The 2015 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 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 779,929 | 653,416 | 730,259 |
| Africa | 71,872 | 62,175 | 71,492 |
| Asia | 275,700 | 233,163 | 261,374 |
| Europe | 80,333 | 71,325 | 78,074 |
| North America | 271,807 | 222,547 | 247,492 |
| Oceania | 3,849 | 3,399 | 3,811 |
| South America | 76,167 | 60,665 | 67,927 |
| Unknown | 201 | 142 | 89 |
| Country of Birth | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 779,929 | 653,416 | 730,259 |
| Afghanistan | 2,074 | 1,853 | 1,589 |
| Albania | 3,538 | 3,131 | 3,237 |
| Algeria | 841 | 928 | 943 |
| American Samoa | 265 | 187 | 296 |
| Angola | 143 | 145 | 132 |
| Anguilla | 26 | 18 | 31 |
| Antigua-Barbuda | 366 | 358 | 381 |
| Argentina | 4,177 | 3,683 | 3,886 |
| Armenia | 3,203 | 2,488 | 2,874 |
| Aruba | 42 | 28 | 37 |
| Australia | 1,296 | 1,159 | 1,379 |
| Austria | 248 | 223 | 207 |
| Azerbaijan | 786 | 585 | 568 |
| Bahamas | 681 | 545 | 570 |
| Bahrain | 76 | 90 | 79 |
| Bangladesh | 9,571 | 7,475 | 9,750 |
| Barbados | 683 | 550 | 646 |
| Belarus | 1,797 | 1,437 | 1,710 |
| Belgium | 513 | 408 | 505 |
| Belize | 966 | 773 | 851 |
| Benin | 206 | 229 | 310 |
| Bermuda | 59 | 67 | 66 |
| Bhutan | 275 | 2,639 | 4,562 |
| Bolivia | 1,961 | 1,527 | 1,689 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 3,662 | 2,509 | 3,304 |
| Botswana | 29 | 24 | 28 |
| Brazil | 9,565 | 8,625 | 10,516 |
| British Virgin Islands | 45 | 49 | 59 |
| Brunei | 11 | 15 | 13 |
| Bulgaria | 2,646 | 2,226 | 2,336 |
| Burkina Faso | 230 | 235 | 307 |
| Burma | 3,489 | 4,225 | 6,045 |
| Burundi | 379 | 415 | 437 |
| Cambodia | 4,161 | 2,866 | 2,878 |
| Cameroon | 2,541 | 2,120 | 3,170 |
| Canada | 8,690 | 8,385 | 9,492 |
| Cape Verde | 1,014 | 979 | 1,054 |
| Cayman Islands | 17 | 13 | 30 |
| Central African Republic | 54 | 44 | 52 |
| Chad | 64 | 74 | 84 |
| Chile | 1,649 | 1,435 | 1,486 |
| China, People's Republic | 35,387 | 30,284 | 31,241 |
| Colombia | 22,196 | 16,478 | 17,207 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 1,250 | 1,246 | 1,490 |
| Congo, Republic | 402 | 438 | 473 |
| Costa Rica | 1,661 | 1,461 | 1,633 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 958 | 910 | 1,078 |
| Croatia | 561 | 428 | 563 |
| Cuba | 30,482 | 24,092 | 25,770 |
| Curacao | - | 11 | 17 |
| Cyprus | 112 | 112 | 107 |
| Czech Republic | 562 | 565 | 733 |
| Czechoslovakia (former) | 232 | 303 | 371 |
| Denmark | 127 | 129 | 243 |
| Djibouti | 39 | 26 | 26 |
| Dominica | 642 | 520 | 653 |
| Dominican Republic | 39,590 | 23,775 | 26,665 |
| Ecuador | 9,470 | 6,952 | 7,664 |
| Egypt | 6,213 | 5,094 | 5,693 |
