United States immigration statistics

Immigration to the United States over time by region

In 2022 there was 46,118,600 immigrant residents in the United States or 13.8% of the US population according to the American Immigration Council. The number of undocumented or illegal immigrants stood at 9,940,700 in 2022 making up 21.6% of all immigrants or 3% of the total US population.[1]

The 1850 United States census was the first federal U.S. census to query respondents about their "nativity"—i.e, where they were born, whether in the United States or outside of it—and is thus the first point at which solid statistics become available. The following chart, based on statistics from the U.S. Census from 1850 on,[2] shows the numbers of non-native residents according to place of birth. Because an immigrant is counted in each census during his or her lifetime, the numbers reflect the cumulative population of living non-native residents.

Foreign born by decade

Region and Country or Area of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population, With Geographic Detail Shown in Decennial Census
Region and country or area 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1930 1920 1910 1900 1890 1880 1870 1860 1850
Total 31,107,889 19,767,316 14,079,906 9,619,302 9,738,091 14,204,149 13,920,692 13,515,886 10,341,276 9,249,547 6,679,943 5,567,229 4,295,510 2,244,602
Reported by region and/or country 31,107,573 18,959,158 13,192,563 9,303,570 9,678,201 14,197,553 13,911,767 13,506,272 10,330,534 9,243,535 6,675,875 5,563,637 4,134,809 2,202,625
Europe 4,915,557 4,350,403 5,149,572 5,740,891 7,256,311 11,784,010 11,916,048 11,810,115 8,881,548 8,030,347 5,751,823 4,941,049 3,807,062 2,031,867
Northern and Western Europe 2,070,446 2,058,853 2,384,257 2,629,200 3,334,971 5,850,256 6,241,916 7,306,325 7,204,649 7,288,917 5,499,889 4,845,679 3,773,347 2,022,195
Northern Europe 974,619 968,271 1,083,499 1,271,591 1,694,430 3,415,551 3,501,149 3,953,947 3,917,815 4,056,160 3,212,431 2,867,926 2,271,661 1,358,887
British Isles 834,225 809,972 866,966 937,474 1,171,777 2,147,733 2,172,723 2,573,534 2,783,082 3,122,911 2,772,169 2,626,241 2,199,079 1,340,812
United Kingdom (total) 677,715 640,145 669,149 686,099 833,055 1,402,923 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Great Britain (total) 677,751 623,614 649,318 645,262 764,893 1,224,091 1,135,489 1,221,283 1,167,623 1,251,402 917,598 770,414 587,775 379,093
England 423,609 405,588 442,499 458,114 528,205 809,563 813,853 877,719 840,513 908,141 662,676 550,924 431,692 278,675
Scotland 88,445 104,168 142,001 170,134 213,219 354,323 254,570 261,076 233,524 242,231 170,136 140,835 108,518 70,550
Wales 10,948 10,638 13,528 17,014 23,469 60,205 67,066 82,488 93,586 100,079 83,302 74,533 45,763 29,868
Great Britain n.e.c. 141,572 100,000 51,290 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 951 1,484 4,122 1,802 (NA)
Northern Ireland 13,177 16,531 19,831 40,837 68,162 178,832 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Ireland 156,474 169,827 197,817 251,375 338,722 744,810 1,037,234 1,352,251 1,615,459 1,871,509 1,854,571 1,855,827 1,611,304 961,719
Scandinavia 140,394 158,299 216,533 334,117 522,653 1,267,818 1,328,426 1,380,413 1,134,733 933,249 440,262 241,685 72,582 18,075
Denmark 31,422 34,999 42,732 61,410 85,060 179,474 189,154 181,649 153,690 132,543 64,196 30,107 9,962 1,838
Finland 21,408 22,313 29,172 45,499 67,624 142,478 149,824 129,680 62,641 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Iceland 5,553 5,071 4,156 2,895 2,780 2,764 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Norway 32,207 42,240 63,316 97,243 152,698 347,852 363,863 403,877 336,388 322,665 181,729 114,246 43,995 12,678
Sweden 49,724 53,676 77,157 127,070 214,491 595,250 625,585 665,207 582,014 478,041 194,337 97,332 18,625 3,559
