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	48 417	21	30	30	17	2	49
2007	46 939	21	30	30	18	2	49
2008*	45 666	20	30	30	19	2	50
2008*
County
Østfold	2 516	21	30	29	18	2	49
Akershus og Oslo	2 421	18	30	30	19	3	50
Hedmark	3 784	19	29	31	19	2	50
Oppland	4 900	21	31	30	17	2	49
Buskerud	2 394	17	29	31	21	2	50
Vestfold	1 634	21	28	32	17	3	49
Telemark	1 579	18	30	30	19	2	50
Aust-Agder	674	19	29	32	17	4	50
Vest-Agder	1 131	22	30	26	19	3	49
Rogaland	4 528	24	29	28	17	3	49
Hordaland	3 256	18	27	30	21	3	51
Sogn og Fjordane	3 277	17	28	31	22	3	51
Møre og Romsdal	2 990	19	29	30	20	3	50
Sør-Trøndelag	3 141	19	32	29	18	2	49
Nord-Trøndelag	3 420	23	33	28	15	1	48
Nordland	2 477	18	29	31	20	3	50
Troms	1 187	18	30	31	20	2	50
Finnmark Finnmárku	357	22	29	27	18	3	50
Agricultural area in use
- 49 decares	4 897	17	25	29	23	6	52
50- 99"	8 406	16	26	29	24	4	52
100-199"	14 258	19	29	30	20	2	50
200-499"	15 376	23	32	30	14	1	48
500- "	2 729	25	35	29	11	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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