| El Salvador | 18,401 | 15,598 | 16,930 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 14 | 12 | 14 |
| Eritrea | 1,145 | 1,045 | 1,494 |
| Estonia | 213 | 183 | 208 |
| Ethiopia | 8,323 | 7,002 | 8,312 |
| Fiji | 1,003 | 770 | 850 |
| Finland | 300 | 274 | 301 |
| France | 2,534 | 2,589 | 2,784 |
| French Polynesia | 8 | 20 | 14 |
| Gabon | 72 | 63 | 89 |
| Gambia | 573 | 510 | 685 |
| Georgia | 1,205 | 898 | 1,027 |
| Germany | 4,066 | 4,375 | 4,380 |
| Ghana | 5,105 | 5,108 | 6,033 |
| Greece | 938 | 780 | 867 |
| Grenada | 717 | 544 | 664 |
| Guatemala | 9,530 | 8,549 | 9,344 |
| Guinea | 958 | 908 | 999 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 24 | 27 | 29 |
| Guyana | 6,295 | 4,327 | 5,162 |
| Haiti | 23,480 | 13,676 | 14,053 |
| Honduras | 5,462 | 4,433 | 5,039 |
| Hong Kong | 2,093 | 1,801 | 1,716 |
| Hungary | 984 | 891 | 941 |
| Iceland | 75 | 70 | 88 |
| India | 49,897 | 37,854 | 42,213 |
| Indonesia | 2,190 | 1,568 | 1,743 |
| Iran | 11,623 | 9,620 | 10,344 |
| Iraq | 7,771 | 12,377 | 14,899 |
| Ireland | 1,295 | 1,413 | 1,375 |
| Israel | 3,466 | 3,015 | 3,182 |
| Italy | 2,355 | 2,313 | 2,760 |
| Jamaica | 16,442 | 13,547 | 16,566 |
| Japan | 1,837 | 1,635 | 1,858 |
| Jordan | 2,816 | 2,427 | 2,461 |
| Kazakhstan | 909 | 789 | 819 |
| Kenya | 4,257 | 3,885 | 4,738 |
| Korea, North | 27 | 24 | 23 |
| Korea, South1 | 15,786 | 13,587 | 14,230 |
| Kosovo | 487 | 392 | 547 |
| Kuwait | 920 | 791 | 819 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 395 | 305 | 418 |
| Laos | 3,932 | 2,564 | 2,042 |
| Latvia | 364 | 366 | 392 |
| Lebanon | 3,002 | 2,528 | 2,463 |
| Lesotho | 10 | 8 | 11 |
| Liberia | 3,923 | 3,035 | 3,042 |
| Libya | 206 | 228 | 193 |
| Lithuania | 933 | 744 | 752 |
| Luxembourg | 16 | 34 | 20 |
| Macau | 97 | 102 | 109 |
| Macedonia | 665 | 625 | 611 |
| Madagascar | 50 | 50 | 65 |
| Malawi | 83 | 76 | 91 |
| Malaysia | 1,169 | 1,052 | 1,113 |
| Mali | 332 | 352 | 405 |
| Malta | 59 | 40 | 50 |
| Marshall Islands | 17 | 20 | 22 |
| Mauritania | 520 | 376 | 355 |
| Mauritius | 67 | 69 | 60 |
| Mexico | 99,385 | 94,889 | 105,958 |
| Micronesia, Federated States | 96 | 62 | 85 |
| Moldova | 1,594 | 1,279 | 1,681 |
| Mongolia | 347 | 335 | 324 |
| Montenegro | 231 | 202 | 209 |
| Montserrat | 65 | 47 | 43 |
| Morocco | 3,768 | 3,538 | 3,805 |
| Mozambique | 51 | 34 | 43 |
| Namibia | 40 | 31 | 42 |
| Nepal | 2,711 | 2,888 | 4,225 |
| Netherlands | 786 | 665 | 778 |
| Netherlands Antilles (former) | 82 | 43 | 35 |
| New Zealand | 482 | 453 | 514 |
| Nicaragua | 5,064 | 3,775 | 3,951 |
| Niger | 167 | 161 | 180 |
| Nigeria | 9,545 | 8,667 | 10,363 |
