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 Residence	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,096,611	478,961	216,563	138,171	45,350	185,909	31,657
Africa	112,745	44,538	12,264	5,130	16,679	33,853	281
Asia	383,145	135,594	80,537	79,283	14,653	61,226	11,852
Europe	85,486	36,413	6,846	21,631	11,233	9,089	274
North America	413,485	202,164	98,954	18,410	512	77,526	15,919
Oceania	5,422	2,390	617	1,570	780	32	33
South America	75,806	46,920	13,422	9,885	1,176	3,059	1,344
Unknown	20,522	10,942	3,923	2,262	317	1,124	1,954

Table 11. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Country of Last Residence: Fiscal Year 2018
County of Last Residence	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,096,611	478,961	216,563	138,171	45,350	185,909	31,657
Afghanistan	10,955	647	276	17	125	259	9,631
Albania	4,746	1,553	778	74	2,193	139	9
Algeria	2,070	704	210	54	1,073	29	-
American Samoa	19	11	D	D	4	-	-
Angola	199	96	17	24	26	36	-
Anguilla	32	15	12	5	-	-	-
Antigua and Barbuda	367	232	114	12	-	5	4
Argentina	2,863	1,662	143	876	43	85	54
Armenia	3,214	1,278	301	D	1,323	158	D
Aruba	59	31	D	22	D	3	-
Australia	3,394	1,363	255	1,246	508	8	14
Austria	2,289	178	36	177	25	1,857	16
Azerbaijan	879	235	45	52	472	75	-
Bahamas	800	633	63	92	D	9	D
Bahrain	230	90	41	69	14	16	-
Bangladesh	15,413	7,285	7,118	782	9	184	35
Barbados	347	233	73	35	3	D	D
Belarus	1,915	536	D	248	754	242	D
Belgium	628	252	25	294	27	14	16
Belize	637	489	105	20	D	D	17
Benin	581	270	60	12	229	10	-
Bermuda	99	58	D	34	-	D	-
Bhutan	80	38	D	5	3	31	D
Bolivia	1,398	975	234	101	18	36	34
Bosnia and Herzegovina	620	358	113	61	56	32	-
Botswana	102	42	6	11	7	36	-
Brazil	15,286	9,897	707	4,323	13	193	153
Brunei	28	d	D	17	-	-	-
Bulgaria	1,717	994	180	205	311	24	3
Burkina Faso	571	257	44	20	111	135	4
Burma	1,667	662	450	54	91	410	-
Burundi	630	71	15	5	40	499	-
Cabo Verde	1,880	945	927	D	D	D	-
Cambodia	3,064	2,156	598	192	108	D	D
Cameroon	4,110	1,720	507	48	1,335	491	9
Canada	14,337	5,538	1,502	6,794	200	118	185
Cayman Islands	99	48	21	26	-	4	-
Central African Republic	40	D	D	-	-	22	-
Chad	621	24	D	D	8	586	-
Chile	1,566	1,007	143	295	36	62	23
China, People's Republic	61,848	22,970	11,137	17,503	29	10,032	177
Colombia	15,950	11,520	2,819	1,018	24	467	102
Congo, Democratic Republic	3,440	507	318	D	2,244	335	D
Congo, Republic	377	73	14	31	52	200	7
Costa Rica	2,241	1,714	202	226	10	52	37
Cote d'Ivoire	1,257	595	149	45	302	156	10
Croatia	270	150	27	65	D	15	D
Cuba	75,159	2,525	2,734	8	151	69,734	7
Curacao	61	31	13	D	-	9	D
Cyprus	131	48	4	56	16	7	-
Czechia	518	346	17	112	37	D	D
Czechoslovakia (former)	61	27	D	26	-	4	D
Denmark	412	166	14	205	23	4	-
Djibouti	1,209	748	134	D	D	284	D
