# United States immigration statistics

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.
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, 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:
| 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 |

### By age and sex

This table lists the number of applications by age and sex. In 2022 the sex of the largest number of naturalizations was female and the largest age cohort was the 35 to 39 cohort.
| Year | Age | Sex | Sex | Sex | Total |
| Year | Age | Female | Male | Unknown | Total |
| 2022 | 18-19 | 8,958 | 8,642 | 0 | 17,600 |
| 2022 | 20-24 | 37,332 | 34,013 | 0 | 71,345 |
| 2022 | 25-29 | 57,271 | 44,498 | 0 | 101,769 |
| 2022 | 30-34 | 71,955 | 56,783 | 0 | 128,738 |
| 2022 | 35-39 | 74,559 | 64,696 | 0 | 139,255 |
| 2022 | 40-44 | 62,887 | 57,150 | 2 | 120,039 |
| 2022 | 45-49 | 49,326 | 44,532 | 3 | 93,861 |
| 2022 | 50-54 | 43,812 | 37,441 | 4 | 81,257 |
| 2022 | 55-59 | 38,797 | 32,179 | 6 | 70,982 |
| 2022 | 60-64 | 29,551 | 24,104 | 7 | 53,662 |
| 2022 | 65-74 | 38,366 | 30,097 | 8 | 68,471 |
| 2022 | 75+ | 13,210 | 9,190 | 1 | 22,401 |
| 2022 | Total | 526,024 | 443,325 | 31 | 969,380 |

## 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 1980 to 2023. Includes those who are "lawful permanent residents" only in this table.
| Year | Total # |
| 2023 | 1,172,910 |
| 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 |
| 1999 | 644,787 |
| 1998 | 653,206 |
| 1997 | 797,847 |
| 1996 | 915,560 |
| 1995 | 720,177 |
| 1994 | 803,993 |
| 1993 | 903,916 |
| 1992 | 973,445 |
| 1991 | 1,826,595 |
| 1990 | 1,535,872 |
| 1989 | 1,090,172 |
| 1988 | 641,346 |
| 1987 | 599,889 |
| 1986 | 600,027 |
| 1985 | 568,149 |
| 1984 | 541,811 |
| 1983 | 550,052 |
| 1982 | 533,624 |
| 1981 | 595,014 |
| 1980 | 524,295 |

### By country of birth

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

## 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.

### 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:
| 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.
| State | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| California | 2,600,000 | 2,410,000 | 2,620,000 | 2,640,000 | 2,790,000 | 2,860,000 |
| Texas | 2,060,000 | 1,900,000 | 1,950,000 | 1,950,000 | 1,870,000 | 1,910,000 |
| Florida | 590,000 | 610,000 | 650,000 | 680,000 | 610,000 | 610,000 |
| New Jersey | 490,000 | 400,000 | 390,000 | 460,000 | 450,000 | 420,000 |
| Illinois | 420,000 | 370,000 | 440,000 | 460,000 | 440,000 | 520,000 |
| New York (state) | 410,000 | 370,000 | 510,000 | 600,000 | 620,000 | 630,000 |
| North Carolina | 360,000 | 360,000 | 340,000 | 360,000 | 320,000 | 360,000 |
| Georgia | 340,000 | 360,000 | 360,000 | 390,000 | 400,000 | 400,000 |
| Washington (state) | 340,000 | 340,000 | 330,000 | 310,000 | 280,000 | 280,000 |
| Arizona | 290,000 | 340,000 | 330,000 | 340,000 | 340,000 | 330,000 |
| Other/unknown | 3,090,000 | 3,040,000 | 3,200,000 | 3,380,000 | 3,300,000 | 3,430,000 |
| Total | 10,990,000 | 10,510,000 | 11,110,000 | 11,570,000 | 11,410,000 | 11,750,000 |

### 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.
| 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 Immigration and Nationality Act gives the president the authority to set the ceiling. The year with the lowest ceiling was in 2021.The years where the number of refugees admitted surpassed the ceiling was in: 1992 and 2017.
| Year | Number of arrivals |
| 2023 | 60,050 |
| 2022 | 25,519 |
| 2021 | 11,454 |
| 2020 | 11,840 |
| 2019 | 29,916 |
| 2018 | 22,405 |
| 2017 | 53,691 |
| 2016 | 84,989 |
| 2015 | 69,920 |
| 2014 | 69,975 |
| 2013 | 69,909 |
| 2012 | 58,179 |
| 2011 | 56,384 |
| 2010 | 73,293 |
| 2009 | 74,602 |
| 2008 | 60,107 |
| 2007 | 48,218 |
| 2006 | 41,094 |
| 2005 | 53,738 |
| 2004 | 52,840 |
| 2003 | 28,286 |
| 2002 | 26,785 |
| 2001 | 68,920 |
| 2000 | 72,165 |
| 1999 | 85,285 |
| 1998 | 76,712 |
| 1997 | 69,653 |
| 1996 | 75,421 |
| 1995 | 98,973 |
| 1994 | 111,680 |
| 1993 | 114,181 |
| 1992 | 115,548 |
| 1991 | 113,389 |
| 1990 | 122,066 |
| 1989 | 107,070 |
| 1988 | 76,483 |
| 1987 | 64,528 |
| 1986 | 62,146 |
| 1985 | 67,704 |
| 1984 | 70,393 |
| 1983 | 61,218 |
| 1982 | 98,096 |
| 1981 | 159,252 |
| 1980 | 207,116 |

## Asylum seekers
### By year

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