Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

4   Registered unemployed, by region of birth and county of residence. Absolute numbers and in per cent of persons in total 16-74 years. By the end of August 2002
Counties
Selected municipalities
Unemployed, total First generation immigrants Unemployed, total First generation immigrants
Total Western countries1 Non-western countries2 Total Western countries1 Non-western countries2
          Per cent
The whole country 82 496         13 835 2 217    11 618 2.6           5.9 2.7 7.5
                 
Østfold 4 594  862  119  743 2.5 7.0 2.7 9.4
Of which                
Fredrikstad 1 368  271 38  233 2.8 8.4 3.2 11.4
Akershus 6 106 1 119  245  874 1.8 3.8 1.9 5.3
Of which                
Bærum  945  181 48  133 1.3 2.3 1.3 3.3
Oslo 11 903 4 452  461 3 991 3.1 5.9 2.5 7.1
Hedmark 2 797  305 60  245 2.1 5.5 2.6 7.6
Oppland 2 200  259 34  225 1.7 5.0 1.8 7.0
Buskerud 3 610  749 91  658 2.1 5.6 2.0 7.5
Of which                
Drammen 1 283  420 38  382 3.1 7.6 3.2 8.8
Vestfold 3 654  536  111  425 2.4 5.9 3.0 7.9
Telemark 3 095  397 54  343 2.6 6.2 2.4 8.3
Aust-Agder 2 119  247 51  196 2.9 6.8 3.2 9.6
Vest-Agder 3 008  545 64  481 2.7 7.0 2.6 9.1
Of which                
Kristiansand 1 723  398 44  354 3.3 8.2 3.3 9.9
Rogaland 6 945 1 159  231  928 2.6 6.4 3.2 8.6
Of which                
Stavanger 2 546  593  119  474 3.2 7.0 3.5 9.4
Hordaland 8 525  993  174  819 2.8 5.9 3.0 7.4
Of which                
Bergen 5 088  738  103  635 3.0 5.9 2.6 7.5
Sogn og Fjordane 1 249  161 28  133 1.7 5.2 2.5 6.8
Møre og Romsdal 4 050  438 64  374 2.4 7.0 2.9 9.2
Sør-Trøndelag 5 513  562  105  457 2.9 6.1 3.4 7.4
Of which                
Trondheim 3 561  469 79  390 3.2 6.5 3.6 7.9
Nord-Trøndelag 2 585  164 41  123 2.9 6.9 4.2 8.7
Nordland 4 975  369 85  284 3.0 7.0 4.2 8.7
Troms 2 737  200 54  146 2.5 4.3 2.4 5.9
Finnmark Finnmárku 2 163  288  125  163 4.1 9.0 7.8 10.1
1  Western Europe, North America and Oceania.
2  Eastern Europe, Asia, Turkey, Africa and South and Central America.

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