Table 11 | Homeland Security

The 2015 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.

Table 11. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status By Broad Class Of Admission And Region Of Last Residence: Fiscal Year 2015
Region of Last Residence	Total	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,051,031	213,910	144,047	465,068	47,934	151,995	28,077
Africa	98,677	8,960	3,884	40,487	18,960	25,932	454
Asia	405,854	85,496	83,730	148,040	14,604	65,253	8,731
Europe	90,789	5,842	21,983	45,397	11,657	5,557	353
North America	369,179	98,245	22,378	180,986	869	51,404	15,297
Oceania	6,227	683	1,604	3,095	788	42	15
South America	70,049	13,859	8,525	43,133	835	2,355	1,342
Unknown	10,256	825	1,943	3,930	221	1,452	1,885

Table 11. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status By Broad Class Of Admission And Country Of Last Residence: Fiscal Year 2015
Country of Last Residence	Total	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,051,031	213,910	144,047	465,068	47,934	151,995	28,077
Afghanistan	7,527	202	9	857	45	185	6,229
Albania	4,354	557	64	1,927	1,649	139	18
Algeria	1,660	97	5	543	989	19	7
Angola	160	6	16	85	14	39	-
Anguilla	22	D	D	18	-	-	1
Antigua-Barbuda	320	114	13	186	4	D	D
Argentina	3,542	188	935	2,171	50	134	64
Armenia	3,008	250	104	1,097	1,317	229	11
Aruba	39	4	3	32	-	-	-
Australia	3,795	202	1,296	1,808	475	5	9
Austria	1,928	D	183	253	37	1,429	D
Azerbaijan	511	36	25	215	173	59	3
Bahamas	801	66	101	604	7	17	6
Bahrain	195	25	42	74	D	44	D
Bangladesh	13,210	6,910	494	5,607	D	159	D
Barbados	398	107	35	242	8	-	6
Belarus	1,991	87	192	700	774	232	6
Belgium	809	17	382	341	55	D	D
Belize	804	188	40	559	-	6	11
Benin	491	20	9	231	195	32	4
Bermuda	150	22	42	83	-	D	D
Bhutan	94	-	D	18	D	72	-
Bolivia	1,549	250	201	986	12	46	54
Bosnia-Herzegovina	767	56	D	584	45	41	D
Botswana	111	4	18	38	12	39	-
Brazil	11,247	476	2,604	7,856	16	113	182
British Virgin Islands	75	21	9	41	-	-	4
Brunei	18	D	D	11	-	-	-
Bulgaria	2,585	122	240	1,361	803	47	12
Burkina Faso	605	31	13	273	117	168	3
Burma	1,875	425	D	655	112	654	D
Burundi	288	8	4	52	38	186	-
Cambodia	1,776	312	52	1,174	195	39	4
Cameroon	4,245	408	75	1,505	1,401	850	6
Canada	19,309	1,556	9,655	7,547	241	68	242
Cape Verde	1,237	565	5	653	7	4	3
Cayman Islands	100	15	19	55	8	3	-
Central African Republic	45	-	D	19	D	23	-
Chad	297	D	7	25	D	258	1
Chile	1,620	124	346	1,052	20	42	36
China, People's Republic	70,977	13,824	20,594	26,936	36	9,361	226
Colombia	16,509	3,102	1,161	11,516	13	587	130
Congo, Democratic Republic	3,482	161	20	442	2,491	363	5
Congo, Republic	335	18	8	80	69	153	7
Costa Rica	2,121	174	242	1,622	8	39	36
Cote d'Ivoire	1,388	107	51	557	349	284	40
Croatia	308	8	40	216	21	23	-
Cuba	54,178	2,187	7	3,823	428	47,670	63
Curacao	20	-	D	14	-	D	-
Cyprus	153	8	52	72	17	4	-
