Table 1 Registered unemployed by immigrant background, region of birth and sex. In absolute figures and in per cent of the labour force. By the end of May 2009 and 2010

1 Registered unemployed by immigrant background, region of birth and sex. In absolute figures and in per cent of the labour force. By the end of May 2009 and 2010
	May 2009			May 2010			Changes, total 2009-2010

	In total	Males	Females	In total	Males	Females	Changes, total 2009-2010

Registered unemployed, total	67 542	43 481	24 061	70 594	45 098	25 496	3 052

Non-immigrant population¹	49 842	32 002	17 840	49 943	31 977	17 966	101

Immigrants registered as residents, total	17 700	11 479	6 221	20 651	13 121	7 530	2 951
The Nordic countries	1 172	747	425	1 375	930	445	203
Western Europe else	1 146	857	289	1 253	867	386	107
EU countries in Eastern Europe	4 038	3 289	749	5 361	4 197	1 164	1 323
Eastern Europe else	2 023	1 090	933	2 111	1 116	995	88
North America and Oceania	132	79	53	156	98	58	24
Asia²	5 882	3 219	2 663	6 519	3 427	3 092	637
Africa	2 678	1 861	817	3 147	2 116	1 031	469
South and Central America	629	337	292	729	370	359	100

	Per cent
Registered unemployed, total	2.6	3.2	2.0	2.7	3.3	2.1	0.1

Non-immigrant population¹	2.1	2.6	1.6	2.2	2.7	1.6	0.1

Immigrants registered as residents, total	6.7	7.6	5.4	7.3	8.1	6.1	0.6
The Nordic countries	2.9	3.6	2.2	3.2	4.2	2.2	0.3
Western Europe else	3.4	4.0	2.4	3.5	3.8	2.9	0.1
EU countries in Eastern Europe	8.4	9.9	5.0	9.3	10.7	6.2	0.9
Eastern Europe else	7.1	8.2	6.1	7.2	8.4	6.3	0.1
North America and Oceania	2.4	2.5	2.1	2.7	3.0	2.3	0.3
Asia²	7.6	7.9	7.3	8.2	8.3	8.1	0.6
Africa	11.8	13.1	9.6	13.5	14.7	11.5	1.7
South and Central America	6.2	7.1	5.4	7.0	7.7	6.5	0.8

¹	Non-residents included, 1 347 (2009) and 1 587 (2010).
²	Turkey is included.