Table 32. Nonimmigrant Temporary Worker Admissions (I-94 Only) by Region and Country of Citizenship: Fiscal Year 2019

By Region of Citizenship

Region of Citizenship	Total Temporary Workers and Families¹	Workers in Specialty Occupations (H1B)	Seasonal Agricultural Workers (H2A)	Seasonal Non-Agricultural Workers (H2B, H2R)²	Workers with Extraordinary Ability/ Achievement (O1, O2)	Athletes, Artists, and Entertainers (P1 to P3)	Intracompany Transferees (L1)	Treaty Traders and Investors (E1 to E3)³	Other
Total	4,106,324	601,594	442,822	129,126	163,342	133,464	698,794	515,672	1,421,510
Africa	33,175	5,886	5,000	1,902	1,878	1,690	7,925	507	8,387
Asia	1,077,008	432,057	235	1,837	15,863	13,060	158,823	144,088	311,045
Europe	692,623	49,496	931	4,712	82,205	25,935	222,168	167,672	139,504
North America	2,047,465	90,603	435,186	118,896	42,464	82,144	242,405	129,159	906,608
Oceania	98,547	3,333	136	101	9,311	2,557	15,696	56,102	11,311
South America	152,474	19,346	1,231	422	11,169	7,846	50,955	17,720	43,785
Unknown	5,032	873	103	1,256	452	232	822	424	870

