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.
| Region of birth | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 990,553 | 1,016,518 | 1,051,031 |
| Africa | 98,304 | 98,413 | 101,415 |
| Asia | 400,548 | 430,508 | 419,297 |
| Europe | 86,556 | 83,266 | 85,803 |
| North America | 315,660 | 324,354 | 366,126 |
| Oceania | 5,277 | 5,112 | 5,404 |
| South America | 80,945 | 73,715 | 72,309 |
| Unknown | 3,263 | 1,150 | 677 |
| Country of birth | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 990,553 | 1,016,518 | 1,051,031 |
| Afghanistan | 2,196 | 10,527 | 8,328 |
| Albania | 3,186 | 3,828 | 4,653 |
| Algeria | 1,241 | 1,669 | 1,775 |
| American Samoa | D | - | - |
| Angola | 143 | 148 | 154 |
| Anguilla | 22 | 20 | 22 |
| Antigua-Barbuda | 344 | 369 | 290 |
| Argentina | 4,372 | 3,874 | 3,730 |
| Armenia | 2,722 | 2,913 | 2,962 |
| Aruba | 45 | 40 | 38 |
| Australia | 2,759 | 2,809 | 3,034 |
| Austria | 415 | 438 | 474 |
| Azerbaijan | 637 | 672 | 676 |
| Bahamas | 630 | 654 | 725 |
| Bahrain | 115 | 122 | 145 |
| Bangladesh | 12,099 | 14,645 | 13,570 |
| Barbados | 428 | 384 | 376 |
| Belarus | 1,970 | 2,015 | 1,994 |
| Belgium | 675 | 632 | 662 |
| Belize | 946 | 789 | 772 |
| Benin | 342 | 517 | 466 |
| Bermuda | 88 | 106 | 112 |
| Bhutan | 8,954 | 7,298 | 6,325 |
| Bolivia | 2,071 | 1,719 | 1,626 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 697 | 693 | 859 |
| Botswana | 53 | 58 | 61 |
| Brazil | 11,033 | 10,429 | 11,424 |
| British Virgin Islands | 45 | 56 | 38 |
| Brunei | 21 | 25 | 21 |
| Bulgaria | 2,844 | 2,981 | 2,688 |
| Burkina Faso | 585 | 583 | 575 |
| Burma | 12,565 | 11,144 | 12,808 |
| Burundi | 260 | 273 | 351 |
| Cambodia | 2,624 | 2,536 | 1,868 |
| Cameroon | 3,908 | 3,943 | 4,374 |
| Canada | 13,181 | 11,586 | 12,673 |
| Cape Verde | 1,673 | 1,154 | 1,253 |
| Cayman Islands | 44 | 48 | 53 |
| Central African Republic | 213 | 155 | 234 |
| Chad | 111 | 119 | 175 |
| Chile | 1,736 | 1,581 | 1,596 |
| China, People's Republic | 71,798 | 76,089 | 74,558 |
| Colombia | 21,131 | 18,175 | 17,316 |
| Comoros | D | 9 | 5 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 2,792 | 4,347 | 5,345 |
| Congo, Republic | 1,059 | 552 | 496 |
| Costa Rica | 2,114 | 1,966 | 2,029 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 1,486 | 1,477 | 1,497 |
| Croatia | 353 | 297 | 348 |
| Cuba | 32,219 | 46,679 | 54,396 |
| Curacao | - | 27 | 22 |
| Cyprus | 126 | 129 | 113 |
| Czech Republic | 676 | 606 | 637 |
| Czechoslovakia (former) | 74 | 74 | 58 |
| Denmark | 506 | 514 | 609 |
| Djibouti | 90 | 190 | 370 |
| Dominica | 244 | 345 | 229 |
| Dominican Republic | 41,311 | 44,577 | 50,610 |
| Ecuador | 10,591 | 10,960 | 10,187 |
| Egypt | 10,294 | 11,477 | 12,085 |
