2012 Yearbook of Immigration StatisticsOffice of Immigration Statistics

Homeland SecurityHomeland Security

2012 Yearbook of Immigration StatisticsOffice of Immigration StatisticsJuly 2013

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Janet Napolitano Secretary

Office of Policy

David Heyman Assistant Secretary

Office of Immigration Statistics

Nancy F. Rytina Acting Director

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United States. Department of Homeland Security. Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics, 2013.

Library of CongressNational Serials ProgramInternational Standard Serial Number: (ISSN) 0743-538X

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Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS

1 . Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status: Fiscal Years 1820 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2 . Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Region and Selected Country of Last Residence: Fiscal Years 1820 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3 . Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Years 2003 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4 . Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by State or Territory of Residence: Fiscal Years 2003 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

5 . Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) of Residence: Fiscal Years 2003 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

6 . Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Type and Major Class of Admission: Fiscal Years 2003 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

7 . Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Type and Detailed Class of Admission: Fiscal Year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

8 . Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Sex, Age, Marital Status, and Occupation: Fiscal Year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

9 . Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Selected Demographic Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

10 . Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

11 . Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Region and Country of Last Residence: Fiscal Year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

12 . Immigrant Orphans Adopted by U .S . Citizens by Sex, Age, and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

REFUGEES AND ASYLEES

13 . Refugee Arrivals: Fiscal Years 1980 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

14 . Refugee Arrivals by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2003 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

15 . Refugee Arrivals by Relationship to Principal Applicant and Sex, Age, and Marital Status: Fiscal Year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

16 . Individuals Granted Asylum Affirmatively or Defensively: Fiscal Years 1990 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

17 . Individuals Granted Asylum Affirmatively by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2003 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

18 . Individuals Granted Asylum Affirmatively by Relationship to Principal Applicant and Sex, Age, and Marital Status: Fiscal Year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

19 . Individuals Granted Asylum Defensively by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2003 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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NATURALIZATIONS

20 . Petitions for Naturalization Filed, Persons Naturalized, and Petitions for Naturalization Denied: Fiscal Years 1907 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

21 . Persons Naturalized by Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Years 2003 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

22 . Persons Naturalized by State or Territory of Residence: Fiscal Years 2003 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

23 . Persons Naturalized by Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) of Residence: Fiscal Years 2003 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

24 . Persons Naturalized by Sex, Age, Marital Status, and Occupation: Fiscal Year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

NONIMMIGRANT ADMISSIONS

25 . Nonimmigrant Admissions by Class of Admission: Fiscal Years 2003 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

26 . Nonimmigrant Admissions (I-94 Only) by Region and Country of Citizenship: Fiscal Years 2003 to 2012 . . .67

27 . Nonimmigrant Admissions (I-94 Only) by Region and Country of Residence: Fiscal Years 2003 to 2012 . . .71

28 . Nonimmigrant Admissions (I-94 Only) by Selected Category of Admission and Region and Country of Citizenship: Fiscal Year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

29 . Nonimmigrant Admissions (I-94 Only) by Selected Category of Admission and Age and Sex: Fiscal Year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

30 . Nonimmigrant Admissions (I-94 Only) by Selected Category of Admission and State or Territory of Destination: Fiscal Year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

31 . Nonimmigrant Admissions (I-94 Only) by Selected Category of Admission and Month of Arrival: Fiscal Year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

32 . Nonimmigrant Temporary Worker Admissions (I-94 Only) by Region and Country of Citizenship: Fiscal Year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS

33 . Aliens Apprehended: Fiscal Years 1925 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

34 . Aliens Apprehended by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2003 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

35 . Aliens Apprehended by Program and Border Patrol Sector, Investigations Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Jurisdiction, and Area of Responsibility: Fiscal Years 2003 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

36 . Aliens Determined Inadmissible: Fiscal Years 2005 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

37 . Aliens Determined Inadmissible by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2005 to 2012 . . . 98

38 . Aliens Determined Inadmissible by Field Office: Fiscal Years 2005 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

39 . Aliens Removed or Returned: Fiscal Years 1892 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

40 . Aliens Returned by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2009 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

41 . Aliens Removed by Criminal Status and Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2003 to 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

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IntroduCtIon

Statistical data on immigration have been published annually by the U .S . government since the 1890s . Over the years, the federal agencies responsible for reporting on immigration have changed, as have the con-tent, format, and title of the annual publication . Currently, immigration data are published in the Yearbook of Immigration Statistics by the Office of Immigration Statistics in the Policy Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security .

The 2012 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics consists of a compendium of tables organized by subject matter,including:

Legal Permanent Residents (Tables 1 to 12)

Legal permanent residents (LPRs) are persons who have been granted lawful permanent residence in theUnited States . They are also known as green card recipients .

Refugees and Asylees (Tables 13 to 19)

Refugees and asylees are persons who sought residence in the United States in order to avoid persecution in their country of origin . Persons granted refugee status applied for admission while outside the United States . Persons granted asylum applied either at a port of entry or at some point after their entry into theUnited States .

Naturalizations (Tables 20 to 24)

Naturalizations refer to persons aged 18 and over who become citizens of the United States . Most legal permanent residents are eligible to apply for naturalization within five years after obtaining LPR status .

Nonimmigrant Admissions (Tables 25 to 32)

Nonimmigrant admissions refer to arrivals of persons who are authorized to stay in the United States for a limited period of time . Most nonimmigrants enter the United States as tourists or business travelers, but some come to work, study, or engage in cultural exchange programs .

Enforcement Actions (Tables 33 to 41)

Enforcement actions include foreign nationals who are inadmissible, apprehended, removed or returned for violating the Immigration and Nationality Act . These actions occur at the borders of the United States, in the interior of the country, and at designated sites outside the United States .

Technical Data Notes

The data presented in the 2012 Yearbook were obtained primarily from workload and case tracking systemsofthe U .S . Department of Homeland Security . Definitions by subject matter and information on data sources are available in the publications section of the website of the Office of Immigration Statistics at: http://www .dhs .gov/immigration-statistics . Note that numbers appearing for a given year may change insubsequent Yearbooks due to updating of data series .

Confidentiality

The Office of Immigration Statistics is committed to protecting the identity of individuals reported in the Yearbook of Immigration Statistics . All data tables, therefore, have been edited to avoid divulging information about any individual by either direct or indirect means . The practice of cell suppression has been employed by placing a D (disclosure standards not met) in any cell that would show a count of 1 or 2, or in any associ-ated cell that might be used to reveal such a count through calculation . The process of suppression does not change the marginal totals, so the integrity of the data is not affected .

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IntroduCtIon ContinuedCountries and Regions

The Office of Immigration Statistics categorizes countries and their territories and dependencies into specific regional groups . The following lists the countries included in each region .

Africa includes Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cote dIvoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, and Zimbabwe .

Asia includes Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Yemen .

Europe includes Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom .

North America includes Canada, Greenland, Mexico, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, United States, and the countries within the regions of the Caribbean and Central America . Caribbean includes Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, and U .S . Virgin Islands . Central America includes Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama .

Oceania includes American Samoa, Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands .

South America includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Explanatory Notes

The tables presented in this compendium make use of the following symbols:

NA Not available .

X Not applicable .

D Data withheld to limit disclosure .

Represents zero .

For More Information

The 2012 Yearbook data tables are also available in Excel format on the Department of Homeland Security website at http://www .dhs .gov/immigration-statistics .

