Table 3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of February 2008 and 2008. 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 February 2008 and 2008. 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 else	Northern America and Oceania	Asia²	Africa	Southern and Central America

February 2007
Total	52 057	11 562	754	573	580	1 649	105	5 185	2 228	488
Settled 4 years and less		1 785	114	127	268	244	16	584	341	91
Settled 4-6 years		2 548	113	102	63	371	19	1 150	670	60
Settled 7 years and more		7 229	527	344	249	1 034	70	3 451	1 217	337

February 2008
Total	41 993	10 092	638	520	782	1 422	92	4 107	2 130	401
Settled 4 years and less		1 841	121	158	475	224	16	462	312	73
Settled 4-6 years		2 267	83	71	107	338	12	959	640	57
Settled 7 years and more		5 984	434	291	200	860	64	2 686	1 178	271


February 2007
In total	1.5	3.8	1.7	1.7	2.1	4.6	1.4	4.7	6.6	4.0
Settled 4 years and less		2.7	1.6	1.5	1.7	4.1	0.9	3.3	4.5	4.0
Settled 4-6 years		5.9	2.5	2.5	2.3	6.8	2.4	6.6	9.6	4.2
Settled 7 years and more		3.7	1.6	1.6	2.8	4.2	1.5	4.6	6.4	3.9

February 2008
In total	1.2	2.9	1.3	1.3	1.7	3.7	1.2	3.5	5.8	3.0
Settled 4 years and less		2.0	1.3	1.3	1.5	3.7	0.7	2.3	3.7	2.8
Settled 4 - 6 years		4.9	1.9	1.6	2.7	5.7	1.4	5.4	8.3	3.7
Settled 7 years and more		2.9	1.3	1.3	2.1	3.2	1.3	3.4	5.7	3.0

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.