| 1 | Population aged 15-74, by labour force status (LFS) and sex. 1 000 |
| Annual average | 2009 | 2010 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2010 | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | ||||
| Persons | In total | 3 559 | 3 618 | 3 563 | 3 581 | 3 596 | 3 609 | 3 624 | 3 642 | ||
| Males | 1 806 | 1 836 | 1 808 | 1 817 | 1 825 | 1 832 | 1 840 | 1 850 | |||
| Females | 1 753 | 1 781 | 1 755 | 1 764 | 1 772 | 1 777 | 1 784 | 1 792 | |||
| In the labour force | In total | 2 590 | 2 602 | 2 588 | 2 572 | 2 581 | 2 618 | 2 606 | 2 602 | ||
| Males | 1 366 | 1 378 | 1 365 | 1 356 | 1 364 | 1 389 | 1 380 | 1 379 | |||
| Females | 1 224 | 1 224 | 1 223 | 1 216 | 1 217 | 1 229 | 1 227 | 1 223 | |||
| Employed | In total | 2 508 | 2 508 | 2 504 | 2 497 | 2 486 | 2 516 | 2 515 | 2 517 | ||
| Males | 1 317 | 1 321 | 1 317 | 1 310 | 1 306 | 1 325 | 1 328 | 1 326 | |||
| Females | 1 191 | 1 187 | 1 187 | 1 187 | 1 180 | 1 191 | 1 187 | 1 191 | |||
| Unemployed | In total | 82 | 94 | 84 | 75 | 95 | 102 | 92 | 85 | ||
| Males | 49 | 57 | 48 | 46 | 58 | 64 | 52 | 52 | |||
| Females | 32 | 37 | 36 | 29 | 37 | 38 | 40 | 33 | |||
| Outside the labour force | In total | 970 | 1 016 | 975 | 1 009 | 1 015 | 991 | 1 017 | 1 040 | ||
| Males | 440 | 459 | 443 | 461 | 461 | 442 | 460 | 471 | |||
| Females | 530 | 557 | 532 | 548 | 554 | 549 | 557 | 569 | |||