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Table 11. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Region and Country of Last Residence: 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 11. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Region of Last Residence: Fiscal Year 2018
Region of Last ResidenceTotalImmediate Relatives of U.S. CitizensFamily-Sponsored PreferencesEmployment-Based PreferencesDiversityRefugees and AsyleesOther
   Total1,096,611478,961216,563138,17145,350185,90931,657
Africa112,74544,53812,2645,13016,67933,853281
Asia383,145135,59480,53779,28314,65361,22611,852
Europe85,48636,4136,84621,63111,2339,089274
North America413,485202,16498,95418,41051277,52615,919
Oceania5,4222,3906171,5707803233
South America75,80646,92013,4229,8851,1763,0591,344
Unknown20,52210,9423,9232,2623171,1241,954

 

Table 11. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Country of Last Residence: Fiscal Year 2018
County of Last ResidenceTotalImmediate Relatives of U.S. CitizensFamily-Sponsored PreferencesEmployment-Based PreferencesDiversityRefugees and AsyleesOther
   Total1,096,611478,961216,563138,17145,350185,90931,657
Afghanistan10,955647276171252599,631
Albania4,7461,553778742,1931399
Algeria2,070704210541,07329-
American Samoa1911DD4--
Angola1999617242636-
Anguilla3215125---
Antigua and Barbuda36723211412-54
Argentina2,8631,662143876438554
Armenia3,2141,278301D1,323158D
Aruba5931D22D3-
Australia3,3941,3632551,246508814
Austria2,28917836177251,85716
Azerbaijan879235455247275-
Bahamas8006336392D9D
Bahrain2309041691416-
Bangladesh15,4137,2857,118782918435
Barbados34723373353DD
Belarus1,915536D248754242D
Belgium62825225294271416
Belize63748910520DD17
Benin581270601222910-
Bermuda9958D34-D-
Bhutan8038D5331D
Bolivia1,398975234101183634
Bosnia and Herzegovina620358113615632-
Botswana10242611736-
Brazil15,2869,8977074,32313193153
Brunei28dD17---
Bulgaria1,717994180205311243
Burkina Faso57125744201111354
Burma1,6676624505491410-
Burundi6307115540499-
Cabo Verde1,880945927DDD-
Cambodia3,0642,156598192108DD
Cameroon4,1101,720507481,3354919
Canada14,3375,5381,5026,794200118185
Cayman Islands99482126-4-
Central African Republic40DD--22-
Chad62124DD8586-
Chile1,5661,007143295366223
China, People's Republic61,84822,97011,13717,5032910,032177
Colombia15,95011,5202,8191,01824467102
Congo, Democratic Republic3,440507318D2,244335D
Congo, Republic377731431522007
Costa Rica2,2411,714202226105237
Cote d'Ivoire1,2575951494530215610
Croatia2701502765D15D
Cuba75,1592,5252,734815169,7347
Curacao613113D-9D
Cyprus13148456167-
Czechia5183461711237DD
Czechoslovakia (former)6127D26-4D
Denmark41216614205234-
Djibouti1,209748134DD284D
Dominica46526418017--4
Dominican Republic57,28626,63330,248218-9988
Ecuador11,7756,4243,173420237809712
Egypt11,6572,9131,0868443,3053,49712
El Salvador22,88411,3216,4531,443-2,4581,209
Equatorial Guinea1713-D-D-
Eritrea7733072235D388D
Estonia1518594211DD
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)15DD7--D
Ethiopia13,9654,5751,9182332,1065,12112
Fiji67725024011148226
Finland45613621264305-
France4,5371,6982422,298260327
French Polynesia12D-D---
Gabon11266101312DD
Gambia1,01665214861218612
Georgia1,5417131449653058-
Germany5,0222,5312441,8393314631
Ghana8,3645,4981,56125282121418
Greece1,3677819136212454
Grenada4983588936DD10
Guatemala15,1727,8942,9801,183241,8891,202
Guinea1,227736123810922823
Guinea-Bissau2319DD-D-
Guyana4,5731,8122,68742DD16
Haiti21,09112,3468,108148-44643
Honduras13,4928,0822,2591,141481,167795