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Table 1.PERSONS OBTAINING LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS: FISCAL YEARS 1820 TO 2012Year Number Year Number Year Number Year Number

1820. . . . . . . . . 8,385 1870. . . . . . . . . 387,203 1920. . . . . . . . . 430,001 1970. . . . . . . . . 373,326 1821. . . . . . . . . 9,127 1871. . . . . . . . . 321,350 1921. . . . . . . . . 805,228 1971. . . . . . . . . 370,478 1822. . . . . . . . . 6,911 1872. . . . . . . . . 404,806 1922. . . . . . . . . 309,556 1972. . . . . . . . . 384,685 1823. . . . . . . . . 6,354 1873. . . . . . . . . 459,803 1923. . . . . . . . . 522,919 1973. . . . . . . . . 398,515 1824. . . . . . . . . 7,912 1874. . . . . . . . . 313,339 1924. . . . . . . . . 706,896 1974. . . . . . . . . 393,919 1825. . . . . . . . . 10,199 1875. . . . . . . . . 227,498 1925. . . . . . . . . 294,314 1975. . . . . . . . . 385,378 1826. . . . . . . . . 10,837 1876. . . . . . . . . 169,986 1926. . . . . . . . . 304,488 1976 . . . . . . . 499,093 1827. . . . . . . . . 18,875 1877. . . . . . . . . 141,857 1927. . . . . . . . . 335,175 1977. . . . . . . . . 458,755 1828. . . . . . . . . 27,382 1878. . . . . . . . . 138,469 1928. . . . . . . . . 307,255 1978. . . . . . . . . 589,810 1829. . . . . . . . . 22,520 1879. . . . . . . . . 177,826 1929. . . . . . . . . 279,678 1979. . . . . . . . . 394,244 1830. . . . . . . . . 23,322 1880. . . . . . . . . 457,257 1930. . . . . . . . . 241,700 1980. . . . . . . . . 524,295 1831. . . . . . . . . 22,633 1881. . . . . . . . . 669,431 1931. . . . . . . . . 97,139 1981. . . . . . . . . 595,014 1832. . . . . . . . . 60,482 1882. . . . . . . . . 788,992 1932. . . . . . . . . 35,576 1982. . . . . . . . . 533,624 1833. . . . . . . . . 58,640 1883. . . . . . . . . 603,322 1933. . . . . . . . . 23,068 1983. . . . . . . . . 550,052 1834. . . . . . . . . 65,365 1884. . . . . . . . . 518,592 1934. . . . . . . . . 29,470 1984. . . . . . . . . 541,811 1835. . . . . . . . . 45,374 1885. . . . . . . . . 395,346 1935. . . . . . . . . 34,956 1985. . . . . . . . . 568,149 1836. . . . . . . . . 76,242 1886. . . . . . . . . 334,203 1936. . . . . . . . . 36,329 1986. . . . . . . . . 600,027 1837. . . . . . . . . 79,340 1887. . . . . . . . . 490,109 1937. . . . . . . . . 50,244 1987. . . . . . . . . 599,889 1838. . . . . . . . . 38,914 1888. . . . . . . . . 546,889 1938. . . . . . . . . 67,895 1988. . . . . . . . . 641,346 1839. . . . . . . . . 68,069 1889. . . . . . . . . 444,427 1939. . . . . . . . . 82,998 1989. . . . . . . . . 1,090,172 1840. . . . . . . . . 84,066 1890. . . . . . . . . 455,302 1940. . . . . . . . . 70,756 1990. . . . . . . . . 1,535,872 1841. . . . . . . . . 80,289 1891. . . . . . . . . 560,319 1941. . . . . . . . . 51,776 1991. . . . . . . . . 1,826,595 1842. . . . . . . . . 104,565 1892. . . . . . . . . 579,663 1942. . . . . . . . . 28,781 1992. . . . . . . . . 973,445 1843. . . . . . . . . 52,496 1893. . . . . . . . . 439,730 1943. . . . . . . . . 23,725 1993. . . . . . . . . 903,916 1844. . . . . . . . . 78,615 1894. . . . . . . . . 285,631 1944. . . . . . . . . 28,551 1994. . . . . . . . . 803,993 1845. . . . . . . . . 114,371 1895. . . . . . . . . 258,536 1945. . . . . . . . . 38,119 1995. . . . . . . . . 720,177 1846. . . . . . . . . 154,416 1896. . . . . . . . . 343,267 1946. . . . . . . . . 108,721 1996. . . . . . . . . 915,560 1847. . . . . . . . . 234,968 1897. . . . . . . . . 230,832 1947. . . . . . . . . 147,292 1997. . . . . . . . . 797,847 1848. . . . . . . . . 226,527 1898. . . . . . . . . 229,299 1948. . . . . . . . . 170,570 1998. . . . . . . . . 653,206 1849. . . . . . . . . 297,024 1899. . . . . . . . . 311,715 1949. . . . . . . . . 188,317 1999. . . . . . . . . 644,787 1850. . . . . . . . . 369,980 1900. . . . . . . . . 448,572 1950. . . . . . . . . 249,187 2000. . . . . . . . . 841,002 1851. . . . . . . . . 379,466 1901. . . . . . . . . 487,918 1951. . . . . . . . . 205,717 2001. . . . . . . . . 1,058,902 1852. . . . . . . . . 371,603 1902. . . . . . . . . 648,743 1952. . . . . . . . . 265,520 2002. . . . . . . . . 1,059,356 1853. . . . . . . . . 368,645 1903. . . . . . . . . 857,046 1953. . . . . . . . . 170,434 2003. . . . . . . . . 703,542 1854. . . . . . . . . 427,833 1904. . . . . . . . . 812,870 1954. . . . . . . . . 208,177 2004. . . . . . . . . 957,883 1855. . . . . . . . . 200,877 1905. . . . . . . . . 1,026,499 1955. . . . . . . . . 237,790 2005. . . . . . . . . 1,122,2571856. . . . . . . . . 200,436 1906. . . . . . . . . 1,100,735 1956. . . . . . . . . 321,625 2006. . . . . . . . . 1,266,1291857. . . . . . . . . 251,306 1907. . . . . . . . . 1,285,349 1957. . . . . . . . . 326,867 2007. . . . . . . . . 1,052,4151858. . . . . . . . . 123,126 1908. . . . . . . . . 782,870 1958. . . . . . . . . 253,265 2008. . . . . . . . . 1,107,1261859. . . . . . . . . 121,282 1909. . . . . . . . . 751,786 1959. . . . . . . . . 260,686 2009. . . . . . . . . 1,130,8181860. . . . . . . . . 153,640 1910. . . . . . . . . 1,041,570 1960. . . . . . . . . 265,398 2010. . . . . . . . . 1,042,6251861. . . . . . . . . 91,918 1911. . . . . . . . . 878,587 1961. . . . . . . . . 271,344 2011. . . . . . . . . 1,062,0401862. . . . . . . . . 91,985 1912. . . . . . . . . 838,172 1962. . . . . . . . . 283,763 2012. . . . . . . . . 1,031,6311863. . . . . . . . . 176,282 1913. . . . . . . . . 1,197,892 1963. . . . . . . . . 306,260 1864. . . . . . . . . 193,418 1914. . . . . . . . . 1,218,480 1964. . . . . . . . . 292,248 1865. . . . . . . . . 248,120 1915. . . . . . . . . 326,700 1965. . . . . . . . . 296,697 1866. . . . . . . . . 318,568 1916. . . . . . . . . 298,826 1966. . . . . . . . . 323,040 1867. . . . . . . . . 315,722 1917. . . . . . . . . 295,403 1967. . . . . . . . . 361,972 1868. . . . . . . . . 138,840 1918. . . . . . . . . 110,618 1968. . . . . . . . . 454,448 1869. . . . . . . . . 352,768 1919. . . . . . . . . 141,132 1969. . . . . . . . . 358,579

Includes the 15 months from July 1, 1975 to September 30, 1976 because the end date of fiscal years was changed from June 30 to September 30.

