The 2016 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics is a compendium of tables that provide data on foreign nationals who are granted lawful permanent residence (i.e., immigrants who receive a “green card”), admitted as temporary nonimmigrants, granted asylum or refugee status, or are naturalized. The Yearbook also presents data on immigration enforcement actions, including apprehensions and arrests, removals, and returns.
| Region of Birth | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 653,416 | 730,259 | 753,060 |
| Africa | 62,175 | 71,492 | 72,338 |
| Asia | 233,163 | 261,374 | 271,733 |
| Europe | 71,325 | 78,074 | 74,344 |
| North America | 222,547 | 247,492 | 259,845 |
| Oceania | 3,399 | 3,811 | 3,953 |
| South America | 60,665 | 67,927 | 70,821 |
| Unknown | 142 | 89 | 26 |
| Country of Birth | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 653,416 | 730,259 | 753,060 |
| Afghanistan | 1,853 | 1,589 | 1,444 |
| Albania | 3,131 | 3,237 | 2,813 |
| Algeria | 928 | 943 | 1,035 |
| American Samoa | 187 | 296 | 285 |
| Angola | 145 | 132 | 131 |
| Anguilla | 18 | 31 | 16 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 358 | 381 | 383 |
| Argentina | 3,683 | 3,886 | 4,015 |
| Armenia | 2,488 | 2,874 | 2,516 |
| Aruba | 28 | 37 | 28 |
| Australia | 1,159 | 1,379 | 1,389 |
| Austria | 223 | 207 | 221 |
| Azerbaijan | 585 | 568 | 574 |
| Bahamas | 545 | 570 | 590 |
| Bahrain | 90 | 79 | 80 |
| Bangladesh | 7,475 | 9,750 | 9,949 |
| Barbados | 550 | 646 | 651 |
| Belarus | 1,437 | 1,710 | 1,518 |
| Belgium | 408 | 505 | 514 |
| Belize | 773 | 851 | 870 |
| Benin | 229 | 310 | 317 |
| Bermuda | 67 | 66 | 61 |
| Bhutan | 2,639 | 4,562 | 5,563 |
| Bolivia | 1,527 | 1,689 | 1,862 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,509 | 3,304 | 2,257 |
| Botswana | 24 | 28 | 29 |
| Brazil | 8,625 | 10,516 | 10,268 |
| Brunei | 15 | 13 | 10 |
| Bulgaria | 2,226 | 2,336 | 2,086 |
| Burkina Faso | 235 | 307 | 322 |
| Burma | 4,225 | 6,045 | 6,956 |
| Burundi | 415 | 437 | 406 |
| Cabo Verde | 979 | 1,054 | 1,207 |
| Cambodia | 2,866 | 2,878 | 2,756 |
| Cameroon | 2,120 | 3,170 | 3,088 |
| Canada | 8,385 | 9,492 | 9,346 |
| Cayman Islands | 13 | 30 | 20 |
| Central African Republic | 44 | 52 | 80 |
| Chad | 74 | 84 | 105 |
| Chile | 1,435 | 1,486 | 1,666 |
| China, People's Republic | 30,284 | 31,241 | 35,794 |
| Colombia | 16,478 | 17,207 | 18,601 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 1,246 | 1,490 | 1,707 |
| Congo, Republic | 438 | 473 | 395 |
| Costa Rica | 1,461 | 1,633 | 1,862 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 910 | 1,078 | 1,127 |
| Croatia | 428 | 563 | 438 |
| Cuba | 24,092 | 25,770 | 32,101 |
| Curacao | 11 | 17 | 13 |
| Cyprus | 112 | 107 | 105 |
| Czechia | 565 | 733 | 692 |
| Czechoslovakia (former) | 303 | 371 | 344 |
