Table 3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of February 2008 and 2009. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 15-74 years

3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of February 2008 and 2009. Absolute figures and in per cent of persons in total aged 15-74 years¹
	The whole population	Total	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 2008
Total	41 993	10 042	622	514	771	1 408	93	4 106	2 128	400
Settled 4 years and less		1 828	113	158	467	220	16	465	315	74
Settled 4-6 years		2 257	79	70	107	332	12	963	638	56
Settled 7 years and more		5 957	430	286	197	856	65	2 678	1 175	270

February 2009
Total	67 446	17 057	1 089	1 152	3 768	1 964	134	5 655	2 698	597
Settled 4 years and less		5 351	299	547	2 992	283	36	692	396	106
Settled 4-6 years		3 071	126	164	490	442	17	1 059	682	91
Settled 7 years and more		8 635	664	441	286	1 239	81	3 904	1 620	400

	Per cent
February 2008
Total	1.2	2.9	1.3	1.3	1.7	3.6	1.2	3.5	5.8	3.0
Settled 4 years and less		2.0	1.3	1.3	1.5	3.6	0.7	2.3	3.7	2.8
Settled 4-6 years		4.9	1.9	1.6	2.7	5.6	1.4	5.4	8.3	3.6
Settled 7 years and more		2.9	1.2	1.3	2.0	3.2	1.3	3.4	5.7	3.0

February 2009
Total	1.9	4.4	2.2	2.6	6.4	4.8	1.6	4.4	6.7	4.2
Settled 4 years and less		4.8	2.7	3.7	7.1	4.5	1.4	2.9	4.3	3.6
Settled 4-6 years		6.4	3.0	3.2	7.5	7.4	1.9	6.5	9.0	5.4
Settled 7 years and more		3.8	1.9	1.9	2.7	4.3	1.6	4.5	6.8	4.2

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.