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Table 2.PERSONS OBTAINING LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY REGION AND SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE: FISCAL YEARS 1820 TO 2012 Continued

Region and country of last residence 11820

to 18291830

to 18391840

to 18491850

to 18591860

to 18691870

to 18791880

to 18891890

to 18991900

to 1909

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,502 538,381 1,427,337 2,814,554 2,081,261 2,742,137 5,248,568 3,694,294 8,202,388Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,618 422,853 1,369,423 2,622,617 1,880,389 2,252,050 4,638,684 3,576,411 7,572,569Austria-Hungary 2, 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 3,375 60,127 314,787 534,059 2,001,376

Austria 2, 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 2,700 54,529 204,805 268,218 532,416Hungary 2, 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 483 5,598 109,982 203,350 685,567

Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 20 3,996 5,765 5,785 6,991 18,738 19,642 37,429Bulgaria 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - 52 34,651Czechoslovakia 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 927 671 3,227 13,553 29,278 85,342 56,671 61,227Finland 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 3 286 9,617 36,719 -France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,694 39,330 75,300 81,778 35,938 71,901 48,193 35,616 67,735Germany 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,753 124,726 385,434 976,072 723,734 751,769 1,445,181 579,072 328,722Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 49 17 32 51 209 1,807 12,732 145,402Ireland 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,617 170,672 656,145 1,029,486 427,419 422,264 674,061 405,710 344,940Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430 2,225 1,476 8,643 9,853 46,296 267,660 603,761 1,930,475Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,105 1,377 7,624 11,122 8,387 14,267 52,715 29,349 42,463Norway-Sweden 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 1,149 12,389 22,202 82,937 178,823 586,441 334,058 426,981

Norway 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 88,644 185,111 96,810 182,542Sweden 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 90,179 401,330 237,248 244,439

Poland 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 366 105 1,087 1,886 11,016 42,910 107,793 -Portugal 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 896 359 4,218 4,741 13,990 15,189 25,874 65,154Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - 5,842 6,808 57,322Russia 3, 6, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 280 520 423 1,667 34,977 173,081 413,382 1,501,301Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,866 2,016 1,917 8,803 6,970 5,571 3,999 9,189 24,818Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,148 4,430 4,819 24,423 21,124 25,212 81,151 37,020 32,541United Kingdom 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,336 74,350 218,572 445,322 532,956 578,447 810,900 328,759 469,518Yugoslavia 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -Other Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 40 79 14 10 626 1,070 145 514

Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 55 121 36,080 54,408 134,071 71,152 61,304 300,441China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 32 35,933 54,028 133,139 65,797 15,268 19,884Hong Kong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 38 33 42 50 166 247 102 3,026Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 7 - 4 17 18 26 -Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 138 193 1,583 13,998 139,712Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -Korea 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 4 1 19 605Syria 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 2 7 140 - -Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 8 45 94 129 382 2,478 27,510 127,999Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -Other Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 4 11 57 163 888 4,381 9,215

America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,656 31,911 50,527 84,201 130,427 345,889 529,845 38,756 277,882Canada and Newfoundland 15, 16, 17 . . . . . . . . . 2,297 11,875 34,285 64,171 117,975 323,974 492,508 2,668 123,067Mexico 16, 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,835 7,187 3,069 3,446 1,957 5,133 2,405 734 31,188Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,061 11,792 11,803 12,447 8,809 14,592 27,600 31,885 100,960

Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 3,420 8,705 20,134 23,669 -Dominican Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 78 149 124 101 -Jamaica 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 61 257 355 223 -Other Caribbean 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,061 11,792 11,803 12,447 5,250 5,481 6,987 7,892 100,960

Central America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 94 297 512 70 202 359 674 7,341Belize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 9 26 80 25 583Costa Rica. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 2 4 1 4 -El Salvador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 3 - 7 -Guatemala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 1 10 3 9 -Honduras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 11 4 4 -Nicaragua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 1 1 3 -Panama 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -Other Central America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 94 297 512 58 147 270 622 6,758

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2.PERSONS OBTAINING LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY REGION AND SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE: FISCAL YEARS 1820 TO 2012 Continued

Region and country of last residence 11820

to 18291830

to 18391840

to 18491850

to 18591860

to 18691870

to 18791880

to 18891890

to 18991900

to 1909

South America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 957 1,062 3,569 1,536 1,109 1,954 1,389 15,253Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 7 58 64 36 -Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 5 - - -Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 32 219 199 92 -Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 25 92 44 66 -Colombia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 2 196 1,210 607 -Ecuador. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 7 14 33 -Guyana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 41 95 68 27 -Paraguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 2 - - -Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 35 127 25 79 -Suriname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -Uruguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 22 4 144 -Venezuela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 36 190 248 - -Other South America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 957 1,062 3,569 1,358 96 78 305 15,253

Other America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6 11 56 80 879 5,019 1,406 73Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 66 67 104 458 441 768 432 6,326Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - 5 8 29 145 51 -Ethiopia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - -Liberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 5 7 43 52 21 9 -Morocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 4 1 - - 15 12 9 -South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 79 48 23 9 -Other Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 54 61 92 328 297 567 354 6,326

Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 3 110 107 9,094 7,341 3,279 11,677Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 2 104 96 8,933 7,250 3,098 11,191New Zealand 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - 2 6 39 21 12 -Other Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 1 4 5 122 70 169 486

Not Specified 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,173 83,495 7,196 71,442 15,472 592 778 14,112 33,493

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2.PERSONS OBTAINING LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY REGION AND SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE: FISCAL YEARS 1820 TO 2012 Continued

Region and country of last residence 11910

to 19191920

to 19291930

to 19391940

to 19491950

to 19591960

to 19691970

to 19791980

to 19891990

to 1999

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,347,380 4,295,510 699,375 856,608 2,499,268 3,213,749 4,248,203 6,244,379 9,775,398Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,985,411 2,560,340 444,404 472,524 1,404,973 1,133,443 826,327 669,694 1,349,219Austria-Hungary 2, 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,154,727 60,891 13,902 13,677 113,015 27,590 20,387 20,437 27,529

Austria 2, 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589,174 31,392 6,678 8,496 81,354 17,571 14,239 15,374 18,234Hungary 2, 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565,553 29,499 7,224 5,181 31,661 10,019 6,148 5,063 9,295

Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,574 21,511 4,013 12,473 18,885 9,647 5,413 7,028 7,077Bulgaria 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,180 2,824 1,062 449 97 598 1,011 1,124 16,948Czechoslovakia 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 101,182 17,757 8,475 1,624 2,758 5,654 5,678 8,970Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,830 34,406 3,470 4,549 10,918 9,797 4,405 4,847 6,189Finland 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 16,922 2,438 2,230 4,923 4,310 2,829 2,569 3,970France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,335 54,842 13,761 36,954 50,113 46,975 27,018 32,894 36,552Germany 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174,227 386,634 117,736 119,403 576,905 209,616 77,142 85,752 92,207Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198,108 60,774 10,599 8,605 45,153 74,173 102,370 37,729 25,403Ireland 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166,445 201,644 28,195 15,701 47,189 37,788 11,461 22,210 65,384Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,229,916 528,133 85,053 50,509 189,061 200,111 150,031 55,562 75,992Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,065 29,397 7,791 13,877 46,703 37,918 10,373 11,234 13,345Norway-Sweden 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192,445 170,329 13,452 17,326 44,231 36,150 10,298 13,941 17,825

Norway 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,488 70,327 6,901 8,326 22,813 17,371 3,927 3,835 5,211Sweden 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,957 100,002 6,551 9,000 21,418 18,779 6,371 10,106 12,614

Poland 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 224,420 26,460 7,774 6,498 55,773 33,699 63,483 172,249Portugal 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,489 44,829 3,518 6,765 13,928 70,568 104,754 42,685 25,497Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,566 67,810 5,264 1,254 914 2,339 10,774 24,753 48,136Russia 3, 6, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,106,998 61,604 2,473 605 453 2,329 28,132 33,311 433,427Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,262 47,109 3,669 2,774 6,880 40,793 41,718 22,783 18,443Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,839 31,772 5,990 9,904 17,577 19,193 8,536 8,316 11,768United Kingdom 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371,878 342,762 61,813 131,794 195,709 220,213 133,218 153,644 156,182Yugoslavia 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 49,215 6,920 2,039 6,966 17,990 31,862 16,267 57,039Other Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,527 21,330 9,068 5,387 7,231 6,814 5,242 3,447 29,087

Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269,736 126,740 19,292 34,532 135,844 358,563 1,406,526 2,391,356 2,859,899China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,916 30,648 5,874 16,072 8,836 14,060 17,627 170,897 342,058Hong Kong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 13,781 67,047 117,350 112,132 116,894India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,478 2,076 554 1,692 1,922 18,638 148,018 231,649 352,528Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 208 198 1,144 3,195 9,059 33,763 98,141 76,899Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - 98 21,376 30,911 36,306 43,669 41,340Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,125 42,057 2,683 1,557 41,968 40,956 52,812 44,150 66,582Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - 3 4,919 9,230 25,541 28,928 42,755Korea 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - 83 4,845 27,048 241,192 322,708 179,770Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 457 4,099 17,245 70,660 337,726 502,056 534,338Syria 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 5,307 2,188 1,179 1,091 2,432 8,086 14,534 22,906Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 721 15,657 83,155 119,051 132,647Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160,717 40,374 1,314 754 2,980 9,464 12,209 19,208 38,687Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 290 2,949 121,716 200,632 275,379Other Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,500 6,070 6,024 7,851 12,675 40,452 171,025 483,601 637,116

America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,070,539 1,591,278 230,319 328,435 921,644 1,674,185 1,903,636 2,694,504 5,137,142Canada and Newfoundland 15, 16, 17 . . . . . . . . . 708,715 949,286 162,703 160,911 353,169 433,128 179,267 156,313 194,788Mexico 16, 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185,334 498,945 32,709 56,158 273,847 441,824 621,218 1,009,586 2,757,418Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,860 83,482 18,052 46,285 115,869 427,843 708,643 789,343 1,004,114

Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 12,769 10,641 25,976 73,221 202,030 256,497 132,552 159,037Dominican Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 1,165 4,802 10,219 83,552 139,249 221,552 359,818Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 207 823 3,787 28,992 55,166 121,406 177,446Jamaica 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 7,397 62,218 130,226 193,874 177,143Other Caribbean 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,860 70,713 6,039 14,684 21,245 51,051 127,505 119,959 130,670

Central America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,692 16,511 6,840 20,135 40,201 98,569 120,376 339,376 610,189Belize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 285 193 433 1,133 4,185 6,747 14,964 12,600Costa Rica. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 580 1,965 4,044 17,975 12,405 25,017 17,054El Salvador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 712 4,885 5,094 14,405 29,428 137,418 273,017Guatemala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 632 1,303 4,197 14,357 23,837 58,847 126,043Honduras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 809 1,874 5,320 15,087 15,653 39,071 72,880Nicaragua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 564 4,393 7,812 10,383 10,911 31,102 80,446Panama 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 1,774 5,282 12,601 22,177 21,395 32,957 28,149Other Central America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,652 16,226 1,576 - - - - - -

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2.PERSONS OBTAINING LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY REGION AND SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE: FISCAL YEARS 1820 TO 2012 Continued

Region and country of last residence 11910

to 19191920

to 19291930

to 19391940

to 19491950

to 19591960

to 19691970

to 19791980

to 19891990

to 1999

South America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,938 43,025 9,990 19,662 78,418 250,754 273,529 399,803 570,596

Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 1,397 3,108 16,346 49,384 30,303 23,442 30,065Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 77 893 2,759 6,205 5,635 9,798 18,111Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 4,627 1,468 3,653 11,547 29,238 18,600 22,944 50,744Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 568 1,320 4,669 12,384 15,032 19,749 18,200Colombia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 1,278 3,454 15,567 68,371 71,265 105,494 137,985Ecuador. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 320 2,207 8,574 34,107 47,464 48,015 81,358Guyana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 193 596 1,131 4,546 38,278 85,886 74,407Paraguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 36 85 576 1,249 1,486 3,518 6,082Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 460 1,273 5,980 19,783 25,311 49,958 110,117Suriname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 33 130 299 612 714 1,357 2,285Uruguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 153 754 1,026 4,089 8,416 7,235 6,062Venezuela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 1,360 2,182 9,927 20,758 11,007 22,405 35,180Other South America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,938 38,398 2,647 7 17 28 18 2 -

Other America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 29 25 25,284 60,140 22,076 603 83 37Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,867 6,362 2,120 6,720 13,016 23,780 71,405 141,987 346,410Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 1,063 781 1,613 1,996 5,581 23,543 26,744 44,604Ethiopia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 10 28 302 804 2,588 12,927 40,097Liberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 35 37 289 841 2,391 6,420 13,587Morocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 110 1,463 3,293 2,880 1,967 3,471 15,768South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 312 1,022 2,278 4,360 10,002 15,505 21,964Other Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,867 5,299 872 2,557 4,858 9,314 30,914 76,920 210,390

Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,339 9,860 3,240 14,262 11,319 23,659 39,983 41,432 56,800Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,280 8,404 2,260 11,201 8,275 14,986 18,708 16,901 24,288New Zealand 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 935 790 2,351 1,799 3,775 5,018 6,129 8,600Other Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,059 521 190 710 1,245 4,898 16,257 18,402 23,912

Not Specified 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 930 - 135 12,472 119 326 305,406 25,928

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2.PERSONS OBTAINING LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY REGION AND SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE: FISCAL YEARS 1820 TO 2012 Continued

Region and country of last residence 12000

to 2009 2010 2011 2012

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,299,430 1,042,625 1,062,040 1,031,631Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,349,609 95,429 90,712 86,956Austria-Hungary 2, 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,929 4,325 4,703 3,208

Austria 2, 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,151 3,319 3,654 2,199Hungary 2, 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,778 1,006 1,049 1,009

Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,157 732 700 698Bulgaria 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,003 2,465 2,549 2,322Czechoslovakia 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,691 1,510 1,374 1,316Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,049 545 473 492Finland 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,970 414 398 373France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,637 4,339 3,967 4,201Germany 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,373 7,929 7,072 6,732Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,841 966 1,196 1,264Ireland 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,642 1,610 1,533 1,694Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,329 2,956 2,670 2,946Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,351 1,520 1,258 1,294Norway-Sweden 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,382 1,662 1,530 1,441

Norway 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,599 363 405 314Sweden 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,783 1,299 1,125 1,127

Poland 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,921 7,391 6,634 6,024Portugal 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,479 759 878 837Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,154 3,735 3,679 3,477Russia 3, 6, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,152 7,502 8,548 10,114Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,695 2,040 2,319 2,316Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,173 868 861 916United Kingdom 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,979 14,781 13,443 13,938Yugoslavia 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131,831 4,772 4,611 4,488Other Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290,871 22,608 20,316 16,865

Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,470,835 410,209 438,580 416,488China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591,711 67,634 83,603 78,184Hong Kong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,583 3,263 3,149 2,642India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590,464 66,185 66,331 63,320Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,755 9,078 9,015 8,955Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,081 5,172 4,389 4,640Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,552 7,100 6,751 6,581Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,550 9,327 8,211 7,014Korea 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209,758 22,022 22,748 20,802Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545,463 56,399 55,251 55,441Syria 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,807 7,424 7,983 6,674Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,657 6,785 6,206 5,295Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,394 7,435 9,040 7,362Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289,616 30,065 33,486 27,578Other Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745,444 112,320 122,417 122,000

America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,441,529 426,981 423,277 409,664Canada and Newfoundland 15, 16, 17 . . . . . . . . . 236,349 19,491 19,506 20,138Mexico 16, 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,704,166 138,717 142,823 145,326Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,053,357 139,389 133,012 126,615

Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271,742 33,372 36,261 32,551Dominican Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291,492 53,890 46,036 41,535Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203,827 22,336 21,802 22,446Jamaica 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172,523 19,439 19,298 20,300Other Caribbean 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,773 10,352 9,615 9,783

Central America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591,130 43,597 43,249 39,837Belize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,682 997 933 875Costa Rica. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,571 2,306 2,230 2,152El Salvador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251,237 18,547 18,477 15,874Guatemala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156,992 10,263 10,795 9,857Honduras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,513 6,381 6,053 6,773Nicaragua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,015 3,476 3,314 2,943Panama 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,120 1,627 1,447 1,363Other Central America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - -

