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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 2014

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	1,016,518	229,104	151,596	416,456	53,490	134,242	31,630
Africa	98,413	9,609	4,708	38,651	23,199	21,713	533
Asia	430,508	100,893	101,045	136,195	16,355	62,068	13,952
Europe	83,266	5,737	18,495	43,172	11,713	3,698	451
North America	324,354	93,698	16,879	154,139	583	43,792	15,263
Oceania	5,112	522	986	2,804	744	30	26
South America	73,715	18,355	9,435	40,867	837	2,864	1,357
Unknown	1,150	290	48	628	59	77	48

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	1,016,518	229,104	151,596	416,456	53,490	134,242	31,630
Afghanistan	10,527	403	60	1,008	82	528	8,446
Albania	3,828	465	87	1,699	1,426	138	13
Algeria	1,669	148	34	461	1,012	D	D
Angola	148	23	10	77	13	25	-
Anguilla	20	D	D	13	-	-	-
Antigua-Barbuda	369	128	15	217	D	D	5
Argentina	3,874	206	1,108	2,245	63	139	113
Armenia	2,913	317	113	967	1,216	292	8
Aruba	40	D	5	31	-	D	-
Australia	2,809	77	743	1,565	408	D	D
Austria	438	34	155	207	36	D	D
Azerbaijan	672	80	D	262	201	70	D
Bahamas	654	59	75	506	4	5	5
Bahrain	122	16	47	37	D	17	D
Bangladesh	14,645	8,709	560	5,194	D	114	D
Barbados	384	121	36	220	D	-	D
Belarus	2,015	118	173	605	801	305	13
Belgium	632	27	284	282	28	8	3
Belize	789	224	42	497	D	D	18
Benin	517	41	11	204	235	22	4
Bermuda	106	D	20	73	-	D	D
Bhutan	7,298	8	D	25	8	7,254	D
Bolivia	1,719	345	246	997	23	50	58
Bosnia-Herzegovina	693	45	49	476	38	85	-
Botswana	58	D	5	32	7	9	D
Brazil	10,429	587	2,410	7,062	10	180	180
British Virgin Islands	56	D	-	30	-	D	D
Brunei	25	-	13	D	D	-	-
Bulgaria	2,981	179	292	1,454	1,011	36	9
Burkina Faso	583	19	16	229	173	141	5
Burma	11,144	452	68	575	241	9,804	4
Burundi	273	3	15	42	43	170	-
Cambodia	2,536	450	61	1,626	372	20	7
Cameroon	3,943	358	103	1,212	1,381	876	13
Canada	11,586	567	5,121	5,597	49	49	203
Cape Verde	1,154	544	D	600	4	D	D
Cayman Islands	48	13	D	31	D	-	-
Central African Republic	155	D	3	20	-	128	D
Chad	119	5	D	23	10	78	D
Chile	1,581	156	326	1,010	19	39	31
China, People's Republic	76,089	16,320	22,749	24,311	22	12,514	173
Colombia	18,175	4,294	1,444	11,425	11	825	176
Congo, Democratic Republic	4,347	151	37	419	2,256	1,473	11
Congo, Republic	552	10	10	96	108	322	6
Costa Rica	1,966	179	188	1,501	25	52	21
Cote d'Ivoire	1,477	121	39	544	406	337	30
Croatia	297	D	52	170	40	18	D
Cuba	46,679	3,701	5	2,586	287	40,086	14
Curacao	27	7	6	11	3	-	-
Cyprus	129	6	44	69	7	3	-
Czech Republic	606	26	122	410	32	11	5
Czechoslovakia (former)	74	D	24	42	-	D	4
Denmark	514	18	233	228	26	4	5
Djibouti	190	D	-	38	D	124	-
Dominica	345	212	D	125	5	-	D
