Table 11. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status By Broad Class Of Admission And Region And Country Of Last Residence: Fiscal Year 2016

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.

Table 11. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status By Broad Class Of Admission And Region Of Last Residence: Fiscal Year 2016
Region of Last Residence	Total	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,183,505	238,087	137,893	566,706	49,865	157,425	33,529
Africa	110,754	11,914	4,170	51,232	19,118	24,006	314
Asia	442,854	103,819	75,666	173,212	15,403	61,284	13,470
Europe	98,043	7,098	22,547	50,121	11,911	6,108	258
North America	427,068	96,707	22,046	229,256	927	61,915	16,217
Oceania	6,489	638	1,731	3,307	743	50	20
South America	75,571	13,198	9,675	47,703	776	2,936	1,283
Unknown	22,726	4,713	2,058	11,875	987	1,126	1,967

Table 11. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status By Broad Class Of Admission And Country Of Last Residence: Fiscal Year 2016
Country of Last Residence	Total	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,183,505	238,087	137,893	566,706	49,865	157,425	33,529
Afghanistan	11,622	285	21	912	127	307	9,970
Albania	5,355	772	54	2,794	1,573	156	6
Algeria	2,632	418	29	905	1,258	21	1
Angola	185	11	37	78	30	28	1
Anguilla	20	4	-	15	-	-	1
Antigua and Barbuda	365	113	14	237	-	-	1
Argentina	3,783	176	1,168	2,228	29	105	77
Armenia	3,602	297	90	1,711	1,258	240	6
Aruba	34	-	3	31	-	-	-
Australia	4,173	235	1,422	2,028	464	9	15
Austria	1,621	31	166	247	44	1,126	7
Azerbaijan	559	20	56	239	188	54	2
Bahamas	683	39	83	549	3	7	2
Bahrain	197	23	51	81	12	29	1
Bangladesh	18,204	9,690	527	7,676	-	273	38
Barbados	384	79	42	259	-	-	4
Belarus	2,078	97	255	718	792	214	2
Belgium	821	32	365	364	47	13	-
Belize	878	192	57	589	5	12	23
Benin	571	21	14	271	239	26	-
Bermuda	144	D	47	82	D	-	-
Bhutan	193	-	D	38	D	144	-
Bolivia	1,481	275	85	1,023	22	39	37
Bosnia and Herzegovina	864	108	51	611	59	30	5
Botswana	122	10	26	47	8	30	1
Brazil	13,528	571	3,341	9,289	17	151	159
Brunei	28	D	15	9	-	D	-
Bulgaria	2,560	156	242	1,397	710	50	5
Burkina Faso	702	37	11	266	189	196	3
Burma	2,263	460	36	691	112	964	-
Burundi	410	8	11	46	41	303	1
Cabo Verde	2,218	1,068	3	1,140	3	3	1
Cambodia	2,982	454	65	2,143	280	34	6
Cameroon	4,728	457	76	1,868	1,566	753	8
Canada	19,349	1,672	8,901	8,215	276	107	178
Cayman Islands	115	20	7	82	-	6	-
Central African Republic	66	-	D	22	D	39	-
Chad	197	5	4	23	7	158	-
Chile	1,711	99	386	1,152	5	50	19
China, People's Republic	77,658	16,496	18,077	30,456	35	12,399	195
Colombia	16,830	2,791	1,132	12,162	10	607	128
Congo, Democratic Republic	4,115	187	19	802	2,691	416	-
Congo, Republic	292	4	20	89	30	147	2
Costa Rica	2,295	165	264	1,774	5	56	31
Cote d'Ivoire	1,420	117	16	687	333	244	23
Croatia	348	14	58	221	22	33	-
