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By Region of Nationality
Region of Nationality | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
---|---|---|---|
Total | 193,609 | 203,962 | 223,253 |
Africa | 3,523 | 3,948 | 4,706 |
Asia | 55,578 | 61,233 | 60,252 |
Europe | 17,998 | 17,877 | 17,746 |
North America | 111,730 | 115,397 | 134,843 |
Oceania | 836 | 903 | 910 |
South America | 3,712 | 4,440 | 4,613 |
Unknown | 232 | 164 | 183 |
By Country of Nationality
Country of Nationality | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
---|---|---|---|
Total | 193,609 | 203,962 | 223,253 |
Afghanistan | 93 | 71 | 77 |
Albania | 66 | 84 | 81 |
Algeria | 73 | 43 | 43 |
Angola | 27 | 54 | 49 |
Anguilla | D | D | D |
Antigua-Barbuda | 41 | 25 | 27 |
Argentina | 129 | 177 | 168 |
Armenia | 66 | 56 | 109 |
Australia | 444 | 567 | 545 |
Austria | 77 | 71 | 78 |
Azerbaijan | 31 | 37 | 42 |
Bahamas | 458 | 516 | 593 |
Bahrain | 13 | 6 | 12 |
Bangladesh | 316 | 292 | 640 |
Barbados | 63 | 48 | 46 |
Belarus | 61 | 48 | 52 |
Belgium | 123 | 134 | 140 |
Belize | 127 | 112 | 104 |
Benin | 19 | 27 | 30 |
Bermuda | 97 | 105 | 94 |
Bolivia | 78 | 67 | 82 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | 51 | 60 | 54 |
Botswana | 13 | 5 | 4 |
Brazil | 731 | 809 | 873 |
British Virgin Islands | 19 | 26 | 12 |
Bulgaria | 278 | 228 | 146 |
Burkina Faso | 22 | 23 | 39 |
Burma | 2,410 | 1,984 | 1,981 |
Burundi | 23 | 31 | 16 |
Cambodia | 30 | 24 | 17 |
Cameroon | 152 | 334 | 315 |
Canada | 30,731 | 29,354 | 28,059 |
Cape Verde | 48 | 22 | 29 |
Cayman Islands | 20 | 12 | 16 |
Chad | 4 | 5 | 25 |
Chile | 111 | 183 | 257 |
China, People's Republic | 12,888 | 13,550 | 14,212 |
Colombia | 1,113 | 1,265 | 1,321 |
Congo, Democratic Republic | 64 | 58 | 70 |
Congo, Republic | 18 | 27 | 27 |
Costa Rica | 229 | 215 | 211 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 27 | 33 | 48 |
Croatia | 194 | 177 | 203 |
Cuba | 12,253 | 17,679 | 24,285 |
Cyprus | 11 | 9 | 15 |
Czech Republic | 211 | 183 | 160 |
Czechoslovakia (former) | - | - | - |
Denmark | 100 | 82 | 86 |
Djibouti | 7 | D | 5 |
Dominica | 46 | 50 | 31 |
Dominican Republic | 1,605 | 1,471 | 1,244 |
Ecuador | 369 | 407 | 451 |
Egypt | 418 | 329 | 349 |
El Salvador | 1,028 | 2,193 | 3,147 |
Eritrea | 188 | 139 | 187 |
Estonia | 38 | 48 | 44 |
Ethiopia | 134 | 253 | 311 |
Fiji | 64 | 71 | 61 |
Finland | 56 | 48 | 53 |
France | 872 | 858 | 966 |
French Polynesia | D | D | D |
Gabon | 5 | 8 | 8 |
Gambia | 30 | 33 | 24 |
Georgia | 116 | 95 | 101 |
Germany | 770 | 735 | 710 |
Ghana | 267 | 349 | 392 |
Greece | 367 | 477 | 561 |
Grenada | 47 | 47 | 48 |
Guatemala | 1,757 | 1,919 | 4,614 |
Guinea | 40 | 40 | 59 |
Guyana | 183 | 163 | 122 |
Haiti | 1,425 | 1,550 | 1,091 |
Honduras | 1,445 | 2,187 | 5,906 |
Hong Kong | 104 | 94 | 112 |
Hungary | 265 | 247 | 251 |
Iceland | 28 | 16 | 20 |
India | 6,907 | 11,814 | 8,545 |
Indonesia | 1,401 | 1,020 | 849 |
Iran | 474 | 532 | 757 |
Iraq | 198 | 296 | 307 |
Ireland | 255 | 282 | 222 |
Israel | 460 | 397 | 352 |
Italy | 1,043 | 1,029 | 1,104 |
Jamaica | 834 | 769 | 960 |
Japan | 538 | 619 | 595 |
Jordan | 198 | 204 | 241 |
Kazakhstan | 43 | 30 | 40 |
Kenya | 92 | 86 | 74 |
Kiribati | 41 | 33 | 29 |
Korea, South | 1,512 | 1,706 | 1,646 |
Kosovo | 18 | 17 | 26 |
Kuwait | 29 | 53 | 50 |
Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 9 | 27 |
Laos | 34 | 15 | 10 |
Latvia | 139 | 144 | 157 |
Lebanon | 141 | 185 | 186 |
Liberia | 58 | 29 | 70 |
Libya | 33 | 18 | 43 |
Lithuania | 397 | 179 | 154 |
Luxembourg | 4 | D | D |
Macau | D | 5 | D |
Macedonia | 53 | 56 | 68 |
Madagascar | 9 | 5 | 10 |
Malawi | 7 | D | 8 |
Malaysia | 402 | 315 | 313 |
Maldives | 92 | 12 | 54 |
Mali | 32 | 26 | 35 |
Malta | 9 | 7 | 6 |
Marshall Islands | 15 | 7 | 9 |
Mauritania | 22 | 14 | 20 |
Mauritius | 65 | 40 | 56 |
Mexico | 58,659 | 56,187 | 63,396 |
Micronesia, Federated States | 26 | 12 | 15 |
Moldova | 64 | 51 | 57 |
Mongolia | 53 | 44 | 55 |
Montenegro | 36 | 32 | 32 |
Morocco | 123 | 133 | 130 |
Nepal | 67 | 77 | 51 |
Netherlands | 372 | 384 | 419 |
Netherlands Antilles (former) | - | - | - |
New Zealand | 126 | 152 | 160 |
Nicaragua | 323 | 379 | 418 |
Niger | 9 | 4 | 16 |
Nigeria | 668 | 827 | 1,147 |
Norway | 122 | 122 | 96 |
Oman | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Pakistan | 595 | 460 | 570 |
Palau | 12 | 7 | 6 |
Panama | 130 | 146 | 131 |
Papua New Guinea | 6 | 7 | 21 |
Paraguay | 24 | 27 | 31 |
Peru | 565 | 880 | 769 |
Philippines | 22,486 | 23,387 | 23,978 |
Poland | 763 | 761 | 674 |
Portugal | 475 | 368 | 397 |
Qatar | 7 | 18 | 14 |
Romania | 719 | 580 | 677 |
Russia | 2,848 | 2,431 | 2,299 |
Rwanda | 56 | 81 | 50 |
Saint Kitts-Nevis | 23 | 41 | 27 |
Saint Lucia | 63 | 94 | 94 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 64 | 64 | 82 |
Samoa | 25 | 21 | 20 |
Saudi Arabia | 311 | 369 | 471 |
Senegal | 61 | 111 | 106 |
Serbia | 98 | 186 | 96 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 4 | D | - |
Seychelles | 4 | - | 11 |
Sierra Leone | 32 | 26 | 37 |
Singapore | 141 | 130 | 106 |
Slovakia | 103 | 119 | 93 |
Slovenia | 32 | 28 | 44 |
Solomon Islands | D | 7 | D |
Somalia | 180 | 267 | 332 |
South Africa | 240 | 209 | 249 |
Soviet Union (former) | 5 | 4 | - |
Spain | 1,717 | 2,423 | 2,069 |
Sri Lanka | 190 | 182 | 210 |
Sudan | 55 | 42 | 57 |
Suriname | D | 3 | 10 |
Swaziland | D | D | 5 |
Sweden | 168 | 220 | 179 |
Switzerland | 143 | 122 | 121 |
Syria | 168 | 416 | 292 |
Taiwan | 466 | 650 | 664 |
Tajikistan | 15 | 3 | 4 |
Tanzania | 40 | 47 | 32 |
Thailand | 318 | 280 | 392 |
Togo | 16 | 22 | 29 |
Tonga | 33 | 14 | 35 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 221 | 186 | 192 |
Tunisia | 36 | 43 | 44 |
Turkey | 1,335 | 1,137 | 1,226 |
Turkmenistan | 6 | 30 | 52 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 19 | 18 | 13 |
Tuvalu | 24 | - | D |
Uganda | 42 | 33 | 38 |
Ukraine | 2,928 | 2,882 | 3,398 |
United Arab Emirates | 18 | 22 | 37 |
United Kingdom | 1,925 | 1,947 | 1,748 |
Uruguay | 43 | 54 | 36 |
Uzbekistan | 22 | 29 | 59 |
Vanuatu | - | D | - |
Venezuela | 363 | 405 | 493 |
Vietnam | 796 | 503 | 714 |
Yemen | 54 | 48 | 49 |
Zambia | 12 | 12 | 18 |
Zimbabwe | 39 | 37 | 36 |
All other countries | 42 | 37 | 40 |
Unknown | 232 | 164 | 183 |
Footnotes
X Not applicable.
D Data withheld to limit disclosure.
- Represents zero.
Note: Before April 2008, did not include all crew members detained onboard vessels.
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO), Enforcement Integrated Database (EID), October 2014.