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Table 5. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) of Residence: Fiscal Years 2017 to 2019

Geographic Area201720182019
Total1,127,1671,096,6111,031,765
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA173,005168,931155,187
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA82,47074,03275,859
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL80,13380,34173,040
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX38,68636,26340,137
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI36,83135,04534,881
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV39,93637,79633,964
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX34,53328,91532,984
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA35,42031,91832,787
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH29,90726,41124,717
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA21,34121,33421,573
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA20,81419,55319,850
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA19,88019,90618,418
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD19,94817,70517,942
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA18,10619,38115,025
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA15,98715,00014,227
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL12,37912,73014,191
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ13,55612,70713,327
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI12,31012,45411,772
Minneapolis-Saint Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI12,67212,85911,201
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA12,53311,64610,578
Tampa-Saint Petersburg-Clearwater, FL13,42014,39910,040
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV11,0529,1819,996
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO9,7989,2859,005
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX7,9089,3667,559
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD8,3908,2447,453
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA7,7418,2997,328
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC6,8276,8926,336
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX6,2747,1555,924
Columbus, OH6,4637,1845,662
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN5,2025,1444,898
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA5,3825,5164,536
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN3,8494,1214,466
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN5,6175,1844,399
Kansas City, MO-KS4,6004,5984,320
Raleigh-Cary, NC4,9244,6424,314
Salt Lake City, UT4,0653,7014,156
El Paso, TX4,3974,3174,145
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT4,4004,4314,102
Urban Honolulu, HI4,0814,1523,728
Jacksonville, FL4,0824,3193,657
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT3,8343,6183,394
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI3,1763,3313,225
Fresno, CA3,3773,6673,222
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN4,4015,5383,193
Saint Louis, MO-IL3,7603,6633,130
Stockton, CA3,4763,2263,129
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL3,0163,3983,122
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX2,8453,3023,093
Cleveland-Elyria, OH3,0913,5113,044
Worcester, MA-CT3,6243,3442,994
Other metropolitan CBSAs192,524195,376176,547
Other micropolitan CBSAs25,85325,21923,006
Non-CBSA14,37313,54112,053
Unknown898820929

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.