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Table 10. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2018

The 2018 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 10. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Region of Birth: Fiscal Year 2018
Region of BirthTotalImmediate Relatives of U.S. CitizensFamily-Sponsored PreferencesEmployment-Based PreferencesDiversityRefugees and AsyleesOther
   Total1,096,611478,961216,563138,17145,350185,90931,657
Africa115,73645,41312,6545,80917,31834,224318
Asia397,187139,02483,11583,80214,71464,54711,985
Europe80,02435,7466,06520,68910,9856,335204
North America418,991207,22499,74416,25438077,70117,688
Oceania4,6532,2844071,1837292822
South America78,86948,51114,32610,3851,2073,0281,412
Unknown1,15175925249174628

 

Table 10. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2018
Country of BirthTotalImmediate Relatives of U.S. CitizensFamily-Sponsored PreferencesEmployment-Based PreferencesDiversityRefugees and AsyleesOther
   Total1,096,611478,961216,563138,17145,350185,90931,657
Afghanistan12,935719351331431,9299,760
Albania5,0491,6788691012,2491439
Algeria2,123732208781,09114-
Angola1769015191834-
Anguilla2313DD---
Antigua and Barbuda32521010011--4
Argentina3,0801,733183984368757
Armenia3,2171,174329D1,379173D
Aruba4528D12DD-
Australia2,6931,2387693443357
Austria4011761818021DD
Azerbaijan1,015326665948876-
Bahamas7595977574D10D
Bahrain143512358D7D
Bangladesh15,7177,3747,229865D211D
Barbados31821468D--D
Belarus1,951554D269755234D
Belgium537225222542943
Belize6324959618DD17
Benin573273531422310-
Bermuda6550DD---
Bhutan2,3505057D2,283D
Bolivia1,5231,046280112163534
Bosnia and Herzegovina682377124755155-
Botswana7234711416-
Brazil15,3949,9576844,37816185174
Brunei2910D14D--
Bulgaria1,7981,026181234324303
Burkina Faso5252523815961213
Burma8,18273552362976,765-
Burundi7629212457597-
Cabo Verde1,9299639576D-D
Cambodia3,1872,234631193113133
Cameroon4,2361,794530751,38044710
Canada9,8984,4715474,5423199208
Cayman Islands472797-4-
Central African Republic30419D-D282-
Chad25134DD11201-
Chile1,519998126287256122
China, People's Republic65,21424,02211,72818,8431910,420182
Colombia17,54512,2963,1711,1169846107
Congo, Democratic Republic9,941565365D2,3236,634D
Congo, Republic580801834623788
Costa Rica2,1711,68717421285139
Cote d'Ivoire1,3756351574831620316
Croatia286159317018DD
Cuba76,4863,0243,3811320169,8607
Curacao5631117DDD
Cyprus12050744514-
Czechia53435915124306-
Czechoslovakia (former)5127D10-7D
Denmark35314813180DD-
Djibouti28139DD38196-
Dominica49227419517--6
Dominican Republic57,41326,73130,270223-9792
Ecuador11,4726,4493,194444235413737
Egypt9,8262,9001,0749693,4201,44914
El Salvador28,32615,4107,3151,475-2,4801,646
Equatorial Guinea1712-DDD-
Eritrea2,428630259D941,405D
Estonia1518783913DD
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)18DDD--D
Ethiopia12,4034,7011,9142592,1703,34712
Fiji73027025215164236
Finland442148726122DD
France4,2761,5961452,269231287
French Polynesia1010-----
Gabon112631312D12D
Gambia1,02365714371319013
Georgia1,64376115410756457-
Germany4,4432,2501491,7072784613
Ghana8,3945,5741,57426185211419
Greece1,2147005537181DD
Grenada5013688832-310
Guatemala15,6388,0612,9931,213241,9171,430
Guinea1,2827781191112222626
Guinea-Bissau27194D-D-
Guyana5,1652,0733,0035631317
Haiti21,36012,5308,155154-47645
Honduras13,7948,2732,2961,162491,189825
Hong Kong2,07556076568352DD
Hungary9175273826378DD
Iceland8936D49D--
India59,82120,65214,84522,672341,228390
