Table 4 Registered unemployed, by immigrant background, region of birth and county of residence. Absolute numbers and in per cent of persons aged 15 to 74 years in each group. By the end of February 2009 and 2010

4 Registered unemployed, by immigrant background, region of birth and county of residence. Absolute numbers and in per cent of persons aged 15 to 74 years¹ in each group. By the end of February 2009 and 2010
	February 2009							February 2010

	Registered unemployed, total	Non-immigrant population	Immigrants registered as residents, total	Country group 1²	Country group 2³	Registered unemployed, total	Non-immigrant population	Immigrants registered a s residents, total	Country group 1²	Country group 2³

The whole country	66 980	50 048	16 932	6 127	10 805	78 762	56 856	21 906	9 080	12 826

Østfold	4 321	3 092	1 229	381	848	5 009	3 516	1 493	498	995
Akershus	5 337	3 760	1 577	648	929	7 180	4 804	2 376	1 088	1 288
Oslo	9 501	4 575	4 926	1 196	3 730	11 958	5 805	6 153	1 688	4 465
Hedmark	2 777	2 356	421	173	248	2 970	2 457	513	235	278
Oppland	2 417	2 015	402	176	226	2 434	1 991	443	191	252
Buskerud	3 269	2 339	930	310	620	3 940	2 692	1 248	519	729
Vestfold	3 601	2 852	749	302	447	4 059	3 080	979	466	513
Telemark	2 930	2 358	572	187	385	2 979	2 380	599	244	355
Aust-Agder	1 664	1 340	324	155	169	2 048	1 588	460	242	218
Vest-Agder	2 359	1 729	630	257	373	2 880	2 104	776	315	461
Rogaland	3 857	2 646	1 211	524	687	6 247	4 175	2 072	1 138	934
Hordaland	5 784	4 415	1 369	648	721	6 697	5 021	1 676	895	781
Sogn og Fjordane	1 066	892	174	73	101	1 286	999	287	174	113
Møre og Romsdal	2 817	2 330	487	255	232	3 346	2 683	663	399	264
Sør-Trøndelag	4 610	3 803	807	368	439	4 811	3 899	912	410	502
Nord-Trøndelag	2 192	1 924	268	132	136	2 181	1 889	292	162	130
Nordland	3 553	3 179	374	128	246	3 491	3 053	438	177	261
Troms Romsa	2 291	2 015	276	143	133	2 105	1 809	296	146	150
Finnmark Finnmárku	1 464	1 260	204	71	133	1 432	1 204	228	93	135
Uoppgitt	1 170	1 168	2	-	2	1 709	1 707	2	-	2
	Per cent
The whole country	1.9	1.6	4.4	3.8	4.8	2.2	1.8	5.2	5.0	5.4

Østfold	2.2	1.7	5.9	4.8	6.6	2.5	2.0	6.7	5.7	7.3
Akershus	1.4	1.1	3.2	2.9	3.5	1.8	1.4	4.5	4.4	4.5
Oslo	2.1	1.4	4.5	3.4	5.0	2.6	1.7	5.3	4.4	5.8
Hedmark	2.0	1.8	5.0	4.3	5.7	2.1	1.9	5.6	5.4	5.9
Oppland	1.8	1.6	4.9	4.6	5.2	1.8	1.5	4.9	4.5	5.3
Buskerud	1.7	1.4	4.3	3.5	4.9	2.0	1.6	5.3	5.2	5.4
Vestfold	2.1	1.8	4.8	4.1	5.5	2.3	2.0	5.8	5.8	5.9
Telemark	2.4	2.1	5.8	4.8	6.4	2.4	2.1	5.6	5.7	5.4
Aust-Agder	2.1	1.8	5.2	5.1	5.3	2.5	2.1	6.7	7.1	6.3
Vest-Agder	1.9	1.6	5.1	5.4	5.0	2.3	1.9	5.9	6.0	5.8
Rogaland	1.2	1.0	3.5	2.9	4.0	2.0	1.5	5.3	5.6	5.0
Hordaland	1.7	1.4	4.5	4.6	4.4	1.9	1.6	4.9	5.4	4.5
Sogn og Fjordane	1.4	1.2	3.6	2.7	4.7	1.7	1.4	4.9	5.0	4.8
Møre og Romsdal	1.6	1.4	4.1	4.0	4.2	1.8	1.6	4.7	5.0	4.4
Sør-Trøndelag	2.1	1.9	4.9	5.1	4.7	2.2	2.0	4.9	5.0	4.9
Nord-Trøndelag	2.3	2.1	6.0	5.9	6.1	2.3	2.1	6.3	7.4	5.3
Nordland	2.0	1.9	4.2	3.4	4.8	2.0	1.8	4.4	4.1	4.7
Troms Romsa	2.0	1.8	3.6	3.7	3.5	1.8	1.6	3.5	3.5	3.6
Finnmark Finnmárku	2.7	2.5	4.6	3.3	5.7	2.6	2.4	4.6	3.8	5.2

¹	Note that persons used as numerator give a slightly lower level of unemployed compared to percentages based on the the labour force.
²	Country group 1 :EU/EFTA-countries, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
³	Country group 2: Eastern Europe outside the EU, Asia(Turkey incl.), Africa, South and Central America and Oceania except Australia and New Zealand.

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