Dominica	465	264	180	17	-	-	4
Dominican Republic	57,286	26,633	30,248	218	-	99	88
Ecuador	11,775	6,424	3,173	420	237	809	712
Egypt	11,657	2,913	1,086	844	3,305	3,497	12
El Salvador	22,884	11,321	6,453	1,443	-	2,458	1,209
Equatorial Guinea	17	13	-	D	-	D	-
Eritrea	773	307	22	35	D	388	D
Estonia	151	85	9	42	11	D	D
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)	15	D	D	7	-	-	D
Ethiopia	13,965	4,575	1,918	233	2,106	5,121	12
Fiji	677	250	240	11	148	22	6
Finland	456	136	21	264	30	5	-
France	4,537	1,698	242	2,298	260	32	7
French Polynesia	12	D	-	D	-	-	-
Gabon	112	66	10	13	12	D	D
Gambia	1,016	652	148	6	12	186	12
Georgia	1,541	713	144	96	530	58	-
Germany	5,022	2,531	244	1,839	331	46	31
Ghana	8,364	5,498	1,561	252	821	214	18
Greece	1,367	781	91	362	124	5	4
Grenada	498	358	89	36	D	D	10
Guatemala	15,172	7,894	2,980	1,183	24	1,889	1,202
Guinea	1,227	736	123	8	109	228	23
Guinea-Bissau	23	19	D	D	-	D	-
Guyana	4,573	1,812	2,687	42	D	D	16
Haiti	21,091	12,346	8,108	148	-	446	43
Honduras	13,492	8,082	2,259	1,141	48	1,167	795
Hong Kong	2,480	743	1,002	643	60	32	-
Hungary	865	507	42	238	67	D	D
Iceland	87	37	D	46	D	-	-
India	56,761	20,020	13,949	21,041	63	1,291	397
Indonesia	2,220	1,029	133	310	39	686	23
Iran	5,334	1,566	528	2,181	566	488	5
Iraq	8,169	1,051	258	61	199	5,995	605
Ireland	1,477	719	56	661	33	D	D
Israel	4,009	1,715	163	1,930	99	96	6
Italy	3,545	1,617	262	1,295	180	187	4
Jamaica	19,986	13,361	5,546	991	3	40	45
Japan	4,760	2,708	146	1,725	159	9	13
Jordan	15,417	2,410	1,053	352	157	11,413	32
Kazakhstan	1,172	474	D	118	365	165	D
Kenya	11,569	2,752	520	526	910	6,818	43
Korea, North	21	18	-	D	-	D	-
Korea, South	17,232	5,877	1,124	10,156	25	12	38
Kosovo	865	410	147	D	210	87	D
Kuwait	1,039	384	150	308	D	145	D
Kyrgyzstan	896	207	58	30	293	305	3
Laos	852	690	108	28	D	21	D
Latvia	309	233	12	31	24	D	D
Lebanon	3,546	1,266	756	304	18	1,199	3
Lesotho	15	10	-	-	D	D	-
Liberia	3,008	1,490	369	31	925	185	8
Libya	354	135	4	144	39	32	-
Lithuania	581	410	36	52	80	3	-
Luxembourg	67	19	-	42	D	-	D
Macau	121	28	69	21	3	-	-
Macedonia	1,062	568	189	40	242	19	4
Madagascar	72	31	6	26	9	-	-
Malawi	507	96	9	20	5	377	-
Malaysia	7,957	677	329	510	31	6,397	13
Mali	459	284	44	16	11	77	27
Malta	501	11	D	8	D	479	-
Marshall Islands	25	D	-	D	-	-	-
Mauritania	199	94	3	3	6	93	-
Mauritius	61	31	D	24	-	-	D
Mexico	160,132	104,892	36,199	5,582	6	1,298	12,155
Micronesia, Federated States	18	D	-	D	-	-	-
Moldova	2,096	678	106	93	592	624	3
Monaco	17	D	-	9	-	D	-
Mongolia	612	284	28	87	130	66	17
Montenegro	287	180	60	15	11	18	3
Montserrat	18	D	D	-	-	-	-
Morocco	2,961	1,901	262	110	633	49	6
Mozambique	167	43	D	D	-	114	-
Namibia	164	26	D	D	-	127	-
Nepal	14,077	2,471	982	1,490	3,284	5,824	26
Netherlands	1,154	520	79	499	37	D	D
