Table 4. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by State or Territory of Residence: Fiscal Years 2015 to 2017

State or Territory of Residence	2015	2016	2017
Total	1,051,031	1,183,505	1,127,167
Alabama	3,928	4,736	3,801
Alaska	1,572	1,726	1,547
Arizona	17,997	20,694	19,344
Arkansas	2,814	3,158	3,071
California	209,568	223,141	214,243
Colorado	12,661	14,225	14,520
Connecticut	11,102	12,669	11,938
Delaware	2,168	2,204	2,244
District of Columbia	2,976	3,114	2,885
Florida	118,873	136,337	127,609
Georgia	25,919	29,572	26,242
Guam	1,249	1,147	1,107
Hawaii	6,513	6,285	5,396
Idaho	2,531	2,562	2,709
Illinois	40,482	43,207	40,530
Indiana	8,554	9,946	10,052
Iowa	5,047	5,299	5,577
Kansas	5,419	5,709	5,703
Kentucky	5,647	7,098	7,537
Louisiana	4,696	5,784	4,688
Maine	1,464	1,748	1,594
Maryland	22,627	26,077	25,095
Massachusetts	28,535	35,706	37,010
Michigan	18,049	22,569	18,927
Minnesota	14,737	15,603	16,009
Mississippi	1,587	2,149	1,793
Missouri	6,731	6,868	7,707
Montana	519	566	529
Nebraska	5,234	5,654	5,327
Nevada	11,053	11,555	12,733
New Hampshire	2,159	2,332	2,279
New Jersey	49,801	56,187	54,440
New Mexico	3,626	4,104	4,002
New York	130,010	159,878	139,409
North Carolina	18,495	20,811	21,184
North Dakota	1,600	1,595	1,471
Ohio	16,050	17,251	16,894
Oklahoma	4,880	5,960	5,535
Oregon	8,655	10,033	9,221
Pennsylvania	24,969	27,217	27,762
Puerto Rico	3,322	3,581	3,298
Rhode Island	3,610	4,194	4,102
South Carolina	4,417	5,104	5,027
South Dakota	1,265	1,229	1,017
Tennessee	8,833	10,032	9,793
Texas	99,727	110,651	110,126
Utah	6,883	7,271	6,390
Vermont	792	886	787
Virginia	27,622	29,242	29,466
Washington	24,765	27,304	27,363
West Virginia	786	928	776
Wisconsin	6,655	7,111	6,681
Wyoming	539	462	444
Other ¹	1,116	1,225	1,413
Unknown	202	1,809	820

- Represents zero.
¹ Includes American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and U.S. Armed Forces posts.

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.