By Country of Citizenship

Country of Citizenship	Total Temporary Workers and Families¹	Workers in Specialty Occupations (H1B)	Seasonal Agricultural Workers (H2A)	Seasonal Non-Agricultural Workers (H2B, H2R)²	Workers with Extraordinary Ability/ Achievement (O1, O2)	Athletes, Artists, and Entertainers (P1 to P3)	Intracompany Transferees (L1)	Treaty Traders and Investors (E1 to E3)³	Other
Total	4,106,324	601,594	442,822	129,126	163,342	133,464	698,794	515,672	1,421,510
Afghanistan	37	11	-	-	3	4	6	-	13
Albania	399	139	-	D	D	49	46	59	82
Algeria	350	53	-	-	6	22	152	8	109
Andorra	50	D	-	-	8	-	7	D	26
Angola	290	7	-	-	49	D	112	D	116
Antigua and Barbuda	137	35	-	5	9	12	30	8	38
Argentina	23,360	1,698	67	82	2,052	1,469	6,884	5,653	5,455
Armenia	605	97	-	-	85	94	80	86	163
Australia⁴	90,293	2,450	39	65	7,515	2,011	12,963	55,990	9,260
Austria	8,411	636	D	D	864	362	2,803	2,451	1,282
Azerbaijan	247	64	-	-	26	5	41	47	64
Bahamas	799	288	-	-	26	172	134	28	151
Bahrain	93	44	-	-	16	4	15	-	14
Bangladesh	1,005	526	-	-	24	11	58	9	377
Barbados	446	103	-	3	100	57	80	-	103
Belarus	1,674	132	-	D	102	185	600	D	642
Belgium	13,608	758	-	D	1,512	D	5,401	2,571	2,964
Belize	249	64	12	101	10	35	8	-	19
Benin	73	27	-	-	D	13	D	-	24
Bhutan	20	D	-	-	-	-	-	D	9
Bolivia	917	296	-	-	21	24	259	34	283
Bosnia and Herzegovina	292	67	-	-	8	93	58	25	41
Botswana	77	28	D	D	D	5	4	-	35
Brazil	66,293	5,225	43	130	2,963	1,660	30,194	2,017	24,061
Brunei	37	D	-	-	D	-	19	D	10
Bulgaria	2,277	435	5	348	153	120	488	417	311
Burkina Faso	98	34	-	-	11	12	-	-	41
Burma	139	45	-	-	D	-	18	D	69
Burundi	16	6	-	D	-	5	-	-	D
Cabo Verde	87	D	-	-	17	41	8	D	13
Cambodia	110	17	-	-	D	48	D	16	26
Cameroon	306	113	-	-	4	43	67	10	69
Canada	1,092,194	70,628	6,829	1,083	29,789	40,662	199,339	83,570	660,294
Central African Republic	24	-	-	-	-	9	D	D	9
Chad	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Chile	11,594	4,028	31	12	608	225	1,628	1,846	3,216
China, People's Republic⁵	117,217	67,434	21	6	1,945	3,147	20,284	732	23,648
Colombia	24,255	3,625	32	131	2,919	1,666	5,611	5,411	4,860
Congo, Democratic Republic	144	18	-	-	46	18	14	8	40
Congo, Republic	58	6	-	-	-	17	11	-	24
Costa Rica	6,277	683	256	478	182	75	2,840	216	1,547
Cote d'Ivoire	144	47	-	-	3	18	38	3	35
Croatia	1,675	314	-	22	209	118	546	138	328
Cuba	693	5	-	-	37	555	10	8	78
Cyprus	410	161	-	-	105	D	101	D	34
Czechia	4,963	283	D	D	310	848	1,502	896	945
Denmark⁶	11,562	439	20	-	1,588	319	3,766	2,556	2,874
Djibouti	D	-	-	-	-	D	-	-	D
Dominica	130	20	-	-	6	42	36	-	26
Dominican Republic	8,124	565	55	119	1,020	4,074	709	72	1,510
Ecuador	3,008	736	19	31	198	123	908	166	827
Egypt	4,494	1,029	D	D	240	30	1,420	144	1,606
El Salvador	2,525	438	155	690	29	219	442	19	533
Equatorial Guinea	9	-	-	-	-	-	D	-	D
Eritrea	16	D	-	-	D	8	-	-	5
Estonia	853	93	-	9	112	114	228	138	159
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)	43	D	-	-	-	-	12	D	18
Ethiopia	546	199	-	-	24	143	69	7	104
Fiji	63	9	-	8	14	7	-	-	25
Finland	6,849	411	21	-	599	818	2,538	692	1,770
France⁷	103,594	6,989	D	D	7,909	1,671	30,870	33,213	22,931
Gabon	24	6	-	-	D	-	6	D	8
Gambia	42	28	-	-	-	D	D	-	9
Georgia	429	160	-	D	46	46	D	42	97
Germany	91,187	5,294	6	11	5,877	1,161	26,561	38,521	13,756
Ghana	1,084	444	-	-	D	102	130	D	367
Greece	4,902	1,734	-	18	718	366	1,148	196	722
Grenada	279	53	-	D	D	71	D	73	53
Guatemala	8,367	446	2,681	3,235	203	272	788	120	622
Guinea	46	13	-	-	7	7	9	-	10
Guyana	105	35	-	-	5	13	18	-	34
Haiti	685	70	-	-	24	322	25	17	227
Holy See	4	D	-	-	-	-	D	-	D
Honduras	3,252	463	388	840	22	147	433	530	429
Hungary	4,640	422	6	85	378	840	1,679	34	1,196
Iceland	1,131	197	-	-	304	100	204	8	318
India	611,848	328,164	D	D	2,456	2,973	63,376	275	214,596
Indonesia	2,349	677	-	-	130	63	625	75	779
Iran	69	16	-	-	11	12	7	-	23
Iraq	141	31	-	-	4	5	56	3	42
Ireland	26,818	2,690	91	208	2,825	1,586	11,028	4,068	4,322
Israel	21,569	1,828	-	12	2,220	524	6,779	3,003	7,203
Italy	56,458	5,205	-	106	5,551	948	15,092	20,969	8,587
Jamaica	19,198	542	5,054	10,446	1,847	582	169	180	378
Japan	186,758	3,227	D	D	3,116	1,727	37,171	113,574	27,746
Jordan	1,308	477	-	-	41	18	303	49	420
Kazakhstan	1,040	162	-	-	51	67	263	126	371
Kenya	1,109	385	-	-	38	129	218	9	330
Kiribati	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
Korea, North	4	-	-	-	D	-	D	D	-
Korea, South	50,901	7,297	-	6	2,272	2,566	11,634	13,495	13,631
