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

3 Registered unemployed by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of August 2006 and 2007. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 16 - 74 years¹
	The whole population	Total	First generation immigrants

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

August 2006
Total	65 733	14 100	970	654	582	2 090	152	6 403	2 651	598
Settled 4 years and less		2 675	146	138	206	444	35	984	621	101
Settled 4 - 6 years		3 275	169	111	97	378	33	1 648	739	100
Settled 7 years and more		8 150	655	405	279	1 268	84	3 771	1 291	397

August 2007
Total	48 886	11 370	766	522	519	1 662	100	4 967	2 374	460
Settled 4 years and less		2 064	130	148	228	287	19	711	460	81
Settled 4 - 6 years		2 564	101	78	75	391	12	1 119	721	67
Settled 7 years and more		6 742	535	296	216	984	69	3 137	1 193	312


August 2006
Total	2.0	4.8	2.2	2.0	2.6	6.0	2.1	6.0	8.2	5.0
Settled 4 years and less		4.0	2.0	1.7	1.8	6.5	2.0	4.9	7.0	4.3
Settled 4 - 6 years		7.8	3.5	2.9	4.2	7.7	4.1	9.3	11.7	7.1
Settled 7 years and more		4.5	2.0	1.9	3.3	5.5	1.8	5.5	7.6	4.9

August 2007
Total	1.4	3.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	4.5	1.3	4.4	6.9	3.7
Settled 4 years and less		2.5	1.5	1.4	1.0	4.4	0.9	3.5	5.3	3.2
Settled 4 - 6 years		6.0	2.3	2.0	2.7	7.2	1.6	6.5	10.3	4.8
Settled 7 years and more		3.4	1.6	1.4	2.4	4.0	1.5	4.2	6.3	3.6

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.