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	45 679	20	30	30	19	2	50
2009*	44 905	19	29	30	19	3	50

2009*
County
Østfold	2 427	20	30	30	19	2	50
Akershus og Oslo	2 391	17	30	30	20	3	51
Hedmark	3 701	17	29	30	21	3	51
Oppland	4 841	19	31	29	18	2	49
Buskerud	2 334	17	30	31	21	2	51
Vestfold	1 600	21	27	32	18	3	50
Telemark	1 591	18	29	30	20	4	50
Aust-Agder	692	17	29	32	19	4	50
Vest-Agder	1 144	21	30	26	18	4	50
Rogaland	4 478	23	29	27	18	3	49
Hordaland	3 280	17	26	31	22	4	51
Sogn og Fjordane	3 205	15	27	31	22	4	52
Møre og Romsdal	2 884	18	28	30	21	3	50
Sør-Trøndelag	3 073	18	32	29	18	2	50
Nord-Trøndelag	3 345	22	33	28	16	2	48
Nordland	2 433	18	28	31	20	3	51
Troms Romsa	1 142	17	30	31	20	3	50
Finnmark Finnmárku	344	19	28	27	21	3	50

Agricultural area in use
-49 decares	5 210	17	24	29	24	7	52
50-99 decares	8 251	15	26	29	24	5	50
100-199 decares	13 545	18	28	30	21	3	49
200-499 decares	15 008	22	33	30	15	1	48
500- decares	2 891	24	36	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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