satellite service 
8,035 
507 
487 
747 
823 
692 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
960 
65 
41 
66 
76 
81 
Other Internet service 
1,171 
46 
44 
78 
144 
88 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
57,542 
1,017 
1,521 
3,576 
5,939 
5,349 
2 households 
9,385 
692 
806 
1,084 
1,279 
927 
3 households 
1,671 
334 
241 
217 
148 
90 
4 households 
618 
128 
69 
57 
55 
42 
5 or more households 
538 
119 
28 
23 
50 
45 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
122 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