| Norway | 80 | 92 | 80 |
| Oman | 39 | 41 | 47 |
| Pakistan | 12,948 | 11,210 | 11,912 |
| Palau | 64 | 50 | 44 |
| Panama | 1,598 | 1,277 | 1,412 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 7 | 21 |
| Paraguay | 331 | 256 | 338 |
| Peru | 11,782 | 9,572 | 10,701 |
| Philippines | 43,489 | 34,591 | 40,815 |
| Poland | 8,697 | 8,304 | 7,886 |
| Portugal | 1,585 | 1,587 | 1,690 |
| Qatar | 107 | 69 | 75 |
| Romania | 4,050 | 3,267 | 3,478 |
| Russia | 8,222 | 6,824 | 6,552 |
| Rwanda | 374 | 302 | 300 |
| Saint Kitts-Nevis | 315 | 270 | 360 |
| Saint Lucia | 856 | 635 | 775 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 574 | 405 | 467 |
| Samoa | 206 | 181 | 213 |
| Saudi Arabia | 927 | 795 | 796 |
| Senegal | 869 | 806 | 974 |
| Serbia | 117 | 276 | 522 |
| Serbia and Montenegro(former) | 1,830 | 1,338 | 1,297 |
| Seychelles | 15 | 9 | 7 |
| Sierra Leone | 1,613 | 1,406 | 1,692 |
| Singapore | 263 | 258 | 285 |
| Sint Maarten | - | 7 | 17 |
| Slovakia | 413 | 317 | 443 |
| Slovenia | 58 | 52 | 61 |
| Somalia | 6,875 | 4,097 | 3,691 |
| South Africa | 2,283 | 2,083 | 2,538 |
| South Sudan | 139 | 132 | 131 |
| Soviet Union(former) | 2,807 | 2,334 | 2,372 |
| Spain | 1,367 | 1,326 | 1,414 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,258 | 1,104 | 1,246 |
| Sudan | 1,924 | 1,482 | 1,740 |
| Suriname | 160 | 127 | 183 |
| Swaziland | 15 | 7 | 12 |
| Sweden | 783 | 724 | 885 |
| Switzerland | 452 | 388 | 411 |
| Syria | 2,196 | 1,832 | 2,004 |
| Taiwan | 5,255 | 4,326 | 4,420 |
| Tajikistan | 168 | 146 | 156 |
| Tanzania | 647 | 525 | 553 |
| Thailand | 5,544 | 4,805 | 5,213 |
| Togo | 1,380 | 1,141 | 1,171 |
| Tonga | 371 | 473 | 352 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5,784 | 4,147 | 4,869 |
| Tunisia | 362 | 310 | 314 |
| Turkey | 3,390 | 2,925 | 3,150 |
| Turkmenistan | 160 | 110 | 153 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 47 | 26 | 33 |
| Uganda | 763 | 724 | 817 |
| Ukraine | 8,624 | 6,984 | 8,926 |
| United Arab Emirates | 499 | 435 | 443 |
| United Kingdom | 9,459 | 8,906 | 10,095 |
| United States | 55 | 31 | 75 |
| Uruguay | 933 | 812 | 902 |
| Uzbekistan | 2,482 | 1,725 | 1,660 |
| Venezuela | 7,648 | 6,871 | 8,192 |
| Vietnam | 24,277 | 18,837 | 21,976 |
| Yemen | 1,355 | 1,160 | 1,284 |
| Zambia | 352 | 318 | 370 |
| Zimbabwe | 658 | 734 | 852 |
| All other countries2 | 41 | 41 | 41 |
| Unknown | 201 | 142 | 89 |
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 Includes countries with less than 10 naturalizations per year.
Note: Based on N-400 data for persons aged 18 and over.
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.