United States immigration statistics

In 2022, there were 46,118,600 immigrant residents in the United States or 13.8% of the US population according to the American Immigration Council. Of these, 9,940,700 were undocumented or illegal, making up 21.6% of all immigrants or 3% of the total US population.^[1]

The 1850 United States census was the first federal U.S. census to query respondents about their "nativity"—i.e, where they were born, whether in the United States or outside of it—and is thus the first point at which solid census statistics become available. The following chart, based on statistics from the U.S. census from 1850 on,^[2] shows the numbers of non-native residents according to place of birth. Because an immigrant is counted in each census during his or her lifetime, the numbers reflect the cumulative population of living non-native residents.

This census-based approach to measuring historical U.S. immigration statistics produces only a rough approximation because census surveys are conducted only every ten years, yielding only decadal estimates of net migration (immigration to the country minus emigration from it: as proxied by net changes in the stock of foreign-born residents). The chart (above and to the right here), "Immigration to the United States by region (millions)," is a somewhat more accurate depiction, although it too measures only ten year blocks (think of it as a bar graph rather than the line graph displayed), and, as pointed out in the "More Details" to it, the levels shown are valid only through 2010. Actual year by year immigrant arrivals data (with some -not always consistent over time- adjustment correcting for visitors who do not remain permanently), provide more fine-grained measurement, and are available starting as of 1820.^[3] However, those data, which were categorized by U.S. immigration authorities as "Immigrants" until about 2000, but since then as "Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status" (yet still labeled "Immigrants" even for years after 2000, in the chart above right), also have inconsistencies over time, most notably because the numbers tabulated reflect actual written recording of (most) non-U.S. citizens arriving before 1933, but -from then on- bestowal of permanent residencies ("green cards").^[4]

This table lists the number of naturalizations, petitions along with the number accepted or denied from the 2023 to 2000 fiscal years. Please note that for the 2023 fiscal year's source the data has been rounded to the nearest tenth. Sources:^[5][6]

Year	Accepted	Denied	Total
2023	878,460	100,490	827,610
2022	969,380	111,637	781,075
2021	813,861	85,170	789,119
2020	628,254	80,609	967,755
2019	843,593	97,789	830,560
2018	761,901	92,631	837,168
2017	707,265	83,176	986,851
2016	753,060	86,033	972,151
2015	730,259	75,810	783,062
2014	653,416	66,767	773,824
2013	779,929	83,112	772,623
2012	757,434	65,874	899,162
2011	694,193	57,065	756,008
2010	619,913	56,994	710,544
2009	743,715	109,832	570,442
2008	1,046,539	121,283	525,786
2007	660,477	89,683	1,382,993
2006	702,589	120,722	730,642
2005	604,280	108,247	602,972
2004	537,151	103,339	662,796
2003	462,435	91,599	523,370
2002	572,646	139,779	700,649
2001	606,259	218,326	501,643
2000	886,026	399,670	460,916

This table gives the number of people who got permanent resident status in the United States by fiscal year from 1980 to 2023. Includes those who are "lawful permanent residents" only in this table. Keep in mind that the 2023 data is rounded.

Year	Total #
2023[7]	1,172,910
2022[8]	1,018,349
2021[8]	740,002
2020[8]	707,362
2019[8]	1,031,765
2018[8]	1,096,611
2017[8]	1,127,167
2016[8]	1,183,505
2015[8]	1,051,031
2014[8]	1,016,518
2013[8]	990,553
2012[8]	1,031,631
2011[8]	1,062,040
2010[8]	1,042,625
2009[8]	1,130,818
2008[8]	1,107,126
2007[8]	1,052,415
2006[8]	1,266,129
2005[8]	1,122,257
2004[8]	957,883
2003[8]	703,542
2002[8]	1,059,356
2001[8]	1,058,902
2000[8]	841,002
1999[8]	644,787
1998[8]	653,206
1997[8]	797,847
1996[8]	915,560
1995[8]	720,177
1994[8]	803,993
1993[8]	903,916
1992[8]	973,445
1991[8]	1,826,595
1990[8]	1,535,872
1989[8]	1,090,172
1988[8]	641,346
1987[8]	599,889
1986[8]	600,027
1985[8]	568,149
1984[8]	541,811
1983[8]	550,052
1982[8]	533,624
1981[8]	595,014
1980[8]	524,295

This table lists the number of naturalizations by the major admission class they admitted to the US in by fiscal year. Between 2013 and 2022 none gained admission and became a lawful permanent resident who were children and born abroad.^[9]

	Year	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013
Major Admission class[9]	Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	428,268	385,396	321,148	505,765	478,961	516,508	566,706	465,068	416,456	439,460
	Employment-based preferences	270,284	193,338	148,959	139,458	138,171	137,855	137,893	144,047	151,596	161,110
	Family-sponsored preferences	166,041	65,690	121,560	204,139	216,563	232,238	238,087	213,910	229,104	210,303
	Asylees	53,659	20,550	19,471	26,003	30,175	25,647	37,209	33,564	38,176	42,235
	Refugees	29,423	35,847	44,404	80,908	155,734	120,356	120,216	118,431	96,066	77,395
	Victims of crimes and their immediate relatives	9,871	9,216	11,888	18,326	14,909	17,993	16,148	14,112	11,665	3,712
	Cancellation of removal	4,160	5,017	3,685	4,033	4,421	3,539	3,453	4,713	5,248	5,763
	Diversity	1,567	1,590	868	1,025	1,139	955	1,071	1,292	1,359	1,527
	Certain Iraqis and Afghans employed by U.S. Government and their spouses and children	1,467	37	0	23	32	48	16	27	5	7
	Victims of human trafficking	712	942	866	818	1,208	1,317	1,069	970	1,149	608
	Parolees	14	13	13	16	14	26	15	23	95	556
	Other	607	429	534	579	636	758	565	782	956	911
	Total		1,018,349	740,002	707,362	1,031,765	1,096,611	1,127,167	1,183,505	1,051,031	1,016,518	990,553

This table lists the number of refugee arrivals by each fiscal year along with the ceiling. Since the United States created a refugee resettlement program in 1980, there has been a ceiling on the number allowed.^[10] The Immigration and Nationality Act gives the president the authority to set the ceiling. The year with the lowest ceiling was in 2021.^[11] The years where the number of refugees admitted surpassed the ceiling was in: 1992 and 2017.^[10] Note that data from the 2024 fiscal year has been rounded.^[12]

Year	Number of arrivals
2024[12]	100,060
2023[11]	60,050
2022[13]	25,519
2021[13]	11,454
2020[13]	11,840
2019[13]	29,916
2018[13]	22,405
2017[13]	53,691
2016[13]	84,989
2015[13]	69,920
2014[13]	69,975
2013[13]	69,909
2012[13]	58,179
2011[13]	56,384
2010[13]	73,293
2009[13]	74,602
2008[13]	60,107
2007[13]	48,218
2006[13]	41,094
2005[13]	53,738
2004[13]	52,840
2003[13]	28,286
2002[13]	26,785
2001[13]	68,920
2000[13]	72,165
1999[13]	85,285
1998[13]	76,712
1997[13]	69,653
1996[13]	75,421
1995[13]	98,973
1994[13]	111,680
1993[13]	114,181
1992[13]	115,548
1991[13]	113,389
1990[13]	122,066
1989[13]	107,070
1988[13]	76,483
1987[13]	64,528
1986[13]	62,146
1985[13]	67,704
1984[13]	70,393
1983[13]	61,218
1982[13]	98,096
1981[13]	159,252
1980[13]	207,116

This table shows the number of people who were granted asylum whether it be defensively or affirmatively by fiscal year starting in 1990. Please note that data from the source for 2023 is rounded to the nearest tenth. Table source:^[14][15]

Year	Granted defensive status	Granted affirmative status	Total
2023	32,050	22,300	54,350
2022	22,481	14,134	36,615
2021	7,416	9,212	16,628
2020	14,604	16,132	30,736
2019	18,912	26,893	45,805
2018	13,198	24,504	37,702
2017	10,565	15,817	26,382
2016	8,695	11,616	20,311
2015	8,139	17,807	25,946
2013	9,745	14,886	24,631
2012	10,575	16,871	27,446
2011	10,138	13,493	23,631
2010	8,519	11,258	19,777
2009	10,300	12,003	22,303
2008	10,892	12,130	23,022
2007	12,859	12,459	25,318
2006	13,304	13,048	26,352
2005	11,757	13,547	25,304
2004	13,022	14,354	27,376
2003	13,376	15,367	28,743
2002	10,977	25,960	36,937
2001	10,001	29,147	39,148
2000	9,236	23,278	32,514
1999	8,421	18,150	26,571
1998	7,291	13,216	20,507
1997	6,559	16,380	22,939
1996	4,908	18,624	23,532
1995	3,130	17,573	20,703
1994	2,053	11,775	13,828
1993	2,034	7,509	9,543
1992	2,184	4,123	6,307
1991	2,127	2,908	5,035
1990	2,800	5,672	8,472

This table displays the number of Asylum court decisions by fiscal year along with the decision made. This is regardless of which immigration court or other information pertaining to the case. Table source:^[16]

Year	Decision			Total decisions
	Denied	Granted	Other relief
2025	60,438	22,181	1,213	83,832
2024	39,942	35,300	2,531	77,773
2023	35,988	36,039	2,740	74,767
2022	27,532	25,829	2,121	55,482
2021	15,166	9,965	1,462	26,593
2020	42,595	17,513	2,385	62,493
2019	20,871	46,775	1,425	69,051
2018	14,248	27,463	598	42,309
2017	11,995	10,893	345	30,288
2016	12,184	9,724	420	22,328
2015	9,215	9,042	345	18,602
2014	9,717	9,690	380	14,918
2013	9,437	11,055	459	20,951
2012	9,048	11,965	529	21,542
2011	9,959	11,495	611	22,065
2010	9,052	9,876	532	19,460
2009	10,718	10,268	618	21,604
2008	12,717	10,885	469	24,071
2007	14,397	12,856	487	27,740
2006	15,957	13,302	526	29,785
2005	18,537	11,711	499	30,747
2004	20,257	13,025	620	33,902
2003	21,868	13,379	536	35,783
2002	17,969	10,979	411	29,359
2001	14,633	10,007	399	25,039

This table shows the backlog or pending cases by fiscal year pertaining to asylum cases. This shows all asylum cases. Data from the source goes back to 2012. Table source:^[17]

Year	Backlog (# of cases)
2024	1,101,819
2023	1,009,625
2022	756,690
2021	667,229
2020	614,751
2019	489,003
2018	364,990
2017	259,871
2016	163,451
2015	136,145
2014	114,603
2013	108,398
2012	105,919

Region and country or area of birth of the foreign-born population, with geographic detail shown in decennial census

