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.
| Region of Birth | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 753,060 | 707,265 | 761,901 |
| Africa | 72,338 | 61,851 | 64,934 |
| Asia | 271,733 | 255,306 | 275,621 |
| Europe | 74,344 | 65,141 | 71,436 |
| North America | 259,845 | 258,371 | 277,592 |
| Oceania | 3,953 | 3,327 | 3,792 |
| South America | 70,821 | 63,063 | 67,892 |
| Unknown | 26 | 206 | 634 |
| Country of Birth | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 753,060 | 707,265 | 761,901 |
| Afghanistan | 1,444 | 1,414 | 1,569 |
| Albania | 2,813 | 2,169 | 2,203 |
| Algeria | 1,035 | 949 | 918 |
| American Samoa | 285 | 216 | 182 |
| Angola | 131 | 125 | 147 |
| Anguilla | 16 | 20 | 34 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 383 | 311 | 356 |
| Argentina | 4,015 | 3,486 | 3,977 |
| Armenia | 2,516 | 1,994 | 2,085 |
| Aruba | 28 | 32 | 33 |
| Australia | 1,389 | 1,235 | 1,545 |
| Austria | 221 | 177 | 238 |
| Azerbaijan | 574 | 483 | 512 |
| Bahamas | 590 | 481 | 590 |
| Bahrain | 80 | 77 | 86 |
| Bangladesh | 9,949 | 8,629 | 7,797 |
| Barbados | 651 | 645 | 555 |
| Belarus | 1,518 | 1,313 | 1,393 |
| Belgium | 514 | 493 | 520 |
| Belize | 870 | 810 | 859 |
| Benin | 317 | 309 | 249 |
| Bermuda | 61 | 65 | 70 |
| Bhutan | 5,563 | 5,557 | 6,180 |
| Bolivia | 1,862 | 1,806 | 1,575 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,257 | 1,780 | 1,805 |
| Botswana | 29 | 27 | 38 |
| Brazil | 10,268 | 9,701 | 10,538 |
| Brunei | 10 | 11 | 15 |
| Bulgaria | 2,086 | 1,887 | 1,825 |
| Burkina Faso | 322 | 303 | 347 |
| Burma | 6,956 | 6,825 | 7,858 |
| Burundi | 406 | 266 | 284 |
| Cabo Verde | 1,207 | 1,355 | 1,429 |
| Cambodia | 2,756 | 2,184 | 2,467 |
| Cameroon | 3,088 | 2,416 | 2,319 |
| Canada | 9,346 | 7,829 | 9,379 |
| Cayman Islands | 20 | 23 | 23 |
| Central African Republic | 80 | 61 | 73 |
| Chad | 105 | 78 | 72 |
| Chile | 1,666 | 1,620 | 1,752 |
| China, People's Republic | 35,794 | 37,674 | 39,600 |
| Colombia | 18,601 | 16,184 | 17,564 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 1,707 | 1,437 | 1,776 |
| Congo, Republic | 395 | 322 | 316 |
| Costa Rica | 1,862 | 1,720 | 1,860 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 1,127 | 907 | 908 |
| Croatia | 438 | 351 | 371 |
| Cuba | 32,101 | 25,961 | 32,089 |
| Curacao | 13 | 16 | 20 |
| Cyprus | 105 | 84 | 125 |
| Czechia | 692 | 595 | 644 |
| Czechoslovakia (former) | 344 | 251 | 260 |
| Denmark | 1,193 | 769 | 650 |
| Djibouti | 52 | 48 | 65 |
| Dominica | 610 | 539 | 612 |
| Dominican Republic | 31,320 | 29,734 | 22,970 |
| Ecuador | 8,568 | 7,748 | 7,996 |
| Egypt | 5,696 | 5,154 | 6,549 |
