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Table 10. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2015

By Region of Birth

Region of Birth	Total	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Immediate Relatives of U.S. citizens	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,051,031	213,910	144,047	465,068	47,934	151,995	28,077
Africa	101,415	8,980	4,813	40,379	19,659	27,104	480
Asia	419,297	87,568	89,533	151,189	14,562	67,603	8,842
Europe	85,803	5,104	20,945	44,680	11,425	3,317	332
North America	366,126	97,529	18,238	181,269	667	51,535	16,888
Oceania	5,404	515	1,186	2,926	721	37	19
South America	72,309	14,102	9,296	44,214	878	2,346	1,473
Unknown	677	112	36	411	22	53	43

By Country of Birth

Country of Birth	Total	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Immediate Relatives of U.S. citizens	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,051,031	213,910	144,047	465,068	47,934	151,995	28,077
Afghanistan	8,328	272	16	1,011	50	691	6,288
Albania	4,653	614	81	2,017	1,770	152	19
Algeria	1,775	103	40	570	1,035	19	8
Angola	154	8	12	89	6	39	-
Anguilla	22	D	D	18	-	-	1
Antigua-Barbuda	290	97	12	176	D	-	D
Argentina	3,730	194	1,095	2,194	48	133	66
Armenia	2,962	247	120	1,035	1,324	225	11
Aruba	38	4	4	30	-	-	-
Australia	3,034	68	930	1,636	390	D	D
Austria	474	17	166	247	39	5	-
Azerbaijan	676	70	34	291	229	49	3
Bahamas	725	53	84	562	6	14	6
Bahrain	145	24	60	47	D	D	-
Bangladesh	13,570	7,044	653	5,667	-	167	39
Barbados	376	97	28	235	9	-	7
Belarus	1,994	86	236	695	772	199	6
Belgium	662	14	303	298	40	D	D
Belize	772	182	35	537	-	5	13
Benin	466	19	11	233	180	19	4
Bermuda	112	19	13	77	-	D	D
Bhutan	6,325	D	4	28	D	6,290	-
Bolivia	1,626	248	220	1,038	17	43	60
Bosnia-Herzegovina	859	D	66	602	69	64	D
Botswana	61	3	6	28	6	18	-
Brazil	11,424	452	2,725	7,903	21	116	207
British Virgin Islands	38	10	D	24	-	-	D
Brunei	21	3	8	10	-	-	-
Bulgaria	2,688	130	301	1,379	819	45	14
Burkina Faso	575	33	15	274	98	152	3
Burma	12,808	486	D	688	134	11,443	D
Burundi	351	9	8	60	40	234	-
Cambodia	1,868	336	60	1,224	190	51	7
Cameroon	4,374	425	91	1,557	1,470	825	6
Canada	12,673	534	5,551	6,237	68	44	239
Cape Verde	1,253	578	4	658	7	3	3
Cayman Islands	53	5	6	39	D	D	-
Central African Republic	234	D	6	19	D	205	-
Chad	175	D	D	29	10	129	1
Chile	1,596	112	333	1,061	14	40	36
China, People's Republic	74,558	14,384	22,531	27,659	24	9,727	233
Colombia	17,316	3,211	1,292	11,870	12	785	146
Congo, Democratic Republic	5,345	172	38	490	2,596	2,043	6
Congo, Republic	496	20	3	87	68	313	5
Costa Rica	2,029	155	212	1,589	9	27	37
Cote d'Ivoire	1,497	107	62	584	397	305	42
Croatia	348	15	58	235	27	13	-
Cuba	54,396	2,211	9	3,882	428	47,803	63
Curacao	22	4	6	12	-	-	-
