Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Department of Nord (59)

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Paru le :12/09/2022

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status
2008 2013 2019
Altogether 1 693 055 1 690 618 1 661 081
Labor force in % 67,6 69,5 70,8
 including people in work in % 57,5 57,5 58,7
 including unemployed workers in % 10,1 12,0 12,1
Economically inactive people in % 32,4 30,5 29,2
 including pupils, students or interns in % 12,6 12,0 12,4
 including retirees in % 8,0 7,8 6,2
 including other economically inactive people in % 11,8 10,7 10,5
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T2 - Economic activity and employment of the population aged 15 to 64 by sex and by age in 2019

EMP T2 - Economic activity and employment of the population aged 15 to 64 by sex and by age in 2019
Population Labor force Activity rate in % People in work Employment rate in %
Altogether 1 661 081 1 176 270 70,8 974 526 58,7
 15 to 24 years old 355 245 134 725 37,9 88 245 24,8
 25 to 54 years old 994 939 881 003 88,5 747 990 75,2
 55 to 64 years old 310 897 160 541 51,6 138 290 44,5
Male 818 434 612 008 74,8 508 614 62,1
 15 to 24 years old 179 665 72 102 40,1 46 709 26,0
 25 to 54 years old 490 797 457 876 93,3 391 507 79,8
 55 to 64 years old 147 972 82 030 55,4 70 398 47,6
Female 842 646 564 262 67,0 465 912 55,3
 15 to 24 years old 175 579 62 623 35,7 41 536 23,7
 25 to 54 years old 504 142 423 128 83,9 356 483 70,7
 55 to 64 years old 162 925 78 511 48,2 67 892 41,7
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019
Population (%)
People in work 58,7
Unemployed workers 12,1
Retirees 6,2
Pupils, students or interns 12,4
Other economically inactive people 10,5
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification
2008 including people in work 2013 including people in work 2019 including people in work
Altogether 1 146 431 974 556 1 175 501 973 345 1 176 249 973 610
including
 Farmer operators 7 762 7 667 6 878 6 759 5 756 5 621
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 45 598 41 916 50 281 45 476 50 715 45 917
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 147 866 143 105 164 362 158 020 179 132 172 453
 Middle-level occupations 273 828 251 777 286 386 259 275 291 297 263 038
 Services employee 329 252 277 736 337 883 276 429 335 626 271 914
 Blue-collar workers 319 102 252 356 300 543 227 386 282 472 214 667
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population
2008 2013 2019
Number of unemployed workers 171 160 202 449 201 745
Unemployment rate in % 15,0 17,2 17,2
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 31,1 36,6 34,5
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 12,8 14,8 15,1
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 9,6 12,9 13,9
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019
Unemployment rate in %
No diploma or primary education certificate 33,4
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 27,0
CAP, BEP or equivalent 21,3
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 17,8
2 years at university 10,1
3 to 4 years at university 8,5
5 years and over at university 6,7
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T5 - Employment and activity

EMP T5 - Employment and activity
2008 2013 2019
Number of jobs in the area 979 924 981 564 988 323
People in work living in the area 978 334 979 801 984 293
Employment concentration indicator 100,2 100,2 100,4
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 56,1 57,0 56,5
  • The employment concentration indicator is equal to the number of jobs in the area per 100 people in work living in the area.
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main holdings, place of residence and place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T6 - Employment by working status

EMP T6 - Employment by working status
2008 % 2013 % 2019 %
Altogether 979 924 100,0 981 564 100,0 988 323 100,0
Employee 898 521 91,7 891 871 90,9 895 181 90,6
 including women 427 249 43,6 434 464 44,3 441 384 44,7
 including part-time workers 173 899 17,7 172 512 17,6 168 482 17,0
Non-employee 81 404 8,3 89 692 9,1 93 142 9,4
 including women 27 822 2,8 31 897 3,2 34 668 3,5
 including part-time workers 7 833 0,8 10 641 1,1 12 812 1,3
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main workplaces, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2019

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2019
Number %
Altogether 988 881 100,0
Farmer operators 5 939 0,6
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 47 928 4,8
Managers and higher intellectual professions 171 141 17,3
Middle-level occupations 271 064 27,4
Services employee 281 476 28,5
Blue-collar workers 211 334 21,4
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity
2008 2013 2019
Farmer operators 0,8 0,7 0,6
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 4,4 4,8 4,8
Managers and higher intellectual professions 14,3 15,9 17,3
Middle-level occupations 26,2 27,1 27,4
Services employee 29,0 28,9 28,5
Blue-collar workers 25,4 22,6 21,4
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors
2008 2013 2019
Number % Number % Number % including women in % including employees %
Altogether 981 364 100,0 982 391 100,0 988 881 100,0 48,1 91,4
Agriculture 12 924 1,3 12 220 1,2 11 070 1,1 29,3 48,6
Industry 154 509 15,7 135 062 13,7 124 778 12,6 22,4 95,9
Construction 59 252 6,0 58 542 6,0 54 070 5,5 11,3 83,3
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 425 726 43,4 433 308 44,1 447 582 45,3 44,7 89,6
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 328 954 33,5 343 259 34,9 351 382 35,5 67,9 94,8
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019
Employees Non-employees
Agriculture 35,4 23,4
Industry 22,2 27,0
Construction 12,5 5,4
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 45,8 35,4
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 68,6 55,5
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.