| El Salvador | 17,213 | 16,941 | 17,300 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 18 | 8 | 9 |
| Eritrea | 1,797 | 1,424 | 1,457 |
| Estonia | 183 | 157 | 190 |
| Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) | 8 | 16 | 13 |
| Ethiopia | 8,725 | 7,370 | 6,769 |
| Fiji | 996 | 841 | 875 |
| Finland | 303 | 279 | 283 |
| France | 2,841 | 2,812 | 2,854 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 14 | 13 |
| Gabon | 83 | 67 | 81 |
| Gambia | 724 | 586 | 650 |
| Georgia | 988 | 889 | 751 |
| Germany | 4,329 | 3,879 | 4,284 |
| Ghana | 6,411 | 5,777 | 6,047 |
| Greece | 1,013 | 945 | 1,074 |
| Grenada | 658 | 629 | 463 |
| Guatemala | 9,764 | 9,131 | 9,566 |
| Guinea | 1,077 | 957 | 924 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 20 | 25 | 28 |
| Guyana | 5,284 | 4,527 | 4,625 |
| Haiti | 15,276 | 12,794 | 14,389 |
| Honduras | 5,819 | 5,310 | 5,645 |
| Hong Kong | 1,662 | 1,623 | 1,768 |
| Hungary | 934 | 729 | 922 |
| Iceland | 88 | 83 | 69 |
| India | 46,188 | 50,802 | 52,194 |
| Indonesia | 1,641 | 1,566 | 1,807 |
| Iran | 9,507 | 8,324 | 8,409 |
| Iraq | 12,130 | 7,875 | 12,448 |
| Ireland | 1,383 | 1,405 | 1,621 |
| Israel | 3,071 | 2,466 | 2,743 |
| Italy | 2,692 | 2,501 | 2,920 |
| Jamaica | 16,772 | 15,087 | 17,213 |
| Japan | 1,758 | 1,713 | 1,869 |
| Jordan | 2,552 | 2,239 | 2,630 |
| Kazakhstan | 760 | 729 | 823 |
| Kenya | 4,834 | 4,348 | 4,302 |
| Korea, North | 16 | 15 | 30 |
| Korea, South 1 | 14,347 | 14,643 | 16,031 |
| Kosovo | 530 | 410 | 451 |
| Kuwait | 790 | 677 | 789 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 408 | 412 | 483 |
| Laos | 1,999 | 1,726 | 2,027 |
| Latvia | 356 | 306 | 315 |
| Lebanon | 2,284 | 2,081 | 2,339 |
| Lesotho | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Liberia | 3,022 | 2,421 | 2,752 |
| Libya | 210 | 207 | 308 |
| Lithuania | 626 | 584 | 699 |
| Luxembourg | 18 | 14 | 20 |
| Macau | 101 | 70 | 79 |
| Macedonia | 704 | 582 | 669 |
| Madagascar | 75 | 61 | 53 |
| Malawi | 95 | 84 | 114 |
| Malaysia | 1,189 | 1,170 | 1,388 |
| Mali | 456 | 391 | 398 |
| Malta | 43 | 47 | 51 |
| Marshall Islands | 27 | 16 | 21 |
| Mauritania | 323 | 288 | 252 |
| Mauritius | 63 | 65 | 70 |
| Mexico | 103,550 | 118,559 | 131,977 |
| Micronesia, Federated States | 67 | 53 | 34 |
| Moldova | 1,689 | 1,442 | 1,680 |
| Mongolia | 437 | 416 | 468 |
| Montenegro | 222 | 187 | 205 |
| Montserrat | 45 | 45 | 52 |
| Morocco | 3,684 | 2,943 | 2,644 |
| Mozambique | 51 | 38 | 43 |
| Namibia | 33 | 27 | 29 |
| Nepal | 5,004 | 4,509 | 5,352 |
| Netherlands | 829 | 699 | 851 |
| Netherlands Antilles (former) | 45 | 42 | 48 |
| New Zealand | 565 | 468 | 577 |
| Nicaragua | 4,663 | 4,181 | 4,277 |
| Niger | 140 | 126 | 110 |
