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

3 Registered unemployed, by region of birth and time of residence in Norway. By the end of May 2008 and 2009. Absolute figures and in per cent of the population¹ aged 15-74 years in each group
	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

May 2008
Total	36 944	9 345	561	475	776	1 240	89	3 908	1 944	352
Settled 4 years and less		1 872	92	153	523	198	16	512	323	55
Settled 4-6 years		1 956	74	59	87	278	12	835	570	41
Settled 7 years and more		5 517	395	263	166	764	61	2 561	1 051	256

May 2009
Total	68 343	17 912	1 197	1 156	4 045	2 046	133	5 999	2 699	637
Settled 4 years and less		5 890	390	553	3 266	298	38	822	409	114
Settled 4-6 years		3 008	140	155	488	450	12	1 029	636	98
Settled 7 years and more		9 014	667	448	291	1 298	83	4 148	1 654	425

	Per cent
May 2008
In total	1.0	2.6	1.2	1.2	1.6	3.1	1.1	3.2	5.1	2.6
Settled 4 years and less		1.8	1.0	1.2	1.5	3.0	0.7	2.2	3.5	1.9
Settled 4-6 years		4.2	1.7	1.3	2.2	4.6	1.4	4.6	7.3	2.6
Settled 7 years and more		2.6	1.1	1.2	1.7	2.8	1.3	3.2	5.0	2.8

May 2009
In total	1.9	4.6	2.3	2.6	6.6	4.9	1.6	4.7	6.6	4.4
Settled 4 years and less		5.0	3.3	3.5	7.4	4.6	1.5	3.3	4.1	3.7
Settled 4-6 years		6.3	3.3	3.1	7.5	7.6	1.4	6.4	8.4	5.8
Settled 7 years and more		4.0	1.9	1.9	2.7	4.5	1.7	4.8	7.0	4.4

¹	Note that the population used as numerator give a slightly lower level of unemployed compared to percentages based on the the labour force.
²	Turkey is included.