Region and country or area	2000	1990	1980	1970	1960	1930	1920	1910	1900	1890	1880	1870	1860	1850
Total	31,107,889	19,767,316	14,079,906	9,619,302	9,738,091	14,204,149	13,920,692	13,515,886	10,341,276	9,249,547	6,679,943	5,567,229	4,295,510	2,244,602
Reported by region and/or country	31,107,573	18,959,158	13,192,563	9,303,570	9,678,201	14,197,553	13,911,767	13,506,272	10,330,534	9,243,535	6,675,875	5,563,637	4,134,809	2,202,625
Europe	4,915,557	4,350,403	5,149,572	5,740,891	7,256,311	11,784,010	11,916,048	11,810,115	8,881,548	8,030,347	5,751,823	4,941,049	3,807,062	2,031,867
Northern and Western Europe	2,070,446	2,058,853	2,384,257	2,629,200	3,334,971	5,850,256	6,241,916	7,306,325	7,204,649	7,288,917	5,499,889	4,845,679	3,773,347	2,022,195
Northern Europe	974,619	968,271	1,083,499	1,271,591	1,694,430	3,415,551	3,501,149	3,953,947	3,917,815	4,056,160	3,212,431	2,867,926	2,271,661	1,358,887
British Isles	834,225	809,972	866,966	937,474	1,171,777	2,147,733	2,172,723	2,573,534	2,783,082	3,122,911	2,772,169	2,626,241	2,199,079	1,340,812
United Kingdom (total)	677,715	640,145	669,149	686,099	833,055	1,402,923	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Great Britain (total)	677,751	623,614	649,318	645,262	764,893	1,224,091	1,135,489	1,221,283	1,167,623	1,251,402	917,598	770,414	587,775	379,093
England	423,609	405,588	442,499	458,114	528,205	809,563	813,853	877,719	840,513	908,141	662,676	550,924	431,692	278,675
Scotland	88,445	104,168	142,001	170,134	213,219	354,323	254,570	261,076	233,524	242,231	170,136	140,835	108,518	70,550
Wales	10,948	10,638	13,528	17,014	23,469	60,205	67,066	82,488	93,586	100,079	83,302	74,533	45,763	29,868
Great Britain n.e.c.	141,572	100,000	51,290	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	951	1,484	4,122	1,802	(NA)
Northern Ireland	13,177	16,531	19,831	40,837	68,162	178,832	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Ireland	156,474	169,827	197,817	251,375	338,722	744,810	1,037,234	1,352,251	1,615,459	1,871,509	1,854,571	1,855,827	1,611,304	961,719
Scandinavia	140,394	158,299	216,533	334,117	522,653	1,267,818	1,328,426	1,380,413	1,134,733	933,249	440,262	241,685	72,582	18,075
Denmark	31,422	34,999	42,732	61,410	85,060	179,474	189,154	181,649	153,690	132,543	64,196	30,107	9,962	1,838
Finland	21,408	22,313	29,172	45,499	67,624	142,478	149,824	129,680	62,641	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Iceland	5,553	5,071	4,156	2,895	2,780	2,764	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Norway	32,207	42,240	63,316	97,243	152,698	347,852	363,863	403,877	336,388	322,665	181,729	114,246	43,995	12,678
Sweden	49,724	53,676	77,157	127,070	214,491	595,250	625,585	665,207	582,014	478,041	194,337	97,332	18,625	3,559
Western Europe	1,095,847	1,090,582	1,300,758	1,357,609	1,640,541	2,434,705	2,740,767	3,352,378	3,286,834	3,232,757	2,287,458	1,977,753	1,501,686	663,308
Low Countries	130,615	132,617	142,748	155,513	173,069	206,375	207,038	172,534	127,719	107,349	86,461	65,157	37,353	11,161
Belgium	33,895	34,366	36,487	41,412	50,294	64,194	62,687	49,400	29,757	22,639	15,535	12,553	9,072	1,313
Luxembourg	2,150	2,053	3,125	3,531	4,360	9,048	12,585	3,071	3,031	2,882	12,836	5,802	(NA)	(NA)
Netherlands	94,570	96,198	103,136	110,570	118,415	133,133	131,766	120,063	94,931	81,828	58,090	46,802	28,281	9,848
Austria	63,648	87,673	145,607	214,014	304,507	370,914	575,627	626,341	275,907	123,271	38,663	30,508	25,061	946
France	151,154	119,233	120,215	105,385	111,582	135,592	153,072	117,418	104,197	113,174	106,971	116,402	109,870	54,069
Germany	706,704	711,929	849,384	832,965	989,815	1,608,814	1,686,108	2,311,237	2,663,418	2,784,894	1,966,742	1,690,533	1,276,075	583,774
Switzerland	43,106	39,130	42,804	49,732	61,568	113,010	118,659	124,848	115,593	104,069	88,621	75,153	53,327	13,358
Other Western Europe	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	263	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Southern and Eastern Europe	2,840,721	2,285,513	2,748,547	3,090,991	3,907,020	5,918,982	5,670,927	4,500,932	1,674,648	728,851	248,620	93,824	32,312	9,672
Southern Europe	934,665	1,054,141	1,336,805	1,363,195	1,541,441	2,133,092	1,939,600	1,544,149	539,968	216,387	66,249	30,416	21,726	8,152
Greece	165,750	177,398	210,998	177,275	159,167	174,526	175,976	101,282	8,515	1,887	776	390	328	86
Italy	473,338	580,592	831,922	1,008,533	1,256,999	1,790,429	1,610,113	1,343,125	484,027	182,580	44,230	17,157	11,677	3,679
Portugal (total)	203,119	210,122	209,968	119,899	80,276	108,775	103,976	77,634	40,376	25,735	15,650	8,973	5,477	1,274
Azores	26,559	29,656	32,531	28,865	22,586	35,611	33,995	18,274	9,768	9,739	7,512	4,431	1,361	(NA)
Portugal (main)	175,571	180,466	177,437	91,034	57,690	73,164	69,981	59,360	30,608	15,996	8,138	4,542	4,116	1,274
Spain	82,858	76,415	73,735	57,488	44,999	59,362	49,535	22,108	7,050	6,185	5,121	3,764	4,244	3,113
Other Southern Europe	(NA)	9,614	10,182	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	472	132	(NA)	(NA)
Eastern Europe	1,906,056	1,231,372	1,411,742	1,727,796	2,365,579	3,785,890	3,731,327	2,956,783	1,134,680	512,464	182,371	63,408	10,586	1,520
Albania	38,663	5,627	7,381	9,180	9,618	8,814	5,608	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Bulgaria	35,090	8,579	8,463	8,609	8,223	9,399	10,477	11,498	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Czechoslovakia (former)	83,081	87,020	112,707	160,899	227,618	491,638	362,438	219,214	156,891	118,106	85,361	40,289	(NA)	(NA)
Estonia	9,785	9,210	12,169	12,163	13,991	3,550	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Hungary	92,071	110,337	144,368	183,236	245,252	274,450	397,283	495,609	145,714	62,435	11,526	3,737	(NA)	(NA)
Latvia	27,232	26,179	34,349	41,707	50,681	20,673	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Lithuania	28,490	29,745	48,194	76,001	121,475	193,606	135,068	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Poland	466,742	388,328	418,128	548,107	747,750	1,268,583	1,139,979	937,884	383,407	147,440	48,557	14,436	7,298	(NA)
Romania	135,966	91,106	66,994	70,687	84,575	146,393	102,823	65,923	15,032	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Soviet Union (former, total)	838,809	333,725	406,022	463,462	690,598	1,153,628	1,400,495	1,184,412	423,726	182,644	35,722	4,644	3,160	1,414
Turkey in Europe	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	2,257	5,284	32,230	9,910	1,839	1,205	302	128	106
Yugoslavia (former, total)	278,314	141,516	152,967	153,745	165,798	211,416	169,439	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Other Eastern Europe	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	1,483	2,433	10,013	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Europe n.e.c.	4,370	6,037	16,768	20,700	14,320	14,772	3,205	2,858	2,251	12,579	3,314	1,546	1,403	(NA)
Asia	8,226,254	4,979,037	2,539,777	824,887	490,996	275,665	237,950	191,484	120,248	113,383	107,630	64,565	36,796	1,135
Armenia	65,280	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	32,166	36,628	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
China	988,857	529,837	286,120	172,132	99,735	46,129	43,560	56,756	81,534	106,688	104,468	63,042	35,565	758
India	1,022,552	450,406	206,087	51,000	12,296	5,850	4,901	4,664	2,031	2,143	1,707	586	(NA)	(NA)
Japan	347,539	290,128	221,794	120,235	109,175	70,993	81,502	67,744	24,788	2,292	401	73	(NA)	(NA)
Israel	(NA)	21,070	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	6,137	3,203	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Syria	54,561	36,782	22,081	14,962	16,717	57,227	51,901	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Turkey in Asia	78,378	55,087	51,915	48,085	52,228	46,654	11,019	59,729	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Other Asia	(NA)	3,595,727	1,751,780	418,473	200,845	10,509	5,236	2,591	11,895	2,260	1,054	864	1,231	377
Africa	881,300	363,819	199,723	80,143	35,355	18,326	16,126	3,992	2,538	2,207	2,204	2,657	526	551
Africa excl. Atlantic Islands	(NA)	349,451	189,266	61,463	27,053	8,859	5,781	3,992	2,538	2,207	2,204	2,657	526	551
Atlantic Islands	(NA)	14,368	10,457	18,680	8,302	9,467	10,345	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Oceania	168,046	104,145	77,577	41,258	34,730	17,343	14,626	11,450	8,820	9,353	6,859	4,028	2,140	588
Australia	60,965	42,267	36,120	24,271	22,209	12,816	10,914	9,035	6,807	5,984	4,906	3,118	1,419	(NA)
Sandwich Islands (Hawaii)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	1,304	1,147	584	435	588
Other Oceania	61,878	41,457	16,987	12,521	4,527	3,712	2,415	2,013	2,065	806	326	286	(NA)
