Table 3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of February 2009 and 2010. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 15-74 years

3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of February 2009 and 2010. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 15-74 years¹
	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

February 2009
Total	66 980	16 932	1 083	1 145	3 764	1 948	134	5 591	2 676	591
Settled 4 years and less		5 348	298	547	2 992	283	36	691	395	106
Settled 4 - 6 years		3 063	126	163	489	442	17	1 055	680	91
Settled 7 years and more		8 521	659	435	283	1 223	81	3 845	1 601	394

February 2010
Total	78 762	21 906	1 461	1 483	5 944	2 247	191	6 632	3 141	807
Settled 4 years and less		7 203	465	690	4 163	325	42	903	463	152
Settled 4 - 6 years		4 100	187	281	1 405	416	29	1 030	612	140
Settled 7 years and more		10 603	809	512	376	1 506	120	4 699	2 066	515


February 2009
In total	1.9	4.4	2.1	2.6	6.3	4.7	1.6	4.4	6.6	4.1
Settled 4 years and less		4.8	2.7	3.7	7.1	4.5	1.4	2.9	4.3	3.6
Settled 4 - 6 years		6.3	3.0	3.2	7.5	7.4	1.9	6.5	9.0	5.4
Settled 7 years and more		3.8	1.9	1.8	2.7	4.2	1.6	4.4	6.7	4.1

February 2010
In total	2.2	5.2	2.7	3.2	8.4	5.2	2.2	4.9	7.1	5.3
Settled 4 years and less		5.7	3.4	4.3	8.9	5.2	1.6	3.3	4.3	4.7
Settled 4 - 6 years		7.5	4.0	4.4	11.1	7.6	2.7	6.6	8.5	7.6
Settled 7 years and more		4.4	2.2	2.1	3.3	4.8	2.3	5.0	7.8	5.1

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