Statistics Norway

Unemployment among immigrants

6   Registered participants in ordinary labour market schemes1, by region of birth and county of residence. By the end of May 2004. Absolute numbers and in per cent of persons in total 16-74 years
County Selected municipalities Absolute figures Per cent
The whole population First generation immigrants The whole population First generation immigrants
Total Western countries2 Non-western countries3 Total Western countries2 Non-western countries3
The whole country 21 066          5 928  440 5 488 0.6          2.3 0.5 3.1
Østfold 1 432  421 43  378 0.8 3.1 1.0 4.1
Of which                
Fredrikstad  364  105 12 93 0.7 2.8 1.0 3.6
Akershus 1 333  344 38  306 0.4 1.1 0.3 1.6
Of which                
Bærum  219 72 11 61 0.3 0.9 0.3 1.3
Oslo 2 670 1 606 76 1 530 0.7 2.0 0.4 2.5
Hedmark  782  149 7  142 0.6 2.5 0.3 3.9
Oppland  595  138 5  133 0.5 2.5 0.3 3.6
Buskerud 1 346  400 29  371 0.8 2.8 0.6 3.8
Of which                
Drammen  449  190 6  184 1.1 3.2 0.5 3.8
Vestfold  815  199 20  179 0.5 2.0 0.5 2.9
Telemark  593  147 14  133 0.5 2.1 0.6 2.8
Aust-Agder  505  119 16  103 0.7 2.9 1.0 4.3
Vest-Agder 1 102  314 24  290 1.0 3.7 0.9 4.9
Of which                
Kristiansand  534  181 8  173 1.0 3.4 0.6 4.3
Rogaland 1 880  545 52  493 0.7 2.8 0.7 4.0
Of which                
Stavanger  588  187 24  163 0.7 2.1 0.7 3.0
Hordaland 2 362  491 40  451 0.7 2.6 0.7 3.6
Of which                
Bergen 1 345  315 26  289 0.8 2.3 0.6 3.1
Sogn og Fjordane  298 59 8 51 0.4 1.8 0.7 2.4
Møre og Romsdal 1 178  190 16  174 0.7 2.8 0.7 3.9
Sør-Trøndelag 1 289  275 20  255 0.7 2.7 0.6 3.7
Of which                
Trondheim  762  196 15  181 0.7 2.5 0.6 3.3
Nord-Trøndelag  646 89 5 84 0.7 3.2 0.5 4.8
Nordland 1 270  237 13  224 0.8 3.9 0.6 5.5
Troms  475  101 4 97 0.4 1.9 0.2 3.3
Finnmark Finnmárku  483 98 10 88 0.9 2.9 0.7 4.7
1  Participants with work-limiting disabilities are not included in these figures any longer.
2  Western Europe, North America and Oceania.
3  Eastern Europe, Asia, Turkey, Africa and South and Central America.

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