Latin America	16,086,974	8,407,837	4,372,487	1,803,970	908,309	791,840	588,843	279,514	137,458	107,307	90,073	57,871	38,315	20,773
Caribbean	2,953,066	1,938,348	1,258,363	675,108	193,922	106,241	78,962	47,635	25,435	23,256	16,401	11,570	7,353	5,772
Cuba	872,716	736,971	607,814	439,048	79,150	18,493	14,872	15,133	11,081	(NA)	6,917	5,319	(NA)	(NA)
Other Caribbean	(NA)	1,201,377	650,549	236,060	114,772	87,748	64,090	32,502	14,354	(NA)	9,484	6,251	(NA)	(NA)
Central America	11,203,673	5,431,992	2,553,113	873,624	624,851	651,976	491,330	223,651	107,290	79,045	69,106	42,736	27,699	13,458
Mexico	9,177,487	4,298,014	2,199,221	759,711	575,902	641,462	486,418	221,915	103,393	77,853	68,399	42,435	27,466	13,317
Other Central America	2,026,150	1,133,978	353,892	113,913	48,949	10,514	4,912	1,736	3,897	1,192	707	301	233	141
South America	1,930,271	1,037,497	561,011	255,238	89,536	33,623	18,551	8,228	4,733	5,006	4,566	3,565	3,263	1,543
Northern America	829,442	753,917	853,427	812,421	952,500	1,310,369	1,138,174	1,209,717	1,179,922	980,938	717,286	493,467	249,970	147,711
Canada	820,771	744,830	842,859	812,421	952,500	1,310,369	1,138,174	1,209,717	1,179,922	980,938	717,157	493,464	249,970	147,711
Canada-French	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	370,852	307,786	385,083	395,126	302,496	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Canada-Other	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	915,537	817,139	819,554	784,796	678,442	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Newfoundland	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	23,980	13,249	5,080	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Other Northern America	8,671	9,087	10,568	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	129	3	(NA)	(NA)
Region or country not reported	316	808,158	887,343	315,732	59,890	6,596	8,925	9,614	10,742	6,012	4,068	3,592	3,888	41,977
Born at sea	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	5,008	5,336	6,927	8,196	5,533	4,068	2,638	2,522	(NA)
Not reported	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	1,588	3,589	2,687	2,546	479	(NA)	954	1,366	41,977

(NA) Not available.
n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified.
1/ Prior to 1980, Taiwan included with China.

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence^[18]

Country of birth	2020	2021	2022	2023
Afghanistan	11,410	9,490	14,190	30,300
Albania	3,510	2,610	5,950	5,160
Algeria	1,580	1,900	3,130	5,150
Angola	180	210	450	570
Anguilla	10	10	20	20
Antigua and Barbuda	190	200	280	250
Argentina	2,970	3,250	4,130	5,050
Armenia	2,150	1,830	3,040	4,720
Aruba	20	30	50	40
Australia	2,520	2,680	2,860	2,790
Austria	310	360	340	380
Azerbaijan	810	550	1,130	1,370
Bahamas	610	1,000	770	870
Bahrain	130	150	160	200
Bangladesh	9,270	6,410	10,860	18,910
Barbados	230	270	310	300
Belarus	1,720	1,440	2,170	2,600
Belgium	630	600	550	670
Belize	480	670	590	700
Benin	450	470	720	710
Bermuda	70	70	70	80
Bhutan	1,090	140	210	210
Bolivia	980	1,120	1,620	1,580
Bosnia and Herzegovina	480	480	510	460
Botswana	40	60	60	50
Brazil	16,750	18,350	24,170	28,880
Brunei	10	20	20	30
Bulgaria	1,120	1,000	1,150	960
Burkina Faso	470	550	810	810
Myanmar	4,000	2,140	2,880	3,970
Burundi	1,100	730	790	840
Cape Verde	1,000	940	1,120	1,860
Cambodia	1,590	1,760	3,400	2,470
Cameroon	2,840	3,580	5,880	6,010
Canada	9,530	9,980	11,320	11,870
Cayman Islands	50	60	40	50
Central African Republic	150	150	140	110
Chad	110	100	170	270
Chile	1,520	1,630	1,750	2,200
China	41,480	49,850	67,950	59,260
Colombia	11,990	15,290	21,720	24,810
Comoros	0	0	0	10
Democratic Republic of the Congo	7,520	3,910	4,690	4,880
Republic of the Congo	310	220	530	470
Costa Rica	1,660	1,990	2,170	2,490
Ivory Coast	1,050	1,210	1,560	1,700
Croatia	240	290	260	250
Cuba	16,370	23,080	36,640	81,600
Curaçao	30	30	40	40
Cyprus	110	100	90	110
Czech Republic	450	500	470	530
Czechoslovakia (former)	70	50	60	60
Denmark	410	320	370	430
Djibouti	80	110	150	160
Dominica	290	280	460	390
Dominican Republic	30,010	24,550	40,150	68,870
Ecuador	6,160	7,530	11,910	11,300
Egypt	6,160	4,400	8,350	10,190
El Salvador	17,910	18,670	30,880	26,210
Equatorial Guinea	30	30	50	60
Eritrea	1,880	1,300	1,760	1,520
Estonia	130	140	120	140
Eswatini	30	30	20	20
Ethiopia	6,280	3,710	5,720	6,510
Fiji	430	420	1,120	960
Finland	320	320	290	320
France	4,050	4,110	4,350	4,480
French Polynesia	20	10	50	20
Gabon	90	120	130	160
Gambia	660	780	1,010	1,080
Georgia	1,180	1,240	2,300	2,690
Germany	3,910	3,900	4,090	4,550
Ghana	4,630	3,940	5,450	6,910
Greece	950	840	920	1,020
Grenada	310	370	450	450
Guatemala	7,820	8,900	16,990	15,690
Guinea	860	750	1,370	1,540
Guinea-Bissau	30	20	40	50
Guyana	3,030	3,440	3,460	5,860
Haiti	9,340	11,460	10,430	15,450
Honduras	8,280	10,120	17,100	14,140
Hong Kong	1,780	1,330	2,300	2,290
Hungary	760	730	840	810
Iceland	80	80	70	60
India	46,360	93,450	127,010	78,070
Indonesia	1,430	1,590	1,750	1,930
Iran	8,810	5,730	9,410	11,450
Iraq	2,270	1,730	2,800	3,960
Ireland	1,470	1,360	1,370	1,340
Israel	3,690	3,100	3,440	3,650
Italy	3,180	3,070	3,480	3,470
Jamaica	12,830	13,360	16,480	21,460
Japan	3,910	3,960	4,180	4,060
Jordan	3,060	3,420	4,780	7,140
Kazakhstan	1,310	1,330	1,790	2,900
Kenya	4,030	3,090	5,010	5,080
North Korea	30	20	20	20
South Korea	16,240	12,350	16,170	15,770
Kosovo	680	560	850	1,040
Kuwait	770	920	1,120	1,170
Kyrgyzstan	590	710	1,640	2,680
Laos	490	350	620	730
Latvia	220	260	250	240
Lebanon	2,120	2,250	3,430	3,650
Lesotho	10	10	10	20
Liberia	1,670	2,500	2,410	2,590
Libya	510	410	710	920
Lithuania	480	490	510	530
Luxembourg	20	30	30	60
Macau	60	50	60	90
Madagascar	80	80	100	80
Malawi	200	170	180	200
Malaysia	1,900	1,610	1,570	1,700
Maldives	0	0	10	40
Mali	390	380	480	540
Malta	40	20	30	40
Marshall Islands	10	10	20	10
Mauritania	130	140	330	390
Mauritius	70	70	90	60
Mexico	100,330	107,230	138,770	180,530
Federated States of Micronesia	20	10	20	20
Moldova	1,370	1,050	1,500	1,540
Monaco	10	10	10	10
Mongolia	540	760	1,010	810
Montenegro	300	270	320	340
Montserrat	10	10	10	10
Morocco	2,870	3,820	4,760	6,170
Mozambique	60	50	70	70
Namibia	90	80	50	100
Nauru	10	0	0	10
Nepal	7,850	7,310	12,010	11,930
Netherlands	960	1,010	970	1,210
Netherlands Antilles	10	10	10	10
New Zealand	610	670	650	720
Nicaragua	2,570	4,220	3,750	3,870
Niger	140	180	200	200
Nigeria	12,400	13,100	12,390	15,790
North Macedonia	590	750	980	920
Norway	250	230	280	310
Oman	120	150	210	210
Pakistan	10,470	9,690	11,780	11,110
Palau	10	10	10	10
Panama	600	840	950	1,010
Papua New Guinea	20	20	30	40
Paraguay	260	360	380	450
Peru	5,630	5,040	8,040	12,580
Philippines	25,490	27,510	36,000	49,200
Poland	3,340	2,970	3,190	3,170
Portugal	680	750	750	890
Qatar	220	320	430	660
Romania	1,990	1,850	1,830	1,860
Russia	7,970	5,530	8,910	11,570
Rwanda	1,080	780	1,540	1,850
Saint Kitts and Nevis	110	110	140	150
Saint Lucia	460	460	630	560
Saint Martin	0	10	20	10
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	200	230	320	260
Samoa	150	130	140	170
Sao Tome and Principe	0	0	20	10
Saudi Arabia	1,850	1,780	2,760	3,040
Senegal	1,000	960	1,250	1,400
Serbia	1,080	810	640	690
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	150	400	540	540
Seychelles	0	0	10	10
Sierra Leone	710	1,230	2,320	1,870
Singapore	810	800	970	880
Sint Maarten	20	20	40	50
Slovakia	340	310	320	330
Slovenia	80	90	90	100
Somalia	2,020	960	1,040	1,230
South Africa	2,730	2,720	3,540	3,850
South Sudan	120	70	100	100
Soviet Union	1,070	1,080	1,240	1,440
Spain	2,620	2,640	2,870	3,350
Sri Lanka	1,460	1,230	2,570	2,270
Sudan	1,870	870	1,370	3,340
Suriname	120	120	110	140
Sweden	840	790	750	820
Switzerland	590	610	610	620
Syria	3,180	1,750	3,250	3,680
Taiwan	4,760	4,250	5,090	5,300
Tajikistan	520	540	950	2,090
Tanzania	2,310	1,440	1,640	1,820
Thailand	4,180	4,040	4,630	5,230
Togo	1,280	1,140	1,890	2,100
Tonga	200	170	210	250
Trinidad and Tobago	1,720	1,850	2,440	2,590
Tunisia	460	510	570	660
Turkey	4,360	4,470	7,000	7,330
Turkmenistan	250	160	940	720
Turks and Caicos Islands	30	50	50	50
Uganda	1,800	1,150	1,620	1,660
Ukraine	9,890	7,580	11,620	11,250
United Arab Emirates	1,250	1,330	1,960	1,840
United Kingdom	9,660	9,230	9,140	9,720
United States	190	260	290	220
Uruguay	700	830	730	870
Uzbekistan	1,350	990	4,980	5,550
Venezuela	12,140	14,410	21,030	18,440
Vietnam	30,000	16,310	24,430	36,000
Virgin Islands, British	30	40	50	40
Yemen	5,910	4,350	5,650	5,580
Zambia	400	360	370	480
Zimbabwe	670	740	1,430	1,310
All other countries	30	30	50	50
Unknown	630	1,010	1,390	730
Total	707,360	740,000	1,018,350	1,172,910