| El Salvador | 18,260 | 19,273 | 19,487 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 18 | 15 | 25 |
| Eritrea | 2,138 | 2,002 | 2,220 |
| Estonia | 211 | 220 | 189 |
| Ethiopia | 13,097 | 12,300 | 11,394 |
| Fiji | 895 | 802 | 875 |
| Finland | 331 | 350 | 407 |
| France | 4,425 | 4,284 | 4,693 |
| French Polynesia | - | 24 | 14 |
| Gabon | 127 | 167 | 146 |
| Gambia | 1,018 | 1,111 | 1,142 |
| Georgia | 1,368 | 1,240 | 1,410 |
| Germany | 6,032 | 5,584 | 5,436 |
| Ghana | 10,265 | 7,115 | 6,186 |
| Greece | 1,361 | 1,235 | 1,211 |
| Grenada | 687 | 633 | 525 |
| Guatemala | 10,224 | 10,238 | 11,773 |
| Guinea | 1,518 | 1,375 | 1,389 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 43 | 30 | 39 |
| Guyana | 5,897 | 6,267 | 5,543 |
| Haiti | 20,351 | 15,274 | 16,967 |
| Honduras | 8,898 | 8,156 | 9,274 |
| Hong Kong | 2,226 | 2,278 | 2,085 |
| Hungary | 1,052 | 996 | 1,095 |
| Iceland | 139 | 86 | 104 |
| India | 68,458 | 77,908 | 64,116 |
| Indonesia | 2,731 | 2,139 | 2,084 |
| Iran | 12,863 | 11,615 | 13,114 |
| Iraq | 9,552 | 19,153 | 21,107 |
| Ireland | 1,626 | 1,605 | 1,607 |
| Israel | 3,996 | 3,805 | 3,965 |
| Italy | 2,960 | 3,298 | 3,544 |
| Jamaica | 19,400 | 19,026 | 17,642 |
| Japan | 5,925 | 5,545 | 5,395 |
| Jordan | 4,188 | 5,187 | 4,664 |
| Kazakhstan | 1,241 | 1,221 | 1,201 |
| Kenya | 6,123 | 5,884 | 5,602 |
| Kiribati | 3 | 6 | D |
| Korea, North | 48 | 142 | 55 |
| Korea, South1 | 23,166 | 20,423 | 17,138 |
| Kosovo | 839 | 758 | 814 |
| Kuwait | 937 | 1,057 | 1,055 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 652 | 707 | 790 |
| Laos | 923 | 806 | 917 |
| Latvia | 424 | 384 | 480 |
| Lebanon | 2,783 | 3,245 | 2,813 |
| Lesotho | 20 | 13 | 23 |
| Liberia | 3,334 | 3,874 | 3,795 |
| Libya | 376 | 524 | 734 |
| Lithuania | 854 | 747 | 750 |
| Luxembourg | 40 | 26 | 27 |
| Macau | 106 | 105 | 99 |
| Macedonia | 895 | 960 | 1,060 |
| Madagascar | 95 | 86 | 72 |
| Malawi | 159 | 172 | 160 |
| Malaysia | 2,477 | 2,622 | 2,749 |
| Maldives | 5 | 13 | 8 |
| Mali | 667 | 604 | 587 |
| Malta | 43 | 39 | 58 |
| Marshall Islands | 46 | 56 | 32 |
| Mauritania | 354 | 320 | 298 |
| Mauritius | 83 | 81 | 96 |
| Mexico | 135,028 | 134,052 | 158,619 |
| Micronesia, Federated States | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Moldova | 2,485 | 2,341 | 2,496 |
| Monaco | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| Mongolia | 729 | 651 | 644 |
| Montenegro | 265 | 289 | 251 |
| Montserrat | - | 38 | 14 |
| Morocco | 3,336 | 3,605 | 3,710 |
| Mozambique | 73 | 71 | 107 |
| Namibia | 57 | 44 | 86 |
| Nepal | 13,046 | 12,357 | 12,926 |
| Netherlands | 1,142 | 1,195 | 1,309 |
| Netherlands Antilles (former) | 128 | 45 | 22 |
| New Caledonia | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| New Zealand | 921 | 796 | 855 |
| Nicaragua | 3,048 | 2,886 | 3,324 |
