Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
10,807 
2,761 
221 
184 
312 
2,142 
13 
55 to 59 years 
11,364 
3,037 
233 
230 
343 
2,462 
6 
60 to 64 years 
9,844 
2,746 
151 
192 
306 
2,381 
2 
65 to 69 years 
7,282 
2,240 
111 
151 
186 
2,016 
6 
70 years and over 
10,920 
3,546 
176 
235 
283 
3,675 
6 
Average age 
56.5 
57.0 
54.2 
58.4 
58.5 
60.2 
51.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) .. 
283 
46 
1 
4 
7 
71 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
63 
9 
- 
3 
4 
22 
- 
Asian 
177 
- 
124 
6 
8 
22 
- 
Black or African American 
42 
7 
3 
6 
3 
10 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander .. 
9 
1 
2 
- 
- 
3 
- 
White 
69,374 
19,705 
1,187 
1,246 
1,739 
15,643 
57 
More than one race reported 
89 
8 
2 
3 
- 
19 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
9,393 
2,840 
173 
147 
270 
2,766 
7 
2 people 
33,054 
9,541 
573 
662 
942 
8,311 
22 
3 people 
10,155 
2,967 
164 
159 
183 
1,926 
8 
4 people 
8,862 
2,429 
183 
202 
194 
1,670 
16 
5 or more people 
8,290 
1,953 
225 
94 
165 
1,046 
4 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
43,199 
10,043 
764 
914 
1,187 
13,701 
38 
25 to 49 percent 
5,964 
2,732 
142 
102 
153 
808 
7 
50 to 74 percent 
7,126 
3,134 
159 
107 
157 
622 
9 
75 to 99 percent 
5,981 
2,211 
127 
66 
108 
319 
3 
1 00 percent 
7,484 
1,610 
126 
75 
149 
269 
- 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
2,097 
616 
80 
71 
96 
260 
- 
acres 
1,143,889 
411,691 
115,803 
56,747 
12,659 
62,148 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
48,693 
13,685 
973 
1,061 
1,364 
10,239 
30 
Dial-up service 
5,527 
1,594 
84 
85 
132 
1,162 
8 
DSL service 
21,771 
5,784 
458 
516 
579 
4,572 
7 
Cable modem service 
5,730 
1,690 
146 
176 
291 
1,453 
4 
Fiber-optic service 
2,192 
653 
46 
24 
53 
487 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
8,521 
2,580 
180 
198 
220 
1,574 
6 
Satellite service 
8,035 
2,304 
127 
127 
166 
1,541 
9 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
960 
262 
34 
26 
35 
182 
- 
Other Internet service 
1,171 
284 
32 
32 
33 
277 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
57,542 
16,085 
1,039 
1,025 
1,499 
13,601 
42 
2 households 
9,385 
2,993 
164 
161 
178 
1,585 
12 
3 households 
1,671 
407 
46 
36 
46 
301 
2 
4 households 
618 
142 
20 
19 
14 
113 
1 
5 or more households 
538 
103 
49 
23 
17 
119 
- 
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 
19,149 
1,262 
1,216 
1,670 
15,192 
57 
acres 
13,677,304 
5,418,265 
318,297 
199,829 
118,810 
1,722,558 
1,634 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
4,700 
1,102 
156 
211 
253 
803 
- 
acres 
1,807,826 
654,389 
23,583 
35,881 
20,090 
151,111 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
60,617 
17,324 
1,063 
955 
1,320 
13,943 
57 
acres 
10,225,659 
4,193,401 
104,443 
64,261 
89,336 
1,480,279 
1,634 
Partnership 
.. farms 
4,667 
1,337 
87 
100 
129 
897 
- 
acres 
2,188,013 
871,850 
56,510 
29,638 
19,468 
171,548 
- 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
3,411 
939 
78 
83 
110 
602 
- 
acres 
1,813,273 
695,912 
54,209 
27,939 
18,852 
124,327 
- 
Corporation 
.. farms 
3,334 
830 
140 
183 
283 
402 
_ 
acres 
1,935,687 
664,199 
185,214 
119,887 
27,078 
103,447 
- 
Family held 
.. farms 
3,065 
786 
123 
165 
240 
345 
- 
acres 
1,825,330 
632,148 
171,736 
110,069 
21,336 
86,113 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.. farms 
35 
8 
1 
3 
1 
8 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
3,030 
778 
122 
162 
239 
337 
- 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
269 
44 
17 
18 
43 
57 
_ 
acres 
110,357 
32,051 
13,478 
9,818 
5,742 
17,334 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
