Table 3 Registered unemployed ,by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of November 2008 and 2009. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 15-74 years in each group

3 Registered unemployed ,by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of November 2008 and 2009. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 15-74 years¹ in each group
	The whole population	Total	Immigrants

	The whole population	Total	The Nordic countries	Western Europe else	EU countries in Eastern Europe	Eastern Europe else	Northern America and Oceania	Asia²	Africa	Southern and Central America

November 2008
Total	45 180	11 666	736	638	1 632	1 419	101	4 507	2 209	424
Settled 4 years and less		3 209	192	278	1 303	253	26	697	374	86
Settled 4 - 6 years		2 311	87	75	126	291	14	983	683	52
Settled 7 years and more		6 146	457	285	203	875	61	2 827	1 152	286

November 2009
Total	67 425	18 541	1 221	1 111	4 135	2 046	181	6 310	2 827	710
Settled 4 years and less		6 315	401	559	3 387	332	49	970	480	137
Settled 4 - 6 years		2 972	139	137	424	433	25	1 071	627	116
Settled 7 years and more		9 254	681	415	324	1 281	107	4 269	1 720	457

	Per cent
November 2008
In total	1.3	3.1	1.5	1.5	2.9	3.5	1.2	3.6	5.6	3.0
Settled 4 years and less		2.6	1.7	1.8	3.0	3.3	0.9	2.6	3.6	2.5
Settled 4 - 6 years		5.0	2.1	1.7	3.2	4.9	1.7	5.5	8.8	3.3
Settled 7 years and more		3.0	1.3	1.3	2.1	3.2	1.3	3.5	5.5	3.1

November 2009
In total	1.9	4.6	2.3	2.4	6.2	4.9	2.1	4.8	6.6	4.8
Settled 4 years and less		4.7	2.8	3.2	6.9	4.6	1.7	3.3	4.1	3.9
Settled 4 - 6 years		6.3	3.4	2.8	6.5	7.3	3.0	6.7	8.4	6.9
Settled 7 years and more		4.1	1.9	1.8	3.1	4.4	2.1	4.9	7.3	4.8

¹	Note that persons used as denominator give a slightly lower level of unemployed compared to percentages based on the the labour force.
²	Turkey is included.