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By Region of Nationality
Region of Nationality | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Total | 274,617 | 216,257 | 281,928 |
Africa | 6,665 | 6,745 | 7,580 |
Asia | 48,338 | 35,880 | 77,819 |
Europe | 16,011 | 15,065 | 22,893 |
North America | 192,214 | 146,000 | 155,048 |
Oceania | 1,193 | 1,344 | 1,127 |
South America | 9,950 | 10,962 | 17,226 |
Unknown | 246 | 261 | 235 |
By Country of Nationality
Country of Nationality | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
---|---|---|---|
Total | 274,617 | 216,257 | 281,928 |
Afghanistan | 109 | 118 | 79 |
Albania | 83 | 132 | 163 |
Algeria | 228 | 78 | 203 |
Angola | 51 | 124 | 188 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 25 | 21 | 19 |
Argentina | 239 | 252 | 302 |
Armenia | 512 | 458 | 620 |
Australia | 763 | 814 | 650 |
Austria | 68 | 76 | 77 |
Azerbaijan | 29 | 26 | 64 |
Bahamas | 189 | 244 | 354 |
Bahrain | 13 | 22 | 8 |
Bangladesh | 383 | 333 | 489 |
Barbados | 32 | 31 | 35 |
Belarus | 55 | 68 | 85 |
Belgium | 114 | 138 | 190 |
Belize | 166 | 129 | 128 |
Benin | 28 | 19 | 56 |
Bermuda | 106 | 91 | 41 |
Bolivia | 112 | 125 | 93 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52 | 45 | 66 |
Botswana | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Brazil | 2,537 | 3,081 | 6,231 |
Bulgaria | 155 | 113 | 221 |
Burkina Faso | 126 | 37 | 81 |
Burma | 1,548 | 693 | 2,730 |
Burundi | 11 | 41 | 20 |
Cabo Verde | 25 | 29 | 54 |
Cambodia | 28 | 20 | 17 |
Cameroon | 558 | 545 | 770 |
Canada | 22,120 | 22,353 | 23,917 |
Cayman Islands | 10 | 10 | 13 |
Chad | 19 | 27 | 10 |
Chile | 536 | 607 | 582 |
China, People's Republic | 12,083 | 9,072 | 18,503 |
Colombia | 2,419 | 2,459 | 3,219 |
Congo, Democratic Republic | 116 | 264 | 379 |
Congo, Republic | 23 | 79 | 103 |
Costa Rica | 279 | 287 | 354 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 67 | 45 | 111 |
Croatia | 183 | 165 | 292 |
Cuba | 54,226 | 20,263 | 9,415 |
Cyprus | 17 | 10 | 27 |
Czechia | 126 | 177 | 166 |
Czechoslovakia (former) | - | - | - |
Denmark | 93 | 101 | 83 |
Djibouti | 7 | 33 | 10 |
Dominica | 55 | 32 | 44 |
Dominican Republic | 1,241 | 1,178 | 1,407 |
Ecuador | 1,063 | 957 | 802 |
Egypt | 301 | 335 | 375 |
El Salvador | 9,738 | 7,931 | 6,310 |
Equatorial Guinea | 10 | 15 | 21 |
Eritrea | 354 | 665 | 514 |
Estonia | 38 | 48 | 74 |
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) | D | 3 | 4 |
Ethiopia | 206 | 176 | 206 |
Fiji | 97 | 119 | 83 |
Finland | 135 | 142 | 92 |
France | 982 | 1,060 | 1,641 |
Gabon | 8 | 20 | 22 |
Gambia | 118 | 102 | 25 |
Georgia | 152 | 75 | 190 |
Germany | 738 | 781 | 816 |
Ghana | 780 | 347 | 324 |
Greece | 520 | 366 | 773 |
Grenada | 45 | 33 | 75 |
Guatemala | 13,490 | 11,700 | 18,669 |
Guinea | 198 | 299 | 111 |
Guyana | 190 | 256 | 515 |
Haiti | 6,974 | 9,921 | 1,059 |
Honduras | 7,996 | 7,327 | 13,270 |
Hong Kong | 95 | 76 | 65 |
Hungary | 182 | 287 | 228 |
Iceland | 20 | 8 | 19 |
India | 7,115 | 5,644 | 8,597 |
Indonesia | 681 | 689 | 1,207 |
Iran | 711 | 805 | 1,272 |
Iraq | 351 | 330 | 231 |
Ireland | 257 | 395 | 689 |
Israel | 375 | 455 | 494 |
Italy | 987 | 1,058 | 1,287 |
Jamaica | 1,244 | 1,180 | 1,181 |
Japan | 560 | 660 | 528 |
Jordan | 389 | 503 | 437 |
Kazakhstan | 51 | 59 | 84 |