Cyprus	113	D	39	61	7	D	-
Czech Republic	637	18	109	456	41	8	5
Czechoslovakia(former)	58	D	14	39	-	D	D
Denmark	609	6	290	284	24	D	D
Djibouti	370	D	D	34	12	319	-
Dominica	229	123	D	D	-	-	-
Dominican Republic	50,610	26,432	369	23,554	D	D	147
Ecuador	10,187	3,100	641	5,675	D	D	585
Egypt	12,085	903	746	3,334	2,890	4,194	18
El Salvador	19,487	6,845	1,327	9,446	3	366	1,500
Equatorial Guinea	25	D	-	13	D	8	-
Eritrea	2,220	155	D	511	178	1,352	D
Estonia	189	8	25	131	19	3	3
Ethiopia	11,394	1,544	170	3,350	2,507	3,808	15
Fiji	875	309	17	339	169	34	7
Finland	407	5	209	177	16	-	-
France	4,693	122	2,121	2,085	314	41	10
French Polynesia	14	-	D	D	-	-	-
Gabon	146	D	9	92	15	21	D
Gambia	1,142	89	30	732	9	242	40
Georgia	1,410	111	63	734	431	68	3
Germany	5,436	142	1,724	3,026	458	59	27
Ghana	6,186	886	337	4,346	508	88	21
Greece	1,211	65	309	715	113	D	D
Grenada	525	122	23	360	D	D	14
Guatemala	11,773	2,647	1,608	5,196	25	667	1,630
Guinea	1,389	97	14	455	306	481	36
Guinea-Bissau	39	D	D	28	D	6	-
Guyana	5,543	3,423	59	2,007	11	16	27
Haiti	16,967	7,002	114	8,475	3	1,240	133
Honduras	9,274	1,982	1,188	5,081	28	284	711
Hong Kong	2,085	705	675	636	38	19	12
Hungary	1,095	31	256	676	114	14	4
Iceland	104	D	43	42	D	-	-
India	64,116	14,591	27,514	20,558	53	978	422
Indonesia	2,084	134	467	1,193	57	187	46
Iran	13,114	2,250	1,485	3,232	2,377	3,756	14
Iraq	21,107	209	68	866	37	18,973	954
Ireland	1,607	24	651	881	45	D	D
Israel	3,965	155	1,640	2,013	98	39	20
Italy	3,544	102	1,125	1,889	269	147	12
Jamaica	17,642	5,440	622	11,437	-	63	80
Japan	5,395	139	1,957	3,092	178	14	15
Jordan	4,664	1,172	281	2,519	101	581	10
Kazakhstan	1,201	45	117	561	351	123	4
Kenya	5,602	419	360	2,569	1,046	1,173	35
Korea, North	55	D	10	26	-	12	D
Korea, South	17,138	949	9,645	6,465	7	7	65
Kosovo	814	115	10	475	118	96	-
Kuwait	1,055	189	222	382	41	217	4
Kyrgyzstan	790	34	47	284	245	175	5
Laos	917	85	43	753	-	36	-
Latvia	480	23	36	366	43	5	7
Lebanon	2,813	723	400	1,454	50	173	13
Lesotho	23	-	3	17	-	D	D
Liberia	3,795	309	20	1,252	1,787	414	13
Libya	734	24	43	289	81	297	-
Lithuania	750	42	63	506	128	5	6
Luxembourg	27	D	D	13	-	D	-
Macau	99	41	27	21	10	-	-
Macedonia	1,060	132	62	637	210	D	D
Madagascar	72	8	19	29	16	-	-
Malawi	160	9	19	79	7	46	-
Malaysia	2,749	152	583	682	20	1,296	16
Mali	587	27	15	314	19	161	51
Malta	58	D	D	15	D	26	-
Marshall Islands	32	D	-	D	-	-	-
Mauritania	298	19	6	115	D	154	D
Mauritius	96	6	39	46	D	-	D
Mexico	158,619	41,529	6,479	97,816	9	726	12,060
Moldova	2,496	93	100	753	1,304	241	5
Monaco	10	-	D	D	-	-	-
Mongolia	644	31	82	337	66	104	24
Montenegro	251	36	5	186	11	13	-
Montserrat	14	5	-	9	-	-	-
Morocco	3,710	298	131	2,350	900	18	13
Mozambique	107	3	21	26	4	53	-
Namibia	86	-	14	30	5	37	-