Western Europe 1,095,847 1,090,582 1,300,758 1,357,609 1,640,541 2,434,705 2,740,767 3,352,378 3,286,834 3,232,757 2,287,458 1,977,753 1,501,686 663,308
Low Countries 130,615 132,617 142,748 155,513 173,069 206,375 207,038 172,534 127,719 107,349 86,461 65,157 37,353 11,161
Belgium 33,895 34,366 36,487 41,412 50,294 64,194 62,687 49,400 29,757 22,639 15,535 12,553 9,072 1,313
Luxembourg 2,150 2,053 3,125 3,531 4,360 9,048 12,585 3,071 3,031 2,882 12,836 5,802 (NA) (NA)
Netherlands 94,570 96,198 103,136 110,570 118,415 133,133 131,766 120,063 94,931 81,828 58,090 46,802 28,281 9,848
Austria 63,648 87,673 145,607 214,014 304,507 370,914 575,627 626,341 275,907 123,271 38,663 30,508 25,061 946
France 151,154 119,233 120,215 105,385 111,582 135,592 153,072 117,418 104,197 113,174 106,971 116,402 109,870 54,069
Germany 706,704 711,929 849,384 832,965 989,815 1,608,814 1,686,108 2,311,237 2,663,418 2,784,894 1,966,742 1,690,533 1,276,075 583,774
Switzerland 43,106 39,130 42,804 49,732 61,568 113,010 118,659 124,848 115,593 104,069 88,621 75,153 53,327 13,358
Other Western Europe (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 263 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Southern and Eastern Europe 2,840,721 2,285,513 2,748,547 3,090,991 3,907,020 5,918,982 5,670,927 4,500,932 1,674,648 728,851 248,620 93,824 32,312 9,672
Southern Europe 934,665 1,054,141 1,336,805 1,363,195 1,541,441 2,133,092 1,939,600 1,544,149 539,968 216,387 66,249 30,416 21,726 8,152
Greece 165,750 177,398 210,998 177,275 159,167 174,526 175,976 101,282 8,515 1,887 776 390 328 86
Italy 473,338 580,592 831,922 1,008,533 1,256,999 1,790,429 1,610,113 1,343,125 484,027 182,580 44,230 17,157 11,677 3,679
Portugal (total) 203,119 210,122 209,968 119,899 80,276 108,775 103,976 77,634 40,376 25,735 15,650 8,973 5,477 1,274
Azores 26,559 29,656 32,531 28,865 22,586 35,611 33,995 18,274 9,768 9,739 7,512 4,431 1,361 (NA)
Portugal (main) 175,571 180,466 177,437 91,034 57,690 73,164 69,981 59,360 30,608 15,996 8,138 4,542 4,116 1,274
Spain 82,858 76,415 73,735 57,488 44,999 59,362 49,535 22,108 7,050 6,185 5,121 3,764 4,244 3,113
Other Southern Europe (NA) 9,614 10,182 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 472 132 (NA) (NA)
Eastern Europe 1,906,056 1,231,372 1,411,742 1,727,796 2,365,579 3,785,890 3,731,327 2,956,783 1,134,680 512,464 182,371 63,408 10,586 1,520
Albania 38,663 5,627 7,381 9,180 9,618 8,814 5,608 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Bulgaria 35,090 8,579 8,463 8,609 8,223 9,399 10,477 11,498 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Czechoslovakia (former) 83,081 87,020 112,707 160,899 227,618 491,638 362,438 219,214 156,891 118,106 85,361 40,289 (NA) (NA)
Estonia 9,785 9,210 12,169 12,163 13,991 3,550 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Hungary 92,071 110,337 144,368 183,236 245,252 274,450 397,283 495,609 145,714 62,435 11,526 3,737 (NA) (NA)
Latvia 27,232 26,179 34,349 41,707 50,681 20,673 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Lithuania 28,490 29,745 48,194 76,001 121,475 193,606 135,068 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Poland 466,742 388,328 418,128 548,107 747,750 1,268,583 1,139,979 937,884 383,407 147,440 48,557 14,436 7,298 (NA)
Romania 135,966 91,106 66,994 70,687 84,575 146,393 102,823 65,923 15,032 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Soviet Union (former, total) 838,809 333,725 406,022 463,462 690,598 1,153,628 1,400,495 1,184,412 423,726 182,644 35,722 4,644 3,160 1,414
Turkey in Europe (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 2,257 5,284 32,230 9,910 1,839 1,205 302 128 106
Yugoslavia (former, total) 278,314 141,516 152,967 153,745 165,798 211,416 169,439 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Other Eastern Europe (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,483 2,433 10,013 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Europe n.e.c. 4,370 6,037 16,768 20,700 14,320 14,772 3,205 2,858 2,251 12,579 3,314 1,546 1,403 (NA)