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence^[19]

Region and country of birth	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Afghanistan	2,017	1,648	1,617	2,196	10,527	8,328	12,513	19,538	12,935	10,136
Albania	4,711	3,612	3,364	3,186	3,828	4,653	5,773	5,722	5,049	5,366
Algeria	1,305	1,364	1,369	1,241	1,669	1,775	2,180	2,139	2,123	2,299
American Samoa	14	D	-	D	-	-	-	D	D	-
Angola	148	148	187	143	148	154	198	209	176	226
Anguilla	19	25	23	22	20	22	20	23	23	14
Antigua and Barbuda	359	368	337	344	369	290	324	322	325	323
Argentina	4,399	4,473	4,359	4,372	3,874	3,730	4,091	3,482	3,080	3,925
Armenia	2,979	2,983	2,681	2,722	2,913	2,962	3,543	3,437	3,217	3,101
Aruba	49	39	54	45	40	38	23	47	45	52
Australia	2,512	2,343	2,414	2,759	2,809	3,034	3,239	2,906	2,693	3,205
Austria	442	424	407	415	438	474	432	387	401	437
Azerbaijan	781	728	663	637	672	676	784	881	1,015	1,169
Bahamas	652	668	619	630	654	725	656	725	759	922
Bahrain	104	119	104	115	122	145	138	130	143	183
Bangladesh	14,819	16,707	14,705	12,099	14,645	13,570	18,723	14,693	15,717	15,176
Barbados	465	455	460	428	384	376	371	373	318	338
Belarus	2,038	1,964	1,659	1,970	2,015	1,994	2,127	1,919	1,951	2,263
Belgium	592	567	574	675	632	662	691	625	537	714
Belize	965	905	847	946	789	772	851	746	632	806
Benin	486	462	415	342	517	466	577	648	573	619
Bermuda	72	71	85	88	106	112	99	68	65	84
Bhutan	6,109	10,137	10,198	8,954	7,298	6,325	4,217	2,940	2,350	1,441
Bolivia	2,253	2,173	1,948	2,071	1,719	1,626	1,595	1,510	1,523	1,525
Bosnia and Herzegovina	946	878	815	697	693	859	971	846	682	637
Botswana	66	76	80	53	58	61	78	112	72	61
Brazil	12,258	11,763	11,441	11,033	10,429	11,424	13,812	14,989	15,394	19,825
Brunei	20	25	19	21	25	21	31	24	29	23
Bulgaria	2,570	2,661	2,440	2,844	2,981	2,688	2,670	2,184	1,798	1,759
Burkina Faso	377	433	558	585	583	575	642	541	525	646
Burma	12,925	16,518	17,383	12,565	11,144	12,808	13,065	12,897	8,182	5,024
Burundi	841	593	535	260	273	351	415	1,094	762	781
Cabo Verde	1,668	1,808	1,684	1,673	1,154	1,253	2,242	2,618	1,929	1,852
Cambodia	2,986	2,745	2,473	2,624	2,536	1,868	3,173	4,056	3,187	2,748
Cameroon	4,161	4,754	3,815	3,908	3,943	4,374	4,899	4,668	4,236	4,369
Canada	13,328	12,800	12,932	13,181	11,586	12,673	12,793	11,484	9,898	11,388
Cayman Islands	52	41	44	44	48	53	55	67	47	53
Central African Republic	101	134	116	213	155	234	202	178	304	231
Chad	120	171	155	111	119	175	136	205	251	224
Chile	1,950	1,853	1,673	1,736	1,581	1,596	1,698	1,625	1,519	1,762
China	70,863	87,016	81,784	71,798	76,089	74,558	81,772	71,565	65,214	62,248
Colombia	22,406	22,635	20,931	21,131	18,175	17,316	18,610	17,956	17,545	19,841
Comoros	4	8	10	D	9	5	4	D	8	10
Democratic Republic of Congo	1,764	2,424	3,731	2,792	4,347	5,345	6,791	8,709	9,941	8,999
Congo, Republic	968	1,371	1,461	1,059	552	496	625	632	580	476
Costa Rica	2,164	2,135	2,020	2,114	1,966	2,029	2,224	2,184	2,171	2,348
Cote d'Ivoire	1,621	1,302	1,760	1,486	1,477	1,497	1,617	1,810	1,375	1,589
Croatia	357	349	336	353	297	348	388	375	286	360
Cuba	33,573	36,452	32,820	32,219	46,679	54,396	66,516	65,028	76,486	41,641
Curacao	X	-	-	-	27	22	35	34	56	53
Cyprus	122	101	107	126	129	113	131	117	120	111
Czechia	190	303	677	676	606	637	650	582	534	714
Czechoslovakia	750	466	159	74	74	58	62	52	51	-
Denmark	518	459	459	506	514	609	521	461	353	416
Djibouti	37	56	106	90	190	370	281	222	281	151
Dominica	366	287	125	244	345	229	298	510	492	511
Dominican Republic	53,870	46,109	41,566	41,311	44,577	50,610	61,161	58,520	57,413	49,911
Ecuador	11,492	11,103	9,342	10,591	10,960	10,187	10,757	10,594	11,472	11,083
Egypt	8,978	7,778	8,988	10,294	11,477	12,085	12,045	9,834	9,826	9,479
El Salvador	18,806	18,667	16,256	18,260	19,273	19,487	23,449	25,109	28,326	27,656
Equatorial Guinea	12	13	20	18	15	25	18	20	17	30
Eritrea	1,656	2,102	2,643	2,138	2,002	2,220	2,267	2,449	2,428	2,385
Estonia	260	191	227	211	220	189	211	176	151	193
Eswatini	22	19	24	15	23	19	20	19	18	32
Ethiopia	14,266	13,793	14,544	13,097	12,300	11,394	13,232	14,637	12,403	9,060
Fiji	1,201	1,041	853	895	802	875	866	805	730	734
Finland	397	363	348	331	350	407	489	439	442	497
France	3,919	3,653	3,862	4,425	4,284	4,693	5,159	4,782	4,276	4,787
French Polynesia	16	21	30	-	24	14	27	20	10	25
Gabon	138	204	197	127	167	146	165	150	112	148
Gambia	859	972	1,159	1,018	1,111	1,142	1,247	1,134	1,023	1,378
Georgia	1,518	1,490	1,341	1,368	1,240	1,410	1,635	1,629	1,643	1,691
Germany	6,888	6,125	5,812	6,032	5,584	5,436	5,306	4,662	4,443	4,848
Ghana	7,429	8,798	10,592	10,265	7,115	6,186	6,949	8,455	8,394	8,526
Greece	745	949	1,054	1,361	1,235	1,211	1,451	1,314	1,214	1,350
Grenada	664	579	671	687	633	525	585	544	501	554
Guatemala	10,467	11,092	10,341	10,224	10,238	11,773	13,002	13,198	15,638	13,453
Guinea	1,379	1,555	1,656	1,518	1,375	1,389	1,501	1,348	1,282	1,579
Guinea-Bissau	30	29	47	43	30	39	37	48	27	51
Guyana	6,749	6,599	5,683	5,897	6,267	5,543	5,771	5,468	5,165	5,385
Haiti	22,582	22,111	22,818	20,351	15,274	16,967	23,584	21,824	21,360	17,253
Honduras	6,448	6,133	6,884	8,898	8,156	9,274	13,302	11,387	13,794	15,901
Hong Kong	2,432	2,306	2,104	2,226	2,278	2,085	2,510	2,415	2,075	2,021
Hungary	1,022	1,044	1,054	1,052	996	1,095	1,048	972	917	1,070
Iceland	105	90	103	139	86	104	97	86	89	70
India	69,162	69,013	66,434	68,458	77,908	64,116	64,687	60,394	59,821	54,495
Indonesia	3,032	2,856	2,603	2,731	2,139	2,084	2,129	1,914	1,756	1,899
Iran	14,182	14,822	12,916	12,863	11,615	13,114	13,298	13,791	10,116	6,640
Iraq	19,855	21,133	20,369	9,552	19,153	21,107	18,904	14,203	14,351	6,514
Ireland	1,507	1,371	1,514	1,626	1,605	1,607	1,759	1,485	1,401	1,760
Israel	4,515	3,826	4,153	3,996	3,805	3,965	4,142	3,802	3,706	4,304
Italy	2,579	2,443	2,673	2,960	3,298	3,544	4,078	3,655	3,329	3,822
Jamaica	19,825	19,662	20,705	19,400	19,026	17,642	23,350	21,905	20,347	21,689
Japan	6,264	6,161	6,061	5,925	5,545	5,395	5,207	4,635	4,317	4,503
Jordan	3,868	3,876	4,099	4,188	5,187	4,664	5,269	5,264	5,322	4,998
Kazakhstan	1,282	1,235	1,202	1,241	1,221	1,201	1,310	1,377	1,378	1,533
Kenya	7,421	7,762	7,043	6,123	5,884	5,602	6,274	6,957	7,190	7,052
Korea, North	35	36	49	48	142	55	47	32	41	29
Korea, South	22,227	22,824	20,846	23,166	20,423	17,138	21,801	19,194	17,676	18,479
Kosovo	355	670	782	839	758	814	1,020	1,014	886	1,020
Kuwait	1,037	973	1,044	937	1,057	1,055	1,186	1,177	1,090	1,201
Kyrgyzstan	507	542	648	652	707	790	847	715	908	881
Laos	1,200	956	949	923	806	917	856	685	863	850
Latvia	435	426	436	424	384	480	391	359	356	319
Lebanon	3,487	3,295	2,879	2,783	3,245	2,813	2,971	2,818	2,581	2,605
Lesotho	23	25	17	20	13	23	19	24	12	22
Liberia	4,837	4,151	4,109	3,334	3,874	3,795	3,619	4,155	3,101	3,495
Libya	355	357	315	376	524	734	642	780	499	511
Lithuania	985	936	924	854	747	750	735	645	658	750
Luxembourg	22	24	19	40	26	27	34	33	30	42
Macau	143	130	120	106	105	99	109	109	91	99
Madagascar	80	83	79	95	86	72	88	60	79	75
Malawi	164	123	192	159	172	160	205	228	257	213
Malaysia	1,714	2,273	2,605	2,477	2,622	2,749	3,382	4,109	3,051	2,303
Maldives	5	D	3	5	13	8	11	5	D	8
Mali	528	629	734	667	604	587	598	544	488	586
Malta	74	51	62	43	39	58	65	75	58	47
Marshall Islands	37	38	50	46	56	32	32	23	23	22
Mauritania	495	393	410	354	320	298	317	287	212	230
Mauritius	84	101	77	83	81	96	110	96	67	95
Mexico	139,120	143,446	146,406	135,028	134,052	158,619	174,534	170,581	161,858	156,052
Federated States of Micronesia	10	9	13	4	5	6	11	6	19	21
Moldova	1,981	2,258	2,021	2,485	2,341	2,496	2,929	2,480	2,206	1,935
Monaco	12	6	5	8	8	10	11	14	13	7
Mongolia	594	774	691	729	651	644	750	661	636	765
Montenegro	120	204	265	265	289	251	387	323	299	376
Montserrat	27	30	27	-	38	14	14	12	20	24
Morocco	5,013	4,399	3,656	3,336	3,605	3,710	4,586	4,229	3,077	3,721
Mozambique	53	60	94	73	71	107	101	96	100	77
Namibia	60	43	59	57	44	86	87	130	75	98
Nepal	7,115	10,166	11,312	13,046	12,357	12,926	12,851	11,610	11,953	10,201
Netherlands	1,321	1,085	1,091	1,142	1,195	1,309	1,319	1,056	998	1,274
Netherlands Antilles	77	86	106	128	45	22	18	9	7	21
New Zealand	919	803	814	921	796	855	846	798	719	844
Nicaragua	3,565	3,401	3,046	3,048	2,886	3,324	3,486	3,072	3,061	3,818
Niger	96	96	48	37	71	55	119	116	93	201
Nigeria	13,376	11,824	13,575	13,840	12,828	11,542	14,380	13,539	13,952	15,888
North Macedonia	963	1,078	906	895	960	1,060	1,262	1,027	1,082	1,079
Norway	334	339	276	335	271	310	362	290	284	329
Oman	63	60	74	73	90	85	116	104	110	148
Pakistan	18,258	15,546	14,740	13,251	18,612	18,057	19,313	17,408	15,802	13,921
Palau	18	7	10	16	12	15	14	13	7	14
Panama	1,536	1,374	1,281	1,234	1,095	1,052	1,029	889	897	1,059
Papua New Guinea	30	20	21	27	18	11	23	18	27	24
Paraguay	467	500	467	448	391	382	434	391	389	452
Peru	14,247	14,064	12,609	12,564	10,606	10,148	10,940	10,115	9,878	10,049
Philippines	58,173	57,011	57,327	54,446	49,996	56,478	53,287	49,147	47,258	45,920
Poland	7,643	6,863	6,300	6,430	5,689	5,275	5,603	4,845	4,357	4,700
Portugal	755	821	811	918	892	857	1,006	939	889	940
Qatar	148	193	141	191	202	229	272	224	236	287
Romania	4,003	3,882	3,748	3,773	3,246	3,376	3,554	2,953	2,448	2,616
Russia	6,718	7,944	9,969	9,753	9,079	8,799	9,297	8,918	8,621	9,822
Rwanda	489	520	592	540	555	732	1,357	1,394	1,620	1,509
Saint Kitts and Nevis	339	350	311	259	263	222	250	238	250	238
Saint Lucia	872	785	919	853	844	739	777	777	696	726
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	576	468	503	529	448	415	422	361	333	403
Samoa	219	267	238	237	239	207	219	194	179	195
Sao Tome and Principe	10	9	12	6	5	6	12	10	9	12
Saudi Arabia	1,263	1,396	1,343	1,463	1,696	1,744	2,117	2,135	2,100	2,514
Senegal	1,285	1,424	1,615	1,340	1,273	1,244	1,533	1,470	1,420	1,665
Serbia	20	244	704	866	1,143	1,278	1,351	1,410	1,217	1,532
Serbia and Montenegro	2,196	1,398	801	653	267	232	202	144	132	139
Seychelles	8	15	7	6	7	11	16	10	6	6
Sierra Leone	2,011	1,985	1,688	1,651	1,740	1,599	1,535	2,058	1,527	1,443
Singapore	774	690	712	835	779	781	812	818	801	818
Sint Maarten	X	-	-	-	45	45	42	35	27	37
Slovakia	538	594	528	507	460	424	483	388	370	422
Slovenia	74	69	86	62	78	107	119	108	95	119
Somalia	4,558	4,451	5,204	3,764	5,190	6,796	6,958	7,404	7,557	3,752
South Africa	2,758	2,649	2,781	2,629	2,676	2,907	3,023	2,912	3,010	3,174
South Sudan	X	-	17	59	74	127	124	160	185	191
Soviet Union	4,978	3,687	1,296	1,264	1,136	1,022	1,042	939	1,022	1,227
Spain	1,684	1,890	1,842	2,480	2,928	3,303	3,519	3,045	2,841	3,115
Sri Lanka	2,036	2,053	1,994	1,847	1,767	1,763	1,913	1,627	1,594	1,689
Sudan	2,397	2,628	2,471	1,945	2,442	3,580	3,159	3,515	3,658	2,949
Suriname	216	196	187	178	158	134	156	136	182	172
Sweden	1,097	979	968	1,106	954	1,066	1,144	950	889	1,018
Switzerland	675	615	635	697	656	640	743	565	570	595
Syria	2,555	2,785	3,014	3,366	3,540	3,840	4,800	5,877	14,686	5,967
Taiwan	6,732	6,154	5,331	5,385	4,697	4,888	5,120	4,858	5,079	5,801
Tajikistan	299	382	411	550	516	595	593	652	893	1,158
Tanzania	1,850	1,427	1,516	837	774	799	788	1,415	3,186	3,142
Thailand	9,384	9,962	9,459	7,583	6,197	7,502	7,039	6,311	5,556	5,551
Togo	1,563	1,506	1,756	1,257	1,612	1,547	1,938	1,572	1,534	1,546
Tonga	343	408	276	348	320	327	283	262	225	256
Trinidad and Tobago	5,435	5,023	5,214	4,724	3,988	3,212	3,469	3,100	2,758	3,150
Tunisia	418	440	422	445	429	518	518	535	517	510
Turkey	4,483	4,403	4,162	4,144	3,834	4,201	4,469	4,844	5,585	5,713
Turkmenistan	224	260	223	210	254	226	235	251	286	330
Turks and Caicos Islands	29	33	30	50	40	38	39	35	41	56
Uganda	1,085	1,239	1,340	1,350	1,409	1,664	1,649	1,898	2,412	2,560
Ukraine	8,477	8,292	7,642	8,193	7,752	7,987	10,422	10,135	11,879	11,762
United Arab Emirates	779	707	854	910	1,039	1,193	1,370	1,314	1,379	1,586
United Kingdom	12,792	11,572	12,014	12,984	12,225	12,592	12,673	10,948	9,908	11,337
United States	201	269	279	319	358	370	468	409	306	262
Uruguay	1,331	1,553	1,374	1,352	1,128	1,078	972	1,001	960	1,109
Uzbekistan	4,770	5,056	4,726	4,382	5,194	3,977	4,359	4,095	4,612	2,550
Venezuela	9,409	9,183	9,387	9,572	8,427	9,144	10,772	11,809	11,762	15,720
Vietnam	30,632	34,157	28,304	27,101	30,283	30,832	41,451	38,231	33,834	39,712
Virgin Islands, British	46	37	39	45	56	38	40	25	37	58
Yemen	3,591	3,361	2,620	3,532	3,492	3,194	13,040	6,029	1,885	3,717
Zambia	628	652	643	505	441	460	487	537	477	511
Zimbabwe	1,274	1,016	914	924	797	779	815	810	749	758
All other countries	44	34	34	39	48	48	48	43	40	40
Unknown	1,330	1,245	1,206	3,263	1,150	677	1,724	1,468	1,151	1,144
Total	1,042,625	1,062,040	1,031,631	990,553	1,016,518	1,051,031	1,183,505	1,127,167	1,096,611	1,031,765

