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Table 5. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) of Residence: Fiscal Years 2016 to 2018

Geographic Area201620172018
Total1,183,5051,127,1671,096,611
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA194,008173,005168,931
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL88,65180,13380,341
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA88,74382,47074,032
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV40,64439,93637,796
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX37,77738,68636,263
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI39,74936,83135,045
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA36,47635,42031,918
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX33,52934,53328,915
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH28,67629,90726,411
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA23,62021,34121,334
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA19,79019,88019,906
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA20,58220,81419,553
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA18,69018,10619,381
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD19,31819,94817,705
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA16,55915,98715,000
Tampa-Saint Petersburg-Clearwater, FL11,79213,42014,399
Minneapolis-Saint Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI12,22412,67212,859
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL13,27312,37912,730
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ14,48513,55612,707
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI15,86412,31012,454
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA11,30612,53311,646
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX8,3367,9089,366
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO9,7389,7989,285
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV9,83211,0529,181
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA8,4437,7418,299
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD8,5998,3908,244
Columbus, OH6,4436,4637,184
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX6,4626,2747,155
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC6,6996,8276,892
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN4,1114,4015,538
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA5,3635,3825,516
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN5,2415,6175,184
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN5,2165,2025,144
Raleigh-Cary, NC4,6254,9244,642
Kansas City, MO-KS4,4734,6004,598
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT4,8104,4004,431
Jacksonville, FL4,3064,0824,319
El Paso, TX5,0824,3974,317
Urban Honolulu, HI4,7354,0814,152
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN4,0043,8494,121
Salt Lake City, UT4,4934,0653,701
Fresno, CA3,5913,3773,667
Saint Louis, MO-IL3,0683,7603,663
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT3,9253,8343,618
Cleveland-Elyria, OH3,3153,0913,511
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL3,2233,0163,398
Worcester, MA-CT3,5753,6243,344
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI3,1833,1763,331
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX3,3082,8453,302
Stockton, CA3,6003,4763,226
Other metropolitan CBSAs201,666192,524195,376
Other micropolitan CBSAs27,60825,85325,219
Non-CBSA14,84014,37313,541
Unknown1,836898820

Note: Metropolitan areas defined based on the 2018 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.