Asia 8,226,254 4,979,037 2,539,777 824,887 490,996 275,665 237,950 191,484 120,248 113,383 107,630 64,565 36,796 1,135
Armenia 65,280 (X) (X) (X) (X) 32,166 36,628 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
China 988,857 529,837 286,120 172,132 99,735 46,129 43,560 56,756 81,534 106,688 104,468 63,042 35,565 758
India 1,022,552 450,406 206,087 51,000 12,296 5,850 4,901 4,664 2,031 2,143 1,707 586 (NA) (NA)
Japan 347,539 290,128 221,794 120,235 109,175 70,993 81,502 67,744 24,788 2,292 401 73 (NA) (NA)
Israel (NA) 21,070 (NA) (NA) (NA) 6,137 3,203 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Syria 54,561 36,782 22,081 14,962 16,717 57,227 51,901 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Turkey in Asia 78,378 55,087 51,915 48,085 52,228 46,654 11,019 59,729 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Other Asia (NA) 3,595,727 1,751,780 418,473 200,845 10,509 5,236 2,591 11,895 2,260 1,054 864 1,231 377
Africa 881,300 363,819 199,723 80,143 35,355 18,326 16,126 3,992 2,538 2,207 2,204 2,657 526 551
Africa excl. Atlantic Islands (NA) 349,451 189,266 61,463 27,053 8,859 5,781 3,992 2,538 2,207 2,204 2,657 526 551
Atlantic Islands (NA) 14,368 10,457 18,680 8,302 9,467 10,345 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Oceania 168,046 104,145 77,577 41,258 34,730 17,343 14,626 11,450 8,820 9,353 6,859 4,028 2,140 588
Australia 60,965 42,267 36,120 24,271 22,209 12,816 10,914 9,035 6,807 5,984 4,906 3,118 1,419 (NA)
Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 1,304 1,147 584 435 588
Other Oceania 61,878 41,457 16,987 12,521 4,527 3,712 2,415 2,013 2,065 806 326 286 (NA)
Latin America 16,086,974 8,407,837 4,372,487 1,803,970 908,309 791,840 588,843 279,514 137,458 107,307 90,073 57,871 38,315 20,773
Caribbean 2,953,066 1,938,348 1,258,363 675,108 193,922 106,241 78,962 47,635 25,435 23,256 16,401 11,570 7,353 5,772
Cuba 872,716 736,971 607,814 439,048 79,150 18,493 14,872 15,133 11,081 (NA) 6,917 5,319 (NA) (NA)
Other Caribbean (NA) 1,201,377 650,549 236,060 114,772 87,748 64,090 32,502 14,354 (NA) 9,484 6,251 (NA) (NA)
Central America 11,203,673 5,431,992 2,553,113 873,624 624,851 651,976 491,330 223,651 107,290 79,045 69,106 42,736 27,699 13,458
Mexico 9,177,487 4,298,014 2,199,221 759,711 575,902 641,462 486,418 221,915 103,393 77,853 68,399 42,435 27,466 13,317
Other Central America 2,026,150 1,133,978 353,892 113,913 48,949 10,514 4,912 1,736 3,897 1,192 707 301 233 141
South America 1,930,271 1,037,497 561,011 255,238 89,536 33,623 18,551 8,228 4,733 5,006 4,566 3,565 3,263 1,543
Northern America 829,442 753,917 853,427 812,421 952,500 1,310,369 1,138,174 1,209,717 1,179,922 980,938 717,286 493,467 249,970 147,711
Canada 820,771 744,830 842,859 812,421 952,500 1,310,369 1,138,174 1,209,717 1,179,922 980,938 717,157 493,464 249,970 147,711
Canada-French (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 370,852 307,786 385,083 395,126 302,496 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Canada-Other (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 915,537 817,139 819,554 784,796 678,442 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Newfoundland (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 23,980 13,249 5,080 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Other Northern America 8,671 9,087 10,568 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 129 3 (NA) (NA)
Region or country not reported 316 808,158 887,343 315,732 59,890 6,596 8,925 9,614 10,742 6,012 4,068 3,592 3,888 41,977
Born at sea (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 5,008 5,336 6,927 8,196 5,533 4,068 2,638 2,522 (NA)
Not reported (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,588 3,589 2,687 2,546 479 (NA) 954 1,366 41,977