Nepal	12,926	657	1,358	2,161	3,471	5,261	18
Netherlands	1,309	21	565	662	51	6	4
Netherlands Antilles (former)	22	-	7	15	-	-	-
New Zealand	855	20	222	465	145	D	D
Nicaragua	3,324	828	D	2,167	D	119	142
Niger	55	D	D	42	6	-	-
Nigeria	11,542	1,702	861	8,279	519	144	37
Norway	310	6	95	201	D	3	D
Oman	85	D	30	32	7	8	D
Pakistan	18,057	6,793	2,276	8,095	11	803	79
Palau	15	D	D	9	-	-	-
Panama	1,052	175	95	728	6	34	14
Papua New Guinea	11	-	4	7	-	-	-
Paraguay	382	26	54	279	D	18	D
Peru	10,148	2,536	547	6,651	8	157	249
Philippines	56,478	15,695	10,545	29,955	9	19	255
Poland	5,275	897	837	3,060	418	17	46
Portugal	857	60	216	536	21	10	14
Qatar	229	34	51	70	60	14	-
Romania	3,376	239	534	1,980	518	97	8
Russia	8,799	428	1,732	4,335	1,748	532	24
Rwanda	732	8	26	75	179	444	-
Saint Kitts-Nevis	222	81	7	130	D	-	D
Saint Lucia	739	188	30	508	D	D	6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	415	78	20	308	D	D	5
Samoa	207	D	-	198	-	-	D
Saudi Arabia	1,744	253	310	717	269	192	3
Senegal	1,244	111	70	828	102	83	50
Serbia	1,278	90	135	829	201	D	D
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	232	7	26	122	D	71	D
Seychelles	11	D	D	6	D	D	-
Sierra Leone	1,599	121	46	889	424	111	8
Singapore	781	47	426	282	12	9	5
Sint Maarten	45	13	D	29	D	-	-
Slovakia	424	11	91	262	45	11	4
Slovenia	107	D	29	71	D	-	1
Somalia	6,796	116	D	986	56	5,630	D
South Africa	2,907	77	935	1,286	262	332	15
South Sudan	127	D	D	91	3	29	-
Soviet Union (former)	1,022	9	191	541	5	272	4
Spain	3,303	108	1,114	1,328	167	578	8
Sri Lanka	1,763	233	477	552	249	238	14
Sudan	3,580	99	D	491	983	1,975	D
Suriname	134	32	8	91	D	-	D
Swaziland	19	-	5	14	-	-	-
Sweden	1,066	27	393	581	50	12	3
Switzerland	640	10	251	331	34	8	6
Syria	3,840	801	250	1,507	140	1,137	5
Taiwan	4,888	662	2,119	1,950	138	D	D
Tajikistan	595	25	44	188	277	61	-
Tanzania	799	59	D	406	66	211	D
Thailand	7,502	291	336	3,288	25	3,439	123
Togo	1,547	155	16	669	537	157	13
Tonga	327	103	D	210	D	-	-
Trinidad and Tobago	3,212	651	272	2,188	53	4	44
Tunisia	518	20	56	351	41	45	5
Turkey	4,201	222	1,041	1,670	1,108	142	18
Turkmenistan	226	D	20	68	90	35	D
Turks and Caicos Islands	38	3	D	30	-	D	2
Uganda	1,664	122	135	686	185	531	5
Ukraine	7,987	797	881	4,519	1,285	471	34
United Arab Emirates	1,193	209	312	303	118	238	13
United Kingdom	12,592	492	5,459	6,481	92	31	37
United States	370	12	43	270	-	19	26
Uruguay	1,078	37	115	834	5	47	40
Uzbekistan	3,977	396	131	805	2,318	306	21
Venezuela	9,144	731	2,207	4,610	738	806	52
Vietnam	30,832	16,065	872	13,690	D	148	D
Yemen	3,194	577	25	2,319	136	134	3
Zambia	460	31	75	272	35	44	3
Zimbabwe	779	60	167	311	42	189	10
All other countries¹	73	7	15	44	D	D	-
Unknown	677	112	36	411	22	53	43

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