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Table 5. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) of Residence: Fiscal Years 2014 to 2016

Geographic area201420152016
Total1,016,5181,051,0311,183,505
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA174,723162,168195,593
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA80,52782,97988,743
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL72,03877,64788,651
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV39,53237,34040,642
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI33,03836,65839,749
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX33,85634,59137,777
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA32,90434,15236,476
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX28,78029,66033,605
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH24,02622,83628,677
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA19,62620,87523,620
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA17,52719,00720,582
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA18,59019,86619,790
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD17,66518,21019,318
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA17,67018,52418,690
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA13,36215,91216,559
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI12,81412,30215,864
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ11,95612,36414,485
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL10,21710,73013,273
Minneapolis-Saint Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI11,20211,65512,233
Tampa-Saint Petersburg-Clearwater, FL9,64711,04011,792
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA8,7248,94011,306
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV8,6529,3949,832
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO7,3758,5499,738
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD8,4377,5508,599
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA6,2287,2258,443
Austin-Round Rock, TX6,1346,8128,336
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC5,4215,7906,693
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX5,4045,7216,462
Columbus, OH5,2875,8606,443
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA4,1934,5385,363
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN4,2514,3605,241
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN4,5844,7355,218
El Paso, TX4,4034,8145,082
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT4,4134,2604,810
Urban Honolulu, HI4,3584,7314,735
Raleigh, NC4,0284,1994,625
Salt Lake City, UT3,9674,5034,493
Kansas City, MO-KS3,6544,1164,473
Jacksonville, FL3,2663,2964,306
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN3,2093,0574,126
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN2,9993,1694,001
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT3,4393,4463,925
Stockton-Lodi, CA2,9833,1513,600
Fresno, CA2,8783,2123,591
Worcester, MA-CT2,9823,0103,575
Cleveland-Elyria, OH3,0743,1243,315
Bakersfield, CA2,5452,7753,312
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX3,0453,0543,308
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL2,1642,7583,223
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR2,4363,0123,222
Other metropolitan CBSAs166,158179,093199,039
Other micropolitan CBSAs22,85025,83828,292
Non-CBSA13,23214,17014,823
Unknown452531,836

Note: Metropolitan areas defined based on the 2015 update of Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) definitions. As a result, numbers for previous years may differ from previously published figures. The most current CBSA definitions are available from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.