(NA) Not available.
n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified.
1/ Prior to 1980, Taiwan included with China.

Naturalizations

By year

This table lists the number of naturalizations, petitions along with the number accepted or denied from the 2022 to 2000 fiscal years. Source: [3]

Year Accepted Denied Total
2022 969,380 111,637 781,075
2021 813,861 85,170 789,119
2020 628,254 80,609 967,755
2019 843,593 97,789 830,560
2018 761,901 92,631 837,168
2017 707,265 83,176 986,851
2016 753,060 86,033 972,151
2015 730,259 75,810 783,062
2014 653,416 66,767 773,824
2013 779,929 83,112 772,623
2012 757,434 65,874 899,162
2011 694,193 57,065 756,008
2010 619,913 56,994 710,544
2009 743,715 109,832 570,442
2008 1,046,539 121,283 525,786
2007 660,477 89,683 1,382,993
2006 702,589 120,722 730,642
2005 604,280 108,247 602,972
2004 537,151 103,339 662,796
2003 462,435 91,599 523,370
2002 572,646 139,779 700,649
2001 606,259 218,326 501,643
2000 886,026 399,670 460,916

Persons getting permanent resident status

By year

This table gives the number of people who got permanent resident status in the United States by year from 2000 to 2022. Includes those who are "lawful permanent residents" only in this table.[4]

Year Total #
2022 1,018,349
2021 740,002
2020 707,362
2019 1,031,765
2018 1,096,611
2017 1,127,167
2016 1,183,505
2015 1,051,031
2014 1,016,518
2013 990,553
2012 1,031,631
2011 1,062,040
2010 1,042,625
2009 1,130,818
2008 1,107,126
2007 1,052,415
2006 1,266,129
2005 1,122,257
2004 957,883
2003 703,542
2002 1,059,356
2001 1,058,902
2000 841,002

By country of birth

This table counts the number of people who got legal residence status by country of the world in 2021 & 2022 based on which country they last resided in. Does not include the United States. This table is not based on age or sex. Includes those who are "lawful permanent residents" only in this table. Source: [5]

