Table 3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of February 2010 and 2011. 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 2010 and 2011. 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 2010
Total	78 762	21 914	1 446	1 480	5 945	2 249	191	6 645	3 148	810
Settled 4 years and less		7 162	440	680	4 154	325	41	907	462	153
Settled 4 - 6 years		4 110	189	282	1 410	416	29	1 030	612	142
Settled 7 years and more		10 642	817	518	381	1 508	121	4 708	2 074	515

February 2011
Total	77 372	23 563	1 372	1 370	7 014	2 267	185	7 225	3 301	829
Settled 4 years and less		6 654	430	535	3 752	267	37	1 039	451	143
Settled 4 - 6 years		5 582	189	294	2 729	401	39	1 135	655	140
Settled 7 years and more		11 327	753	541	533	1 599	109	5 051	2 195	546


February 2010
In total	2.2	5.2	2.7	3.1	8.4	5.2	2.2	4.9	7.1	5.3
Settled 4 years and less		5.7	3.3	4.3	8.9	5.1	1.6	3.3	4.3	4.6
Settled 4 - 6 years		7.5	4.0	4.4	11.1	7.6	2.7	6.6	8.5	7.7
Settled 7 years and more		4.5	2.3	2.1	3.3	4.8	2.4	5.1	7.8	5.1

February 2011
In total	2.1	5.1	2.3	2.7	8.0	5.1	2.0	5.0	6.7	5.2
Settled 4 years and less		4.9	2.5	3.4	7.4	4.4	1.4	3.7	3.7	4.4
Settled 4 - 6 years		7.8	3.5	3.4	11.5	7.5	3.3	6.7	8.4	6.8
Settled 7 years and more		4.5	2.0	2.1	4.0	4.8	2.0	5.1	7.5	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	Turkey is included.