New Zealand	831	364	79	281	102	D	D
Nicaragua	2,967	1,938	749	77	4	112	87
Niger	105	71	5	10	19	-	-
Nigeria	13,572	9,814	2,471	1,065	28	172	22
Norway	301	168	16	81	24	5	7
Oman	278	80	25	105	26	42	-
Pakistan	15,491	6,521	5,125	1,960	6	1,824	55
Panama	994	656	192	72	23	39	12
Papua New Guinea	33	20	D	9	D	-	-
Paraguay	361	271	30	34	-	21	5
Peru	9,488	6,138	2,621	371	10	162	186
Philippines	44,776	22,201	14,803	7,262	3	18	489
Poland	4,161	2,402	746	674	286	11	42
Portugal	914	608	75	191	25	11	4
Puerto Rico	30	22	D	D	-	-	-
Qatar	616	156	106	177	121	56	-
Romania	2,397	1,395	195	441	167	188	11
Russia	8,883	3,394	573	2,043	1,971	877	25
Rwanda	2,697	95	56	D	246	2,258	D
Saint Kitts and Nevis	248	104	141	3	-	-	-
Saint Lucia	697	504	159	21	8	D	D
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	301	211	80	D	-	-	D
Samoa	165	147	6	D	D	-	7
Saudi Arabia	2,781	1,006	431	582	535	D	D
Senegal	1,427	993	206	48	94	59	27
Serbia	1,219	771	94	119	218	17	-
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	112	63	-	24	-	18	7
Sierra Leone	1,447	1,064	225	10	112	33	3
Singapore	1,497	350	111	1,012	D	D	D
Sint Maarten	72	45	23	D	-	D	-
Slovakia	559	237	16	67	20	215	4
Slovenia	87	47	D	24	12	D	-
Somalia	501	141	D	D	-	352	-
South Africa	3,575	1,162	121	892	189	1,206	5
South Sudan	73	46	8	D	D	15	-
Soviet Union (former)	632	437	5	133	15	38	4
Spain	3,210	1,224	303	1,214	97	367	5
Sri Lanka	1,703	474	161	389	215	448	16
Sudan	2,327	831	162	D	843	456	D
Suriname	161	110	47	D	-	D	D
Sweden	1,046	498	81	407	35	14	11
Switzerland	732	275	31	402	16	8	-
Syria	1,877	657	301	184	15	720	-
Taiwan	5,093	1,585	912	2,432	157	3	4
Tajikistan	816	167	24	40	520	55	10
Tanzania	4,832	356	41	77	30	4,328	-
Thailand	7,723	3,101	296	454	42	3,791	39
Togo	1,543	682	223	9	504	120	5
Tonga	207	163	28	-	13	-	3
Trinidad and Tobago	2,779	1,877	664	171	25	30	12
Tunisia	478	335	13	60	42	25	3
Turkey	13,097	2,009	221	1,491	1,344	7,982	50
Turkmenistan	245	79	19	27	101	D	D
Turks and Caicos Islands	49	40	6	3	-	-	-
Uganda	4,813	654	167	104	126	3,756	6
Ukraine	11,729	3,666	969	1,199	2,487	3,398	10
United Arab Emirates	3,386	841	549	1,334	310	318	34
United Kingdom	11,867	5,512	812	5,298	186	35	24
Uruguay	904	716	27	87	14	37	23
Uzbekistan	4,408	631	507	110	2,960	193	7
Venezuela	11,481	6,388	791	2,316	779	1,172	35
Vietnam	33,236	15,743	15,937	1,410	10	29	107
Virgin Islands, British	62	35	21	6	-	-	-
Virgin Islands, U.S.	18	14	D	-	-	D	-
Yemen	390	239	8	19	D	120	D
Zambia	718	213	25	42	D	422	D
Zimbabwe	831	325	35	122	33	309	7
All other countries¹	83	47	6	28	1	1	-
Unknown	20,522	10,942	3,923	2,262	317	1,124	1,954

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.

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