Country 2021 2022
Afghanistan 9,488 14,193
Albania 2,612 5,945
Algeria 1,898 3,125
Angola 208 453
Anguilla 11 19
Antigua and Barbuda 201 280
Argentina 3,248 4,128
Armenia 1,833 3,037
Aruba 28 46
Australia 2,682 2,859
Austria 359 344
Azerbaijan 545 1,129
Bahamas 997 767
Bahrain 151 163
Bangladesh 6,405 10,858
Barbados 269 306
Belarus 1,435 2,172
Belgium 601 552
Belize 670 591
Benin 467 721
Bermuda 71 65
Bhutan 137 209
Bolivia 1,121 1,621
Bosnia and Herzegovina 478 506
Botswana 58 58
Brazil 18,351 24,169
Brunei 24 23
Bulgaria 1,000 1,151
Burkina Faso 551 814
Burma 2,143 2,879
Burundi 730 788
Cabo Verde 941 1,119
Cambodia 1,762 3,400
Cameroon 3,578 5,879
Canada 9,978 11,317
Cayman Islands 58 40
Central African Republic 151 135
Chad 100 174
Chile 1,632 1,747
People's Republic of China (China) 49,847 67,950
Colombia 15,293 21,723
Comoros 4 NA
Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,906 4,688
Republic of the Congo 219 527
Costa Rica 1,991 2,167
Cote d'Ivoire 1,207 1,559
Croatia 294 259
Cuba 23,077 36,642
Curacao 29 35
Cyprus 102 90
Czechia 496 474
Czechoslovakia (formerly) 48 63
Denmark 322 374
Djibouti 111 154
Dominica 279 455
Dominican Republic 24,553 40,152
Ecuador 7,532 11,910
Egypt 4,396 8,348
El Salvador 18,668 30,876
Equatorial Guinea 29 52
Eritrea 1,304 1,760
Estonia 140 118
Eswatini 28 22
Ethiopia 3,706 5,720
Fiji 419 1,124
Finland 324 288
France 4,107 4,351
French Polynesia 12 51
Gabon 123 125
Gambia 778 1,010
Georgia 1,239 2,303
Germany 3,900 4,088
Ghana 3,939 5,451
Greece 842 918
Grenada 370 449
Guatemala 8,904 16,990
Guinea 745 1,365
Guinea-Bissau 23 40
Guyana 3,435 3,455
Haiti 11,456 10,432
Honduras 10,116 17,099
Hong Kong 1,334 2,301
Hungary 730 840
Iceland 83 68
India 93,450 127,012
Indonesia 1,588 1,752
Iran 5,734 9,407
Iraq 1,726 2,797
Ireland 1,364 1,366
Israel 3,103 3,439
Italy 3,069 3,477
Jamaica 13,357 16,482
Japan 3,960 4,184
Jordan 3,416 4,779
Kazakhstan 1,330 1,787
Kenya 3,088 5,014
North Korea 20 22
South Korea 12,351 16,172
Kosovo 562 853
Kuwait 916 1,116
Kyrgyzstan 710 1,637
Laos 349 621
Latvia 258 253
Lebanon 2,253 3,434
Lesotho 14 13
Liberia 2,504 2,412
Libya 409 709
Lithuania 487 506
Luxembourg 32 30
Macau 46 62
Madagascar 84 97
Malawi 167 179
Malaysia 1,605 1,573
Maldives 4 NA
Mali 378 481
Malta 23 30
Marshall Islands 12 15
Mauritania 144 326
Mauritius 65 85
Mexico 107,230 138,772
Federated States of Micronesia 10 21
Moldova 1,052 1,499
Monaco 7 7
Mongolia 762 1,005
Montenegro 266 324
Montserrat 13 10
Morocco 3,819 4,756
Mozambique 48 66
Namibia 75 50
Nepal 7,309 12,010
Netherlands 1,009 972
Dutch Antilles (formerly) 14 14
New Zealand 665 650
Nicaragua 4,220 3,754
Niger 182 199
Nigeria 13,100 12,385
North Macedonia 745 979
Norway 226 279
Oman 154 210
Pakistan 9,691 11,777
Palau 10 7
Panama 844 952
Papua New Guinea 20 26
Paraguay 356 375
Peru 5,044 8,035
Philippines 27,511 35,998
Poland 2,970 3,192
Portugal 750 746
Qatar 323 430
Romania 1,846 1,827
Russia 5,525 8,906
Rwanda 784 1,540
Saint Kitts and Nevis 113 143
Saint Lucia 457 628
Saint Martin (French) 9 15
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 228 317
Samoa 130 139
Sao Tome and Principe NA 15
Saudi Arabia 1,780 2,764
Senegal 962 1,253
Serbia 810 636
Serbia and Montenegro (formerly) 403 544
Seychelles NA 14
Sierra Leone 1,227 2,323
Singapore 799 971
Sint Maarten 24 44
Slovakia 311 324
Slovenia 87 90
Somalia 961 1,042
South Africa 2,716 3,535
South Sudan 69 100
Soviet Union (formerly) 1,082 1,236
Spain 2,644 2,865
Sri Lanka 1,232 2,572
Sudan 871 1,371
Suriname 117 106
Sweden 788 751
Switzerland 614 614
Syria 1,748 3,248
Taiwan 4,246 5,091
Tajikistan 538 951
Tanzania 1,438 1,643
Thailand 4,037 4,632
Togo 1,143 1,887
Tonga 171 213
Trinidad and Tobago 1,852 2,435
Tunisia 514 569
Turkey 4,465 7,001
Turkmenistan 161 942
Turks and Caicos 53 45
Uganda 1,146 1,620
Ukraine 7,578 11,621
United Arab Emirates 1,332 1,960
United Kingdom 9,229 9,143
Uruguay 830 731
Uzbekistan 990 4,979
Venezuela 14,412 21,025
Vietnam 16,312 24,425
British Virgin Islands 39 45
Yemen 4,345 5,648
Zambia 361 365
Zimbabwe 737 1,433
Unknown 1,011 1,392
Other countries 29 53

