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

Structure of Agriculture

2 Personal holders, by age. Average age. Per cent
	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	48 417	21	30	30	17	2	49
2007*	46 807	21	30	30	18	2	49

2007*
Østfold	2 572	21	30	30	17	2	49
Akershus og Oslo	2 476	19	30	31	18	3	50
Hedmark	3 839	20	29	31	18	2	50
Oppland	5 001	22	32	29	16	2	49
Buskerud	2 472	18	30	30	19	2	50
Vestfold	1 677	21	29	31	16	3	49
Telemark	1 611	18	29	30	20	3	50
Aust-Agder	701	19	29	33	18	2	50
Vest-Agder	1 146	23	30	26	18	2	49
Rogaland	4 621	25	29	28	16	2	48
Hordaland	3 268	20	28	30	19	3	50
Sogn og Fjordane	3 400	17	29	31	21	3	51
Møre og Romsdal	3 109	20	29	30	19	2	50
Sør-Trøndelag	3 263	21	32	29	17	2	49
Nord-Trøndelag	3 513	24	32	28	14	1	48
Nordland	2 542	19	29	30	19	2	50
Troms Romsa	1 229	20	28	31	20	2	50
Finnmark Finnmárku	367	23	28	30	17	3	49

Agricultural area in use
- 49 decares	4 760	18	25	29	23	5	52
50- 99 decares	8 793	17	27	30	23	3	51
100-199 decares	14 848	19	29	30	19	2	50
200-499 decares	15 770	24	33	29	13	1	48
500- decares	2 636	25	35	29	10	0	47

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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