Family statistics

3   Persons, by type of family. 1 January 2000
No. County Total1 Married couples2 Cohabitant couples with common children Other type of family3
Without children who live at home With children who live at home
The whole country 4 478 497 681 642 1 972 238 352 725 1 471 892  
             
01 Østfold 248 214 44 462 106 918 15 620 81 214  
02 Akershus 467 059 71 544 223 912 35 512 136 091  
03 Oslo 507 460 71 566 164 775 28 525 242 594  
04 Hedmark 187 104 32 878 75 978 17 146 61 102  
05 Oppland 182 701 30 748 78 531 16 757 56 665  
06 Buskerud 236 810 38 898 103 325 17 268 77 319  
07 Vestfold 212 775 36 132 93 323 13 112 70 208  
08 Telemark 165 038 28 000 72 514 11 162 53 362  
09 Aust-Agder 102 177 15 372 50 794 5 411 30 600  
10 Vest-Agder 155 694 24 080 80 133 6 633 44 848  
11 Rogaland 373 207 52 762 198 659 19 836 101 950  
12 Hordaland 435 222 63 218 205 128 32 966 133 910  
14 Sogn og Fjordane 107 590 13 740 54 338 10 074 29 438  
15 Møre og Romsdal 243 157 35 888 117 824 20 898 68 547  
16 Sør-Trøndelag 262 850 38 962 106 454 29 672 87 762  
17 Nord-Trøndelag 127 106 20 192 54 971 15 532 36 411  
18 Nordland 239 107 35 784 94 304 30 164 78 855  
19 Troms 151 162 18 912 61 727 17 533 52 990  
20 Finnmark 74 064 8 504 28 630 8 904 28 026  
1  The number of persons by type of family may diverge minimally from the number of resident persons (population figures). This is due to a mismatch between family and residence informaton in the register data.
2  Registered partnerships included.
3  Other type of family includes persons without partners (adults and children), lone mothers and fathers who live with their children, cohabiting persons without children, and cohabiting persons with stepchildren only.

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