| Denmark | 129 | 243 | 1,193 |
| Djibouti | 26 | 26 | 52 |
| Dominica | 520 | 653 | 610 |
| Dominican Republic | 23,775 | 26,665 | 31,320 |
| Ecuador | 6,952 | 7,664 | 8,568 |
| Egypt | 5,094 | 5,693 | 5,696 |
| El Salvador | 15,598 | 16,930 | 17,213 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 12 | 14 | 18 |
| Eritrea | 1,045 | 1,494 | 1,797 |
| Estonia | 183 | 208 | 183 |
| Ethiopia | 7,002 | 8,312 | 8,725 |
| Fiji | 770 | 850 | 996 |
| Finland | 274 | 301 | 303 |
| France | 2,589 | 2,784 | 2,841 |
| French Polynesia | 20 | 14 | 18 |
| Gabon | 63 | 89 | 83 |
| Gambia | 510 | 685 | 724 |
| Georgia | 898 | 1,027 | 988 |
| Germany | 4,375 | 4,380 | 4,329 |
| Ghana | 5,108 | 6,033 | 6,411 |
| Greece | 780 | 867 | 1,013 |
| Grenada | 544 | 664 | 658 |
| Guatemala | 8,549 | 9,344 | 9,764 |
| Guinea | 908 | 999 | 1,077 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 27 | 29 | 20 |
| Guyana | 4,327 | 5,162 | 5,284 |
| Haiti | 13,676 | 14,053 | 15,276 |
| Honduras | 4,433 | 5,039 | 5,819 |
| Hong Kong | 1,801 | 1,716 | 1,662 |
| Hungary | 891 | 941 | 934 |
| Iceland | 70 | 88 | 88 |
| India | 37,854 | 42,213 | 46,188 |
| Indonesia | 1,568 | 1,743 | 1,641 |
| Iran | 9,620 | 10,344 | 9,507 |
| Iraq | 12,377 | 14,899 | 12,130 |
| Ireland | 1,413 | 1,375 | 1,383 |
| Israel | 3,015 | 3,182 | 3,071 |
| Italy | 2,313 | 2,760 | 2,692 |
| Jamaica | 13,547 | 16,566 | 16,772 |
| Japan | 1,635 | 1,858 | 1,758 |
| Jordan | 2,427 | 2,461 | 2,552 |
| Kazakhstan | 789 | 819 | 760 |
| Kenya | 3,885 | 4,738 | 4,834 |
| Korea, North | 24 | 23 | 16 |
| Korea, South 1 | 13,587 | 14,230 | 14,347 |
| Kosovo | 392 | 547 | 530 |
| Kuwait | 791 | 819 | 790 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 305 | 418 | 408 |
| Laos | 2,564 | 2,042 | 1,999 |
| Latvia | 366 | 392 | 356 |
| Lebanon | 2,528 | 2,463 | 2,284 |
| Lesotho | 8 | 11 | 9 |
| Liberia | 3,035 | 3,042 | 3,022 |
| Libya | 228 | 193 | 210 |
| Lithuania | 744 | 752 | 626 |
| Luxembourg | 34 | 20 | 18 |
| Macau | 102 | 109 | 101 |
| Macedonia | 625 | 611 | 704 |
| Madagascar | 50 | 65 | 75 |
| Malawi | 76 | 91 | 95 |
| Malaysia | 1,052 | 1,113 | 1,189 |
| Mali | 352 | 405 | 456 |
| Malta | 40 | 50 | 43 |
| Marshall Islands | 20 | 22 | 27 |
| Mauritania | 376 | 355 | 323 |
| Mauritius | 69 | 60 | 63 |
| Mexico | 94,889 | 105,958 | 103,550 |
| Micronesia, Federated States | 62 | 85 | 67 |
| Moldova | 1,279 | 1,681 | 1,689 |
| Mongolia | 335 | 324 | 437 |
| Montenegro | 202 | 209 | 222 |
| Montserrat | 47 | 43 | 45 |
| Morocco | 3,538 | 3,805 | 3,684 |
| Mozambique | 34 | 43 | 51 |
| Namibia | 31 | 42 | 33 |
| Nepal | 2,888 | 4,225 | 5,004 |
| Netherlands | 665 | 778 | 829 |
| Netherlands Antilles (former) | 43 | 35 | 45 |
| New Zealand | 453 | 514 | 565 |
| Nicaragua | 3,775 | 3,951 | 4,663 |
| Niger | 161 | 180 | 140 |
| Nigeria | 8,667 | 10,363 | 9,520 |
