Lawful permanent residents (LPRs), also known as “green card” holders, are non-citizens who are lawfully authorized to live permanently within the United States. LPRs may accept an offer of employment without special restrictions, own property, receive financial assistance at public colleges and universities, and join the Armed Forces. They also may apply to become U.S. citizens if they meet certain eligibility requirements. The Immigration and Nationality Act provides several broad classes of admission for foreign nationals to gain LPR status, the largest of which focuses on admitting immigrants for the purpose of family reunification. Other major categories include economic and humanitarian immigrants, as well as immigrants from countries with relatively low levels of immigration to the United States.
Lawful Permanent Residents
Reports
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This annual report presents information obtained from LPR applications, on the number and characteristics of persons who became LPRs in the United States, providing information such as country of birth, state and core-based statistical area of residence, age and sex, and type and class of admission.
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This annual set of tables provides 10 years of data for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Data include arrivals, naturalizations, asylum grants, and adjustments.
Our interactive map shows state-based immigration data. It includes all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Data include arrivals, naturalizations, asylum grants, and adjustments.
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This quarterly report provides tables with preliminary legal immigration counts based on data available one month after the reporting period and details the number of adjustments of immigration status, presenting data broken out by type of adjustment, type and detailed class of admission, and country of nationality.
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This report provides estimates of the recent LPR population and subpopulation eligible to naturalize living in the top 50 core-based statistical areas, including county-level breakdown within those areas as of January 1, 2022.
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Lawful Permanent Residents by Type, Broad Class of Admission, and Sex and Broad Age Group: Top Twenty States
This file provides state-level data for the top 20 states of residence of new lawful permanent residents: Expanded version of two panels of Table 9 (sex and broad age group) of the Yearbook of Immigration Statistics to distinguish between Adjustments of Status and New Arrivals.
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This report presents population estimates by four categories of immigration status–lawful permanent residents, resident nonimmigrants, refugees and asylees, and unauthorized immigrants–and addresses unique COVID-19-related risks each status group may face.
Last updated: October 16, 2024