| 1 | Population aged 15-74 by labour force status(LFS) and sex. 1 000 |
| Annual average | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20081 | 2009 | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | ||||
| Persons | In total | 3 505 | 3 559 | 3 528 | 3 540 | 3 553 | 3 563 | 3 581 | 3 596 | ||
| Males | 1 777 | 1 806 | 1 790 | 1 796 | 1 802 | 1 808 | 1 817 | 1 825 | |||
| Females | 1 728 | 1 753 | 1 738 | 1 744 | 1 750 | 1 755 | 1 764 | 1 772 | |||
| In the labour force | In total | 2 591 | 2 590 | 2 591 | 2 585 | 2 614 | 2 588 | 2 572 | 2 581 | ||
| Males | 1 370 | 1 366 | 1 367 | 1 360 | 1 382 | 1 365 | 1 356 | 1 364 | |||
| Females | 1 222 | 1 224 | 1 224 | 1 225 | 1 231 | 1 223 | 1 216 | 1 217 | |||
| Employed | In total | 2 524 | 2 508 | 2 525 | 2 506 | 2 525 | 2 504 | 2 497 | 2 486 | ||
| Males | 1 332 | 1 317 | 1 329 | 1 310 | 1 330 | 1 317 | 1 310 | 1 306 | |||
| Females | 1 192 | 1 191 | 1 195 | 1 196 | 1 195 | 1 187 | 1 187 | 1 180 | |||
| Unemployed | In total | 67 | 82 | 66 | 79 | 89 | 84 | 75 | 95 | ||
| Males | 38 | 49 | 37 | 50 | 53 | 48 | 46 | 58 | |||
| Females | 30 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 36 | 36 | 29 | 37 | |||
| Outside the labour force | In total | 914 | 970 | 937 | 955 | 939 | 975 | 1 009 | 1 015 | ||
| Males | 408 | 440 | 423 | 436 | 420 | 443 | 461 | 461 | |||
| Females | 506 | 530 | 514 | 519 | 519 | 532 | 548 | 554 | |||
| 1 Due to an omission in the data collection, the employment figures have become too high, approximately 6 000 in the 1st quarter and 12 000 in the 2nd quarter 2008. |
| This affects the age group 15-19 and the totals. |