Table 2 Personal holders by age. Per cent. Average age

Structure of Agriculture

2	Personal holders by age. Per cent. Average age

	Personal holders, total	-39 years	40-49 years	50-59 years	60-69 years	70- years	Average age


							Years
1979¹^, ²	124 408	22	19	26	23	10	52
1989¹^, ³	98 610	27	27	21	18	8	49
1999	69 959	26	29	28	14	3	48
2000	67 644	25	29	28	15	3	48
2001	64 485	24	29	29	14	3	48
2002	60 044	24	30	29	15	3	49
2003	56 301	22	30	30	15	3	48
2004	53 376	22	30	30	15	3	49
2005	50 476	22	30	30	16	2	49
2006*	48 432	21	30	30	17	2	49
2006*
County
Østfold	2 605	21	31	30	16	2	49
Akershus og Oslo	2 571	19	30	32	16	3	50
Hedmark	3 989	21	29	31	17	2	49
Oppland	5 115	23	31	29	15	2	48
Buskerud	2 605	20	29	31	18	2	50
Vestfold	1 741	22	30	32	14	3	49
Telemark	1 674	19	30	28	20	3	50
Aust-Agder	731	19	31	31	17	3	50
Vest-Agder	1 181	24	29	28	16	3	49
Rogaland	4 773	25	29	27	16	2	48
Hordaland	3 458	19	28	31	19	3	50
Sogn og Fjordane	3 536	18	29	31	19	3	50
Møre og Romsdal	3 234	20	29	30	18	3	50
Sør-Trøndelag	3 363	21	32	28	16	2	49
Nord-Trøndelag	3 578	24	32	29	14	1	48
Nordland	2 614	19	30	31	18	2	49
Troms Romsa	1 274	20	28	31	19	2	50
Finnmark Finnmárku	390	23	26	33	14	4	49
Agricultural area in use
- 49 decares	5 064	17	25	29	22	7	52
50- 99 decares	9 328	17	27	31	22	4	51
100-199 decares	15 493	20	30	30	18	2	49
200-499 decares	16 032	25	33	29	12	1	47
500- decares	2 515	26	35	29	9	-	46

¹	Refers to personal holders with at least 5 decares agricultural area in use.
²	In 1979 age was not reported for 27 males and 16 females.
³	In 1989 age was not reported for 15 males and 6 females.
Source: Agricultural Statistics, Statistics Norway.

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