Indonesia1,7561,0781603294212126
Iran10,1161,7527132,5666284,44116
Iraq14,3511,2803659420611,763643
Ireland1,4017332960030DD
Israel3,7061,6261561,82463325
Italy3,3291,4851721,3311581767
Jamaica20,34713,5425,6671,04734345
Japan4,3172,4281161,632119814
Jordan5,3222,4111,0583661501,32710
Kazakhstan1,378533D167442172D
Kenya7,1902,6095295479082,54948
Korea, North4123-DD15-
Korea, South17,6765,8331,17810,601151039
Kosovo886429151D20786D
Kuwait1,090337217252632183
Kyrgyzstan90823264353162583
Laos86370111028D20D
Latvia356239154337193
Lebanon2,5811,304769351181354
Lesotho128-DD--
Liberia3,1011,497370359282629
Libya499168221545897-
Lithuania6584494769894-
Luxembourg3015-D--D
Macau91214129---
Macedonia1,08258518935255144
Madagascar79346309--
Malawi257985286120-
Malaysia3,051526200531301,75311
Mali4883034215128531
Malta5810DD-39-
Marshall Islands2323-----
Mauritania21296124793-
Mauritius6736D22--D
Mexico161,858105,53936,2765,600101,27013,163
Micronesia, Federated States19D-D---
Moldova2,2067011211126446244
Monaco137-6---
Mongolia63629333901356619
Montenegro2991936215D17D
Montserrat20DD----
Morocco3,0771,959280158660137
Mozambique10042DD-47-
Namibia7525DD-42-
Nepal11,9532,4971,0221,5943,4663,34628
Netherlands9984794643820DD
New Zealand71935033223110-3
Nicaragua3,0611,99876980511495
Niger9368D910DD
Nigeria13,9529,9982,5311,2091217230
Norway284162109216DD
Oman110301346516-
Pakistan15,8026,7665,2602,271111,41480
Panama8976191665753812
Papua New Guinea2719-DD--
Paraguay3892963631-206
Peru9,8786,4112,688419DD195
Philippines47,25823,01815,0648,655823490
Poland4,3572,4957947712421144
Portugal8895925820618114
Qatar23669337836DD
Romania2,4481,4922164961864711
Russia8,6213,4615362,0561,86568419
Rwanda1,6209045342221,229-
Saint Kitts and Nevis250104141D--D
Saint Lucia69650615524D-D
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines33323984D--D
Samoa179163634-3
Saudi Arabia2,1007763713873002633
Senegal1,42098320551915931
Serbia1,2177718514020417-
Serbia and Montenegro (former)13267D28-26D
Sierra Leone1,5271,10024812114485
Singapore801278454659DD
Sint Maarten2723DD-D-
Slovakia37025019692453
Slovenia9548D37D--
Somalia7,557635112666,798-
South Africa3,0101,154969971605985
South Sudan185128D-D49-
Soviet Union (former)1,0224966226182706
Spain2,8411,0741581,175D346D
Sri Lanka1,59451718744623419317
Sudan3,658855155D1,0481,556D
Suriname18211259DDDD
Sweden8894443436533103
Switzerland57024821277168-
Syria14,6868764482864113,035-
Taiwan5,0791,5448502,522157DD
Tajikistan8931874646570395
Tanzania3,1863634878D2,669D
Thailand5,5563,093292450361,64639
Togo1,53469523012518745
Tonga22516838-16-3
Trinidad and Tobago2,7581,87466017529713
Tunisia517349148647183
Turkey5,5852,0051981,5731,47231918
Turkmenistan28694D3112120D
Turks and Caicos Islands41347----
Uganda2,412590134D1171,463D
Ukraine11,8793,7309981,2882,5763,27710
United Arab Emirates1,3793222465301011737
United Kingdom9,9085,0094784,323493415
United States3062061928-3023
Uruguay9607414896143625
Uzbekistan4,6127155321392,9932267
Venezuela11,7626,3998542,4548501,16837
Vietnam33,83415,86616,2401,560358107
Virgin Islands, British3721DD---
Yemen1,8851,27134624D224D
Zambia4772112560D169D
Zimbabwe74936149160411317
All other countries18258813111
Unknown1,15175925249174628

D Data withheld to limit disclosure.
- Represents zero.
1 Includes countries with fewer than 10 lawful permanent residents.

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Last Updated: 01/06/2020
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