Roscommon in Census 2011 - Roscommon County Council

Nationality and unemployment
While one in five unemployed people in April 2011 were non-Irish nationals, accounting for
77,460 persons overall, there were significant regional variations by county. Over one third of
those unemployed in Fingal were non-Irish with over 20 per cent from Europe and 7 per cent
from African countries.
In Roscommon 22.3 per cent of unemployed people were non-Irish nationals.
In Leitrim 23 per cent of unemployed workers were non-Irish. While nationally only 4 per cent
of all unemployed people were British, in Leitrim this stood at 11 per cent. In fellow Connacht
counties Mayo and Roscommon, 8 per cent of unemployed people were British.
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