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence^[20]

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Afghanistan	1,011	1,202	1,759	1,252	2,137	4,749	3,417	1,753	2,813	3,165
Albania	4,755	4,358	3,765	3,362	3,840	5,947	7,914	5,737	5,754	5,137
Algeria	906	875	1,030	759	805	1,115	1,300	1,036	1,037	1,485
American Samoa	7	28	26	16	12	15	28	11	14	19
Angola	87	94	92	59	107	188	272	199	221	173
Anguilla	25	55	20	26	22	35	32	25	22	21
Antigua and Barbuda	429	461	380	301	414	440	570	415	444	437
Argentina	2,317	3,297	3,661	3,129	4,805	7,081	7,327	5,645	5,353	5,780
Armenia	1,253	1,762	1,800	1,287	1,833	2,591	6,317	4,351	3,586	3,442
Aruba	25	29	32	27	31	42	51	55	36	38
Australia	2,044	2,811	2,557	1,836	2,604	3,193	3,249	2,518	2,464	2,622
Austria	405	522	483	295	402	532	524	485	443	512
Azerbaijan	1,036	1,152	1,164	746	969	1,523	2,371	1,166	1,071	834
Bahamas	766	924	808	423	586	698	847	738	682	751
Bahrain	106	118	85	59	116	140	148	133	96	120
Bangladesh	7,204	7,152	5,483	4,616	8,061	11,487	14,644	12,074	11,753	16,651
Barbados	777	895	813	516	630	846	959	689	585	603
Belarus	2,170	2,901	2,923	1,858	2,255	3,503	3,086	2,328	2,390	2,407
Belgium	670	814	769	455	638	859	716	638	642	686
Belize	757	936	966	588	871	876	1,252	1,073	1,077	1,041
Benin	62	75	137	76	185	193	275	258	317	401
Bermuda	71	98	108	92	100	116	160	108	92	108
Bhutan	D	5	14	15	17	30	78	52	42	594
Bolivia	1,761	1,819	1,664	1,376	1,768	2,197	4,025	2,590	2,436	2,837
Bosnia and Herzegovina	11,525	23,594	25,329	6,155	10,552	14,074	3,789	1,569	1,491	1,501
Botswana	13	24	30	27	34	54	53	49	41	55
Brazil	6,943	9,448	9,439	6,331	10,556	16,662	17,903	14,295	12,195	14,701
British Virgin Islands	67	70	43	43	35	41	47	40	53	46
Brunei	16	27	28	20	22	49	25	32	18	26
Bulgaria	4,917	4,400	3,608	3,825	4,253	5,635	4,828	3,981	2,960	3,133
Burkina Faso	48	68	64	60	103	128	221	238	238	416
Burma	1,201	1,373	1,356	1,193	1,379	2,095	4,562	3,130	3,403	13,621
Burundi	28	79	120	74	100	186	320	257	255	1,505
Cambodia	2,138	2,462	2,800	2,263	3,553	4,022	5,773	4,246	3,713	3,771
Cameroon	860	791	984	927	1,309	1,458	2,919	3,392	3,771	3,463
Canada	16,057	21,752	19,352	11,350	15,569	21,878	18,207	15,495	15,109	16,140
Cape Verde	1,079	868	871	745	1,015	1,225	1,780	2,048	1,916	2,238
Cayman Islands	31	23	24	35	38	37	65	40	37	45
Central African Republic	4	11	13	6	17	24	51	52	88	107
Chad	23	44	47	8	23	31	73	74	96	102
Chile	1,700	1,921	1,839	1,310	1,810	2,404	2,774	2,274	2,017	2,250
China	45,585	56,267	61,082	40,568	55,494	69,933	87,307	76,655	80,271	64,238
Colombia	14,427	16,627	18,758	14,720	18,846	25,566	43,144	33,187	30,213	27,849
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	123	145	178	110	155	260	738	1,129	1,261	2,122
Congo, Republic of the	189	311	677	513	670	1,064	1,600	972	950	1,563
Costa Rica	1,310	1,733	1,591	1,246	1,755	2,278	3,109	2,540	2,090	2,384
Côte d'Ivoire	439	596	629	483	666	930	2,067	1,193	1,645	2,159
Croatia	1,058	2,853	3,798	1,153	1,511	1,780	945	482	455	496
Cuba	18,960	27,453	28,182	9,262	20,488	36,261	45,614	29,104	49,500	38,954
Cyprus	160	216	158	123	143	196	180	137	141	142
Czech Republic	244	307	267	267	457	476	344	287	227	146
Czechoslovakia	665	863	897	543	673	784	1,442	927	862	865
Denmark	537	706	609	405	566	718	699	517	498	603
Djibouti	14	22	30	16	37	50	34	23	39	54
Dominica	95	93	148	204	132	198	471	428	454	484
Dominican Republic	17,465	21,195	22,515	26,159	30,506	27,503	38,068	28,024	31,879	49,414
Ecuador	7,651	9,665	10,561	7,066	8,626	11,608	17,489	12,248	11,663	12,128
Egypt	4,450	5,159	4,852	3,348	5,522	7,905	10,500	9,267	8,712	8,844
El Salvador	22,543	31,089	31,060	28,231	29,807	21,359	31,782	21,127	19,659	19,909
Equatorial Guinea	5	3	8	D	13	10	13	4	16	32
Eritrea	382	540	560	556	675	796	1,593	1,081	1,270	1,928
Estonia	239	348	343	235	322	438	423	368	287	282
Ethiopia	4,053	5,092	7,565	6,635	8,286	10,571	16,152	12,786	12,917	15,462
Fiji	1,483	1,452	1,208	1,095	1,593	1,422	2,115	1,637	1,176	1,194
Finland	377	497	426	241	388	574	542	426	302	423
France	3,442	4,569	3,797	2,375	3,595	4,399	4,258	3,423	4,872	4,491
French Guiana	13	8	6	4	3	8	15	9	6	18
French Polynesia	13	16	12	14	13	19	37	27	26	30
Gabon	18	32	41	40	50	66	85	95	82	171
Gambia	231	390	343	263	422	581	897	826	739	978
Georgia	493	786	886	735	964	1,389	2,003	1,554	1,620	1,578
Germany	7,565	9,790	8,888	5,064	7,099	9,264	8,436	7,582	7,091	7,583
Ghana	4,339	4,023	4,248	4,410	5,337	6,491	9,367	7,610	8,195	8,401
Greece	950	1,155	1,009	651	769	1,070	1,124	882	769	798
Grenada	655	645	634	481	609	840	1,068	751	784	748
Guadeloupe	51	84	38	35	59	48	53	38	33	32
Guatemala	9,942	13,496	16,178	14,386	18,920	16,818	24,133	17,908	16,182	12,187
Guinea	3	11	16	29	347	495	1,110	1,088	1,735	1,725
Guinea-Bissau	204	273	289	176	5	26	25	25	17	20
Guyana	5,719	8,279	9,938	6,809	6,351	9,317	9,552	5,726	6,823	6,670
Haiti	22,337	27,031	20,213	12,293	14,191	14,524	22,226	30,405	26,007	24,280
Honduras	5,917	6,571	6,435	4,645	5,508	7,012	8,177	7,646	6,540	6,404
Hong Kong	5,407	8,300	6,075	3,574	3,951	3,705	3,256	3,527	3,373	2,651
Hungary	1,023	1,263	1,274	1,021	1,272	1,567	1,704	1,266	1,127	1,314
Iceland	129	134	93	97	105	135	145	95	122	131
India	41,903	70,032	70,823	50,228	70,151	84,680	61,369	65,353	63,352	57,304
Indonesia	1,767	2,525	2,418	1,805	2,419	3,924	4,868	3,716	3,606	3,679
Iran	8,487	10,425	12,960	7,230	10,434	13,887	13,947	10,460	13,852	18,553
Iraq	5,087	4,965	5,174	2,450	3,494	4,077	4,337	3,765	4,795	12,110
Ireland	1,296	1,505	1,398	983	1,531	2,088	1,906	1,503	1,465	1,637
Israel	2,783	3,744	3,826	2,741	4,160	5,755	5,943	4,496	5,851	5,612
Italy	2,448	3,096	2,578	1,644	2,346	3,066	3,215	2,569	2,514	2,892
Jamaica	15,949	15,322	14,835	13,347	14,430	18,345	24,976	19,375	18,477	21,783
Japan	7,049	9,578	8,248	5,971	7,697	8,768	8,265	6,748	6,821	7,690
Jordan	3,900	4,572	3,964	2,927	3,431	3,748	4,038	3,917	3,936	4,282
Kazakhstan	1,493	2,310	2,315	1,740	1,906	2,223	2,073	1,604	1,630	1,562
Kenya	2,197	2,501	3,199	3,209	5,335	5,347	8,779	7,030	6,998	9,880
Kiribati	3	-	D	4	D	4	8	10	4	10
Korea, North	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	67
Korea, South	15,721	20,532	20,724	12,382	19,766	26,562	24,386	22,405	26,666	25,859
Kuwait	1,015	1,258	1,056	707	1,091	1,152	1,230	1,017	1,104	1,124
Kyrgyzstan	388	582	473	356	439	656	785	597	632	574
Laos	1,358	1,398	1,245	896	1,147	1,242	2,892	2,575	2,198	1,688
Latvia	548	711	683	458	605	768	892	568	455	444
Lebanon	3,662	4,579	3,935	2,956	3,818	4,282	4,083	4,267	4,254	3,831
Lesotho	9	6	13	5	14	12	18	14	16	14
Liberia	1,570	2,273	2,869	1,766	2,757	4,880	6,887	4,102	7,193	7,641
Libya	180	223	158	140	185	223	271	186	285	296
Lithuania	1,349	1,732	1,786	2,266	2,480	2,417	1,885	1,361	967	1,069
Luxembourg	26	34	32	16	13	35	28	39	28	30
Macau	270	340	284	244	192	133	189	178	205	158
Macedonia	790	921	821	653	775	1,070	1,317	1,227	1,107	1,128
Madagascar	33	61	43	40	54	60	72	53	77	71
Malawi	61	70	56	62	83	131	131	123	133	164
Malaysia	1,551	2,439	2,124	1,200	1,987	2,632	2,281	2,149	1,945	2,014
Maldives	D	9	9	15	7	6	D	9	D	6
Mali	109	119	105	124	163	277	408	412	523	576
Malta	54	57	44	37	57	74	70	53	66	58
Marshall Islands	3	D	26	26	48	32	53	48	39	48
Martinique	20	22	19	14	26	37	30	23	24	24
Mauritania	88	117	124	131	170	275	720	651	844	597
Mauritius	54	84	83	57	65	99	108	88	83	110
Mexico	173,493	205,560	218,822	115,585	175,411	161,445	173,749	148,640	189,989	164,920
Federated States of Micronesia	5	9	D	4	5	6	12	7	13	16
Moldova	1,251	2,068	2,103	1,151	1,507	3,506	3,036	1,356	1,692	2,295
Monaco	12	9	17	3	7	7	D	6	7	4
Mongolia	46	102	135	153	229	323	497	530	659	831
Montserrat	70	61	42	36	33	50	90	66	61	43
Morocco	3,614	4,958	3,387	3,137	4,128	4,411	4,949	4,513	4,425	5,447
Mozambique	41	48	54	36	59	54	78	81	69	66
Namibia	30	54	46	40	40	63	56	57	46	53
Nepal	616	945	1,137	2,095	2,878	3,158	3,733	3,472	4,093	4,514
Netherlands	1,337	1,679	1,549	981	1,303	1,815	1,651	1,368	1,240	1,499
Netherlands Antilles	53	114	97	59	72	116	100	93	78	97
New Caledonia	3	6	5	D	D	5	7	5	5	13
New Zealand	964	1,205	1,117	877	1,131	1,293	1,100	1,047	893	947
Nicaragua	20,947	19,634	10,659	4,094	4,009	3,305	4,145	3,716	3,614	4,137
Niger	30	1,330	1,263	808	62	126	116	97	107	183
Nigeria	7,831	8,253	8,105	7,872	9,374	10,597	13,459	12,448	12,475	15,253
Norway	459	547	431	320	405	423	481	343	350	407
Oman	51	55	61	76	122	101	155	103	70	74
Pakistan	14,504	16,393	13,694	9,415	12,086	14,926	17,418	13,492	19,719	21,555
Palau	3	3	10	8	6	8	8	11	6	16
Panama	1,829	1,867	1,680	1,164	1,417	1,815	2,418	1,916	1,678	1,806
Papua New Guinea	21	26	26	34	19	44	30	31	15	19
Paraguay	338	401	356	207	328	516	719	545	481	530
Peru	9,579	11,062	11,918	9,409	11,794	15,676	21,718	17,699	15,184	16,957
Philippines	42,343	52,919	51,040	45,250	57,846	60,746	74,606	72,596	54,030	60,029
Poland	10,090	11,769	12,711	10,510	14,326	15,351	17,051	10,355	8,354	8,754
Portugal	1,343	1,609	1,313	808	1,069	1,125	1,409	1,019	772	946
Qatar	97	125	108	72	125	174	226	138	151	134
Romania	6,863	6,628	4,887	3,655	4,571	7,103	7,137	5,802	4,930	4,910
Russia	16,940	20,313	20,771	13,935	17,410	18,055	13,159	9,426	11,695	8,238
Rwanda	73	148	217	109	163	276	502	357	378	952
Saint Kitts and Nevis	500	463	342	310	299	342	458	347	363	310
Saint Lucia	599	674	583	488	616	832	1,212	928	946	1,027
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	497	559	480	322	400	625	756	567	568	591
Samoa	184	165	157	178	203	173	283	290	227	250
Sao Tome and Principe	8	D	4	D	9	8	6	7	7	11
Saudi Arabia	1,063	1,178	1,014	735	906	1,210	1,542	1,171	1,194	1,418
Senegal	554	663	530	522	769	913	1,367	1,024	1,149	1,524
Serbia and Montenegro	2,742	6,203	10,387	2,994	3,331	5,202	5,891	3,586	3,255	3,166
Seychelles	18	18	20	16	25	16	15	7	16	10
Sierra Leone	1,585	1,878	2,246	1,492	1,596	2,731	3,572	1,999	2,795	2,687
Singapore	668	1,100	1,033	582	966	1,204	997	985	922	832
Slovakia	549	809	725	674	800	965	1,111	763	653	706
Slovenia	76	142	140	64	88	114	115	87	79	108
Solomon Islands	7	7	7	5	6	3	5	10	7	D
Somalia	2,393	3,007	4,535	2,444	3,929	5,829	9,462	6,251	10,745	13,390
South Africa	2,824	4,090	3,861	2,210	3,370	4,536	3,201	2,988	2,723	3,171
Soviet Union	3,263	2,707	2,403	1,072	929	2,899	6,229	5,090	5,270	5,911
Spain	1,254	1,711	1,361	917	1,339	1,888	1,971	1,578	1,621	1,769
Sri Lanka	1,118	1,505	1,529	1,246	1,431	1,894	2,191	1,831	1,935	2,009
Sudan	1,531	1,650	2,921	1,883	3,211	5,231	5,504	2,930	3,598	3,577
Suriname	256	245	247	180	166	300	314	197	218	227
Eswatini	12	18	12	23	15	16	11	13	18	42
Sweden	1,264	1,682	1,376	963	1,270	1,517	1,376	1,145	1,019	1,138
Switzerland	1,029	1,298	1,004	632	855	1,092	983	705	720	798
Syria	2,367	3,350	2,557	1,938	2,256	2,831	2,918	2,385	2,641	2,442
Taiwan	9,019	12,120	9,775	6,917	9,005	9,196	8,086	8,990	9,073	8,038
Tajikistan	156	187	181	137	167	207	239	172	231	265
Tanzania	480	476	577	554	747	829	949	832	838	2,773
Thailand	3,753	4,245	4,144	3,126	4,318	5,505	11,749	8,751	6,637	10,444
Togo	386	487	935	1,187	2,041	1,523	1,720	1,565	1,661	1,680
Tonga	349	327	331	238	327	309	437	438	365	379
Trinidad and Tobago	6,635	6,618	5,738	4,138	5,384	6,568	8,854	6,829	5,937	6,256
Tunisia	307	438	540	353	457	495	510	417	410	416
Turkey	2,606	3,215	3,375	3,029	3,835	4,614	4,941	4,425	4,210	4,958
Turkmenistan	97	94	93	84	117	148	248	217	274	290
Turks and Caicos Islands	46	33	31	26	28	34	52	31	35	31
United States Virgin Islands	3	6	9	4	13	8	7	3	D	D
Uganda	418	457	575	455	721	858	1,372	1,122	1,174	1,364
Ukraine	15,511	20,914	21,190	11,633	14,156	22,745	17,140	11,001	10,813	11,223
United Arab Emirates	435	460	472	380	586	812	1,006	758	693	697
United Kingdom	13,273	18,278	16,297	9,527	14,915	19,800	17,207	14,545	14,348	15,748
United States	35	63	64	32	57	183	333	171	216	181
Uruguay	426	541	536	469	787	1,154	1,664	1,418	1,451	1,775
Uzbekistan	1,631	2,031	2,317	1,445	1,995	2,887	4,015	4,665	6,375	5,467
Venezuela	4,693	5,170	5,228	4,018	6,220	10,645	11,341	10,692	10,514	11,154
Vietnam	26,553	35,419	33,563	22,087	31,524	32,784	30,691	28,691	31,497	29,234
Yemen	1,789	1,607	1,227	1,382	1,760	3,366	4,308	2,396	1,872	3,134
Zambia	211	295	308	280	359	499	672	576	613	704
Zimbabwe	322	475	484	358	628	923	1,049	1,057	953	983
All other countries	35	42	52	32	33	52	40	28	25	40
Unknown	1,172	2,311	2,622	1,201	3,227	5,303	2,734	1,394	1,394	1,366
Total	841,002	1,058,902	1,059,356	703,542	957,883	1,122,257	1,266,129	1,052,415	1,107,126	1,130,818

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region or selected country of last residence^[21]

