Table 3 Registered unemployed by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of May 2006 and 2007. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 16-74 years

3	Registered unemployed by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of May 2006 and 2007. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 16-74 years

	The whole population	Total	First generation immigrants

	The whole population	Total	The Nordic countries	Western Europe else	New EU countries¹ in Eastern Europe	Eastern Europe	Northern America and Oceania	Asia²	Africa	Southern and Central America

May 2006
Total	60 595	13 111	939	583	402	2 119	150	5 961	2 340	617
Settled 4 years and less		2 205	151	126	142	398	26	805	464	93
Settled 4 - 6 years		3 042	159	94	70	410	22	1 540	652	95
Settled 7 years and more		7 864	629	363	190	1 311	102	3 616	1 224	429

May 2007
Total	42 357	10 003	642	450	390	1 488	101	4 523	1 999	410
Settled 4 years and less		1 624	99	113	189	235	25	532	362	69
Settled 4 - 6 years		2 203	101	78	46	316	16	1 000	587	59
Settled 7 years and more		6 176	442	259	155	937	60	2 991	1 050	282

	Per cent
May 2006
In total	1.8	4.6	2.1	1.8	2.3	5.7	2.1	5.7	7.3	5.2
Settled 4 years and less		3.6	2.2	1.7	1.6	5.4	1.5	4.3	5.5	4.2
Settled 4 - 6 years		7.2	3.2	2.4	3.8	7.6	2.7	8.7	10.3	6.7
Settled 7 years and more		4.3	1.9	1.7	2.7	5.4	2.2	5.3	7.1	5.2

May 2007
In total	1.2	3.2	1.4	1.3	1.4	3.8	1.4	4.1	5.9	3.3
Settled 4 years and less		2.2	1.2	1.2	1.0	3.4	1.3	2.8	4.5	2.9
Settled 4 - 6 years		5.1	2.2	2.0	2.1	5.3	2.0	5.8	8.4	4.2
Settled 7 years and more		3.2	1.3	1.2	2.1	3.6	1.3	4.0	5.5	3.3

¹	EU-status per 01.05. 2004.
²	Turkey is included.