The 2017 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics is a compendium of tables that provide data on foreign nationals who are granted lawful permanent residence (i.e., immigrants who receive a “green card”), admitted as temporary nonimmigrants, granted asylum or refugee status, or are naturalized. The Yearbook also presents data on immigration enforcement actions, including apprehensions and arrests, removals, and returns.
Region of Nationality | Total | Criminal1 | Non-Criminal |
---|---|---|---|
Total | 295,364 | 121,301 | 174,063 |
Africa | 2,949 | 886 | 2,063 |
Asia | 4,898 | 956 | 3,942 |
Europe | 2,019 | 796 | 1,223 |
North America | 277,559 | 116,369 | 161,190 |
Oceania | 276 | 186 | 90 |
South America | 7,627 | 2,104 | 5,523 |
Unknown | 36 | 4 | 32 |
Country of Nationality | Total | Criminal1 | Non-Criminal |
---|---|---|---|
Total | 295,364 | 121,301 | 174,063 |
Afghanistan | 46 | 20 | 26 |
Albania | 57 | 25 | 32 |
Algeria | 41 | 23 | 18 |
Angola | 10 | - | 10 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 17 | D | D |
Argentina | 182 | 49 | 133 |
Armenia | 29 | 12 | 17 |
Australia | 29 | 6 | 23 |
Austria | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Azerbaijan | 6 | D | D |
Bahamas | 87 | 73 | 14 |
Bangladesh | 213 | 25 | 188 |
Barbados | 23 | 19 | 4 |
Belarus | 20 | 6 | 14 |
Belgium | 10 | 3 | 7 |
Belize | 124 | 57 | 67 |
Benin | 9 | 5 | 4 |
Bermuda | 5 | D | D |
Bolivia | 127 | 44 | 83 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43 | 39 | 4 |
Brazil | 1,726 | 407 | 1,319 |
Bulgaria | 25 | 14 | 11 |
Burkina Faso | 39 | 3 | 36 |
Burma | 12 | 5 | 7 |
Cabo Verde | 35 | 25 | 10 |
Cambodia | 31 | D | D |
Cameroon | 68 | 10 | 58 |
Canada | 686 | 203 | 483 |
Chad | 10 | 3 | 7 |
Chile | 151 | 68 | 83 |
China, People's Republic | 1,854 | 120 | 1,734 |
Colombia | 2,060 | 640 | 1,420 |
Congo, Democratic Republic | 40 | 12 | 28 |
Congo, Republic | 7 | D | D |
Costa Rica | 256 | 73 | 183 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 15 | 7 | 8 |
Croatia | 9 | D | D |
Cuba | 197 | 75 | 122 |
Czechia | 26 | 9 | 17 |
Czechoslovakia (former) | 6 | D | D |
Denmark | 7 | - | 7 |
Dominica | 13 | 9 | 4 |
Dominican Republic | 2,033 | 1,515 | 518 |
Ecuador | 1,397 | 507 | 890 |
Egypt | 66 | 21 | 45 |
El Salvador | 18,452 | 6,492 | 11,960 |
Eritrea | 42 | D | D |
Estonia | 11 | 3 | 8 |
Ethiopia | 47 | 10 | 37 |
Fiji | 37 | 8 | 29 |
Finland | D | D | D |
France | 72 | 22 | 50 |
Gabon | 4 | D | D |
Gambia | 57 | 24 | 33 |
Georgia | 25 | 8 | 17 |
Germany | 68 | 43 | 25 |
Ghana | 317 | 63 | 254 |
Greece | 20 | 6 | 14 |
Grenada | 17 | D | D |
Guatemala | 33,060 | 11,130 | 21,930 |
Guinea | 90 | 29 | 61 |
Guyana | 187 | 100 | 87 |
Haiti | 5,762 | 343 | 5,419 |
Honduras | 22,168 | 9,288 | 12,880 |
Hong Kong | 9 | 3 | 6 |
Hungary | 115 | 13 | 102 |
India | 695 | 160 | 535 |
Indonesia | 80 | 16 | 64 |
Iran | 19 | 8 | 11 |
Iraq | 56 | 21 | 35 |
Ireland | 32 | 15 | 17 |
Israel | 116 | 35 | 81 |
Italy | 109 | 35 | 74 |
Jamaica | 1,111 | 678 | 433 |
Japan | 31 | 10 | 21 |
Jordan | 141 | 39 | 102 |
Kazakhstan | 26 | 6 | 20 |
Kenya | 109 | 52 | 57 |
Korea, South | 168 | 80 | 88 |
Kosovo | 11 | 4 | 7 |
Kuwait | 21 | 3 | 18 |