Dominican Republic	44,577	25,025	293	19,000	6	111	142
Ecuador	10,960	4,609	906	4,873	D	D	414
Egypt	11,477	1,027	722	2,774	3,462	3,462	30
El Salvador	19,273	8,176	963	8,013	-	386	1,735
Equatorial Guinea	15	-	-	9	-	6	-
Eritrea	2,002	136	D	507	194	1,154	D
Estonia	220	8	32	156	19	D	D
Ethiopia	12,300	1,310	182	4,271	2,494	4,020	23
Fiji	802	262	23	274	211	29	3
Finland	350	D	141	179	22	D	D
France	4,284	148	1,837	1,968	289	26	16
French Polynesia	24	D	D	D	-	-	D
Gabon	167	12	9	82	22	39	3
Gambia	1,111	106	12	623	16	308	46
Georgia	1,240	82	57	656	361	72	12
Germany	5,584	193	1,602	3,167	548	42	32
Ghana	7,115	926	280	4,266	1,556	65	22
Greece	1,235	53	243	800	122	8	9
Grenada	633	151	27	441	D	D	7
Guatemala	10,238	3,015	904	4,092	37	675	1,515
Guinea	1,375	99	15	428	251	544	38
Guinea-Bissau	30	D	-	24	-	D	-
Guyana	6,267	4,179	87	1,958	12	9	22
Haiti	15,274	6,998	110	6,617	-	1,344	205
Honduras	8,156	2,214	739	4,447	30	244	482
Hong Kong	2,278	907	687	619	42	16	7
Hungary	996	34	196	642	100	19	5
Iceland	86	D	36	37	D	-	-
India	77,908	16,309	40,980	19,056	40	877	646
Indonesia	2,139	198	468	1,152	50	242	29
Iran	11,615	2,224	1,215	2,729	2,897	2,521	29
Iraq	19,153	271	68	606	50	14,582	3,576
Ireland	1,605	22	571	935	69	D	D
Israel	3,805	247	1,277	2,115	111	29	26
Italy	3,298	155	944	1,812	273	102	12
Jamaica	19,026	6,379	629	11,917	4	44	53
Japan	5,545	170	2,134	2,949	247	13	32
Jordan	5,187	1,625	231	2,690	168	453	20
Kazakhstan	1,221	75	113	566	289	168	10
Kenya	5,884	459	363	2,711	1,298	1,019	34
Korea, North	142	20	44	55	-	23	-
Korea, South	20,423	1,565	11,875	6,872	10	8	93
Kosovo	758	118	13	424	99	101	3
Kuwait	1,057	256	184	389	71	149	8
Kyrgyzstan	707	48	24	214	208	209	4
Laos	806	44	27	673	-	59	3
Latvia	384	32	35	254	45	14	4
Lebanon	3,245	1,092	355	1,527	67	194	10
Lesotho	13	D	D	D	4	D	-
Liberia	3,874	408	14	1,265	1,638	543	6
Libya	524	D	42	200	88	169	D
Lithuania	747	58	59	485	133	5	7
Luxembourg	26	D	6	12	D	D	D
Macau	105	46	23	33	3	-	-
Macedonia	960	169	44	537	179	D	D
Madagascar	86	D	23	44	13	D	-
Malawi	172	10	24	99	22	9	8
Malaysia	2,622	199	534	702	29	1,151	7
Maldives	13	-	D	D	9	D	-
Mali	604	36	21	306	31	173	37
Malta	39	-	14	19	-	6	-
Marshall Islands	56	D	D	51	D	-	-
Mauritania	320	16	10	89	D	199	D
Mauritius	81	12	30	32	3	-	4
Mexico	134,052	33,988	7,240	81,576	11	618	10,619
Moldova	2,341	113	77	693	1,032	400	26
Mongolia	651	34	103	269	75	158	12
Montenegro	289	61	D	182	14	24	D
Montserrat	38	19	D	D	-	-	-
Morocco	3,605	480	140	2,054	898	16	17
Mozambique	71	3	4	24	-	34	6
Namibia	44	3	10	28	D	D	-
Nepal	12,357	806	946	1,610	3,443	5,516	36
Netherlands	1,195	47	501	564	73	D	D
Netherlands Antilles (former)	45	D	9	31	-	D	-
New Zealand	796	39	209	429	114	-	5