| Norway | 92 | 80 | 93 |
| Oman | 41 | 47 | 58 |
| Pakistan | 11,210 | 11,912 | 11,729 |
| Palau | 50 | 44 | 43 |
| Panama | 1,277 | 1,412 | 1,458 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 21 | 19 |
| Paraguay | 256 | 338 | 396 |
| Peru | 9,572 | 10,701 | 11,319 |
| Philippines | 34,591 | 40,815 | 41,285 |
| Poland | 8,304 | 7,886 | 7,198 |
| Portugal | 1,587 | 1,690 | 1,665 |
| Qatar | 69 | 75 | 98 |
| Romania | 3,267 | 3,478 | 3,379 |
| Russia | 6,824 | 6,552 | 6,067 |
| Rwanda | 302 | 300 | 369 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 270 | 360 | 345 |
| Saint Lucia | 635 | 775 | 791 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 405 | 467 | 500 |
| Samoa | 181 | 213 | 192 |
| Saudi Arabia | 795 | 796 | 869 |
| Senegal | 806 | 974 | 969 |
| Serbia | 276 | 522 | 532 |
| Serbia and Montenegro (former) | 1,338 | 1,297 | 1,164 |
| Seychelles | 9 | 7 | 17 |
| Sierra Leone | 1,406 | 1,692 | 1,662 |
| Singapore | 258 | 285 | 308 |
| Sint Maarten | 7 | 17 | 33 |
| Slovakia | 317 | 443 | 428 |
| Slovenia | 52 | 61 | 63 |
| Somalia | 4,097 | 3,691 | 3,998 |
| South Africa | 2,083 | 2,538 | 2,197 |
| South Sudan | 132 | 131 | 101 |
| Soviet Union (former) | 2,334 | 2,372 | 2,268 |
| Spain | 1,326 | 1,414 | 1,515 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,104 | 1,246 | 1,497 |
| Sudan | 1,482 | 1,740 | 1,776 |
| Suriname | 127 | 183 | 164 |
| Swaziland | 7 | 12 | 8 |
| Sweden | 724 | 885 | 795 |
| Switzerland | 388 | 411 | 375 |
| Syria | 1,832 | 2,004 | 2,043 |
| Taiwan | 4,326 | 4,420 | 4,043 |
| Tajikistan | 146 | 156 | 212 |
| Tanzania | 525 | 553 | 639 |
| Thailand | 4,805 | 5,213 | 5,211 |
| Togo | 1,141 | 1,171 | 1,099 |
| Tonga | 473 | 352 | 337 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4,147 | 4,869 | 4,867 |
| Tunisia | 310 | 314 | 352 |
| Turkey | 2,925 | 3,150 | 3,201 |
| Turkmenistan | 110 | 153 | 102 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 26 | 33 | 31 |
| Uganda | 724 | 817 | 823 |
| Ukraine | 6,984 | 8,926 | 8,374 |
| United Arab Emirates | 435 | 443 | 473 |
| United Kingdom | 8,906 | 10,095 | 9,562 |
| United States | 31 | 75 | 95 |
| Uruguay | 812 | 902 | 1,044 |
| Uzbekistan | 1,725 | 1,660 | 1,685 |
| Venezuela | 6,871 | 8,192 | 7,633 |
| Vietnam | 18,837 | 21,976 | 24,848 |
| Virgin Islands, British | 49 | 59 | 46 |
| Yemen | 1,160 | 1,284 | 1,490 |
| Zambia | 318 | 370 | 404 |
| Zimbabwe | 734 | 852 | 843 |
| All other countries 2 | 41 | 41 | 42 |
| Unknown | 142 | 89 | 26 |
NA Not available.
X Not applicable.
D Data withheld to limit disclosure.
- Represents zero.
1 Data for South Korea prior to Fiscal Year 2009 include a small number of cases from North Korea.
2 Includes countries with less than 10 naturalizations per year.
Note: Based on N-400 data for persons aged 18 and over.
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.