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Albania	78	142	682	1,400	1,489	1,420	4,007	4,375	4,221	3,699
Andorra	5	1	2	2	2	-	5	3	-	-
Armenia	X	X	6,145	6,287	3,984	1,992	2,441	2,094	1,146	1,257
Austria	675	589	701	549	499	518	554	487	291	231
Azerbaijan	X	X	1,640	2,943	2,844	1,885	1,991	1,450	504	746
Belarus	X	X	3,233	4,702	5,420	3,791	4,268	3,062	981	1,326
Belgium	682	525	780	657	516	569	651	554	421	428
Bosnia and Herzegovina	X	X	15	159	521	4,061	6,499	6,392	4,212	5,442
Bulgaria	428	623	1,049	1,029	981	1,797	2,066	2,774	3,735	4,172
Croatia	X	X	77	370	412	608	810	720	549	584
Czech Republic	X	X	X	-	11	72	165	186	144	145
Czechoslovakia	1,412	1,156	1,181	990	642	599	561	395	342	319
Denmark	666	601	764	735	606	551	608	429	457	368
Estonia	20	23	194	191	272	205	280	285	128	142
Finland	369	333	525	544	471	476	602	376	314	309
France	2,849	2,450	3,288	2,864	2,715	2,505	3,079	2,568	2,352	2,209
Georgia	X	X	426	429	652	710	1,157	812	295	311
Germany	X	6,509	9,888	7,312	6,992	6,237	6,748	5,723	5,472	5,201
East Germany	105	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
West Germany	7,338	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gibraltar	1	1	4	5	6	7	6	3	1	4
Greece	2,742	2,079	1,858	1,884	1,440	1,309	1,452	1,049	863	727
Hungary	1,655	1,534	1,304	1,091	880	900	1,183	949	809	698
Iceland	107	117	156	164	140	125	182	119	111	79
Ireland	10,333	4,767	12,226	13,590	17,256	5,315	1,731	1,001	944	812
Italy	3,287	2,619	2,592	2,487	2,305	2,231	2,501	1,982	1,831	1,530
Kazakhstan	X	X	506	628	750	840	1,089	1,025	540	723
Kyrgyzstan	X	X	134	124	226	209	280	287	111	189
Latvia	45	86	419	668	762	651	736	615	370	444
Liechtenstein	3	3	1	3	-	2	1	1	1	1
Lithuania	67	157	353	529	663	767	1,080	812	1,191	1,149
Luxembourg	31	21	25	14	24	15	32	28	21	11
Macedonia	X	X	X	X	367	666	863	783	785	571
Malta	77	83	85	52	75	72	52	54	59	43
Moldova	X	X	1,705	2,646	2,260	1,856	1,849	1,347	562	754
Monaco	2	5	4	-	3	5	4	4	6	5
Netherlands	1,424	1,283	1,586	1,430	1,239	1,196	1,423	1,059	917	777
Norway	524	486	665	608	459	420	478	372	298	308
Poland	20,537	19,199	25,504	27,846	28,048	13,824	15,772	12,038	8,469	8,798
Portugal	4,035	4,524	2,748	2,081	2,169	2,615	2,984	1,665	1,536	1,071
Romania	4,647	8,096	6,500	5,601	3,444	4,871	5,801	5,545	5,112	5,686
Russia	X	X	8,857	12,079	15,249	14,560	19,668	16,632	11,529	12,347
San Marino	-	1	-	2	-	2	3	-	-	-
Slovakia	X	X	X	10	221	503	663	629	491	493
Slovenia	X	X	8	50	67	65	77	62	57	58
Soviet Union	25,524	56,980	4,653	7,369	6,954	6,784	3,513	2,944	6,336	5,058
Spain	1,886	1,849	1,631	1,388	1,418	1,321	1,659	1,241	1,043	874
Sweden	1,196	1,080	1,463	1,393	1,140	976	1,251	958	823	822
Switzerland	845	696	1,023	972	877	881	1,006	1,063	828	649
Tajikistan	X	X	186	336	568	706	634	311	66	104
Turkmenistan	X	X	34	48	68	84	121	99	44	65
Ukraine	X	X	14,383	18,316	21,010	17,432	21,079	15,696	7,448	10,123
United Kingdom	15,928	13,903	19,973	18,783	16,326	12,427	13,624	10,708	9,018	7,690
Uzbekistan	X	X	1,712	2,664	3,435	3,645	4,687	3,312	601	1,223
Yugoslavia	2,828	2,713	2,504	2,230	2,038	2,907	3,605	2,793	2,408	1,897
Asia	338,581	358,533	356,955	358,047	292,589	267,931	307,807	265,810	219,696	199,411
Afghanistan	3,187	2,879	2,685	2,964	2,344	1,424	1,263	1,129	831	878
Bahrain	58	58	81	93	87	78	76	80	53	70
Bangladesh	4,252	10,676	3,740	3,291	3,434	6,072	8,221	8,681	8,621	6,046
Bhutan	1	2	1	2	2	2	8	6	6	4
Brunei	16	15	17	26	14	14	20	6	19	16
Myanmar	1,120	946	816	849	938	1,233	1,320	1,085	1,371	1,204
Cambodia	5,179	3,251	2,573	1,639	1,404	1,492	1,568	1,638	1,439	1,400
China	31,815	33,025	38,907	65,578	53,985	35,463	41,728	41,147	36,884	32,204
Cyprus	316	243	262	229	204	188	187	148	119	107
Hong Kong	9,393	10,427	10,452	9,161	7,731	7,249	7,834	5,577	5,275	4,917
India	30,667	45,064	36,755	40,121	34,921	34,748	44,859	38,071	36,482	30,237
Indonesia	3,498	2,223	2,916	1,767	1,367	1,020	1,084	906	1,020	1,187
Iran	24,977	19,569	13,233	14,841	11,422	9,201	11,084	9,642	7,883	7,203
Iraq	1,756	1,494	4,111	4,072	6,025	5,596	5,481	3,244	2,220	3,372
Israel	4,664	4,181	5,104	4,494	3,425	2,523	3,126	2,448	1,991	1,858
Japan	5,734	5,049	11,028	6,908	6,093	4,837	6,011	5,097	5,138	4,217
Jordan	4,449	4,259	4,036	4,741	3,990	3,649	4,445	4,171	3,255	3,274
South Korea (incl. North Korea)	32,301	26,518	19,359	18,026	16,011	16,047	18,185	14,239	14,268	12,840
Kuwait	691	861	989	1,129	1,065	961	1,202	837	749	803
Laos	10,446	9,950	8,696	7,285	5,089	3,936	2,847	1,935	1,612	854
Lebanon	5,634	6,009	5,838	5,465	4,319	3,884	4,382	3,568	3,290	3,040
Macau	301	267	320	334	287	373	453	277	276	294
Malaysia	1,867	1,860	2,235	2,026	1,480	1,223	1,414	1,051	1,011	994
Maldives	-	1	-	2	-	1	1	1	1	-
Mongolia	-	2	6	8	21	17	17	22	26	41
Nepal	184	174	212	257	257	312	431	447	476	453
Oman	9	5	24	21	32	31	25	36	25	40
Pakistan	9,729	20,355	10,214	8,927	8,698	9,774	12,519	12,967	13,094	13,496
Philippines	63,756	63,596	61,022	63,457	53,535	50,984	55,876	49,117	34,466	31,026
Qatar	33	56	59	88	51	60	79	70	60	78
Saudi Arabia	518	552	584	616	668	788	1,164	815	703	763
Singapore	620	535	774	798	542	399	561	460	389	358
Sri Lanka	976	1,377	1,081	1,109	989	960	1,277	1,128	1,085	903
Syria	2,972	2,837	2,940	2,933	2,426	2,362	3,072	2,269	2,840	2,056
Taiwan	15,151	13,274	16,344	14,329	10,032	9,377	13,401	6,745	7,097	6,714
Thailand	8,914	7,397	7,090	6,654	5,489	5,136	4,310	3,094	3,102	2,381
Turkey	2,468	2,528	2,488	2,204	1,840	2,947	3,657	3,145	2,682	2,219
United Arab Emirates	192	164	172	196	286	317	343	329	329	310
Vietnam	48,792	55,307	77,735	59,614	41,345	41,752	42,067	38,519	17,649	20,393
Yemen	X	1,547	2,056	1,793	741	1,501	2,209	1,663	1,859	1,161
South Yemen	218	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
North Yemen	1,727	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Africa	35,893	36,179	27,086	27,783	26,712	42,456	52,889	47,791	40,660	36,700
Algeria	302	269	407	360	364	650	1,059	717	804	789
Angola	141	132	107	92	75	81	125	75	66	57
Benin	27	24	10	21	18	23	38	48	47	59
Botswana	21	3	19	13	13	16	21	18	12	5
Burkina Faso	8	8	16	11	16	17	17	13	14	17
Burundi	5	16	11	13	14	26	36	59	51	16
Cameroon	380	452	236	262	305	506	803	898	691	826
Cape Verde	907	973	757	936	810	968	1,012	920	814	909
Central African Republic	14	8	8	15	7	2	27	10	6	3
Chad	8	9	4	3	9	11	13	18	8	24
Comoros	-	-	2	3	1	2	3	3	-	-
Democratic Republic of the Congo	256	238	196	233	237	355	433	414	155	88
Republic of the Congo	9	22	9	10	11	11	23	31	118	190
Cote d'Ivoire	184	347	259	250	268	289	432	430	364	305
Djibouti	22	21	14	14	10	25	19	18	15	6
Egypt	4,117	5,602	3,576	3,556	3,392	5,648	6,186	5,031	4,831	4,429
Equatorial Guinea	5	5	2	1	1	1	1	2	7	1
Eritrea	X	X	X	85	468	992	828	948	641	326
Ethiopia	4,336	5,127	4,602	5,191	3,887	5,960	6,086	5,904	4,205	4,272
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gabon	11	11	9	5	11	13	29	24	21	4
Gambia	170	159	93	76	93	153	207	176	227	183
Ghana	4,466	3,330	1,867	1,604	1,458	3,152	6,606	5,105	4,458	3,714
Guinea	67	84	104	102	97	152	220	158	46	6
Guinea-Bissau	8	14	8	1	-	2	3	24	165	134
Kenya	1,297	1,185	953	1,065	1,017	1,419	1,666	1,387	1,696	1,412
Lesotho	16	4	15	5	8	10	11	6	4	5
Liberia	2,004	1,292	999	1,050	1,762	1,929	2,206	2,216	1,617	1,358
Libya	268	314	286	343	166	216	250	171	166	156
Madagascar	37	23	41	32	27	42	43	33	42	26
Malawi	48	68	72	53	55	56	58	72	39	41
Mali	34	63	55	51	55	94	124	97	83	72
Mauritania	3	9	2	9	10	22	26	51	78	24
Mauritius	67	64	61	83	65	67	84	44	37	38
Morocco	1,200	1,601	1,316	1,176	1,074	1,726	1,783	2,359	2,410	2,971
Mozambique	100	74	54	56	44	50	59	48	39	31
Namibia	23	14	29	37	24	35	30	22	24	13
Niger	3	1	2	4	8	10	102	837	283	12
Nigeria	8,843	7,912	4,551	4,448	3,950	6,818	10,221	7,038	7,746	6,769
Reunion	-	-	1	3	-	2	3	1	-	-
Rwanda	6	12	10	25	16	41	118	170	52	98
Sao Tome and Principe	1	4	7	-	1	6	4	2	3	6
Senegal	537	869	337	178	213	506	641	435	373	370
Seychelles	21	32	30	23	22	18	16	15	5	10
Sierra Leone	1,290	951	693	690	698	919	1,918	1,884	955	976
Somalia	277	458	500	1,088	1,737	3,487	2,170	4,005	2,629	1,710
South Africa	1,990	1,854	2,516	2,197	2,144	2,560	2,966	2,093	1,904	1,580
Saint Helena	1	2	1	4	-	3	1	-	-	-
Sudan	306	679	675	714	651	1,645	2,172	2,030	1,161	1,354
Swaziland	11	5	8	10	7	20	16	11	8	8
Tanzania	635	500	352	426	357	524	553	399	339	316
Togo	30	33	45	41	52	83	157	222	246	254
Tunisia	226	275	216	167	149	189	228	163	200	150
Uganda	674	538	437	415	391	383	422	400	355	250
Western Sahara	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-
Zambia	209	228	210	225	198	222	226	262	213	143
Zimbabwe	272	261	296	308	246	299	385	274	186	184
Oceania	6,182	6,236	5,169	4,902	4,592	4,695	5,309	4,344	3,935	3,676
American Samoa	2	2	-	1	-	1	2	-	4	11
Australia	1,754	1,678	2,238	2,320	2,049	1,751	1,950	1,630	1,147	1,112
Christmas Island	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-
Cocos Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Cook Islands	5	8	6	4	2	2	5	4	1	3
Fiji	1,353	1,349	807	854	1,007	1,491	1,847	1,549	1,717	1,601
French Polynesia	29	31	24	28	19	25	15	21	14	9
Kiribati	5	13	15	4	4	5	6	5	4	-
Marshall Islands	3	2	4	2	1	5	3	3	6	3
Micronesia	7	6	11	11	7	7	5	2	4	2
Nauru	6	1	2	1	3	2	2	-	-	-
New Caledonia	8	3	8	2	7	3	11	-	4	3
New Zealand	829	793	967	1,052	918	727	800	655	628	527
Niue	-	1	-	1	2	1	-	3	1	3
Northern Mariana Islands	5	6	3	3	-	4	4	3	3	7
Palau	84	70	47	42	21	9	9	8	6	2
Papua New Guinea	14	20	17	15	22	13	17	15	10	14
Pitcairn Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Samoa	690	561	314	200	227	237	215	138	147	91
Solomon Islands	7	2	1	3	5	2	2	1	5	2
Tonga	1,375	1,685	703	348	293	403	416	303	230	283
Tuvalu	4	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	1	-
Vanuatu	2	5	1	-	-	1	-	1	2	2
Wallis and Futuna	-	-	1	6	5	4	-	1	1	-
Canada	16,812	13,504	15,205	17,156	16,068	12,932	15,825	11,609	10,190	8,864
Greenland	3	8	2	3	1	2	2	1	-	-
Mexico	679,068	946,167	213,802	126,561	111,398	89,932	163,572	146,865	131,575	147,573
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
United States	122	70	66	60	47	57	51	38	31	29
Anguilla	41	56	46	23	31	26	36	19	26	20
Antigua and Barbuda	1,319	944	619	554	438	374	406	393	297	456
Aruba	83	56	62	36	24	27	28	26	23	14
Bahamas	1,378	1,062	641	686	589	585	768	641	602	401
Barbados	1,745	1,460	1,091	1,184	897	734	1,043	829	726	720
Bermuda	203	146	153	156	118	111	103	75	63	63
British Virgin Islands	105	137	174	166	137	98	87	93	55	76
Cayman Islands	53	23	40	16	30	26	24	35	28	18
Cuba	10,645	10,349	11,791	13,666	14,727	17,937	26,466	33,587	17,375	14,132
Dominica	963	982	809	683	507	591	797	746	283	41
Dominican Republic	42,195	41,405	41,969	45,420	51,189	38,512	39,604	27,053	20,387	17,864
Grenada	1,294	979	848	827	595	583	787	755	655	667
Guadeloupe	54	34	50	49	41	48	52	52	30	54
Haiti	20,324	47,527	11,002	10,094	13,333	14,021	18,386	15,057	13,449	16,532
Jamaica	25,013	23,828	18,915	17,241	14,349	16,398	19,089	17,840	15,146	14,733
Martinique	32	25	25	17	20	11	23	20	20	23
Montserrat	172	143	104	102	69	83	99	99	65	80
Netherlands Antilles	80	40	37	65	48	58	76	43	61	35
Puerto Rico	2	5	1	1	-	1	2	1	2	3
Saint Kitts and Nevis	896	830	626	544	370	360	357	377	405	463
Saint Lucia	833	766	654	634	449	403	582	531	509	529
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	973	808	687	657	524	349	606	581	414	444
Trinidad and Tobago	6,740	8,407	7,008	6,577	6,292	5,424	7,344	6,409	4,852	4,283
Turks and Caicos Islands	206	121	59	39	26	27	35	37	46	27
United States Virgin Islands	2	6	2	1	1	1	1	-	2	5
Belize	3,867	2,377	1,020	1,035	772	644	786	664	496	572
Costa Rica	2,840	2,341	1,480	1,368	1,205	1,062	1,504	1,330	1,204	886
El Salvador	80,173	47,351	26,191	26,818	17,644	11,744	17,903	17,969	14,590	14,606
Guatemala	32,303	25,527	10,521	11,870	7,389	6,213	8,763	7,785	7,759	7,308
Honduras	12,024	11,451	6,552	7,306	5,265	5,496	5,870	7,616	6,463	4,809
Nicaragua	11,562	17,842	8,949	7,086	5,255	4,408	6,903	6,331	3,521	13,389
Panama	3,433	4,204	2,845	2,679	2,378	2,247	2,560	1,981	1,646	1,646
Argentina	5,437	3,889	3,877	2,824	2,318	1,762	2,456	1,964	1,511	1,393
Bolivia	2,843	3,006	1,510	1,545	1,404	1,332	1,913	1,734	1,513	1,448
Brazil	4,191	8,133	4,755	4,604	4,491	4,558	5,891	4,583	4,401	3,902
Chile	4,049	2,842	1,937	1,778	1,640	1,534	1,706	1,443	1,240	1,092
Colombia	24,189	19,702	13,201	12,819	10,847	10,838	14,283	13,004	11,836	9,966
Ecuador	12,476	9,958	7,286	7,324	5,906	6,397	8,321	7,780	6,852	8,904
Falkland Islands	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
French Guiana	2	2	2	6	10	4	5	6	1	5
Guyana	11,362	11,666	9,064	8,384	7,662	7,362	9,489	7,257	3,963	3,300
Paraguay	704	538	514	668	789	559	615	304	275	217
Peru	15,726	16,237	9,868	10,447	9,177	8,066	12,871	10,853	10,154	8,438
Suriname	240	178	238	211	190	213	211	191	143	141
Uruguay	1,457	1,161	716	568	516	414	540	429	368	271
Venezuela	3,142	2,622	2,340	2,743	2,427	2,627	3,468	3,328	3,136	2,508
Born on ship/plane	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unknown or not reported	49	70	18	5	4	2	5	197	977	1,159
Total	1,536,483	1,827,167	973,977	904,292	804,416	720,461	915,900	798,378	654,451	646,568