| Niger | 37 | 71 | 55 |
| Nigeria | 13,840 | 12,828 | 11,542 |
| Norway | 335 | 271 | 310 |
| Oman | 73 | 90 | 85 |
| Pakistan | 13,251 | 18,612 | 18,057 |
| Palau | 16 | 12 | 15 |
| Panama | 1,234 | 1,095 | 1,052 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 18 | 11 |
| Paraguay | 448 | 391 | 382 |
| Peru | 12,564 | 10,606 | 10,148 |
| Philippines | 54,446 | 49,996 | 56,478 |
| Poland | 6,430 | 5,689 | 5,275 |
| Portugal | 918 | 892 | 857 |
| Qatar | 191 | 202 | 229 |
| Romania | 3,773 | 3,246 | 3,376 |
| Russia | 9,753 | 9,079 | 8,799 |
| Rwanda | 540 | 555 | 732 |
| Saint Kitts-Nevis | 259 | 263 | 222 |
| Saint Lucia | 853 | 844 | 739 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 529 | 448 | 415 |
| Samoa | 237 | 239 | 207 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,463 | 1,696 | 1,744 |
| Senegal | 1,340 | 1,273 | 1,244 |
| Serbia | 866 | 1,143 | 1,278 |
| Serbia and Montenegro (former) | 653 | 267 | 232 |
| Seychelles | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| Sierra Leone | 1,651 | 1,740 | 1,599 |
| Singapore | 835 | 779 | 781 |
| Sint Maarten | - | 45 | 45 |
| Slovakia | 507 | 460 | 424 |
| Slovenia | 62 | 78 | 107 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 5 | D |
| Somalia | 3,764 | 5,190 | 6,796 |
| South Africa | 2,629 | 2,676 | 2,907 |
| South Sudan | 59 | 74 | 127 |
| Soviet Union (former) | 1,264 | 1,136 | 1,022 |
| Spain | 2,480 | 2,928 | 3,303 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,847 | 1,767 | 1,763 |
| Sudan | 1,945 | 2,442 | 3,580 |
| Suriname | 178 | 158 | 134 |
| Swaziland | 15 | 23 | 19 |
| Sweden | 1,106 | 954 | 1,066 |
| Switzerland | 697 | 656 | 640 |
| Syria | 3,366 | 3,540 | 3,840 |
| Taiwan | 5,385 | 4,697 | 4,888 |
| Tajikistan | 550 | 516 | 595 |
| Tanzania | 837 | 774 | 799 |
| Thailand | 7,583 | 6,197 | 7,502 |
| Togo | 1,257 | 1,612 | 1,547 |
| Tonga | 348 | 320 | 327 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4,724 | 3,988 | 3,212 |
| Tunisia | 445 | 429 | 518 |
| Turkey | 4,144 | 3,834 | 4,201 |
| Turkmenistan | 210 | 254 | 226 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 50 | 40 | 38 |
| Uganda | 1,350 | 1,409 | 1,664 |
| Ukraine | 8,193 | 7,752 | 7,987 |
| United Arab Emirates | 910 | 1,039 | 1,193 |
| United Kingdom | 12,984 | 12,225 | 12,592 |
| United States | 319 | 358 | 370 |
| Uruguay | 1,352 | 1,128 | 1,078 |
| Uzbekistan | 4,382 | 5,194 | 3,977 |
| Venezuela | 9,572 | 8,427 | 9,144 |
| Vietnam | 27,101 | 30,283 | 30,832 |
| Yemen | 3,532 | 3,492 | 3,194 |
| Zambia | 505 | 441 | 460 |
| Zimbabwe | 924 | 797 | 779 |
| All other countries2 | 27 | 31 | 34 |
| Unknown | 3,263 | 1,150 | 677 |
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 lawful permanent residents per year.
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.