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2.PERSONS OBTAINING LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY REGION AND SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE: FISCAL YEARS 1820 TO 2012 Continued

Region and country of last residence 12000

to 2009 2010 2011 2012

South America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856,508 85,783 84,687 77,748Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,955 4,312 4,335 4,218Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,921 2,211 2,113 1,920Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,404 12,057 11,643 11,248Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,792 1,940 1,854 1,628Colombia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236,570 21,861 22,130 20,272Ecuador. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,977 11,463 11,068 9,284Guyana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,373 6,441 6,288 5,282Paraguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,623 449 501 454Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137,614 14,063 13,836 12,414Suriname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,363 202 167 216Uruguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,827 1,286 1,521 1,348Venezuela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,087 9,497 9,229 9,464Other South America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 2 -

Other America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4 - -Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759,734 98,246 97,429 103,685Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,564 9,822 9,096 10,172Ethiopia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,207 13,853 13,985 15,400Liberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,316 2,924 3,117 3,451Morocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,844 4,847 4,249 3,534South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,221 2,705 2,754 2,960Other Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494,582 64,095 64,228 68,168

Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,793 5,946 5,825 5,573Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,728 3,077 3,062 3,146New Zealand 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,495 1,046 1,006 980Other Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,570 1,823 1,757 1,447

Not Specified 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211,930 5,814 6,217 9,265

- Represents zero or not available.1 Prior to 1906 refers to country of origin; from 1906 to 2012 refers to country of last residence. Because of changes in country boundaries, data for a particular country may

not necessarily refer to the same geographic area over time.2 Austria and Hungary not reported separately for all years during 1860 to 1869, 1890 to 1899, and 1900 to 1909.3 Poland included in Austria, Germany, Hungary, and Russia from 1899 to 1919.4 Bulgaria included Serbia and Montenegro from 1899 to 1919.5 Includes Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia (former), and Slovakia.6 Finland included in Russia from 1899 to 1919.7 Northern Ireland included in Ireland prior to 1925.8 Norway and Sweden not reported separately until 1861.9 Cape Verde included in Portugal from 1892 to 1952.10 Refers to the Russian Empire from 1820 to 1920. Between 1920 and 1990 refers to the Soviet Union. From 1991 to 1999, refers to Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,

Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Beginning in 2000, refers to Russia only.11 United Kingdom refers to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland since 1925.12 Includes Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia.13 Includes both North and South Korea.14 Syria included in Turkey from 1886 to 1923.15 Includes British North America and Canadian provinces.16 Land arrivals not completely enumerated until 1908.17 No data available for Canada or Mexico from 1886 to 1893.18 Jamaica included in British West Indies from 1892 to 1952.19 Panama Canal Zone included in Panama from 1932 to 1972.20 New Zealand included in Australia from 1892 to 1924.21 Includes 32,897 persons returning in 1906 to their homes in the United States.

Note: Official recording of immigration to the United States began in 1820 after the passage of the Act of March 2, 1819. From 1820 to 1867, figures represent alien pas-senger arrivals at seaports; from 1868 to 1891 and 1895 to 1897, immigrant alien arrivals; from 1892 to 1894 and 1898 to 2012, immigrant aliens admitted for permanent residence; from 1892 to 1903, aliens entering by cabin class were not counted as immigrants. Land arrivals were not completely enumerated until 1908. For this table, Fiscal Year 1843 covers 9 months ending September 30, 1843; Fiscal Years 1832 and 1850 cover 15 months ending December 31 of the respective years; Fiscal Year 1868 covers 6 months ending June 30, 1868; and Fiscal Year 1976 covers 15 months ending September 30, 1976.

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Table 3.PERSONS OBTAINING LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY REGION AND COUNTRY OF BIRTH: FISCAL YEARS 2003 TO 2012 ContinuedRegion and country of birth 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

REGIONTotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703,542 957,883 1,122,257 1,266,129 1,052,415 1,107,126 1,130,818 1,042,625 1,062,040 1,031,631

Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,639 66,417 85,094 117,421 94,710 105,915 127,046 101,355 100,374 107,241Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250,448 342,930 411,722 440,335 397,834 399,027 413,312 422,063 451,593 429,599Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,960 124,884 164,989 146,292 106,566 103,782 105,476 88,801 83,850 81,671North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249,919 342,383 345,476 413,992 339,294 393,196 375,180 336,553 333,902 327,771Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,351 5,985 6,546 7,384 6,101 5,263 5,578 5,345 4,980 4,742South America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,024 72,057 103,127 137,971 106,516 98,549 102,860 87,178 86,096 79,401Unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,201 3,227 5,303 2,734 1,394 1,394 1,366 1,330 1,245 1,206

COUNTRYTotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703,542 957,883 1,122,257 1,266,129 1,052,415 1,107,126 1,130,818 1,042,625 1,062,040 1,031,631

Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,252 2,137 4,749 3,417 1,753 2,813 3,165 2,017 1,648 1,617Albania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,362 3,840 5,947 7,914 5,737 5,754 5,137 4,711 3,612 3,364Algeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759 805 1,115 1,300 1,036 1,037 1,485 1,305 1,364 1,369American Samoa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 12 15 28 11 14 19 14 D -Angola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 107 188 272 199 221 173 148 148 187Anguilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 22 35 32 25 22 21 19 25 23Antigua-Barbuda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 414 440 570 415 444 437 359 368 337Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,129 4,805 7,081 7,327 5,645 5,353 5,780 4,399 4,473 4,359Armenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,287 1,833 2,591 6,317 4,351 3,586 3,442 2,979 2,983 2,681Aruba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 31 42 51 55 36 38 49 39 54Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,836 2,604 3,193 3,249 2,518 2,464 2,622 2,512 2,343 2,414Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 402 532 524 485 443 512 442 424 407Azerbaijan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746 969 1,523 2,371 1,166 1,071 834 781 728 663Bahamas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 586 698 847 738 682 751 652 668 619Bahrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 116 140 148 133 96 120 104 119 104Bangladesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,616 8,061 11,487 14,644 12,074 11,753 16,651 14,819 16,707 14,705Barbados . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 630 846 959 689 585 603 465 455 460Belarus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,858 2,255 3,503 3,086 2,328 2,390 2,407 2,038 1,964 1,659Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 638 859 716 638 642 686 592 567 574Belize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588 871 876 1,252 1,073 1,077 1,041 965 905 847Benin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 185 193 275 258 317 401 486 462 415Bermuda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 100 116 160 108 92 108 72 71 85Bhutan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 17 30 78 52 42 594 6,109 10,137 10,198Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,376 1,768 2,197 4,025 2,590 2,436 2,837 2,253 2,173 1,948Bosnia-Herzegovina . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,155 10,552 14,074 3,789 1,569 1,491 1,501 946 878 815Botswana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 34 54 53 49 41 55 66 76 80Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,331 10,556 16,662 17,903 14,295 12,195 14,701 12,258 11,763 11,441British Virgin Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 35 41 47 40 53 46 46 37 39Brunei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 22 49 25 32 18 26 20 25 19Bulgaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,825 4,253 5,635 4,828 3,981 2,960 3,133 2,570 2,661 2,440Burkina Faso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 103 128 221 238 238 416 377 433 558Burma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,193 1,379 2,095 4,562 3,130 3,403 13,621 12,925 16,518 17,383Burundi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 100 186 320 257 255 1,505 841 593 535Cambodia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,263 3,553 4,022 5,773 4,246 3,713 3,771 2,986 2,745 2,473Cameroon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927 1,309 1,458 2,919 3,392 3,771 3,463 4,161 4,754 3,815Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,350 15,569 21,878 18,207 15,495 15,109 16,140 13,328 12,800 12,932Cape Verde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745 1,015 1,225 1,780 2,048 1,916 2,238 1,668 1,808 1,684Cayman Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 38 37 65 40 37 45 52 41 44Central African Republic . . . . . . . . . 6 17 24 51 52 88 107 101 134 116Chad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 23 31 73 74 96 102 120 171 155Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,310 1,810 2,404 2,774 2,274 2,017 2,250 1,950 1,853 1,673China, People's Republic . . . . . . . . 40,568 55,494 69,933 87,307 76,655 80,271 64,238 70,863 87,016 81,784Colombia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,720 18,846 25,566 43,144 33,187 30,213 27,849 22,406 22,635 20,931Comoros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 6 7 7 3 3 4 8 10Congo, Democratic Republic . . . . . . 110 155 260 738 1,129 1,261 2,122 1,764 2,424 3,731Congo, Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 670 1,064 1,600 972 950 1,563 968 1,371 1,461Costa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,246 1,755 2,278 3,109 2,540 2,090 2,384 2,164 2,135 2,020Cote dIvoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 666 930 2,067 1,193 1,645 2,159 1,621 1,302 1,760Croatia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,153 1,511 1,780 945 482 455 496 357 349 336Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,262 20,488 36,261 45,614 29,104 49,500 38,954 33,573 36,452 32,820