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1980–1989 fiscal years)^[22]

Region and country of last residence	1980 to 1989
Mexico	1,009,586
Philippines	502,056
South Korea	322,708
India	231,649
Dominican Republic	221,552
Vietnam	200,632
Jamaica	193,874
China	170,897
Canada	156,313
United Kingdom	153,644
El Salvador	137,418
Cuba	132,552
Haiti	121,406
Taiwan	119,051
Hong Kong	112,132
Colombia	105,494
Iran	98,141
Guyana	85,886
West Germany	85,752
Poland	63,483
Guatemala	58,847
Italy	55,562
Peru	49,958
Ecuador	48,015
Japan	44,150
Israel	43,669
Portugal	42,685
Honduras	39,071
Greece	37,729
Russia	33,311
Panama	32,957
France	32,894
Nicaragua	31,102
Jordan	28,928
Egypt	26,744
Costa Rica	25,017
Romania	24,753
Argentina	23,442
Brazil	22,944
Spain	22,783
Venezuela	22,405
Ireland	22,210
Chile	19,749
Turkey	19,208
Australia	16,901
Yugoslavia	16,267
South Africa	15,505
Austria	15,374
Belize	14,964
Syria	14,534
Ethiopia	12,927
Netherlands	11,234
Sweden	10,106
Bolivia	9,798
Switzerland	8,316
Uruguay	7,235
Belgium	7,028
Liberia	6,420
New Zealand	6,129
Czechoslovakia	5,678
Hungary	5,063
Denmark	4,847
Norway	3,835
Paraguay	3,518
Morocco	3,471
Finland	2,569
Suriname	1,357
Bulgaria	1,124
Other Americas	83
Other South American	2
Total	6,244,379

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1970–1979 fiscal years)^[23]

Region and country of last residence	1970 to 1979
Mexico	621,218
Philippines	337,726
Cuba	256,497
South Korea	241,192
Canada	179,267
Italy	150,031
India	148,018
Dominican Republic	139,249
United Kingdom	133,218
Jamaica	130,226
South Vietnam	121,716
Hong Kong	117,350
Portugal	104,754
Greece	102,370
Taiwan	83,155
West Germany	77,142
Africa	71,405
Colombia	71,265
Haiti	55,166
Japan	52,812
Ecuador	47,464
Spain	41,718
Guyana	38,278
Israel	36,306
Iran	33,763
Poland	33,699
Yugoslavia	31,862
Argentina	30,303
El Salvador	29,428
Russia	28,132
France	27,018
Jordan	25,541
Peru	25,311
Guatemala	23,837
Egypt	23,543
Panama	21,395
Australia	18,708
Brazil	18,600
China	17,627
Honduras	15,653
Chile	15,032
Austria	14,239
Costa Rica	12,405
Turkey	12,209
Ireland	11,461
Venezuela	11,007
Nicaragua	10,911
Romania	10,774
Netherlands	10,373
South Africa	10,002
Switzerland	8,536
Uruguay	8,416
Syria	8,086
Belize	6,747
Sweden	6,371
Hungary	6,148
Czechoslovakia	5,654
Bolivia	5,635
Belgium	5,413
New Zealand	5,018
Denmark	4,405
Norway	3,927
Finland	2,829
Ethiopia	2,588
Liberia	2,391
Morocco	1,967
Paraguay	1,486
Bulgaria	1,011
Suriname	714
Other South America	18
Total	4,248,203

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1960–1969 fiscal years)^[24]

Region and country of last residence1	1960 to 1969
Mexico	441,824
Canada	433,128
United Kingdom	220,213
West Germany	209,616
Cuba	202,030
Italy	200,111
Dominican Republic	83,552
Greece	74,173
Philippines	70,660
Portugal	70,568
Colombia	68,371
Hong Kong	67,047
Jamaica	62,218
Poland	55,773
Argentina	49,384
France	46,975
Japan	40,956
Spain	40,793
Netherlands	37,918
Ireland	37,788
Ecuador	34,107
Israel	30,911
Brazil	29,238
Haiti	28,992
South Korea	27,048
Panama	22,177
Venezuela	20,758
Peru	19,783
Switzerland	19,193
Sweden	18,779
India	18,638
Yugoslavia	17,990
Costa Rica	17,975
Austria	17,571
Norway	17,371
Taiwan	15,657
Honduras	15,087
Australia	14,986
El Salvador	14,405
Guatemala	14,357
China	14,060
Chile	12,384
Nicaragua	10,383
Hungary	10,019
Denmark	9,797
Belgium	9,647
Turkey	9,464
Jordan	9,230
Iran	9,059
Bolivia	6,205
	5,581
Guyana	4,546
South Africa	4,360
Finland	4,310
Belize	4,185
Uruguay	4,089
New Zealand	3,775
South Vietnam	2,949
Morocco	2,880
Czechoslovakia	2,758
Syria	2,432
Romania	2,339
Russia	2,329
Paraguay	1,249
Liberia	841
Ethiopia	804
Suriname	612
Bulgaria	598
Not specified	119
Total	3,213,749

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1950–1959 fiscal years)^[25]

Country or region of last residence	1950 to 1959
West Germany	576,905
Canada	353,169
Mexico	273,847
United Kingdom	195,709
Italy	189,061
Austria	81,354
Cuba	73,221
France	50,113
Ireland	47,189
Netherlands	46,703
Greece	45,153
Japan	41,968
Hungary	31,661
Norway	22,813
Sweden	21,418
Israel	21,376
Belgium	18,885
Switzerland	17,577
Philippines	17,245
Argentina	16,346
Colombia	15,567
Portugal	13,928
Hong Kong	13,781
Panama	12,601
Brazil	11,547
Denmark	10,918
Dominican Republic	10,219
Venezuela	9,927
China	8,836
Ecuador	8,574
Australia	8,275
Nicaragua	7,812
Jamaica	7,397
Yugoslavia	6,966
Spain	6,880
Poland	6,498
Peru	5,980
Honduras	5,320
El Salvador	5,094
Finland	4,923
Jordan	4,919
South Korea	4,845
Chile	4,669
Guatemala	4,197
Costa Rica	4,044
Haiti	3,787
Morocco	3,293
Iran	3,195
Turkey	2,980
Bolivia	2,759
South Africa	2,278
Egypt	1,996
India	1,922
New Zealand	1,799
Czechoslovakia	1,624
Belize	1,133
Guyana	1,131
Syria	1,091
Uruguay	1,026
Romania	914
Taiwan	721
Paraguay	576
Russia	453
Ethiopia	302
Suriname	299
South Vietnam	290
Liberia	289
Bulgaria	97
Total	2,499,268

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1940–1949 fiscal years)^[26]

Region or country of last residence	1940 to 1949
Canada	160,911
United Kingdom	131,794
Germany	119,403
Mexico	56,158
Italy	50,509
France	36,954
Cuba	25,976
China	16,072
Ireland	15,701
Netherlands	13,877
Belgium	12,473
Australia	11,201
Switzerland	9,904
Sweden	9,000
Greece	8,605
Austria	8,496
Czechoslovakia	8,475
Norway	8,326
Poland	7,774
Portugal	6,765
Panama	5,282
Hungary	5,181
El Salvador	4,885
Dominican Republic	4,802
Denmark	4,549
Nicaragua	4,393
Philippines	4,099
Brazil	3,653
Colombia	3,454
Argentina	3,108
Spain	2,774
New Zealand	2,351
Finland	2,230
Ecuador	2,207
Venezuela	2,182
Yugoslavia	2,039
Costa Rica	1,965
Honduras	1,874
India	1,692
Egypt	1,613
Japan	1,557
Morocco	1,463
Chile	1,320
Guatemala	1,303
Peru	1,273
Romania	1,254
Syria	1,179
Iran	1,144
Bulgaria	1,022
Bolivia	893
Haiti	823
Turkey	754
Uruguay	754
Russia	605
Guyana	596
South Africa	449
Belize	433
Suriname	130
Israel	98
Paraguay	85
South Korea	83
Liberia	37
Ethiopia	28
Transjordan	3
Total	856,608

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1930–1939 fiscal years)^[27]

Country or region of last residence	1930 to 1939
Canada and Newfoundland	162,703
Germany	117,736
Italy	85,053
United Kingdom	61,813
Mexico	32,709
Irish Free State	28,195
Poland	26,460
Czechoslovakia	17,757
France	13,761
Cuba	10,641
Greece	10,599
Other European	9,068
Netherlands	7,791
Hungary	7,224
Yugoslavia	6,920
Norway	6,901
Central America	6,840
Austria	6,678
Sweden	6,551
Other Caribbean	6,039
Other Asian	6,024
Switzerland	5,990
China	5,874
Romania	5,264
Belgium	4,013
Spain	3,669
Portugal	3,518
Denmark	3,470
Japan	2,683
Other South American	2,647
Russia	2,473
Finland	2,438
Australia	2,260
Syria	2,188
Panama	1,774
Other Central American	1,576
Brazil	1,468
Argentina	1,397
Venezuela	1,360
Turkey	1,314
Colombia	1,278
Dominican Republic	1,165
Bulgaria	1,062
Other African	872
Honduras	809
New Zealand	790
Egypt	781
El Salvador	712
Guatemala	632
Costa Rica	580
Chile	568
Nicaragua	564
India	554
Peru	460
Philippines	457
Ecuador	320
South Africa	312
Uruguay	153
Belize	193
Guyana	193
Persia	198
Haiti	207
Other Oceania	190
Other America	25
Morocco	110
Bolivia	77
Liberia	35
Paraguay	36
Suriname	33
Ethiopia	10
Total	699,375

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1920–1929 fiscal years)^[28]

Region and country of last residence	1920 to 1929
Canada and Newfoundland	949,286
Italy	528,133
Mexico	498,945
Germany	386,634
United Kingdom	342,762
Poland	224,420
Irish Free State	201,644
Czechoslovakia	101,182
Sweden	100,002
Other Caribbean	70,713
Norway	70,327
Romania	67,810
Russia	61,604
Greece	60,774
France	54,842
Yugoslavia	49,215
Spain	47,109
Portugal	44,829
Japan	42,057
Turkey	40,374
Other South America	38,398
Denmark	34,406
Switzerland	31,772
Austria	31,392
China	30,648
Hungary	29,499
Netherlands	29,397
Belgium	21,511
Other European	21,330
Other Central American	16,226
Finland	16,922
Cuba	12,769
Australia	8,404
Other Asia	6,070
Syria	5,307
Other African	5,299
Brazil	4,627
Bulgaria	2,824
India	2,076
Belize	285
Other Oceanian	521
New Zealand	935
Egypt	1,063
Persia	208
Not specified	930
Total	4,295,510

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1910–1919 fiscal years)^[29]

Region and country of last residence	1910 to 1919
Italy	1,229,916
Russia	1,106,998
Canada and Newfoundland	708,715
Austria	589,174
Hungary	565,553
United Kingdom	538,323[a]
Greece	198,108
Mexico	185,334
Germany	174,227
Ottoman Empire	160,717
Sweden	112,957
Caribbean	120,860
Portugal	82,489
Norway	79,488
Japan	77,125
France	60,335
Spain	53,262
Netherlands	46,065
Denmark	45,830
Belgium	32,574
Bulgaria	27,180
Switzerland	22,839
China	20,916
Other Central American	15,652
Romania	13,566
Australia	11,280
African	8,867
Other Asian	7,500
Other European	6,527
India	3,478
Other Oceanian	1,059
Belize	40
South American	39,938
Not specified	488
Total	6,347,380

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1900–1909 fiscal years)^[30]

Region and country of last residence	1900 to 1909
Austria-Hungary	2,001,376
Italy	1,930,475
Russia	1,501,301
United Kingdom	814,458[b]
Germany	328,722
Sweden	244,439
Norway	182,542
Greece	145,402
Japan	139,712
Ottoman Empire	127,999
Canada and Newfoundland	123,067
Caribbean	100,960
France	67,735
Portugal	65,154
Denmark	61,227
Romania	57,322
Netherlands	42,463
Belgium	37,429
Bulgaria	34,651
Switzerland	32,541
Mexico	31,188
Spain	24,818
China	19,884
South American	15,253
Australia	11,191
Other Asian	9,215
Other Central American	6,758
African	6,326
India	3,026
Philippines	605
Belize	583
Other European	514
Other Oceanian	486
Not specified	33,493
Total	8,202,388

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1890–1899 fiscal years)^[31]

Country	Number
United Kingdom	734,571[c]
Italy	603,761
Germany	579,072
Russia	557,894[d]
Austria-Hungary	534,059
Sweden–Norway	334,058[e]
Denmark	56,671
Switzerland	37,020
France	35,616
Netherlands	29,349
Ottoman Empire	27,510
Portugal	25,874
Cuba	23,669
Belgium	19,642
China	15,268
Japan	13,998
Greece	12,732
Other Caribbean	7,892
Romania	6,808
Other Asian	4,381
Australia	3,098
Canada and Newfoundland	2,668
Other Central America	622
Colombia	607
Mexico	734
Other South American	305
Jamaica	223
Other European	145
Uruguay	144
India	102
Haiti	101
Brazil	92
Peru	79
Chile	66
Bulgaria	52
Egypt	51
Argentina	36
Ecuador	33
Guiana	27
Persia	26
Belize	25
Philippines	19
New Zealand	12
Liberia	9
Morocco	9
South Africa	9
Guatemala	9
El Salvador	7
Costa Rica	4
Honduras	4
Nicaragua	3
Not specified	14,112
Total	3,694,294