| Nigeria | 9,520 | 7,652 | 8,459 |
| Norway | 93 | 60 | 93 |
| Oman | 58 | 30 | 44 |
| Pakistan | 11,729 | 10,166 | 10,414 |
| Palau | 43 | 32 | 28 |
| Panama | 1,458 | 1,266 | 1,308 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 13 | 17 |
| Paraguay | 396 | 343 | 401 |
| Peru | 11,319 | 10,014 | 10,043 |
| Philippines | 41,285 | 36,828 | 38,816 |
| Poland | 7,198 | 5,840 | 6,370 |
| Portugal | 1,665 | 1,807 | 2,031 |
| Qatar | 98 | 95 | 92 |
| Romania | 3,379 | 2,986 | 3,104 |
| Russia | 6,067 | 5,534 | 6,225 |
| Rwanda | 369 | 267 | 343 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 345 | 317 | 281 |
| Saint Lucia | 791 | 697 | 604 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 500 | 507 | 401 |
| Samoa | 192 | 164 | 168 |
| Saudi Arabia | 869 | 872 | 990 |
| Senegal | 969 | 882 | 848 |
| Serbia | 532 | 476 | 596 |
| Serbia and Montenegro (former) | 1,164 | 820 | 805 |
| Seychelles | 17 | 5 | 11 |
| Sierra Leone | 1,662 | 1,328 | 1,177 |
| Singapore | 308 | 279 | 332 |
| Sint Maarten | 33 | 21 | 22 |
| Slovakia | 428 | 384 | 394 |
| Slovenia | 63 | 52 | 57 |
| Somalia | 3,998 | 3,774 | 3,979 |
| South Africa | 2,197 | 1,901 | 2,262 |
| South Sudan | 101 | 74 | 109 |
| Soviet Union (former) | 2,268 | 2,123 | 2,252 |
| Spain | 1,515 | 1,469 | 1,674 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,497 | 1,364 | 1,480 |
| Sudan | 1,776 | 1,348 | 1,611 |
| Suriname | 164 | 143 | 176 |
| Sweden | 795 | 708 | 797 |
| Switzerland | 375 | 333 | 436 |
| Syria | 2,043 | 1,789 | 2,475 |
| Taiwan | 4,043 | 4,151 | 4,576 |
| Tajikistan | 212 | 222 | 261 |
| Tanzania | 639 | 547 | 561 |
| Thailand | 5,211 | 4,672 | 5,324 |
| Togo | 1,099 | 907 | 893 |
| Tonga | 337 | 262 | 319 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4,867 | 4,504 | 4,378 |
| Tunisia | 352 | 344 | 306 |
| Turkey | 3,201 | 3,108 | 3,275 |
| Turkmenistan | 102 | 109 | 117 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 31 | 26 | 40 |
| Uganda | 823 | 742 | 703 |
| Ukraine | 8,374 | 6,644 | 6,990 |
| United Arab Emirates | 473 | 475 | 542 |
| United Kingdom | 9,562 | 9,049 | 10,530 |
| United States | 95 | 84 | 122 |
| Uruguay | 1,044 | 1,028 | 1,073 |
| Uzbekistan | 1,685 | 1,498 | 1,532 |
| Venezuela | 7,633 | 6,463 | 8,172 |
| Vietnam | 24,848 | 19,323 | 21,082 |
| Virgin Islands, British | 46 | 42 | 54 |
| Yemen | 1,490 | 1,445 | 1,544 |
| Zambia | 404 | 401 | 402 |
| Zimbabwe | 843 | 675 | 709 |
| All other countries 2 | 42 | 38 | 42 |
| Unknown | 26 | 206 | 634 |
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 fewer than 10 naturalizations per year.
Note: Based on N-400 data for persons aged 18 and over.
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.