Nicaragua	2,886	795	67	1,800	9	115	100
Niger	71	11	D	41	16	D	-
Nigeria	12,828	1,882	884	7,147	2,740	126	49
Norway	271	11	64	186	D	D	-
Oman	90	20	26	27	8	5	4
Pakistan	18,612	8,191	2,242	7,377	20	703	79
Palau	12	D	D	9	-	-	-
Panama	1,095	229	68	756	12	21	9
Papua New Guinea	18	D	3	12	D	-	-
Paraguay	391	33	41	294	D	D	14
Peru	10,606	3,095	702	6,397	3	190	219
Philippines	49,996	16,644	8,340	24,782	5	44	181
Poland	5,689	954	1,076	3,083	519	14	43
Portugal	892	84	178	579	33	11	7
Qatar	202	55	34	62	41	10	-
Romania	3,246	242	545	1,944	447	53	15
Russia	9,079	576	1,233	4,683	1,794	760	33
Rwanda	555	19	13	51	138	334	-
Saint Kitts-Nevis	263	112	10	138	-	-	3
Saint Lucia	844	252	15	549	14	D	D
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	448	128	11	298	3	-	8
Samoa	239	21	D	214	D	-	D
Saudi Arabia	1,696	333	225	715	239	174	10
Senegal	1,273	164	63	809	103	77	57
Serbia	1,143	77	124	714	199	29	-
Serbia and Montenegro	267	7	37	123	-	95	5
Sierra Leone	1,740	158	48	724	686	119	5
Singapore	779	51	375	302	28	16	7
Sint Maarten	45	D	D	23	-	D	-
Slovakia	460	30	115	280	31	4	-
Slovenia	78	D	17	54	3	D	-
Somalia	5,190	176	D	1,645	79	3,276	D
South Africa	2,676	116	1,020	1,147	262	116	15
South Sudan	74	D	-	54	-	D	-
Soviet Union (former)	1,136	17	93	613	8	402	3
Spain	2,928	115	997	1,255	170	377	14
Sri Lanka	1,767	246	485	502	284	243	7
Sudan	2,442	129	D	529	592	1,161	D
Suriname	158	58	12	83	-	D	D
Swaziland	23	D	D	16	D	D	-
Sweden	954	25	381	495	44	3	6
Switzerland	656	16	254	305	62	11	8
Syria	3,540	985	212	1,573	105	652	13
Taiwan	4,697	921	1,680	1,921	155	D	D
Tajikistan	516	D	36	188	220	43	D
Tanzania	774	50	71	398	37	208	10
Thailand	6,197	313	377	3,064	16	2,202	225
Togo	1,612	180	9	690	554	163	16
Tonga	320	110	-	204	D	-	D
Trinidad and Tobago	3,988	913	244	2,677	68	7	79
Tunisia	429	D	37	290	44	29	D
Turkey	3,834	208	897	1,645	931	139	14
Turkmenistan	254	D	22	87	105	21	D
Turks and Caicos Islands	40	6	D	30	-	D	-
Uganda	1,409	97	115	662	198	331	6
Ukraine	7,752	837	659	3,886	1,790	518	62
United Arab Emirates	1,039	235	265	284	124	112	19
United Kingdom	12,225	594	4,888	6,526	131	23	63
United States	358	21	26	274	3	16	18
Uruguay	1,128	44	114	856	8	53	53
Uzbekistan	5,194	399	99	796	3,504	345	51
Venezuela	8,427	749	2,039	3,667	684	1,214	74
Vietnam	30,283	18,603	549	10,922	3	155	51
Yemen	3,492	665	D	2,379	241	145	D
Zambia	441	29	50	266	26	67	3
Zimbabwe	797	60	145	330	51	197	14
All other countries	82	15	12	49	D	-	D
Unknown	1,150	290	48	628	59	77	48

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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 2014

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