Table 5 Participants on ordinary labour market schemes (job-programmes), by immigrant background, region of birth and county of residence. Absolute numbers and in per cent of persons aged 16 to 74 years in each group. By the end of February 2007 and 2008

5 Participants on ordinary labour market schemes (job-programmes), by immigrant background, region of birth and county of residence. By the end of February 2007 and 2008. Absolute numbers and in per cent of persons aged 16 to 74 years in each group
	February 2008							February 2008

	Participants, total	Non-immigrant population and descendants	First generation immigrants, total	Western countries¹	Non western countries²	Participants, total	Non-immigrant population and descendants	First generation immigrants, total	Western countries¹	Non western countries²

The whole country	11 846	7 536	4 310	222	4 088	11 550	7 066	4 484	230	4 254
				14	253
Østfold	749	482	267	19	384	698	442	256	8	248
Akershus	893	490	403	35	1 121	1 081	601	480	27	453
Oslo	1 757	601	1 156	11	69	1 873	614	1 259	48	1 211
Hedmark	360	280	80	6	76	396	312	84	7	77
Oppland	370	288	82	8	217	349	257	92	8	84
Buskerud	545	320	225	9	206	635	337	298	10	288
Vestfold	697	482	215	15	187	574	416	158	7	151
Telemark	520	318	202	10	79	598	344	254	5	249
Aust-Agder	295	206	89	13	198	268	174	94	4	90
Vest-Agder	519	308	211	17	313	394	234	160	13	147
Rogaland	819	489	330	21	329	587	339	248	15	233
Hordaland	1 084	734	350	3	63	943	549	394	12	382
Sogn og Fjordane	226	160	66	1	100	221	164	57	4	53
Møre og Romsdal	547	446	101	11	172	573	443	130	11	119
Sør-Trøndelag	679	496	183	4	63	712	506	206	18	188
Nord-Trøndelag	311	244	67	9	122	350	258	92	3	89
Nordland	804	673	131	8	92	650	534	116	13	103
Troms Romsa	386	286	100	8	44	416	348	68	7	61
Finnmark Finnmárku	285	233	52			232	194	38	10	28

	Per cent
The whole country	0.3	0.2	1.4	0.3	1.9	0.3	0.2	1.3	0.2	1.7

Østfold	0.4	0.3	1.6	0.3	2.0	0.4	0.3	1.4	0.2	1.8
Akershus	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.1	1.5	0.3	0.2	1.1	0.2	1.5
Oslo	0.4	0.2	1.3	0.2	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.3	0.2	1.5
Hedmark	0.3	0.2	1.2	0.4	1.6	0.3	0.2	1.1	0.3	1.5
Oppland	0.3	0.2	1.3	0.3	1.8	0.3	0.2	1.3	0.3	1.7
Buskerud	0.3	0.2	1.3	0.2	1.7	0.3	0.2	1.5	0.2	2.0
Vestfold	0.4	0.3	1.8	0.2	2.5	0.3	0.3	1.1	0.2	1.6
Telemark	0.4	0.3	2.5	0.6	3.2	0.5	0.3	2.8	0.2	3.8
Aust-Agder	0.4	0.3	1.9	0.6	2.6	0.3	0.2	1.7	0.2	2.5
Vest-Agder	0.4	0.3	2.1	0.5	2.8	0.3	0.2	1.5	0.4	1.9
Rogaland	0.3	0.2	1.3	0.2	1.8	0.2	0.1	0.8	0.2	1.1
Hordaland	0.3	0.2	1.5	0.3	2.0	0.3	0.2	1.5	0.2	2.0
Sogn og Fjordane	0.3	0.2	1.8	0.2	2.6	0.3	0.2	1.3	0.3	1.9
Møre og Romsdal	0.3	0.3	1.2	0.0	1.7	0.3	0.3	1.3	0.4	1.7
Sør-Trøndelag	0.3	0.3	1.4	0.3	1.9	0.3	0.3	1.4	0.4	1.7
Nord-Trøndelag	0.3	0.3	2.0	0.4	2.8	0.4	0.3	2.3	0.3	3.1
Nordland	0.5	0.4	1.9	0.4	2.5	0.4	0.3	1.5	0.5	1.9
Troms Romsa	0.3	0.3	1.6	0.3	2.5	0.4	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.5
Finnmark Finnmárku	0.5	0.5	1.5	0.5	2.1	0.4	0.4	1.0	0.6	1.2

¹	Western Europe, North America and Oceania.
²	Eastern Europe, Asia, Turkey, Africa and South and Central America.

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