Illegal /unauthorized immigrants

In 2022, the United States Department of Homeland Security estimated the number of illegal immigrants or unauthorized immigrants to be 11,990,000 people.[6]

By country by year

The table below lists the estimated number of illegal immigrants for the top 10 countries with the largest estimated number by country of birth and year in the thousands. There is no national census done on the legality of being in the United States of those born abroad. No data is available for 2001-2004 and 2020 while for 2010, 2015 and 2018 this table has the revised number. Source:[6]

Country 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022
Mexico 4,680 5,970 6,570 6,980 7,030 6,650 6,830 6,800 6,720 6,450 6,450 6,200 5,970 5,860 5,540 5,350 4,970 4,810
Guatemala 290 370 430 500 430 480 520 520 560 590 620 600 610 610 620 670 780 750
El Salvador 430 470 510 540 570 530 670 660 690 690 670 720 750 750 730 750 750 710
Honduras 160 180 280 280 300 320 380 380 360 390 390 420 430 500 450 450 550 560
Philippines 200 210 280 290 300 270 290 270 310 340 330 350 410 300 370 360 340 350
Venezuela NA NA NA 60 50 50 50 50 60 50 40 80 100 120 190 220 260 320
Colombia 100 110 140 130 100 110 120 130 130 160 130 130 140 130 210 190 190 240
Brazil 100 170 210 190 180 150 150 150 130 110 110 100 110 150 190 180 190 230
India 120 280 210 220 160 200 270 240 260 320 390 450 560 490 480 390 340 220
China 190 230 170 290 220 120 300 280 210 190 230 320 420 410 390 330 270 210
Other countries 2,180 2,500 2,510 2,290 2,240 1,880 2,020 2,030 2,010 1,920 2,090 2,080 2,260 2,090 2,400 2,220 1,870 2,600

By state by year

This table lists the number of estimated illegal immigrants by state by year with the top ten highest estimated population of them regardless of which country they come from. No data is available for 2021 in Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2018–January 2022 which is the source of information from 2018 to 2022.[7]

State 2022[7] 2020[7] 2019[7] 2018[7] 2017[8]
California 2,600,000 2,410,000 2,620,000 2,640,000 2,790,000
Texas 2,060,000 1,900,000 1,950,000 1,950,000 1,870,000
Florida 590,000 610,000 650,000 680,000 610,000
New Jersey 490,000 400,000 390,000 460,000 450,000
Illinois 420,000 370,000 440,000 460,000 440,000
New York (state) 410,000 370,000 510,000 600,000 620,000
North Carolina 360,000 360,000 340,000 360,000 320,000
Georgia 340,000 360,000 360,000 390,000 400,000
Washington (state) 340,000 340,000 330,000 310,000 280,000
Arizona 290,000 340,000 330,000 340,000 340,000
Other/unknown 3,090,000 3,040,000 3,200,000 3,380,000 3,300,000
Total 10,990,000 10,510,000 11,110,000 11,570,000 11,410,000

DACA recipients

Number by age

This table lists the number of DACA recipients regardless of age as being at 578,680 in March 2023. Keep in mind this is being described as being a "rounded" number. The average age was 29.2 years old while the median was 29.[9]