Kyrgyzstan | 12 | 3 | 9 |
Laos | 7 | D | D |
Latvia | 20 | 7 | 13 |
Lebanon | 40 | 12 | 28 |
Liberia | 108 | 101 | 7 |
Lithuania | 24 | 16 | 8 |
Macedonia | 12 | 5 | 7 |
Malaysia | 15 | 5 | 10 |
Mali | 37 | 9 | 28 |
Marshall Islands | 20 | 20 | - |
Mauritania | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Mexico | 192,334 | 85,784 | 106,550 |
Micronesia, Federated States | 108 | 108 | - |
Moldova | 36 | 20 | 16 |
Mongolia | 47 | 13 | 34 |
Montenegro | 17 | 6 | 11 |
Morocco | 68 | 36 | 32 |
Nepal | 51 | 5 | 46 |
Netherlands | 38 | 18 | 20 |
New Zealand | 24 | 8 | 16 |
Nicaragua | 906 | 381 | 525 |
Niger | 20 | 14 | 6 |
Nigeria | 712 | 112 | 600 |
Norway | 5 | D | D |
Pakistan | 210 | 49 | 161 |
Palau | 14 | 14 | - |
Panama | 94 | 52 | 42 |
Paraguay | 24 | D | D |
Peru | 616 | 178 | 438 |
Philippines | 332 | 120 | 212 |
Poland | 154 | 76 | 78 |
Portugal | 64 | 34 | 30 |
Romania | 270 | 91 | 179 |
Russia | 184 | 59 | 125 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17 | 13 | 4 |
Saint Lucia | 27 | 23 | 4 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12 | 9 | 3 |
Samoa | 13 | 9 | 4 |
Saudi Arabia | 123 | 29 | 94 |
Senegal | 206 | 35 | 171 |
Serbia | 28 | 12 | 16 |
Serbia and Montenegro (former) | 6 | D | D |
Sierra Leone | 41 | 28 | 13 |
Singapore | 5 | D | D |
Slovakia | 22 | 6 | 16 |
Slovenia | D | D | D |
Somalia | 520 | 179 | 341 |
South Africa | 57 | 14 | 43 |
South Sudan | 3 | D | D |
Soviet Union (former) | - | - | - |
Spain | 155 | 51 | 104 |
Sri Lanka | 55 | 7 | 48 |
Sudan | 22 | 11 | 11 |
Suriname | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Sweden | 21 | 8 | 13 |
Switzerland | 6 | D | D |
Syria | 7 | - | 7 |
Taiwan | 39 | 9 | 30 |
Tajikistan | 10 | D | D |
Tanzania | 13 | 6 | 7 |
Thailand | 86 | 13 | 73 |
Togo | 19 | 3 | 16 |
Tonga | 28 | 12 | 16 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 143 | 110 | 33 |
Tunisia | 10 | D | D |
Turkey | 116 | 15 | 101 |
Turkmenistan | 17 | - | 17 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 5 | D | D |
Uganda | 17 | 3 | 14 |
Ukraine | 141 | 39 | 102 |
United Kingdom | 160 | 90 | 70 |
Uruguay | 63 | 22 | 41 |
Uzbekistan | 27 | 6 | 21 |
Venezuela | 1,085 | 81 | 1,004 |
Vietnam | 85 | 60 | 25 |
Yemen | 14 | D | D |
Zambia | 15 | 8 | 7 |
Zimbabwe | 15 | 8 | 7 |
All other countries2 | 92 | 31 | 61 |
Unknown | 36 | 4 | 32 |
X Not applicable.
D Data withheld to limit disclosure.
- Represents zero.
1 Refers to persons who have a prior criminal conviction. In 2017, OIS started aligning with ERO’s methodology in identify criminals within the ERO administrative arrest data, one that is no longer solely based on criminal conviction.
2 Includes countries with less than 10 aliens removed per year.
3 The counting methodology for administrative arrests by ICE ERO was revised to align with ICE ERO reporting for 2016; prior to 2016, only one administrative arrest could be counted for the same person on the same day.
Note: Beginning in 2008, excludes criminals removed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP); CBP ENFORCE does not identify if aliens removed were criminals. Data are current as of October 2017.
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.