Czech Republic	615	17	102	435	50	7	4
Czechoslovakia (former)	79	D	35	39	-	D	2
Denmark	634	17	302	284	26	D	D
Djibouti	1,925	259	D	1,040	D	614	-
Dominica	220	114	D	D	-	-	-
Dominican Republic	50,382	26,365	376	23,381	D	D	144
Ecuador	9,816	3,052	614	5,225	D	D	541
Egypt	13,907	895	671	3,399	2,802	6,118	22
El Salvador	18,699	6,785	1,306	8,861	3	357	1,387
Equatorial Guinea	32	D	D	13	5	9	-
Eritrea	772	32	D	334	59	336	D
Estonia	175	8	17	126	19	D	D
Ethiopia	12,566	1,623	124	3,541	2,509	4,754	15
Fiji	837	300	9	330	161	34	3
Finland	397	D	186	184	20	-	D
France	5,034	206	2,207	2,200	369	42	10
French Polynesia	11	-	D	D	-	-	-
Gabon	175	D	16	91	18	40	D
Gambia	1,151	95	39	731	8	238	40
Georgia	1,317	104	52	689	395	74	3
Germany	5,965	238	1,908	3,253	468	61	37
Ghana	6,316	896	313	4,316	488	284	19
Greece	1,330	89	277	755	194	D	D
Grenada	524	118	33	355	D	D	12
Guatemala	11,466	2,640	1,578	5,135	26	614	1,473
Guinea	1,418	97	10	441	288	546	36
Guinea-Bissau	28	D	-	22	D	D	-
Guyana	5,313	3,329	48	1,892	8	13	23
Haiti	16,787	6,954	115	8,339	6	1,241	132
Honduras	9,071	1,960	1,184	4,958	27	276	666
Hong Kong	2,426	993	500	847	49	26	11
Hungary	1,037	32	213	662	111	15	4
Iceland	112	4	47	43	18	-	-
India	61,380	13,993	25,780	19,918	65	1,193	431
Indonesia	1,935	117	395	1,153	47	183	40
Iran	9,074	2,035	1,061	3,006	2,233	724	15
Iraq	10,255	121	25	737	20	8,464	888
Ireland	1,798	54	781	897	60	D	D
Israel	4,324	202	1,807	2,044	205	47	19
Italy	3,829	177	1,085	2,029	355	167	16
Jamaica	17,362	5,344	578	11,296	3	63	78
Japan	5,808	162	2,157	3,260	185	29	15
Jordan	7,835	1,239	270	2,634	117	3,549	26
Kazakhstan	983	29	76	478	278	119	3
Kenya	8,025	492	340	2,895	1,046	3,220	32
Korea, North	68	5	11	49	D	D	-
Korea, South	16,908	930	9,214	6,671	19	11	63
Kosovo	788	109	10	456	112	101	-
Kuwait	846	112	152	388	D	134	D
Kyrgyzstan	802	26	32	263	224	252	5
Laos	882	80	41	739	-	22	-
Latvia	460	21	27	357	44	5	6
Lebanon	4,499	731	350	1,465	39	1,899	15
Lesotho	26	-	5	16	D	D	2
Liberia	3,580	280	21	1,234	1,811	221	13
Libya	333	9	11	231	56	26	-
Lithuania	700	38	51	491	108	6	6
Luxembourg	35	D	15	14	3	D	-
Macau	121	61	12	37	11	-	-
Macedonia	1,041	129	54	626	206	D	D
Madagascar	58	8	8	26	16	-	-
Malawi	278	5	19	80	5	169	-
Malaysia	9,338	189	533	757	49	7,790	20
Mali	590	25	15	312	13	176	49
Malta	468	D	12	17	D	436	-
Marshall Islands	34	-	3	31	-	-	-
Mauritania	256	4	3	102	D	144	D
Mauritius	69	6	18	41	D	D	-
Mexico	157,227	41,497	6,523	97,593	23	757	10,834
Moldova	2,405	77	56	726	1,276	265	5
Monaco	14	D	5	5	D	-	-
Mongolia	632	31	86	330	67	97	21
Montenegro	249	37	7	185	D	13	D
Montserrat	10	D	-	D	D	-	-
Morocco	3,569	288	70	2,276	896	29	10
Mozambique	165	5	10	25	7	118	-
Namibia	168	D	9	32	D	121	-
Nepal	18,936	647	1,258	2,154	3,402	11,457	18
Netherlands	1,505	50	693	678	67	13	4
Netherlands Antilles (former)	25	-	10	15	-	-	-