Age Number (rounded)
Under 16 10
16 to 20 4,730
21 to 25 153,090
26 to 30 204,790
31 to 35 142,150
36 to 40 68,840
NA 5,070
Total 578,680

Refugees

Arrivals by year

This table lists the number of refugee arrivals by each fiscal year along with the ceiling. Since the United States created a refugee resettlement program in 1980, their has been a ceiling on the number allowed. The years where the number of refugees admitted surpassed the ceiling was in: 1992 and 2017.[10] Table source: [11]

Year Number of arrivals
1980 207,116
1981 159,252
1982 98,096
1983 61,218
1984 70,393
1985 67,704
1986 62,146
1987 64,528
1988 76,483
1989 107,070
1990 122,066
1991 113,389
1992 115,548
1993 114,181
1994 111,680
1995 98,973
1996 75,421
1997 69,653
1998 76,712
1999 85,285
2000 72,165
2001 68,920
2002 26,785
2003 28,286
2004 52,840
2005 53,738
2006 41,094
2007 48,218
2008 60,107
2009 74,602
2010 73,293
2011 56,384
2012 58,179
2013 69,909
2014 69,975
2015 69,920
2016 84,989
2017 53,691
2018 22,405
2019 29,916
2020 11,840
2021 11,454
2022 25,519

Asylum seekers

By year

This table shows the number of people who were granted asylum whether it be defensively or affirmatively by year starting in 1990. Table source:[12]

Year Granted defensive status Granted affirmative status Total
1990 2,800 5,672 8,472
1991 2,127 2,908 5,035
1992 2,184 4,123 6,307
1993 2,034 7,509 9,543
1994 2,053 11,775 13,828
1995 3,130 17,573 20,703
1996 4,908 18,624 23,532
1997 6,559 16,380 22,939
1998 7,291 13,216 20,507
1999 8,421 18,150 26,571
2000 9,236 23,278 32,514
2001 10,001 29,147 39,148
2002 10,977 25,960 36,937
2003 13,376 15,367 28,743
2004 13,022 14,354 27,376
2005 11,757 13,547 25,304
2006 13,304 13,048 26,352
2007 12,859 12,459 25,318
2008 10,892 12,130 23,022
2009 10,300 12,003 22,303
2010 8,519 11,258 19,777
2011 10,138 13,493 23,631
2012 10,575 16,871 27,446
2013 9,745 14,886 24,631
2014 8,614 14,424 23,038
2015 8,139 17,807 25,946
2016 8,695 11,616 20,311
2017 10,565 15,817 26,382
2018 13,198 24,504 37,702
2019 18,912 26,893 45,805
2020 14,604 16,132 30,736
2021 7,416 9,212 16,628
2022 22,481 14,134 36,615

References

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  2. ^ The statistics through 1990 are taken from Table 4, "Region and Country or Area of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population, With Geographic Detail Shown in Decennial Census Publications of 1930 or Earlier: 1850 to 1930 and 1960 to 1990", in: Gibson, Campbell J.; Lennon, Emily (February 1999). "Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-born Population of the United States: 1850-1990". Population Division, US Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
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  8. ^ Baker, Bryan (2021). Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2015–January 2018 (PDF). United States Department of Homeland Security. p. 5. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  9. ^ Active DACA Recipients – March 31, 2023 (PDF). United States Department of Homeland Security: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. 2023. pp. 2 & 3. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  10. ^ "U.S. Annual Refugee Resettlement Ceilings and Number of Refugees Admitted, 1980-Present". Migration Policy Institute. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  11. ^ "REFUGEE ARRIVALS: FISCAL YEARS 1980 TO 2022". 2022 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics (PDF). United Department of Homeland Security - Office of Homeland Security Statistics. November 2023. p. 39.
  12. ^ "INDIVIDUALS GRANTED ASYLUM AFFIRMATIVELY OR DEFENSIVELY: FISCAL YEARS 1990 TO 2022". 2022 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics (PDF). United Department of Homeland Security - Office of Homeland Security Statistics. November 2023. p. 43. Retrieved December 6, 2024.