Hong Kong2,4807431,0026436032-
Hungary8655074223867DD
Iceland8737D46D--
India56,76120,02013,94921,041631,291397
Indonesia2,2201,0291333103968623
Iran5,3341,5665282,1815664885
Iraq8,1691,051258611995,995605
Ireland1,4777195666133DD
Israel4,0091,7151631,93099966
Italy3,5451,6172621,2951801874
Jamaica19,98613,3615,54699134045
Japan4,7602,7081461,725159913
Jordan15,4172,4101,05335215711,41332
Kazakhstan1,172474D118365165D
Kenya11,5692,7525205269106,81843
Korea, North2118-D-D-
Korea, South17,2325,8771,12410,156251238
Kosovo865410147D21087D
Kuwait1,039384150308D145D
Kyrgyzstan89620758302933053
Laos85269010828D21D
Latvia309233123124DD
Lebanon3,5461,266756304181,1993
Lesotho1510--DD-
Liberia3,0081,490369319251858
Libya35413541443932-
Lithuania5814103652803-
Luxembourg6719-42D-D
Macau1212869213--
Macedonia1,06256818940242194
Madagascar72316269--
Malawi507969205377-
Malaysia7,957677329510316,39713
Mali4592844416117727
Malta50111D8D479-
Marshall Islands25D-D---
Mauritania1999433693-
Mauritius6131D24--D
Mexico160,132104,89236,1995,58261,29812,155
Micronesia, Federated States18D-D---
Moldova2,096678106935926243
Monaco17D-9-D-
Mongolia61228428871306617
Montenegro287180601511183
Montserrat18DD----
Morocco2,9611,901262110633496
Mozambique16743DD-114-
Namibia16426DD-127-
Nepal14,0772,4719821,4903,2845,82426
Netherlands1,1545207949937DD
New Zealand83136479281102DD
Nicaragua2,9671,93874977411287
Niger1057151019--
Nigeria13,5729,8142,4711,0652817222
Norway30116816812457
Oman27880251052642-
Pakistan15,4916,5215,1251,96061,82455
Panama99465619272233912
Papua New Guinea3320D9D--
Paraguay3612713034-215
Peru9,4886,1382,62137110162186
Philippines44,77622,20114,8037,262318489
Poland4,1612,4027466742861142
Portugal9146087519125114
Puerto Rico3022DD---
Qatar61615610617712156-
Romania2,3971,39519544116718811
Russia8,8833,3945732,0431,97187725
Rwanda2,6979556D2462,258D
Saint Kitts and Nevis2481041413---
Saint Lucia697504159218DD
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines30121180D--D
Samoa1651476DD-7
Saudi Arabia2,7811,006431582535DD
Senegal1,42799320648945927
Serbia1,2197719411921817-
Serbia and Montenegro (former)11263-24-187
Sierra Leone1,4471,06422510112333
Singapore1,4973501111,012DDD
Sint Maarten724523D-D-
Slovakia5592371667202154
Slovenia8747D2412D-
Somalia501141DD-352-
South Africa3,5751,1621218921891,2065
South Sudan73468DD15-
Soviet Union (former)632437513315384
Spain3,2101,2243031,214973675
Sri Lanka1,70347416138921544816
Sudan2,327831162D843456D
Suriname16111047D-DD
Sweden1,04649881407351411
Switzerland73227531402168-
Syria1,87765730118415720-
Taiwan5,0931,5859122,43215734
Tajikistan81616724405205510
Tanzania4,8323564177304,328-
Thailand7,7233,101296454423,79139
Togo1,54368222395041205
Tonga20716328-13-3
Trinidad and Tobago2,7791,877664171253012
Tunisia478335136042253
Turkey13,0972,0092211,4911,3447,98250
Turkmenistan245791927101DD
Turks and Caicos Islands494063---
Uganda4,8136541671041263,7566
Ukraine11,7293,6669691,1992,4873,39810
United Arab Emirates3,3868415491,33431031834
United Kingdom11,8675,5128125,2981863524
Uruguay9047162787143723
Uzbekistan4,4086315071102,9601937
Venezuela11,4816,3887912,3167791,17235
Vietnam33,23615,74315,9371,4101029107
Virgin Islands, British6235216---
Virgin Islands, U.S.1814D--D-
Yemen390239819D120D
Zambia7182132542D422D
Zimbabwe83132535122333097
All other countries1834762811-
Unknown20,52210,9423,9232,2623171,1241,954

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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