A total of 1,121 people added their names to Government’s Island-wide unemployment register.Senator Kim Wilson yesterday revealed the final number of people who registered as part of a Government drive, run from June 21 to July 1.Of those registered, respondents were almost evenly spread between sexes, with 51 percent being men and 49 percent being females.The Economy, Trade and Industry Minister also broke the statistics down by race and nationality during her ministerial statement in the Senate.She said 80 percent of respondents identified themselves as black and 12 percent as white. Asians accounted for 0.6 percent of respondents and there were eight percent from other races.Ninety-five percent of all respondents were Bermudian, 1.2 percent were permanent residents, 2.8 percent were non-Bermudian spouses and 0.6 percent were other non-Bermudians.The unemployment registration drive was launched to quantify the current unemployment level and to gather information to be used to assist with future job training, retraining and placement.There were two ways to register; 858 people registered online through Government’s website and 263 people registered in person at one of the registration stations.It has previously been reported that approximately 150 people registered on the first day of the registration drive.Sen Wilson said they were “the very basic statistics summing up the data that was collected during the registration period”.She said it was now up to the Department of Statistics to complete the data analysis phase over the next few weeks. This will include “an in-depth strategic planning exercise”.Sen Wilson said the Ministry was also in the final stages of contracting KPMG Advisory Limited to assist with the development of a strategic plan.She said: “The aim is to produce a clearly defined strategic and implementation plan designed to help us meet the requirement for a trained and job-ready workforce so that we can effectively reduce the local unemployment rate and curtail any further economic downfall of Bermuda residents.“Given our sophisticated economy and limited number of working-age Bermudians, we look to effectively manage the balance between the local and non-Bermudian workforce for the greater good of all Bermuda.”Current unemployment data gives Bermuda’s rate as 4.5 percent but the figure comes from a 2009 Labour Force survey.Although the 2010 census covers the topic of employment, the information will not be available until later this year.Anyone who is unemployed and did not register is asked to visit the Department of Labour and Training on Reid Street, Hamilton.