Cuba	66,120	4,251	12	4,402	523	56,925	7
Curacao	37	D	8	23	-	D	-
Cyprus	160	16	26	91	20	7	-
Czechia	637	11	147	435	38	4	2
Czechoslovakia (former)	81	D	32	41	-	D	4
Denmark	562	19	268	241	26	6	2
Djibouti	3,232	832	8	2,040	33	318	1
Dominica	277	143	D	125	4	D	-
Dominican Republic	60,613	28,163	350	31,836	-	114	150
Ecuador	10,779	2,999	669	5,945	4	630	532
Egypt	13,367	1,125	816	4,419	3,341	3,646	20
El Salvador	21,268	6,402	1,825	11,052	-	882	1,107
Equatorial Guinea	25	-	-	16	4	5	-
Eritrea	924	25	20	344	26	508	1
Estonia	195	D	31	136	17	D	-
Ethiopia	13,699	1,745	140	4,868	1,950	4,984	12
Fiji	797	270	7	312	174	33	1
Finland	512	19	221	221	47	D	D
France	5,473	256	2,507	2,350	311	38	11
French Polynesia	22	-	-	D	D	-	-
Gabon	180	D	D	108	11	54	1
Gambia	1,238	102	17	839	18	248	14
Georgia	1,488	133	59	837	398	59	2
Germany	5,895	268	1,849	3,321	375	55	27
Ghana	6,920	1,139	246	4,862	454	204	15
Greece	1,664	124	306	1,007	209	17	1
Grenada	564	74	36	442	D	D	7
Guatemala	12,548	2,408	1,519	6,176	11	1,129	1,305
Guinea	1,447	123	14	705	221	363	21
Guinea-Bissau	30	4	-	23	-	3	-
Guyana	4,909	2,772	27	2,056	D	D	32
Haiti	23,185	8,727	150	13,310	4	910	84
Honduras	12,996	2,248	1,298	8,181	23	449	797
Hong Kong	2,982	1,317	537	1,048	60	18	2
Hungary	999	23	236	636	88	15	1
Iceland	99	6	41	52	-	-	-
India	61,691	17,358	19,190	23,464	51	1,264	364
Indonesia	2,014	173	330	1,237	32	213	29
Iran	9,596	2,185	1,101	2,837	2,649	817	7
Iraq	12,021	168	33	940	69	8,868	1,943
Ireland	1,895	57	805	973	53	D	D
Israel	4,652	249	1,893	2,249	182	68	11
Italy	4,385	247	1,250	2,272	351	254	11
Jamaica	22,833	5,642	774	16,309	-	56	52
Japan	5,709	199	1,860	3,444	176	19	11
Jordan	7,345	1,536	327	3,359	105	1,968	50
Kazakhstan	1,085	43	93	512	286	151	-
Kenya	8,594	446	355	3,120	1,009	3,635	29
Korea, North	22	D	-	D	-	-	-
Korea, South	21,307	1,192	12,891	7,154	33	18	19
Kosovo	984	111	22	561	178	111	1
Kuwait	1,020	132	158	475	43	208	4
Kyrgyzstan	793	33	29	281	193	256	1
Laos	812	87	8	697	-	19	1
Latvia	366	34	48	262	19	D	D
Lebanon	3,573	764	276	1,626	36	864	7
Lesotho	20	D	-	14	-	D	D
Liberia	3,545	319	36	1,541	1,407	239	3
Libya	424	13	44	273	46	44	4
Lithuania	660	39	46	454	116	D	D
Luxembourg	65	-	48	12	D	D	-
Macau	127	53	30	41	3	-	-
Macedonia	1,213	192	33	710	252	22	4
Madagascar	72	D	D	41	21	-	-
Malawi	293	10	19	107	4	152	1
Malaysia	11,747	345	536	1,416	189	9,241	20
Maldives	17	D	4	7	-	D	-
Mali	613	39	23	323	20	189	19
Malta	478	D	D	27	D	443	-
Marshall Islands	34	D	D	D	-	D	D
Mauritania	291	8	14	117	13	138	1
Mauritius	80	4	26	42	8	-	-
Mexico	172,726	34,541	6,127	118,619	23	1,091	12,325
Moldova	2,740	138	64	780	1,306	451	1
Monaco	14	D	8	D	-	-	-
Mongolia	730	26	109	342	131	107	15
Montenegro	374	97	10	247	6	11	3
Montserrat	12	D	-	6	D	-	-
Morocco	4,447	416	91	2,894	998	39	9
Mozambique	187	3	7	37	-	140	-
Namibia	192	D	11	31	D	147	-
Nepal	16,704	970	1,305	2,955	3,147	8,298	29
