Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
3,045 
2,814 
2,782 
231 
217 
932 
Female 
289 
251 
248 
38 
38 
204 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,240 
2,099 
2,077 
141 
136 
410 
Other 
1,094 
966 
953 
128 
119 
726 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,381 
2,233 
2,217 
148 
142 
732 
Not on farm operated 
953 
832 
813 
121 
113 
404 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,866 
1,749 
1,730 
117 
111 
504 
Any 
1,468 
1,316 
1,300 
152 
144 
632 
1 to 49 days 
193 
182 
182 
11 
11 
85 
50 to 99 days 
117 
95 
92 
22 
21 
30 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
200 
184 
181 
16 
16 
79 
200 days or more 
958 
855 
845 
103 
96 
438 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
72 
58 
58 
14 
12 
42 
3 or 4 years 
124 
105 
102 
19 
19 
59 
5 to 9 years 
346 
295 
292 
51 
51 
139 
1 0 years or more 
2,792 
2,607 
2,578 
185 
173 
896 
Average years on present farm 
25.7 
26.2 
26.2 
19.7 
19.6 
23.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
54 
41 
41 
13 
12 
35 
3 or 4 years 
96 
82 
81 
14 
14 
43 
5 to 9 years 
284 
242 
240 
42 
42 
127 
1 0 years or more 
2,900 
2,700 
2,668 
200 
187 
931 
Average years operating any farm 
28.0 
28.5 
28.5 
21.5 
21.4 
25.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
10 
7 
7 
3 
3 
10 
25 to 34 years 
115 
105 
105 
10 
10 
33 
35 to 44 years 
280 
255 
251 
25 
24 
85 
45 to 49 years 
357 
330 
324 
27 
25 
89 
50 to 54 years 
580 
520 
518 
60 
57 
167 
55 to 59 years 
687 
644 
635 
43 
39 
173 
60 to 64 years 
533 
488 
486 
45 
43 
156 
65 to 69 years 
346 
316 
313 
30 
29 
138 
70 years and over 
426 
400 
391 
26 
25 
285 
Average age 
56.8 
56.9 
56.9 
55.7 
55.7 
60.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
19 
17 
17 
2 
2 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
13 
Asian 
5 
3 
3 
2 
2 
- 
Black or African American 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
3 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
3,319 
3,052 
3,017 
267 
253 
1,118 
More than one race reported 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
327 
280 
276 
47 
44 
190 
2 people 
1,723 
1,594 
1,576 
129 
124 
588 
3 people 
472 
439 
438 
33 
31 
170 
4 people 
468 
438 
430 
30 
28 
123 
5 or more people 
344 
314 
310 
30 
28 
65 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,453 
1,303 
1,286 
150 
140 
851 
25 to 49 percent 
281 
262 
259 
19 
19 
66 
50 to 74 percent 
457 
426 
424 
31 
30 
114 
75 to 99 percent 
507 
471 
464 
36 
35 
69 
1 00 percent 
636 
603 
597 
33 
31 
36 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
555 
493 
480 
62 
54 
109 
acres 
486,774 
436,106 
427,922 
50,668 
33,287 
51,956 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,707 
2,494 
2,469 
213 
199 
797 
Dial-up service 
236 
225 
224 
11 
10 
65 
DSL service 
1,257 
1,155 
1,142 
102 
93 
387 
Cable modem service 
321 
293 
289 
28 
27 
134 
Fiber-optic service 
143 
133 
133 
10 
9 
47 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
498 
464 
460 
34 
33 
135 
Satellite service 
506 
473 
467 
33 
31 
105 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
78 
70 
70 
8 
7 
19 
Other Internet service 
93 
85 
85 
8 
8 
26 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,046 
1,862 
1,838 
184 
174 
939 
2 households 
769 
714 
711 
55 
53 
136 
3 households 
307 
289 
288 
18 
17 
32 
4 households 
103 
95 
92 
8 
8 
16 
5 or more households 
109 
105 
101 
4 
3 
13 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Wisconsin 149 
