Table 3 Registered unemployed by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of May 2007 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 May 2007 and 2008. 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 countries in Eastern Europe	Eastern Europe else	Northern America and Oceania	Asia¹	Africa	Southern and Central America

May 2007
Total	42 357	10 005	638	449	462	1 417	100	4 525	2 004	410
Settled 4 years and less		1 628	94	112	205	220	24	537	367	69
Settled 4-6 years		2 203	102	78	60	302	16	999	587	59
Settled 7 years and more		6 174	442	259	197	895	60	2 989	1 050	282

May 2008
Total	36 943	9 388	580	486	785	1 244	90	3 901	1 947	355
Settled 4 years and less		1 877	102	157	530	197	18	501	318	54
Settled 4-6 years		1 966	75	60	86	281	12	835	575	42
Settled 7 years and more		5 545	403	269	169	766	60	2 565	1 054	259

May 2007						Per cent
In total	1.2	3.2	1.4	1.3	1.5	3.9	1.3	4.1	5.9	3.3
Settled 4 years and less		2.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	3.5	1.2	2.8	4.5	2.8
Settled 4 - 6 years		5.1	2.3	2.0	2.2	5.5	2.0	5.8	8.4	4.2
Settled 7 years and more		3.2	1.3	1.2	2.2	3.6	1.3	4.0	5.5	3.3

May 2008
In total	1.1	2.6	1.2	1.2	1.6	3.2	1.1	3.3	5.2	2.6
Settled 4 years and less		1.9	1.0	1.2	1.5	3.0	0.8	2.3	3.6	1.9
Settled 4 - 6 years		4.3	1.8	1.4	2.2	4.7	1.4	4.7	7.5	2.7
Settled 7 years and more		2.7	1.2	1.2	1.8	2.9	1.2	3.2	5.1	2.9

¹	Turkey is included.