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1880–1889 fiscal years)^[31]

Country	Number
United Kingdom	1,484,961[f]
Germany	1,445,181
Canada and Newfoundland	492,508
Sweden–Norway	586,441[g]
Austria-Hungary	314,787
Italy	267,660
Russia	225,608[h]
Denmark	85,342
Switzerland	81,151
China	65,797
Netherlands	52,715
France	48,193
Cuba	20,134
Belgium	18,738
Portugal	15,189
Australia	7,250
Other Caribbean	6,987
Romania	5,842
Other Americas	5,019
Spain	3,999
Ottoman Empire	2,478
Mexico	2,405
Greece	1,807
Japan	1,583
Colombia	1,210
Other Europe	1,070
Other Asia	888
Other Africa	567
Central America	359
Jamaica	355
Other Central America	270
Venezuela	248
India	247
Brazil	199
Egypt	145
Syria	140
Haiti	124
Belize	80
Other South American	78
Other Oceanian	70
Guiana	68
Argentina	64
Chile	44
Peru	25
South Africa	23
New Zealand	21
Liberia	21
Iran	18
Ecuador	14
Morocco	12
Guatemala	3
Honduras	4
Uruguay	4
Costa Rica	1
Nicaragua	1
Philippines	1
Not specified	778
Total	5,248,568

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1870–1879 fiscal years)^[31]

Country	Number
United Kingdom	1,000,711[i]
Germany	751,769
Canada and Newfoundland	323,974
Sweden–Norway	178,823[j]
China	133,139
France	71,901
Austria-Hungary	60,127
Italy	46,296
Russia	46,279[k]
Denmark	29,278
Switzerland	25,212
Netherlands	14,267
Portugal	13,990
Australia	8,933
Cuba	8,705
Belgium	6,991
Spain	5,571
Other Caribbean	5,481
Mexico	5,133
Other Americas	879
Other European	626
Ottoman Empire	382
Other African	297
Jamaica	257
Brazil	219
Colombia	196
Japan	193
Venezuela	190
India	166
Other Asian	163
Haiti	149
Other Central American	147
Peru	127
Other Oceanian	122
Other South American	96
Guiana	95
Chile	92
Argentina	58
Liberia	52
South Africa	48
New Zealand	39
Egypt	29
Belize	26
Uruguay	22
Persia	17
Morocco	15
Honduras	11
Guatemala	10
Ecuador	7
Syria	7
Bolivia	5
Costa Rica	4
Philippines	4
El Salvador	3
Paraguay	2
Nicaragua	1
Not specified	592
Total	2,742,137

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1860–1869 fiscal years)^[31]

Country	Number
United Kingdom	960,375[l]
Germany	723,734
Canada and Newfoundland	117,975
Sweden–Norway	82,937
China	54,028
France	35,938
Switzerland	21,124
Denmark	13,553
Italy	9,853
Netherlands	8,387
Spain	6,970
Belgium	5,785
Other Caribbean	5,250
Portugal	4,741
Russia	3,556[m]
Cuba	3,420
Austria-Hungary	3,375
Mexico	1,957
Other South American	1,358
Other African	328
Ottoman Empire	129
Japan	138
Australia	96
South Africa	79
Haiti	78
Jamaica	61
Other Central American	58
Other Asian	57
Greece	51
India	50
Liberia	43
Guiana	41
Venezuela	36
Peru	35
Brazil	32
Chile	25
Other European	10
New Zealand	6
Argentina	7
Egypt	8
Belize	9
Other Oceanian	5
Persia	4
Costa Rica	2
Colombia	2
Syria	2
Guatemala	1
Not specified	15,472
Total	2,081,261

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1850–1859 fiscal years)^[31]

Country	Number
United Kingdom	1,474,808[n]
Germany	976,072
Canada	64,171
France	81,778
China	35,933
Switzerland	24,423
Sweden–Norway	22,202
Caribbean	12,447
Netherlands	11,122
Spain	8,803
Italy	8,643
Belgium	5,765
Portugal	4,218
Other South American	3,569
Mexico	3,446
Denmark	3,227
Russia	1,510[o]
Central American	512
Australia	104
Ottoman Empire	94
Other African	92
India	42
Greece	32
Other European	14
Other Asian	11
Liberia	7
Egypt	5
Other Oceanian	4
New Zealand	2
Not specified	71,442
Total	2,814,554

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1840–1849 fiscal years)^[31]

Country	Number
United Kingdom	874,717[p]
Germany	385,434
France	75,300
Canada	34,285
Sweden–Norway	12,389
Caribbean	11,803
Netherlands	7,624
Switzerland	4,819
Belgium	3,996
Mexico	3,069
Spain	1,917
Italy	1,476
Other South American	1,062
Denmark	671
Russia	625[q]
Portugal	359
Other Central American	297
Asia	121
Other European	79
Other African	61
Ottoman Empire	45
India	33
China	32
Greece	17
Persia	7
Liberia	5
Other Asian	4
Australia	2
Other Oceanian	1
Morocco	1
Not specified	7,196
Total	1,427,337

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1830–1839 fiscal years)^[31]

Country	Number
United Kingdom	245,022[r]
Germany	124,726
France	39,330
Caribbean	11,792
Canada	11,875
Mexico	7,187
Switzerland	4,430
Italy	2,225
Spain	2,016
Netherlands	1,377
Sweden–Norway	1,149
Other South America	957
Denmark	927
Portugal	896
Russia	646[s]
Other Central American	94
Other African	54
Greece	49
Other European	40
India	38
Belgium	20
Liberia	8
Ottoman Empire	8
China	8
Other Americas	6
Morocco	4
Australia	1
Other Asian	1
Not specified	83,495
Total	538,381

Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status by region and selected country of last residence (1820–1829 fiscal years)^[31]

Country	Number
United Kingdom	77,953[t]
Not specified	19,173
France	7,694
Germany	5,753
Mexico	3,835
Switzerland	3,148
Caribbean	3,061
Spain	2,866
Canada	2,297
Netherlands	1,105
Italy	430
South America	405
Portugal	252
Denmark	173
Sweden–Norway	91
Russia	86
Central America	57
Belgium	28
Poland	19
Ottoman Empire	19
Other African	18
Greece	17
India	9
Other European	3
China	3
Other Asian	3
Australia	2
Other Americas	1
Liberia	1
Total	128,502

Immigrants by region and selected country of last residence (before 1790s)^[32]

Region/Country	Number
British Isles	425,500
Africa	360,000
England	230,000
Scots-Irish	135,000
Germany	103,000
Scotland	48,500
Ireland	8,000
Dutch Republic	6,000
Wales	4,000
France	3,000
Jewish	1,000
Sweden	1,000
Others	50,000
Total	950,000

Data is shown by the most current fiscal year.

This table lists the number of applications by age and sex for the 2022 fiscal year. In 2022 the sex of the largest number of naturalizations was female and the largest age cohort was the 35 to 39 cohort.^[33]

Year	Age	Sex			Total
		Female	Male	Unknown
2022[33]	18–19	8,958	8,642	0	17,600
	20–24	37,332	34,013	0	71,345
	25–29	57,271	44,498	0	101,769
	30–34	71,955	56,783	0	128,738
	35–39	74,559	64,696	0	139,255
	40–44	62,887	57,150	2	120,039
	45–49	49,326	44,532	3	93,861
	50–54	43,812	37,441	4	81,257
	55–59	38,797	32,179	6	70,982
	60–64	29,551	24,104	7	53,662
	65–74	38,366	30,097	8	68,471
	75+	13,210	9,190	1	22,401
	Total	526,024	443,325	31	969,380

	Class	2022
Major admission class[9]	Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	428,268
	Employment-based preferences	270,284
	Family-sponsored preferences	166,041
	Asylum seekers	53,659
	Refugees	29,423
	Victims of crimes and their immediate relatives	9,871
	Cancellation of removal	4,160
	Diversity	1,567
	Certain Iraqis and Afghans employed by U.S. government and their spouses and children	1,467
	Victims of human trafficking	712
	Parolees	14
	Other	607
	Total	1,018,349

Data is shown by the most current fiscal year.

This table shows the number of persons who gained lawful permanent resident status in the newest fiscal year with data available. In the data source, it is rounded.^[34]

Year	Marital status	Sex			Total
		Female	Male	Unknown
2023[34]	Married	383,360	302,210	180	685,750
	Single	196,090	206,100	30	402,220
	Widowed	28,260	3,850	10	32,120
	Divorced/separated	29,210	11,840	10	41,060
	Unknown	5,140	6,560	70	11,770
	Total	642,060	530,550	300	1,172,910

In 2024 there were an estimated 100,060 refugee applicants with an estimated 37,050 being classified as "Principal Applicants".^[35]

Data is shown by most recent fiscal year.

This table shows the number of arrivals by sex. Which sex is listed first is determined based on the number of admissions in the given fiscal year. Data is as of the most recent fiscal year and the data from 2024 is rounded.^[35]

Year	Sex	Total
2024	Female	50,410
	Male	49,650

Displayed below is the number of refugee arrivals by age range. The data included is as of the most recent fiscal year which is 2024 and the data in this table is rounded as this is what the source reports.^[36]

Age range (in years)	Number
0-17	43,360
18-24	13,290
25-34	18,210
35-44	13,500
45-54	6,770
55-64	3,150
65+	1,760

This shows the number of refugee arrivals by marital status including those classified as being "Principal applicants". This is regardless of sex or other factors. Those in a civil union or a common-law marriage as of the data are classified as being "Married" following what the data source reports. Data is rounded.^[35]

Year	Marital status	Relation
		Principal applicant	Spouses	Children	Other dependents
2024	Married	17,700	14,100	20	0
	Single	16,200	90	48,550	230
	Widowed	1,940	0	0	0
	Divorced/separated	1,210	10	0	0
	Unknown	0	0	0	0

This table lists the number of people who were granted affirmative asylum by the region or continent based on their nationality. The data is listed is as of 2023 and the continents are arranged alphabetically. Data source:^[37]

Continent	Number
Africa	1,520
Asia	18,270
Europe	540
North America	860
Oceania	0
South America	1,050
Unknown	60

This table lists the number of people who were granted affirmative asylum by the region or continent based on their nationality. The data is listed is as of 2023 and the continents are arranged alphabetically. Data source:^[38]

Continent	Number
Africa	2,770
Asia	10,280
Europe	2,910
North America	9,810
Oceania	10
South America	6,060
Unknown	210

In 2022, the United States Department of Homeland Security estimated the number of illegal immigrants (or unauthorized immigrants) to be 11,990,000 people.^[39]

The table below lists the estimated number of illegal immigrants for the top 10 countries with the largest estimated number by country of birth and year in the thousands. There is no national census done on the legality of being in the United States of those born abroad. No data is available for 2001-2004 and 2020 while for 2010, 2015 and 2018 this table has the revised number. Source:^[39]

Country	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2022
Mexico	4,680	5,970	6,570	6,980	7,030	6,650	6,830	6,800	6,720	6,450	6,450	6,200	5,970	5,860	5,540	5,350	4,970	4,810
Guatemala	290	370	430	500	430	480	520	520	560	590	620	600	610	610	620	670	780	750
El Salvador	430	470	510	540	570	530	670	660	690	690	670	720	750	750	730	750	750	710
Honduras	160	180	280	280	300	320	380	380	360	390	390	420	430	500	450	450	550	560
Philippines	200	210	280	290	300	270	290	270	310	340	330	350	410	300	370	360	340	350
Venezuela	NA	NA	NA	60	50	50	50	50	60	50	40	80	100	120	190	220	260	320
Colombia	100	110	140	130	100	110	120	130	130	160	130	130	140	130	210	190	190	240
Brazil	100	170	210	190	180	150	150	150	130	110	110	100	110	150	190	180	190	230
India	120	280	210	220	160	200	270	240	260	320	390	450	560	490	480	390	340	220
China	190	230	170	290	220	120	300	280	210	190	230	320	420	410	390	330	270	210
Other countries	2,180	2,500	2,510	2,290	2,240	1,880	2,020	2,030	2,010	1,920	2,090	2,080	2,260	2,090	2,400	2,220	1,870	2,600

This table lists the number of estimated illegal immigrants by state by year with the top ten highest estimated population of them regardless of which country they come from. No data is available for 2021 in Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2018–January 2022 which is the source of information from 2018 to 2022.^[40]

State	2022[40]	2020[40]	2019[40]	2018[40]	2017[41]	2016[41]
California	2,600,000	2,410,000	2,620,000	2,640,000	2,790,000	2,860,000
Texas	2,060,000	1,900,000	1,950,000	1,950,000	1,870,000	1,910,000
Florida	590,000	610,000	650,000	680,000	610,000	610,000
New Jersey	490,000	400,000	390,000	460,000	450,000	420,000
Illinois	420,000	370,000	440,000	460,000	440,000	520,000
New York	410,000	370,000	510,000	600,000	620,000	630,000
North Carolina	360,000	360,000	340,000	360,000	320,000	360,000
Georgia	340,000	360,000	360,000	390,000	400,000	400,000
Washington	340,000	340,000	330,000	310,000	280,000	280,000
Arizona	290,000	340,000	330,000	340,000	340,000	330,000
Other/unknown	3,090,000	3,040,000	3,200,000	3,380,000	3,300,000	3,430,000
Total	10,990,000	10,510,000	11,110,000	11,570,000	11,410,000	11,750,000

This table lists the number of DACA recipients regardless of age as being at 578,680 in March 2023. Keep in mind this is being described as being a "rounded" number. The average age was 29.2 years old while the median was 29.^[42]

Age	Number (rounded)
Under 16	10
16 to 20	4,730
21 to 25	153,090
26 to 30	204,790
31 to 35	142,150
36 to 40	68,840
NA	5,070
Total	578,680

This table looks at the number of immigration related arrests made by ICE by fiscal year regardless of country and area. Table source:^[43][44]

Fiscal year	Criminal conviction	Criminal charges pending	Other immigration violation	Total
2025 (so far)	14,842	7,886	3,878	26,606
2024	57,688	23,624	32,119	113,431
2023	53,766	20,056	96,768	170,590
2022	36,322	10,074	96,354	142,750
2021	36,619	8,813	28,650	216,832

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