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	6 244	8 115	13 440	8 444	6 857	3 524
2011²	45 612	6 060	7 992	12 929	8 244	6 770	3 617
2012*²	44 673	6 085	7 791	12 471	7 955	6 651	3 720

2012*²
Østfold	2 389	211	294	602	442	438	402
Akershus og Oslo	2 311	208	307	546	364	427	459
Hedmark	3 543	359	496	849	628	654	557
Oppland	4 958	557	867	1 592	988	687	267
Buskerud	2 328	273	474	690	382	289	220
Vestfold	1 579	230	267	424	235	225	198
Telemark	1 534	302	422	452	148	134	76
Aust-Agder	700	174	143	181	101	69	32
Vest-Agder	1 149	265	253	295	162	136	38
Rogaland	4 609	753	626	1 210	894	773	353
Hordaland	3 244	787	968	897	365	174	53
Sogn og Fjordane	3 140	562	799	1 108	460	182	29
Møre og Romsdal	2 882	378	537	848	582	420	117
Sør-Trøndelag	3 079	284	447	874	630	577	267
Nord-Trøndelag	3 414	351	390	881	742	713	337
Nordland	2 419	263	324	636	523	491	182
Troms Romsa	1 056	90	144	313	230	198	81
Finnmark Finnmárku	339	38	33	73	79	64	52

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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