New Zealand	978	61	282	500	131	D	D
Nicaragua	3,262	810	66	2,133	3	119	131
Niger	61	D	D	45	8	D	-
Nigeria	11,120	1,630	667	8,131	530	134	28
Norway	357	14	114	214	10	D	D
Oman	209	17	72	57	32	26	5
Pakistan	17,598	6,627	1,944	8,124	21	806	76
Palau	18	D	4	10	-	D	-
Panama	1,133	191	113	770	8	38	13
Papua New Guinea	15	D	5	6	D	-	-
Paraguay	353	23	50	259	-	18	3
Peru	9,973	2,504	482	6,611	-	155	221
Philippines	54,307	15,486	9,459	29,103	6	15	238
Poland	4,921	872	648	2,957	386	13	45
Portugal	869	85	183	551	25	10	15
Qatar	503	89	95	166	129	24	-
Romania	3,160	225	406	1,890	472	161	6
Russia	9,030	457	1,692	4,249	1,828	779	25
Rwanda	1,107	D	24	72	198	802	D
Saint Kitts-Nevis	231	73	12	142	D	-	D
Saint Lucia	743	191	33	507	D	D	6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	386	74	24	281	D	D	4
Samoa	189	D	-	181	-	-	D
Saudi Arabia	2,108	283	335	926	440	121	3
Senegal	1,272	125	58	843	101	101	44
Serbia	1,284	94	112	829	221	D	D
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	186	D	23	115	-	42	D
Seychelles	11	-	-	D	D	D	-
Sierra Leone	1,492	114	38	852	401	80	7
Singapore	1,684	108	1,145	384	32	11	4
Sint Maarten	58	D	D	38	-	-	-
Slovakia	542	10	79	248	38	163	4
Slovenia	98	-	28	66	D	-	D
Somalia	518	11	D	231	12	261	D
South Africa	3,298	93	762	1,327	345	757	14
South Sudan	71	D	D	47	D	11	-
Soviet Union (former)	547	8	6	487	D	39	D
Spain	3,707	214	1,188	1,465	190	643	7
Sri Lanka	1,530	198	382	522	223	195	10
Sudan	1,623	86	11	461	769	293	3
Suriname	116	24	D	87	-	-	D
Swaziland	26	D	D	18	D	D	-
Sweden	1,194	53	418	631	69	14	9
Switzerland	1,007	23	540	368	54	16	6
Syria	5,459	660	223	1,164	58	3,349	5
Taiwan	4,814	701	2,003	1,950	142	D	D
Tajikistan	523	20	34	170	238	61	-
Tanzania	942	49	D	404	45	401	D
Thailand	12,093	297	369	3,244	28	8,029	126
Togo	1,491	151	12	675	518	123	12
Tonga	317	100	D	204	D	-	-
Trinidad and Tobago	3,208	649	250	2,204	53	10	42
Tunisia	1,375	19	37	341	37	933	8
Turkey	8,762	239	992	1,721	1,091	4,696	23
Turkmenistan	179	D	12	58	76	24	D
Turks and Caicos Islands	47	5	D	38	-	D	1
Uganda	3,199	115	121	758	192	2,009	4
Ukraine	7,809	784	726	4,535	1,226	509	29
United Arab Emirates	2,714	432	589	725	353	576	39
United Kingdom	14,653	813	6,589	6,941	230	28	52
Uruguay	1,023	31	89	812	6	47	38
Uzbekistan	3,675	362	83	750	2,254	205	21
Venezuela	8,985	756	1,991	4,663	708	818	49
Vietnam	30,332	15,884	746	13,550	3	96	53
Yemen	1,636	284	D	1,083	106	139	D
Zambia	490	28	48	276	28	107	3
Zimbabwe	820	60	107	288	26	329	10
All other countries¹	75	12	9	42	8	4	-
Unknown	10,256	825	1,943	3,930	221	1,452	1,885

D Data withheld to limit disclosure.

- Represents zero.

¹ Includes countries with less than 10 lawful permanent residents.

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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