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Cyprus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 143 196 180 137 141 142 122 101 107Czech Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 457 476 344 287 227 146 190 303 677Czechoslovakia (former) . . . . . . . . . 543 673 784 1,442 927 862 865 750 466 159Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 566 718 699 517 498 603 518 459 459Djibouti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 37 50 34 23 39 54 37 56 106Dominica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 132 198 471 428 454 484 366 287 125Dominican Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,159 30,506 27,503 38,068 28,024 31,879 49,414 53,870 46,109 41,566Ecuador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,066 8,626 11,608 17,489 12,248 11,663 12,128 11,492 11,103 9,342Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,348 5,522 7,905 10,500 9,267 8,712 8,844 8,978 7,778 8,988El Salvador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,231 29,807 21,359 31,782 21,127 19,659 19,909 18,806 18,667 16,256Equatorial Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D 13 10 13 4 16 32 12 13 20Eritrea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556 675 796 1,593 1,081 1,270 1,928 1,656 2,102 2,643Estonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 322 438 423 368 287 282 260 191 227Ethiopia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,635 8,286 10,571 16,152 12,786 12,917 15,462 14,266 13,793 14,544Fiji. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,095 1,593 1,422 2,115 1,637 1,176 1,194 1,201 1,041 853Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 388 574 542 426 302 423 397 363 348France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,431 3,688 4,496 4,357 3,494 4,935 4,569 3,919 3,653 3,862French Polynesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 13 19 37 27 26 30 16 21 30Gabon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 50 66 85 95 82 171 138 204 197Gambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 422 581 897 826 739 978 859 972 1,159Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 964 1,389 2,003 1,554 1,620 1,578 1,518 1,490 1,341Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,064 7,099 9,264 8,436 7,582 7,091 7,583 6,888 6,125 5,812Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,410 5,337 6,491 9,367 7,610 8,195 8,401 7,429 8,798 10,592Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 769 1,070 1,124 882 769 798 745 949 1,054Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 609 840 1,068 751 784 748 664 579 671Guatemala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,386 18,920 16,818 24,133 17,908 16,182 12,187 10,467 11,092 10,341Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 347 495 1,110 1,088 1,735 1,725 1,379 1,555 1,656Guinea-Bissau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 5 26 25 25 17 20 30 29 47Guyana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,809 6,351 9,317 9,552 5,726 6,823 6,670 6,749 6,599 5,683Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,293 14,191 14,524 22,226 30,405 26,007 24,280 22,582 22,111 22,818Honduras. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,645 5,508 7,012 8,177 7,646 6,540 6,404 6,448 6,133 6,884Hong Kong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,574 3,951 3,705 3,256 3,527 3,373 2,651 2,432 2,306 2,104Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021 1,272 1,567 1,704 1,266 1,127 1,314 1,022 1,044 1,054Iceland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 105 135 145 95 122 131 105 90 103India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,228 70,151 84,680 61,369 65,353 63,352 57,304 69,162 69,013 66,434Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,805 2,419 3,924 4,868 3,716 3,606 3,679 3,032 2,856 2,603Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,230 10,434 13,887 13,947 10,460 13,852 18,553 14,182 14,822 12,916Iraq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,450 3,494 4,077 4,337 3,765 4,795 12,110 19,855 21,133 20,369Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 983 1,531 2,088 1,906 1,503 1,465 1,637 1,507 1,371 1,514Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,741 4,160 5,755 5,943 4,496 5,851 5,612 4,515 3,826 4,153Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,644 2,346 3,066 3,215 2,569 2,514 2,892 2,579 2,443 2,673Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,347 14,430 18,345 24,976 19,375 18,477 21,783 19,825 19,662 20,705Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,971 7,697 8,768 8,265 6,748 6,821 7,690 6,264 6,161 6,061Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,927 3,431 3,748 4,038 3,917 3,936 4,282 3,868 3,876 4,099Kazakhstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,740 1,906 2,223 2,073 1,604 1,630 1,562 1,282 1,235 1,202Kenya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,209 5,335 5,347 8,779 7,030 6,998 9,880 7,421 7,762 7,043Kiribati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 D 4 8 10 4 10 6 D 6Korea, North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NA NA NA NA NA NA 67 35 36 49Korea, South 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,382 19,766 26,562 24,386 22,405 26,666 25,859 22,227 22,824 20,846Kosovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X - - 355 670 782Kuwait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 1,091 1,152 1,230 1,017 1,104 1,124 1,037 973 1,044Kyrgyzstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 439 656 785 597 632 574 507 542 648Laos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896 1,147 1,242 2,892 2,575 2,198 1,688 1,200 956 949Latvia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 605 768 892 568 455 444 435 426 436Lebanon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,956 3,818 4,282 4,083 4,267 4,254 3,831 3,487 3,295 2,879Lesotho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 14 12 18 14 16 14 23 25 17Liberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,766 2,757 4,880 6,887 4,102 7,193 7,641 4,837 4,151 4,109Libya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 185 223 271 186 285 296 355 357 315Lithuania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,266 2,480 2,417 1,885 1,361 967 1,069 985 936 924Luxembourg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 13 35 28 39 28 30 22 24 19Macau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 192 133 189 178 205 158 143 130 120Macedonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653 775 1,070 1,317 1,227 1,107 1,128 963 1,078 906

