Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
62,408 
54,201 
4,230 
3,096 
Female 
7,346 
6,416 
437 
315 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
34,760 
29,127 
2,983 
2,253 
Other 
34,994 
31,490 
1,684 
1,158 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
57,611 
51,159 
3,339 
2,379 
Not on farm operated 
12,143 
9,458 
1,328 
1,032 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
28,900 
23,949 
2,581 
1,929 
Any 
40,854 
36,668 
2,086 
1,482 
1 to 49 days 
5,118 
4,528 
312 
213 
50 to 99 days 
2,374 
2,109 
118 
89 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
5,316 
4,767 
270 
195 
200 days or more 
28,046 
25,264 
1,386 
985 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,260 
2,016 
130 
102 
3 or 4 years 
2,828 
2,471 
174 
133 
5 to 9 years 
8,107 
7,122 
500 
392 
1 0 years or more 
56,559 
49,008 
3,863 
2,784 
Average years on present farm 
23.6 
23.3 
25.3 
24.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,576 
1,395 
92 
74 
3 or 4 years 
2,155 
1,900 
116 
89 
5 to 9 years 
6,977 
6,154 
412 
317 
1 0 years or more 
59,046 
51,168 
4,047 
2,931 
Average years operating any farm 
25.7 
25.5 
27.8 
27.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
346 
302 
24 
18 
25 to 34 years 
3,739 
3,376 
215 
160 
35 to 44 years 
7,751 
6,917 
469 
378 
45 to 49 years 
7,701 
6,778 
477 
370 
50 to 54 years 
10,807 
9,364 
696 
535 
55 to 59 years 
11,364 
9,754 
750 
564 
60 to 64 years 
9,844 
8,436 
719 
507 
65 to 69 years 
7,282 
6,326 
472 
320 
70 years and over 
10,920 
9,364 
845 
559 
Average age 
56.5 
56.3 
57.5 
56.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
283 
237 
25 
13 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
63 
47 
1 
1 
Asian 
177 
165 
7 
7 
Black or African American 
42 
34 
3 
3 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
9 
6 
3 
- 
White 
69,374 
60,287 
4,650 
3,399 
More than one race reported 
89 
78 
3 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,393 
8,323 
553 
392 
2 people 
33,054 
28,507 
2,236 
1,604 
3 people 
10,155 
8,782 
731 
524 
4 people 
8,862 
7,669 
602 
445 
5 or more people 
8,290 
7,336 
545 
446 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
43,199 
38,672 
2,223 
1,541 
25 to 49 percent 
5,964 
5,227 
390 
294 
50 to 74 percent 
7,126 
5,807 
748 
566 
75 to 99 percent 
5,981 
4,820 
585 
441 
1 00 percent 
7,484 
6,091 
721 
569 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
2,097 
1,154 
279 
234 
acres 
1,143,889 
346,422 
258,737 
235,346 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
48,693 
41,866 
3,323 
2,529 
Dial-up service 
5,527 
4,874 
352 
255 
DSL service 
21,771 
18,689 
1,438 
1,083 
Cable modem service 
5,730 
4,820 
455 
343 
Fiber-optic service 
2,192 
1,820 
182 
134 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,521 
7,296 
592 
449 
Satellite service 
8,035 
6,763 
661 
523 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
960 
783 
80 
69 
Other Internet service 
1,171 
981 
71 
64 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
57,542 
52,387 
2,170 
1,520 
2 households 
9,385 
6,645 
1,835 
1,341 
3 households 
1,671 
913 
419 
340 
4 households 
618 
372 
127 
105 
5 or more households 
538 
300 
116 
105 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
148 Wisconsin 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
