| Jaar | ||||||||||
| Gemeente | 1645 | 1806 | 1821 | 1866 | 1867 | 1940 | 1947 | 1975 | 2004 | |
| 1 | Anloo | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Assen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 3 | Beilen | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Borger | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Coevorden | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Dalen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 7 | Diever | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Dwingeloo | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | Eelde *) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 10 | Emmen | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | Gasselte | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Gieten | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 13 | Havelte | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Hoogeveen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Meppel | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 16 | Nijeveen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | Norg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Odoorn | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 19 | Oosterhesselen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 20 | Peize | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 | Roden | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 22 | Rolde | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 23 | Ruinen | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Ruinerwold | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 25 | Sleen | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 26 | Smilde | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 27 | Vledder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Vries *) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 29 | Westerbork | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 30 | De Wijk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Zuidlaren *) | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 32 | Zuidwolde | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Zweeloo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 87 | 91 | 181 | 245 | 169 | 93 | 74 | 71 | 39 | ||
| *) Nu samen de gemeente Tynaarlo | ||||||||||
| Tynaarlo | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |