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Table 11. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Region and Country of Last Residence: Fiscal Year 2017

By Region of Last Residence

Region of Last Residence	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,127,167	516,508	232,238	137,855	51,592	146,003	42,971
Africa	116,667	51,375	14,366	4,183	20,938	25,602	203
Asia	404,371	149,898	90,645	77,587	15,689	49,570	20,982
Europe	89,706	42,925	7,387	21,157	11,477	6,460	300
North America	414,081	213,043	101,367	20,293	784	60,433	18,161
Oceania	5,986	2,825	663	1,783	658	39	18
South America	75,595	46,201	13,870	10,315	1,288	2,604	1,317
Unknown	20,761	10,241	3,940	2,537	758	1,295	1,990

By Country of Last Residence

County of Last Residence	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,127,167	516,508	232,238	137,855	51,592	146,003	42,971
Afghanistan	18,319	981	282	17	142	176	16,721
Albania	5,360	2,044	998	51	2,186	73	8
Algeria	2,081	583	140	26	1,306	25	1
Angola	202	99	12	23	21	42	5
Anguilla	31	17	14	-	-	-	-
Antigua and Barbuda	370	233	126	D	D	-	-
Argentina	3,191	1,956	120	921	39	92	63
Armenia	3,485	1,395	350	105	1,463	165	7
Aruba	42	34	-	8	-	-	-
Australia	3,818	1,713	264	1,431	397	5	8
Austria	1,962	218	34	151	39	1,516	4
Azerbaijan	713	243	25	32	334	78	1
Bahamas	786	592	77	105	3	5	4
Bahrain	222	79	61	48	5	28	1
Bangladesh	14,251	5,998	7,533	591	4	103	22
Barbados	408	273	92	35	6	-	2
Belarus	1,887	678	114	243	710	138	4
Belgium	742	295	24	328	73	14	8
Belize	754	553	161	20	3	3	14
Benin	647	281	27	24	294	19	2
Bermuda	120	57	D	50	D	-	-
Bhutan	125	37	D	D	7	75	2
Bolivia	1,399	961	269	84	18	29	38
Bosnia and Herzegovina	751	536	100	32	51	32	-
Botswana	183	43	13	30	15	82	-
Brazil	14,832	10,045	718	3,720	17	143	189
Brunei	22	13	D	D	-	-	-
Bulgaria	2,070	1,212	161	199	477	17	4
Burkina Faso	577	242	35	28	188	82	2
Burma	1,930	795	463	40	144	487	1
Burundi	1,375	77	6	4	50	1,238	-
Cabo Verde	2,590	1,188	1,392	4	D	3	D
Cambodia	3,922	2,860	680	138	231	10	3
Cameroon	4,514	2,029	472	48	1,503	458	4
Canada	18,469	7,128	2,035	8,751	245	91	219
Cayman Islands	109	43	20	26	D	D	-
Central African Republic	65	39	D	D	D	18	-
Chad	370	34	-	D	D	318	-
Chile	1,664	1,042	97	417	15	74	19
China, People's Republic	66,479	26,342	14,438	17,212	24	8,302	161
Colombia	16,341	11,542	3,071	1,128	12	484	104
Congo, Democratic Republic	3,987	472	257	37	2,858	362	1
Congo, Republic	404	90	7	11	42	251	3
Costa Rica	2,259	1,713	174	271	22	53	26
Cote d'Ivoire	1,655	698	206	20	565	162	4
Croatia	338	186	29	79	19	25	-
Cuba	64,749	4,666	4,682	7	382	55,004	8
Curacao	40	19	D	13	-	D	-
Cyprus	150	75	5	51	14	4	1
Czechia	573	416	16	91	39	7	4
Czechoslovakia (former)	78	26	D	42	-	6	D
Denmark	536	231	26	241	29	6	3
