Lawful Permanent Residents

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.

Reports

Yearbook of Immigration Statistics

This is an annual collection of tables on foreign nationals. It includes data on lawful immigration and immigration enforcement actions.
- Yearbook of Immigration Statistics
Lawful Permanent Residents Annual Flow Report

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.
- Lawful Permanent Residents Annual Flow Report
State Immigration Data

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.
- State Immigration Data
- Immigration Map
Lawful Permanent Residents Population Estimates

This report presents estimates of the LPR population living in the United States on January 1 of the given year.
- Lawful Permanent Residents Population Estimates
Legal Immigration and Adjustment of Status Report

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.
- Legal Immigration and Adjustment of Status Report
Profiles on Lawful Permanent Residents

These tables provide detailed profiles of selected demographic characteristics of immigrants who became LPRs by fiscal year. Profiles are available by country of birth, state of residence, and core-based statistical area of residence.
- Profiles on Lawful Permanent Residents
Immigrant Classes of Admission

This list provides the classes of admission for foreign nationals to gain Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) status.
- Immigrant Classes of Admission
LPR Yearbook Tables 8 to 11 Expanded

These tables are expanded versions of Tables 8 through 11 from each Yearbooks of Immigration Statistics to distinguish between Adjustments of Status and New Arrivals.
- LPR Yearbook Tables 8 to 11 Expanded
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.
- Lawful Permanent Residents by Type, Broad Class of Admission, and Sex and Broad Age Group: Top Twenty States
LPRs by Country of Birth and Major Classes of Admission

These tables provide Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs) and derivative (spouses and children) employment-based LPRs by country of birth and major class of admission.
- LPRs by Country of Birth and Major Classes of Admission
LPR by State, County, Country of Birth, and Major Class of Admission

These tables are county-level data for the top 200 counties of residence of new Lawful Permanent Residents by major class of admission and country of birth.
- LPR by State, County, Country of Birth, and Major Class of Admission
Adjustments to Lawful Permanent Residence by Year of Entry

This table has data on year of entry into the United States of those adjusting to LPR status for the top 10 countries of birth and by world regions.
- Adjustments to Lawful Permanent Residence by Year of Entry
COVID-19 Vulnerability by Immigration Status

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.
- COVID-19 Vulnerability by Immigration Status