Kosovo	96	26	-	-	5	17	11	-	37
Kuwait	201	78	-	-	D	-	39	D	69
Kyrgyzstan	52	13	-	-	D	D	6	7	19
Laos	27	D	-	-	-	-	D	D	22
Latvia	838	103	-	5	176	177	151	79	147
Lebanon	2,145	837	D	-	244	159	520	D	350
Lesotho	14	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	5
Liberia	46	11	-	-	D	16	-	D	9
Libya	57	16	-	-	-	4	3	-	34
Liechtenstein	63	9	-	-	16	9	21	D	D
Lithuania	1,620	113	-	221	201	105	437	135	408
Luxembourg	302	17	-	-	56	4	107	46	72
Madagascar	27	8	-	-	D	4	D	-	11
Malawi	80	15	D	-	-	D	23	-	35
Malaysia	5,655	1,251	-	-	208	53	2,673	31	1,439
Maldives	6	D	D	D	-	-	D	-	D
Mali	100	8	-	-	13	42	11	-	26
Malta	309	21	-	D	33	43	143	D	65
Marshall Islands	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Mauritania	25	8	4	-	5	-	5	D	D
Mauritius	210	64	-	-	8	-	98	6	34
Mexico	897,182	15,264	419,052	101,687	8,456	33,906	35,807	43,762	239,248
Moldova	413	88	44	D	50	48	49	D	102
Monaco	56	6	-	-	D	D	43	-	-
Mongolia	584	88	80	78	3	92	36	81	126
Morocco⁸	950	179	-	-	49	22	279	112	309
Mozambique	111	13	-	-	8	-	31	-	59
Namibia	64	7	D	-	3	4	24	D	23
Nauru	D	-	-	-	D	-	-	-	D
Nepal	1,499	983	D	-	14	D	108	-	380
Netherlands⁹	28,111	1,425	19	26	4,004	786	11,000	4,468	6,383
New Zealand¹⁰	8,003	872	97	28	1,779	536	2,721	112	1,858
Nicaragua	1,662	99	688	141	31	100	181	21	401
Niger	48	6	D	-	6	31	-	-	D
Nigeria	3,527	1,406	-	-	206	145	626	8	1,136
North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia)	343	109	-	33	25	58	61	17	40
Norway	6,532	356	-	-	1,037	310	1,501	1,661	1,667
Oman	135	D	-	-	D	-	41	18	64
Pakistan	5,496	1,822	-	-	91	101	1,042	521	1,919
Panama	1,753	243	16	67	182	259	351	253	382
Papua New Guinea	30	D	-	-	-	-	D	-	18
Paraguay	416	92	-	D	D	42	80	68	110
Peru	5,749	1,323	982	35	333	304	1,292	127	1,353
Philippines	14,294	2,784	87	1,055	509	250	2,882	650	6,077
Poland	10,126	927	5	185	819	565	4,015	564	3,046
Portugal	7,275	847	D	D	820	177	3,522	215	1,621
Qatar	35	D	-	-	D	D	13	-	18
Romania	5,724	601	271	775	301	312	1,935	515	1,014
Russia	15,137	1,726	-	D	2,155	2,417	4,030	D	4,610
Rwanda	145	81	-	-	D	34	D	-	20
Saint Kitts and Nevis	95	19	-	-	D	-	12	D	55
Saint Lucia	161	65	-	-	16	16	36	-	28
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29	22	-	-	-	D	-	-	D
Samoa	29	-	-	-	-	-	D	-	D
San Marino	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Saudi Arabia	1,688	316	3	-	56	6	563	5	739
Senegal	238	72	-	-	46	30	18	7	65
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	614	68	-	335	37	38	71	13	52
Seychelles	5	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Sierra Leone	21	13	D	-	3	-	D	-	D
Singapore	9,539	4,046	-	-	277	29	2,453	251	2,483
Slovakia	2,289	183	-	66	196	174	942	223	505
Slovenia	977	137	D	D	176	89	212	227	129
Solomon Islands	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Somalia	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
South Africa	15,911	802	4,957	1,896	845	356	4,002	111	2,942
South Sudan	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
Spain	52,666	4,971	4	10	4,584	1,166	15,152	16,520	10,259
Sri Lanka	1,437	382	-	-	8	67	384	173	423
Sudan	100	36	-	-	D	-	11	D	47
Suriname	81	8	-	-	D	D	6	45	16
Sweden	17,814	962	4	4	2,980	1,693	5,021	2,997	4,153
Switzerland	11,434	821	5	4	1,336	344	3,941	2,597	2,386
Syria	41	D	-	-	D	7	8	8	13
Taiwan	20,567	4,974	D	D	786	544	3,511	6,830	3,525
Tajikistan	60	17	-	-	7	5	6	-	25
Tanzania	215	75	-	-	19	17	33	-	71
Thailand	3,007	733	33	31	203	110	653	500	744
Timor-Leste	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	D	-
Togo	39	19	-	-	D	D	4	D	12
Tonga	98	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	93
Trinidad and Tobago	3,228	488	-	-	446	560	974	275	485
Tunisia	586	127	-	-	51	11	182	44	171
Turkey	10,963	2,168	-	48	640	44	2,404	3,391	2,268
Turkmenistan	25	5	-	-	-	-	12	-	8
Uganda	704	152	-	-	D	302	56	D	153
Ukraine	9,266	812	328	1,474	739	840	2,182	116	2,775
United Arab Emirates	72	14	-	-	12	D	36	D	D
United Kingdom¹¹	179,270	8,922	87	492	33,404	6,462	63,055	30,080	36,768
Uruguay	1,601	221	57	-	201	50	471	161	440
Uzbekistan	235	28	-	-	9	64	32	9	93
Vanuatu	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Venezuela	15,095	2,059	-	-	1,844	2,266	3,604	2,192	3,130
Vietnam	2,850	1,036	4	-	215	187	511	37	860
Yemen	58	10	-	-	-	-	11	-	37
Zambia	112	36	-	D	10	D	15	-	48
Zimbabwe	747	260	D	D	45	29	213	10	185
Unknown	5,032	873	103	1,256	452	232	822	424	870

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