Djibouti	4,069	2,549	1,223	20	52	225	-
Dominica	472	283	165	17	4	-	3
Dominican Republic	58,384	27,724	30,135	314	8	103	100
Ecuador	10,826	5,907	3,189	558	3	598	571
Egypt	11,166	3,803	1,222	852	2,802	2,477	10
El Salvador	21,920	10,625	7,503	1,312	-	1,285	1,195
Equatorial Guinea	19	15	D	D	-	D	-
Eritrea	813	381	35	18	25	353	1
Estonia	171	119	9	34	8	-	1
Ethiopia	15,678	5,925	2,086	170	2,424	5,059	14
Fiji	752	261	254	15	185	30	7
Finland	478	172	D	265	29	D	1
France	4,973	2,059	217	2,341	309	33	14
French Polynesia	21	14	-	7	-	-	-
Gabon	166	86	14	8	13	44	1
Gambia	1,112	738	139	20	13	193	9
Georgia	1,509	774	117	70	508	39	1
Germany	5,369	2,979	312	1,681	308	37	52
Ghana	8,384	5,695	1,645	222	644	166	12
Greece	1,495	806	132	317	224	14	2
Grenada	529	383	100	39	D	-	D
Guatemala	12,792	6,206	2,694	1,139	6	1,481	1,266
Guinea	1,305	685	121	12	262	214	11
Guinea-Bissau	44	36	D	-	D	D	-
Guyana	4,683	1,868	2,745	37	D	D	16
Haiti	21,501	11,691	9,076	255	-	424	55
Honduras	11,147	6,494	1,908	1,103	35	714	893
Hong Kong	2,893	955	1,359	521	44	13	1
Hungary	924	571	36	217	80	17	3
Iceland	78	34	D	38	D	-	1
India	57,155	19,893	13,837	21,903	53	999	470
Indonesia	1,852	1,108	182	276	35	228	23
Iran	9,311	2,853	2,035	1,437	2,405	574	7
Iraq	8,932	1,160	201	24	132	5,027	2,388
Ireland	1,685	845	59	740	37	D	D
Israel	4,227	2,017	153	1,823	113	109	12
Italy	4,055	1,978	297	1,255	310	196	19
Jamaica	21,517	14,510	6,012	893	D	D	54
Japan	5,176	3,040	213	1,709	187	11	16
Jordan	8,219	3,191	1,736	313	117	2,789	73
Kazakhstan	1,098	477	54	86	341	136	4
Kenya	9,810	3,455	581	337	1,256	4,158	23
Korea, North	13	D	-	-	-	D	-
Korea, South	18,546	6,522	1,296	10,646	24	5	53
Kosovo	985	478	145	14	286	60	2
Kuwait	1,101	440	197	198	57	203	6
Kyrgyzstan	697	217	34	29	157	258	2
Laos	649	505	102	28	D	D	-
Latvia	344	258	10	47	21	5	3
Lebanon	2,990	1,387	842	298	36	425	2
Lesotho	25	20	-	-	5	-	-
Liberia	4,085	1,897	564	39	1,390	193	2
Libya	560	349	15	67	99	30	-
Lithuania	583	431	34	34	75	5	4
Luxembourg	44	16	-	25	3	-	-
Macau	170	33	106	25	6	-	-
Macedonia	994	530	206	26	221	11	-
Madagascar	53	28	D	9	13	D	-
Malawi	428	92	7	13	7	308	1
Malaysia	13,058	1,128	277	495	292	10,861	5
Mali	535	333	43	14	30	106	9
Malta	542	21	D	D	-	509	-
Marshall Islands	23	D	D	D	-	-	-
Mauritania	248	116	11	-	9	112	-
Mauritius	79	44	15	17	3	-	-
Mexico	168,980	113,837	34,402	5,506	9	1,080	14,146
Moldova	2,213	741	75	76	1,028	287	6
Mongolia	649	301	26	124	123	49	26
Montenegro	300	203	72	5	10	8	2
Montserrat	13	13	-	-	-	-	-
Morocco	4,066	2,303	338	77	1,312	30	6
Mozambique	133	29	D	3	3	94	D
Namibia	302	40	6	6	13	237	-
Nepal	14,196	2,661	1,014	1,277	3,039	6,190	15
Netherlands	1,285	646	66	523	33	11	6
New Zealand	900	438	81	320	D	D	-
Nicaragua	3,014	1,991	747	71	3	81	121