Netherlands	1,550	71	669	728	63	14	5
Netherlands Antilles (former)	20	-	7	13	-	-	-
New Caledonia	13	5	5	3	-	-	-
New Zealand	939	84	288	471	95	-	1
Nicaragua	3,397	756	70	2,343	12	121	95
Niger	110	7	14	82	7	-	-
Nigeria	13,915	2,229	783	10,675	36	160	32
Norway	404	20	116	251	11	4	2
Oman	219	34	54	67	31	27	6
Pakistan	18,645	6,917	1,693	9,108	13	878	36
Palau	17	-	-	17	-	-	-
Panama	1,130	169	122	800	11	22	6
Papua New Guinea	20	D	D	10	3	4	-
Paraguay	400	25	32	322	-	17	4
Peru	10,519	2,604	402	7,154	4	139	216
Philippines	50,609	14,419	6,505	29,264	7	14	400
Poland	5,287	845	648	3,392	358	11	33
Portugal	1,017	84	177	714	15	19	8
Qatar	653	79	136	233	161	44	-
Romania	3,322	251	410	2,107	353	197	4
Russia	9,280	585	1,548	4,638	1,803	688	18
Rwanda	2,274	18	13	109	284	1,847	3
Saint Kitts and Nevis	243	63	3	177	-	-	-
Saint Lucia	766	106	30	617	D	D	10
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	392	68	27	291	D	D	D
Samoa	189	D	D	185	-	-	-
Saudi Arabia	2,812	382	409	1,276	504	239	2
Senegal	1,553	143	48	1,096	119	105	42
Serbia	1,343	115	100	867	240	20	1
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	156	5	27	85	-	35	4
Seychelles	18	D	D	9	-	-	-
Sierra Leone	1,398	109	9	872	312	93	3
Singapore	1,728	124	1,125	435	27	13	4
Sint Maarten	86	19	10	57	-	-	-
Slovakia	581	19	74	317	24	146	1
Slovenia	110	6	26	69	6	D	D
Somalia	660	15	4	167	23	451	-
South Africa	3,441	148	771	1,479	329	705	9
South Sudan	67	D	-	47	13	D	-
Soviet Union (former)	571	16	13	498	4	37	3
Spain	4,018	234	1,395	1,598	197	588	6
Sri Lanka	1,730	228	382	572	255	283	10
Sudan	2,200	107	21	654	1,007	410	1
Suriname	130	29	4	92	D	D	-
Swaziland	28	D	D	19	5	-	-
Sweden	1,325	74	498	676	56	9	12
Switzerland	1,090	41	578	403	50	17	1
Syria	3,800	660	160	1,146	50	1,774	10
Taiwan	5,062	862	1,997	2,062	131	D	D
Tajikistan	527	19	44	161	246	57	-
Tanzania	906	47	61	416	28	350	4
Thailand	10,296	285	381	3,586	32	5,931	81
Togo	1,898	193	7	888	705	102	3
Tonga	255	37	5	210	D	-	D
Trinidad and Tobago	3,448	596	232	2,558	16	15	31
Tunisia	570	17	41	335	58	117	2
Turkey	8,635	248	1,059	1,977	1,018	4,281	52
Turkmenistan	186	13	21	82	59	11	-
Turks and Caicos Islands	56	D	9	37	-	D	-
Uganda	2,938	83	82	745	149	1,865	14
Ukraine	10,153	951	800	5,333	1,829	1,222	18
United Arab Emirates	3,051	506	751	925	374	438	57
United Kingdom	14,887	918	6,294	7,345	257	37	36
Uruguay	911	16	96	737	3	32	27
Uzbekistan	4,138	550	79	823	2,472	203	11
Venezuela	10,590	841	2,333	5,543	679	1,142	52
Vietnam	40,412	21,277	1,121	17,893	-	63	58
Virgin Islands, British	82	20	15	47	-	-	-
Yemen	7,447	2,504	7	4,612	206	116	2
Zambia	594	25	54	282	14	218	1
Zimbabwe	700	57	88	344	47	157	7
All other countries ¹	50	2	6	33	6	3	-
Unknown	22,726	4,713	2,058	11,875	987	1,126	1,967

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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