Kenya | 111 | 173 | 206 |
Kiribati | 40 | 24 | 112 |
Korea, South | 1,513 | 1,386 | 2,012 |
Kosovo | 18 | 28 | 30 |
Kuwait | 82 | 69 | 75 |
Kyrgyzstan | 9 | 78 | 176 |
Laos | 17 | 25 | 14 |
Latvia | 88 | 100 | 172 |
Lebanon | 168 | 158 | 189 |
Liberia | 40 | 43 | 72 |
Libya | 38 | 29 | 43 |
Lithuania | 103 | 102 | 133 |
Macedonia | 40 | 60 | 58 |
Madagascar | 10 | 4 | 20 |
Malawi | 8 | 10 | 16 |
Malaysia | 392 | 469 | 747 |
Maldives | 18 | 9 | - |
Mali | 57 | 65 | 57 |
Malta | 3 | 6 | 4 |
Marshall Islands | 18 | 10 | 12 |
Mauritania | 23 | 20 | 36 |
Mauritius | 42 | 52 | 49 |
Mexico | 73,338 | 62,439 | 77,570 |
Micronesia, Federated States | 15 | 21 | 21 |
Moldova | 41 | 80 | 63 |
Mongolia | 70 | 96 | 85 |
Montenegro | 36 | 52 | 100 |
Morocco | 221 | 119 | 244 |
Namibia | 4 | 5 | 13 |
Nepal | 273 | 99 | 96 |
Netherlands | 332 | 363 | 413 |
Netherlands Antilles (former) | - | - | - |
New Zealand | 193 | 263 | 202 |
Nicaragua | 510 | 369 | 683 |
Niger | 17 | 9 | 16 |
Nigeria | 1,382 | 1,851 | 2,022 |
Norway | 96 | 91 | 103 |
Oman | 20 | 16 | 10 |
Pakistan | 688 | 677 | 859 |
Palau | 6 | 20 | 3 |
Panama | 123 | 134 | 127 |
Papua New Guinea | 6 | 4 | D |
Paraguay | 38 | 34 | 37 |
Peru | 1,044 | 948 | 1,347 |
Philippines | 15,842 | 8,988 | 31,432 |
Poland | 461 | 485 | 525 |
Portugal | 309 | 283 | 384 |
Qatar | 20 | 28 | 16 |
Romania | 1,039 | 1,154 | 1,450 |
Russia | 1,483 | 1,082 | 3,807 |
Rwanda | 24 | 23 | 48 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 15 | 33 | 22 |
Saint Lucia | 89 | 54 | 61 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57 | 66 | 118 |
Samoa | 17 | 13 | 17 |
Saudi Arabia | 532 | 395 | 339 |
Senegal | 298 | 146 | 131 |
Serbia | 109 | 134 | 139 |
Serbia and Montenegro (former) | - | - | - |
Seychelles | 5 | - | 8 |
Sierra Leone | 42 | 56 | 27 |
Singapore | 105 | 132 | 137 |
Slovakia | 74 | 98 | 104 |
Slovenia | 19 | 40 | 48 |
Solomon Islands | D | - | - |
Somalia | 434 | 187 | 58 |
South Africa | 233 | 251 | 295 |
Soviet Union (former) | - | - | - |
Spain | 2,494 | 2,413 | 1,669 |
Sri Lanka | 203 | 225 | 555 |
Sudan | 52 | 102 | 64 |
Suriname | 5 | 34 | 18 |
Sweden | 237 | 258 | 203 |
Switzerland | 93 | 119 | 126 |
Syria | 310 | 436 | 319 |
Taiwan | 684 | 833 | 750 |
Tajikistan | 8 | 9 | 20 |
Tanzania | 43 | 36 | 133 |
Thailand | 323 | 290 | 398 |
Togo | 78 | 64 | 45 |
Tonga | 32 | 46 | 19 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 123 | 135 | 143 |
Tunisia | 147 | 76 | 205 |
Turkey | 1,117 | 600 | 2,568 |
Turkmenistan | 105 | 122 | 96 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 11 | 13 | 14 |
Tuvalu | 3 | 3 | D |
Uganda | 29 | 52 | 88 |
Ukraine | 2,612 | 1,345 | 4,383 |
United Arab Emirates | 27 | 28 | 34 |
United Kingdom | 1,531 | 1,606 | 2,015 |
Uruguay | 52 | 63 | 38 |
Uzbekistan | 41 | 83 | 496 |
Venezuela | 1,715 | 2,146 | 4,042 |
Vietnam | 486 | 496 | 670 |
Virgin Islands, British | 10 | 23 | 15 |
Yemen | 63 | 76 | 71 |
Zambia | 19 | 23 | 25 |
Zimbabwe | 42 | 43 | 54 |
All other countries 1 | 49 | 42 | 39 |
Unknown | 246 | 261 | 235 |
Footnotes
D Data withheld to limit disclosure.
- Represents zero.
1 Includes countries with fewer than 10 aliens determined inadmissible per year.
Note: Data are current as of April 2019.
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.