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Madagascar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 54 60 72 53 77 71 80 83 79Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 83 131 131 123 133 164 164 123 192Malaysia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200 1,987 2,632 2,281 2,149 1,945 2,014 1,714 2,273 2,605Maldives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7 6 D 9 D 6 D 3 DMali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 163 277 408 412 523 576 528 629 734Malta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 57 74 70 53 66 58 74 51 62Marshall Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 48 32 53 48 39 48 37 38 50Mauritania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 170 275 720 651 844 597 495 393 410Mauritius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 65 99 108 88 83 110 84 101 77Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,585 175,411 161,445 173,749 148,640 189,989 164,920 139,120 143,446 146,406Micronesia, Federated States . . . . . 4 5 6 12 7 13 16 10 9 13Moldova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,151 1,507 3,506 3,036 1,356 1,692 2,295 1,981 2,258 2,021Monaco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 7 D 6 7 4 12 6 5Mongolia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 229 323 497 530 659 831 594 774 691Montenegro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X - - - 120 204 265Montserrat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 33 50 90 66 61 43 27 30 27Morocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,137 4,128 4,411 4,949 4,513 4,425 5,447 5,013 4,399 3,656Mozambique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 59 54 78 81 69 66 53 60 94Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 40 63 56 57 46 53 60 43 59Nepal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,095 2,878 3,158 3,733 3,472 4,093 4,514 7,115 10,166 11,312Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981 1,303 1,815 1,651 1,368 1,240 1,499 1,321 1,085 1,091Netherlands Antilles . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 72 116 100 93 78 97 77 86 106New Caledonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D D 5 7 5 5 13 6 5 3New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877 1,131 1,293 1,100 1,047 893 947 919 803 814Nicaragua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,094 4,009 3,305 4,145 3,716 3,614 4,137 3,565 3,401 3,046Niger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 62 126 116 97 107 183 96 96 48Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,872 9,374 10,597 13,459 12,448 12,475 15,253 13,376 11,824 13,575Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 405 423 481 343 350 407 334 339 276Oman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 122 101 155 103 70 74 63 60 74Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,415 12,086 14,926 17,418 13,492 19,719 21,555 18,258 15,546 14,740Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6 8 8 11 6 16 18 7 10Panama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,164 1,417 1,815 2,418 1,916 1,678 1,806 1,536 1,374 1,281Papua New Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 19 44 30 31 15 19 30 20 21Paraguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 328 516 719 545 481 530 467 500 467Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,409 11,794 15,676 21,718 17,699 15,184 16,957 14,247 14,064 12,609Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,250 57,846 60,746 74,606 72,596 54,030 60,029 58,173 57,011 57,327Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,510 14,326 15,351 17,051 10,355 8,354 8,754 7,643 6,863 6,300Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 1,069 1,125 1,409 1,019 772 946 755 821 811Qatar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 125 174 226 138 151 134 148 193 141Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,655 4,571 7,103 7,137 5,802 4,930 4,910 4,003 3,882 3,748Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,935 17,410 18,055 13,159 9,426 11,695 8,238 6,718 7,944 9,969Rwanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 163 276 502 357 378 952 489 520 592Saint Kitts-Nevis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 299 342 458 347 363 310 339 350 311Saint Lucia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 616 832 1,212 928 946 1,027 872 785 919Saint Vincent and the Grenadines . . . . 322 400 625 756 567 568 591 576 468 503Samoa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 203 173 283 290 227 250 219 267 238Sao Tome and Principe . . . . . . . . . . D 9 8 6 7 7 11 10 9 12Saudi Arabia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 906 1,210 1,542 1,171 1,194 1,418 1,263 1,396 1,343Senegal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 769 913 1,367 1,024 1,149 1,524 1,285 1,424 1,615Serbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X - - - 20 244 704Serbia and Montenegro 2 . . . . . . . . 2,994 3,331 5,202 5,891 3,586 3,255 3,166 2,196 1,398 801Seychelles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 25 16 15 7 16 10 8 15 7Sierra Leone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,492 1,596 2,731 3,572 1,999 2,795 2,687 2,011 1,985 1,688Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582 966 1,204 997 985 922 832 774 690 712Slovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674 800 965 1,111 763 653 706 538 594 528Slovenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 88 114 115 87 79 108 74 69 86Solomon Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 3 5 10 7 D 6 D DSomalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,444 3,929 5,829 9,462 6,251 10,745 13,390 4,558 4,451 5,204South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,210 3,370 4,536 3,201 2,988 2,723 3,171 2,758 2,649 2,781South Sudan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X X X X - 17

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Table 3.PERSONS OBTAINING LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY REGION AND COUNTRY OF BIRTH: FISCAL YEARS 2003 TO 2012 ContinuedRegion and country of birth 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Soviet Union (former) . . . . . . . . . . . 1,072 929 2,899 6,229 5,090 5,270 5,911 4,978 3,687 1,296Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917 1,339 1,888 1,971 1,578 1,621 1,769 1,684 1,890 1,842Sri Lanka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,246 1,431 1,894 2,191 1,831 1,935 2,009 2,036 2,053 1,994Sudan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,883 3,211 5,231 5,504 2,930 3,598 3,577 2,397 2,628 2,471Suriname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 166 300 314 197 218 227 216 196 187Swaziland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 15 16 11 13 18 42 22 19 24Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963 1,270 1,517 1,376 1,145 1,019 1,138 1,097 979 968Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 855 1,092 983 705 720 798 675 615 635Syria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,938 2,256 2,831 2,918 2,385 2,641 2,442 2,555 2,785 3,014Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,917 9,005 9,196 8,086 8,990 9,073 8,038 6,732 6,154 5,331Tajikistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 167 207 239 172 231 265 299 382 411Tanzania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 747 829 949 832 838 2,773 1,850 1,427 1,516Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,126 4,318 5,505 11,749 8,751 6,637 10,444 9,384 9,962 9,459Togo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,187 2,041 1,523 1,720 1,565 1,661 1,680 1,563 1,506 1,756Tonga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 327 309 437 438 365 379 343 408 276Trinidad and Tobago . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,138 5,384 6,568 8,854 6,829 5,937 6,256 5,435 5,023 5,214Tunisia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 457 495 510 417 410 416 418 440 422Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,029 3,835 4,614 4,941 4,425 4,210 4,958 4,483 4,403 4,162Turkmenistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 117 148 248 217 274 290 224 260 223Turks and Caicos Islands . . . . . . . . 26 28 34 52 31 35 31 29 33 30U.S. Virgin Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 13 8 7 3 D D D D DUganda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 721 858 1,372 1,122 1,174 1,364 1,085 1,239 1,340Ukraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,633 14,156 22,745 17,140 11,001 10,813 11,223 8,477 8,292 7,642United Arab Emirates . . . . . . . . . . . 380 586 812 1,006 758 693 697 779 707 854United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,527 14,915 19,800 17,207 14,545 14,348 15,748 12,792 11,572 12,014United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 57 183 333 171 216 181 201 269 279Uruguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469 787 1,154 1,664 1,418 1,451 1,775 1,331 1,553 1,374Uzbekistan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,445 1,995 2,887 4,015 4,665 6,375 5,467 4,770 5,056 4,726Venezuela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,018 6,220 10,645 11,341 10,692 10,514 11,154 9,409 9,183 9,387Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,087 31,524 32,784 30,691 28,691 31,497 29,234 30,632 34,157 28,304Yemen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,382 1,760 3,366 4,308 2,396 1,872 3,134 3,591 3,361 2,620Zambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 359 499 672 576 613 704 628 652 643Zimbabwe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 628 923 1,049 1,057 953 983 1,274 1,016 914All other countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 24 42 32 20 22 33 24 25 23Unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,201 3,227 5,303 2,734 1,394 1,394 1,366 1,330 1,245 1,206

NA Not available.

X Not applicable.

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 Yugoslavia (unknown republic) prior to February 7, 2003.