Niger	110	81	10	11	8	-	-
Nigeria	13,146	9,576	2,547	811	36	155	21
Norway	377	226	9	93	32	8	9
Oman	276	71	42	85	32	43	3
Pakistan	16,488	7,235	6,574	1,762	12	862	43
Palau	12	12	-	-	-	-	-
Panama	1,021	704	184	83	22	19	9
Papua New Guinea	14	9	-	D	D	-	-
Paraguay	364	286	30	22	5	17	4
Peru	9,767	6,230	2,806	360	6	116	249
Philippines	46,542	24,833	13,188	7,905	D	D	593
Poland	4,592	2,851	802	658	242	9	30
Portugal	910	605	79	199	15	7	5
Qatar	605	208	66	154	127	50	-
Romania	2,722	1,700	233	358	272	147	12
Russia	8,841	4,169	546	1,852	1,533	730	11
Rwanda	2,261	109	43	19	279	1,811	-
Saint Kitts and Nevis	251	162	70	15	-	3	1
Saint Lucia	767	570	160	26	D	D	D
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	335	245	76	10	-	-	4
Samoa	175	165	6	-	-	D	D
Saudi Arabia	2,948	1,233	442	482	657	133	1
Senegal	1,503	1,100	176	40	106	71	10
Serbia	1,378	830	120	123	290	15	-
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	126	69	D	27	-	25	D
Seychelles	11	11	-	-	-	-	-
Sierra Leone	1,989	1,203	258	16	463	47	2
Singapore	1,874	441	171	1,226	26	8	2
Sint Maarten	73	53	D	D	-	-	-
Slovakia	491	243	8	72	16	149	3
Slovenia	94	57	D	24	8	D	-
Somalia	497	171	6	5	18	296	1
South Africa	3,438	1,318	156	749	396	813	6
South Sudan	69	47	D	D	10	7	-
Soviet Union (former)	542	486	9	10	D	33	D
Spain	3,555	1,478	234	1,175	169	486	13
Sri Lanka	1,483	507	223	356	188	191	18
Sudan	2,508	580	87	22	1,348	469	2
Suriname	111	72	28	D	-	D	-
Swaziland	18	8	D	7	-	-	D
Sweden	1,146	570	87	397	69	12	11
Switzerland	837	300	32	460	33	9	3
Syria	3,010	1,165	755	182	47	857	4
Taiwan	4,787	1,719	872	2,016	172	4	4
Tajikistan	562	142	18	19	321	54	8
Tanzania	1,970	379	57	69	46	1,410	9
Thailand	9,103	3,272	289	345	28	5,105	64
Togo	1,540	606	146	3	698	78	9
Tonga	239	170	54	-	14	-	1
Trinidad and Tobago	3,108	2,155	694	190	21	20	28
Tunisia	524	328	18	33	90	53	2
Turkey	9,144	2,038	222	1,206	1,234	4,385	59
Turkmenistan	199	80	13	16	73	17	-
Turks and Caicos Islands	52	31	7	12	-	-	2
Uganda	3,760	734	156	111	140	2,610	9
Ukraine	9,942	4,189	1,012	988	1,963	1,770	20
United Arab Emirates	3,247	917	597	989	384	267	93
United Kingdom	13,318	6,413	1,023	5,607	225	28	22
Uruguay	952	742	31	109	10	32	28
Uzbekistan	3,841	710	584	90	2,330	119	8
Venezuela	11,465	5,550	766	2,950	1,162	1,001	36
Vietnam	37,541	17,391	18,850	1,212	D	D	56
Virgin Islands, British	60	32	17	8	D	-	D
Yemen	656	443	117	14	15	65	2
Zambia	723	258	23	40	15	385	2
Zimbabwe	862	367	34	79	46	334	2
All other countries ¹	74	45	6	18	D	D	1
Unknown	20,761	10,241	3,940	2,537	758	1,295	1,990

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Table 11. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Region and Country of Last Residence: Fiscal Year 2017

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