Table 4 Registered unemployed, by immigrant background, region of birth and county of residence. By the end of August 2006 and 2007. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 16 to 74 years in each group

4 Registered unemployed, by immigrant background, region of birth and county of residence. By the end of August 2006 and 2007. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons aged 16 to 74 years¹ in each group
	August 2006							August 2007

	Registered unemployed, total	Non-immigrant population and descendants	First generation immigrants, total	Western countries²	Non western countries³	Registered unemployed, total	Non-immigrant population and descendants	First generation immigrants, total	Western countries¹	Non western countries²

The whole country	65 733	51 633	14 100	1 776	12 324	48 886	37 516	11 370	1 388	9 982

Østfold	3 975	2 970	1 005	100	905	2 726	1 946	780	74	706
Akershus	5 632	4 262	1 370	210	1 160	4 041	3 029	1 012	165	847
Oslo	10 313	5 774	4 539	413	4 126	7 897	4 247	3 650	328	3 322
Hedmark	2 531	2 214	317	56	261	1 999	1 717	282	48	234
Oppland	1 741	1 510	231	36	195	1 271	1 077	194	25	169
Buskerud	3 299	2 492	807	93	714	2 501	1 756	745	47	698
Vestfold	3 161	2 624	537	74	463	2 343	1 938	405	61	344
Telemark	2 485	2 022	463	61	402	1 974	1 573	401	34	367
Aust-Agder	1 481	1 275	206	38	168	1 046	877	169	27	142
Vest-Agder	2 352	1 827	525	60	465	1 645	1 274	371	57	314
Rogaland	4 090	3 193	897	118	779	2 744	2 067	677	85	592
Hordaland	6 386	5 364	1 022	142	880	4 633	3 818	815	112	703
Sogn og Fjordane	1 032	873	159	22	137	756	607	149	16	133
Møre og Romsdal	2 952	2 500	452	54	398	2 068	1 756	312	48	264
Sør-Trøndelag	4 215	3 670	545	81	464	3 473	2 931	542	73	469
Nord-Trøndelag	1 764	1 601	163	21	142	1 456	1 309	147	25	122
Nordland	4 130	3 743	387	67	320	3 099	2 772	327	53	274
Troms Romsa	2 436	2 174	262	56	206	1 835	1 640	195	39	156
Finnmark Finnmárku	1 757	1 544	213	74	139	1 379	1 182	197	71	126

						Per cent
The whole country	2.0	1.7	4.8	2.1	5.9	1.4	1.2	3.6	1.5	4.3

Østfold	2.1	1.7	6.3	2.3	7.7	1.4	1.1	4.5	1.7	5.4
Akershus	1.6	1.3	3.7	1.6	4.8	1.1	0.9	2.5	1.2	3.1
Oslo	2.5	1.8	5.1	2.2	5.9	1.9	1.3	3.9	1.7	4.5
Hedmark	1.9	1.7	4.7	2.3	6.2	1.5	1.3	4.0	1.9	5.1
Oppland	1.3	1.2	3.7	1.7	4.7	1.0	0.9	2.9	1.1	3.7
Buskerud	1.9	1.5	4.9	2.0	6.0	1.4	1.1	4.1	0.9	5.3
Vestfold	2.0	1.8	4.7	2.0	6.1	1.4	1.3	3.1	1.5	3.9
Telemark	2.1	1.8	5.9	2.6	7.3	1.6	1.4	4.7	1.4	6.1
Aust-Agder	2.0	1.8	4.5	2.2	5.9	1.4	1.2	3.4	1.5	4.4
Vest-Agder	2.0	1.7	5.6	2.3	6.8	1.4	1.2	3.6	2.0	4.2
Rogaland	1.4	1.2	3.8	1.5	5.1	0.9	0.8	2.5	0.9	3.2
Hordaland	2.0	1.8	4.8	2.3	5.8	1.4	1.3	3.4	1.7	4.0
Sogn og Fjordane	1.4	1.2	4.5	1.8	6.0	1.0	0.9	3.9	1.2	5.3
Møre og Romsdal	1.7	1.5	5.6	2.1	7.3	1.2	1.1	3.5	1.7	4.3
Sør-Trøndelag	2.1	2.0	4.5	2.3	5.4	1.7	1.5	4.0	1.9	4.8
Nord-Trøndelag	1.9	1.8	5.3	2.0	7.0	1.6	1.5	4.2	2.3	5.0
Nordland	2.5	2.3	5.7	3.0	7.0	1.8	1.7	4.5	2.2	5.6
Troms Romsa	2.2	2.1	4.4	2.3	6.0	1.6	1.6	3.1	1.5	4.1
Finnmark Finnmárku	3.3	3.1	6.2	5.0	7.0	2.6	2.4	5.4	4.7	5.9

¹	Note that persons used as numerator give a slightly lower level of unemployed compared to percentages based on the the labour force.
²	Western Europe, North America and Oceania.
³	Eastern Europe, Asia, Turkey, Africa and South and Central America.

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