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

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

August 2009
Total	75 924	19 853	1 293	1 130	4 019	2 327	152	6 867	3 261	804
Settled 4 years and less		6 366	411	520	3 193	391	30	1 068	580	173
Settled 4-6 years		3 413	138	142	470	502	17	1 237	777	130
Settled 7 years and more		10 074	744	468	356	1 434	105	4 562	1 904	501

August 2010
Total	76 101	22 644	1 418	1 285	5 325	2 379	181	7 638	3 625	793
Settled 4 years and less		7 376	469	562	3 796	396	43	1 296	647	167
Settled 4-6 years		4 046	151	209	1 098	456	32	1 251	715	134
Settled 7 years and more		11 222	798	514	431	1 527	106	5 091	2 263	492

	Per cent
August 2009
In total	2.1	5.0	2.5	2.5	6.5	5.6	1.8	5.3	7.8	5.5
Settled 4 years and less		5.2	3.4	3.3	7.1	5.7	1.1	3.9	5.4	5.2
Settled 4-6 years		7.2	3.3	2.9	7.3	8.5	2.0	7.7	10.3	7.8
Settled 7 years and more		4.5	2.1	2.0	3.4	4.9	2.1	5.3	8.0	5.2

August2010
In total	2.1	5.2	2.5	2.6	6.9	5.5	2.0	5.5	7.8	5.2
Settled 4 years and less		5.2	3.1	3.2	7.1	5.9	1.6	4.4	5.2	5.0
Settled 4-6 years		7.4	3.3	3.3	8.7	8.4	3.2	8.1	10.0	7.4
Settled 7 years and more		4.7	2.2	2.1	3.7	4.9	2.1	5.5	8.5	4.9

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.