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Table 4.PERSONS OBTAINING LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY STATE OR TERRITORY OF RESIDENCE: FISCALYEARS2003 TO 2012State or territory of residence 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703,542 957,883 1,122,257 1,266,129 1,052,415 1,107,126 1,130,818 1,042,625 1,062,040 1,031,631Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,689 2,247 4,200 4,277 3,393 3,877 3,891 3,740 4,063 3,873Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,188 1,261 1,524 1,554 1,617 1,534 1,608 1,703 1,799 1,612Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,955 19,507 18,986 21,529 17,528 20,638 20,997 18,243 20,333 18,434Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,903 2,288 2,698 2,924 2,722 2,997 2,942 2,684 2,874 2,795California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175,579 253,858 232,014 264,667 228,941 238,444 227,876 208,446 210,591 196,622Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,661 11,255 11,975 12,713 11,039 12,741 12,841 12,489 13,547 13,327Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,274 12,335 15,334 18,697 12,932 12,190 13,632 12,222 12,577 12,237Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,487 1,705 2,991 2,263 2,085 2,295 2,184 2,198 2,355 2,208District of Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,491 2,148 2,457 3,775 2,541 2,652 2,934 2,897 2,724 2,811Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,770 76,178 122,915 155,986 126,277 133,445 127,006 107,276 109,229 103,047Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,794 16,681 31,527 32,202 27,353 27,769 28,396 24,833 27,015 26,134Guam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,355 1,275 1,436 1,716 1,438 1,305 1,427 1,383 1,313 1,430Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,899 6,405 6,480 7,499 7,236 6,572 6,929 7,037 7,296 6,764Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,686 2,299 2,768 2,377 2,044 2,766 3,120 2,556 2,602 2,428Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,413 46,896 52,415 52,452 41,971 42,723 41,889 37,909 38,325 38,373Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,241 6,262 6,913 8,122 6,639 8,028 9,087 8,539 8,262 8,359Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,419 4,067 4,535 4,085 3,103 3,696 3,963 4,245 4,624 4,679Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,804 4,139 4,512 4,277 4,141 5,344 5,319 5,501 5,086 4,980Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,038 3,820 5,265 5,504 4,340 5,315 5,260 4,930 5,403 5,243Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,214 3,095 3,776 2,693 3,475 4,011 4,299 4,397 4,226 4,454Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992 1,322 1,907 1,717 1,488 1,617 1,675 1,349 1,467 1,497Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,770 20,549 22,868 30,199 24,255 27,062 26,722 26,450 25,778 24,971Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,127 28,067 34,232 35,558 30,555 30,369 32,607 31,069 32,236 31,392Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,515 18,851 23,591 20,907 18,727 17,947 18,919 18,579 18,347 17,494Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,406 12,097 15,449 18,249 13,814 15,832 18,020 12,408 12,389 12,999Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729 1,312 1,829 1,480 1,593 1,679 1,652 1,709 1,666 1,583Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,160 7,050 8,742 6,852 6,459 7,078 7,142 7,151 7,048 6,635Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 452 589 505 575 543 553 457 511 503Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,827 3,002 2,996 3,795 3,066 3,668 3,989 4,400 4,535 4,384Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,336 8,798 9,823 14,713 12,308 11,768 12,334 10,803 10,449 10,343New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,868 2,280 3,298 2,987 2,272 2,466 2,483 2,556 2,478 2,466New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,699 50,699 56,176 65,931 55,834 53,997 58,879 56,920 55,547 50,790New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,336 3,076 3,513 3,805 3,112 3,509 3,887 3,528 3,767 3,714New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,538 103,151 136,815 180,157 136,739 143,679 150,722 147,999 148,426 149,505North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,451 11,036 16,710 18,987 15,469 15,174 18,562 16,112 17,571 17,487North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 591 864 649 496 662 843 1,058 948 1,144Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,787 12,072 16,892 16,585 14,078 14,595 15,375 13,585 13,857 13,948Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,385 3,578 4,702 4,590 4,269 4,306 5,007 4,627 4,503 4,646Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,946 8,540 9,623 9,188 7,905 9,028 9,026 7,997 7,694 7,791Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,606 18,813 28,902 25,950 22,811 23,646 24,105 24,130 25,397 25,032Puerto Rico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,110 4,760 3,623 4,093 2,917 3,287 4,084 4,283 3,288 3,106Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,492 3,740 3,852 4,778 3,354 3,735 4,156 4,027 3,681 3,798South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,942 2,672 5,028 5,291 4,788 4,241 4,747 4,401 4,216 3,924South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 747 881 1,013 668 773 1,271 987 1,337 1,521Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,367 5,844 8,960 10,037 8,942 8,348 9,042 8,156 8,279 8,573Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,412 92,440 95,951 89,027 77,278 89,811 95,384 87,750 94,481 95,557Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,159 4,346 5,082 5,749 5,168 6,087 6,466 6,085 6,426 5,932Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 814 1,042 894 791 771 792 867 943 877Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,726 22,104 27,095 38,483 29,682 30,257 29,825 28,607 27,767 28,227Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,935 19,758 26,480 23,803 22,657 23,170 27,562 22,283 23,789 23,060West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 634 847 763 721 798 734 729 830 779Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,357 5,580 7,907 8,339 7,381 7,306 6,727 6,189 6,245 6,049Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 304 321 376 380 458 429 452 420 427Other 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,140 1,077 937 1,366 1,047 1,117 1,495 1,694 1,480 1,667Unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 9 1 1 - 2 - - -

- Represents zero.1 Includes U.S. territories and armed forces posts.Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Table 5.PERSONS OBTAINING LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREA (CBSA) OF RESIDENCE: FISCAL YEARS 2003 TO 2012 (Ranked by 2012 LPR Flow)Geographic area 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703,542 957,883 1,122,257 1,266,129 1,052,415 1,107,126 1,130,818 1,042,625 1,062,040 1,031,631New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,477 138,568 172,832 224,408 175,735 179,971 189,849 186,084 183,681 179,011

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA . . . . 79,584 110,821 98,235 120,875 95,410 96,492 97,538 87,443 86,161 81,508Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL . . 36,590 49,802 79,550 98,911 78,170 87,786 83,936 69,420 71,775 66,153Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 29,643 32,274 37,142 54,543 40,703 42,832 42,567 41,322 39,365 38,518Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI . . . . . . . . . 30,541 43,826 49,014 49,746 39,504 39,826 38,840 35,109 35,039 34,898Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX . . . . . . . . . 16,132 34,995 34,788 31,555 26,842 30,510 32,021 30,844 31,136 31,738San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA . . . . . . . 26,213 37,225 33,873 38,340 35,640 36,114 32,302 31,761 32,433 29,583Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX . . . . . . . . . . . 15,538 25,231 28,955 26,623 23,263 26,441 29,020 26,003 28,090 28,010Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH . . . . . . . . 16,555 22,712 27,133 28,468 24,676 24,687 26,346 24,969 25,909 25,042Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA . . . . . . . 8,505 12,970 25,345 25,269 22,054 22,329 23,343 20,445 22,035 21,289San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA . . . . . . 12,778 20,031 19,299 17,270 18,288 20,491 20,779 19,769 21,556 18,893Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 11,285 14,699 22,674 20,754 18,455 18,913 18,932 18,253 18,925 17,903Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,647 13,825 18,939 17,094 16,862 17,090 20,712 16,866 17,823 17,644San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA . . . . . . 13,420 21,210 19,557 18,258 19,255 21,022 18,677 18,619 18,554 16,937Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA . . . . . . 10,709 17,473 15,519 19,466 16,779 17,792 17,010 14,926 14,885 14,547Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,216 12,254 12,971 14,593 11,355 13,525 13,700 12,240 14,013 12,805Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,181 12,665 15,862 14,040 12,875 11,801 12,856 12,682 12,198 11,597Minneapolis-Saint Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI . 7,125 10,181 12,954 15,861 11,903 13,406 14,958 10,434 10,175 10,673Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL . . . . . . . . . . 4,108 6,018 10,427 17,409 14,618 13,956 11,408 10,676 10,204 10,229Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO . . . . . . . . . . . 7,068 7,311 7,807 8,401 7,384 8,408 8,468 8,215 9,189 8,967Las Vegas-Paradise, NV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,966 7,010 7,826 12,705 10,373 9,507 10,307 9,004 8,719 8,785Tampa-Saint Petersburg-Clearwater, FL . . . . . 4,064 7,238 11,841 13,542 10,730 10,089 10,296 8,818 8,996 8,700Baltimore-Towson, MD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,974 5,852 6,959 8,627 6,896 8,214 8,268 8,207 8,229 8,608Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA . . . 6,556 9,124 12,366 12,751 9,755 9,434 9,358 8,047 8,469 7,975Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA . . . . . . 6,012 7,340 8,927 8,209 6,882 7,611 7,844 6,730 6,469 6,352Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX . . . . . . . 3,425 4,275 5,424 4,974 4,551 5,799 5,698 5,434 6,068 5,897San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX . . . . . . . . . . 3,317 3,683 4,584 4,346 4,143 4,872 4,917 4,740 5,422 5,712El Paso, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,490 4,157 3,736 4,295 4,004 4,746 4,593 4,646 5,640 5,436Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC . . . . . . . 2,309 2,744 4,312 4,851 4,103 4,262 4,844 4,178 5,010 5,400Columbus, OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,182 3,703 5,040 5,568 4,769 5,402 6,006 4,460 4,955 5,129Honolulu, HI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,733 4,907 4,955 5,727 5,507 5,022 4,999 5,169 5,550 5,020Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA . . . 3,093 4,637 4,973 5,933 4,426 4,689 5,187 4,912 4,675 4,787Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT . . . . . . . . . 3,031 4,735 6,187 7,654 5,149 4,660 5,334 4,587 4,651 4,640Indianapolis-Carmel, IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,036 2,364 2,529 3,152 2,721 3,386 4,108 3,606 3,900 4,336Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN . 1,511 2,415 3,997 4,939 4,226 3,871 4,498 3,897 4,149 4,285Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT . .