Table 1 Holdings, by size of agricultural area in use and county

Structure of Agriculture

1 Holdings, by size of agricultural area in use and county
	Total	Size classes. Decares

	Total	-49	50-99	100-199	200-299	300-499	500-

1979¹	125 302	62 017	32 716	21 632	5 652	2 576	709
1989¹	99 382	37 031	24 969	25 330	7 928	3 266	858
1999²	70 740	14 517	16 720	22 286	10 367	5 273	1 577
2000²	68 539	13 574	15 677	21 411	10 556	5 613	1 708
2001²	65 607	11 804	14 762	20 541	10 726	5 878	1 896
2002²	61 890	9 975	13 476	19 555	10 563	6 209	2 112
2003²	58 231	8 211	12 230	18 669	10 404	6 424	2 293
2004²	55 507	7 047	11 243	17 754	10 354	6 631	2 478
2005²	53 003	6 411	10 141	16 764	10 186	6 817	2 684
2006²	51 218	5 998	9 597	15 901	9 836	6 963	2 923
2007²	49 935	6 171	8 875	15 195	9 534	7 064	3 096
2008²	48 825	6 213	8 660	14 481	9 198	7 031	3 242
2009²	47 688	6 273	8 363	13 867	8 797	6 988	3 400
2010²	46 624	6 246	8 112	13 441	8 443	6 858	3 524

2010²
Østfold	2 488	224	308	650	446	462	398
Akershus og Oslo	2 433	191	342	586	382	470	462
Hedmark	3 749	373	563	944	629	701	539
Oppland	5 153	602	876	1 666	1 052	695	262
Buskerud	2 401	277	493	728	392	293	218
Vestfold	1 632	210	291	449	255	230	197
Telemark	1 618	307	467	462	178	134	70
Aust-Agder	728	184	157	186	100	75	26
Vest-Agder	1 189	261	267	311	173	141	36
Rogaland	4 753	813	613	1 295	939	767	326
Hordaland	3 315	767	986	965	369	178	50
Sogn og Fjordane	3 308	577	837	1 207	485	178	24
Møre og Romsdal	3 043	384	524	970	646	429	90
Sør-Trøndelag	3 204	274	456	960	680	601	233
Nord-Trøndelag	3 557	354	395	948	827	723	310
Nordland	2 533	295	329	695	543	511	160
Troms Romsa	1 151	111	171	335	264	189	81
Finnmark Finnmárku	369	42	37	84	83	81	42

¹	Refers to holdings with at least 5 decares agricultural area in use.
²	Joint operations etc. with less than 5 decares agricultural area in use are included.
Source: Agricultural Statistics, Statistics Norway.

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