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Table 10. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2020

By Region of Birth

Region of birth	Total	Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-sponsored preferences	Employment-based preferences	Diversity	Refugees and asylees	Other
Total	707,362	321,148	121,560	148,959	25,028	63,875	26,792
Africa	76,649	32,039	8,232	7,360	10,705	18,080	233
Asia	272,597	93,569	59,886	81,302	7,577	19,361	10,902
Europe	68,994	28,711	4,240	24,250	5,625	6,013	155
North America	222,272	128,516	42,302	19,021	361	17,660	14,412
Oceania	3,998	1,884	190	1,484	415	20	5
South America	62,219	36,035	6,550	15,516	336	2,724	1,058
Unknown	633	394	160	26	9	17	27

By Country of Birth

Country of birth	Total	Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	Family-sponsored preferences	Employment-based preferences	Diversity	Refugees and asylees	Other
Total	707,362	321,148	121,560	148,959	25,028	63,875	26,792
Afghanistan	11,407	535	330	34	213	743	9,552
Albania	3,508	1,087	1,049	176	1,128	63	5
Algeria	1,581	416	130	76	934	22	3
Angola	181	81	D	28	46	20	D
Anguilla	11	D	D	-	-	-	-
Antigua and Barbuda	190	129	43	D	-	-	D
Argentina	2,970	1,465	89	1,309	19	56	32
Armenia	2,145	775	333	172	625	230	10
Aruba	22	14	4	4	-	-	-
Australia	2,523	1,072	D	1,184	226	D	-
Austria	311	134	7	160	6	D	D
Azerbaijan	814	240	37	80	388	69	-
Bahamas	614	466	43	99	3	D	D
Bahrain	127	40	6	77	D	D	-
Bangladesh	9,272	2,892	4,884	1,367	D	105	D
Barbados	226	127	50	46	-	D	D
Belarus	1,723	472	89	388	481	293	-
Belgium	629	235	13	372	D	D	D
Belize	475	353	71	35	-	3	13
Benin	450	161	28	16	235	7	3
Bermuda	67	33	14	20	-	-	-
Bhutan	1,091	31	D	D	8	1,045	-
Bolivia	976	617	156	138	4	23	38
Bosnia and Herzegovina	477	257	87	77	D	33	D
Botswana	43	23	D	13	-	D	D
Brazil	16,746	8,448	555	7,427	5	150	161
Brunei	11	4	-	7	-	-	-
Bulgaria	1,118	686	115	195	107	11	4
Burkina Faso	465	279	25	41	47	69	4
Burma	4,000	472	343	D	136	2,976	D
Burundi	1,099	52	5	10	74	958	-
Cabo Verde	995	524	455	12	-	D	D
Cambodia	1,593	1,003	356	129	81	17	7
Cameroon	2,842	1,301	352	118	766	296	9
Canada	9,526	3,496	278	5,597	14	28	113
Cayman Islands	50	26	D	11	-	D	-
Central African Republic	148	13	D	3	D	128	D
Chad	111	22	3	5	12	69	-
Chile	1,520	849	73	539	11	42	6
China, People's Republic	41,483	14,660	7,738	14,018	10	4,956	101
Colombia	11,989	8,786	1,162	1,519	D	448	D
Congo, Democratic Republic	7,522	404	194	69	1,687	5,168	-
Congo, Republic	308	77	D	34	96	88	D
Costa Rica	1,658	1,134	126	342	3	37	16
Cote d'Ivoire	1,049	542	129	45	244	78	11
Croatia	241	146	10	69	12	4	-
Cuba	16,367	1,639	2,257	8	310	12,148	5
Curacao	31	23	D	D	-	D	-
Cyprus	105	53	D	43	D	D	-
Czechia	454	285	7	145	12	5	-
Czechoslovakia (former)	69	24	-	38	-	4	3
Denmark	405	160	D	234	5	-	D
Djibouti	84	23	D	D	14	37	-
Dominica	287	186	82	D	-	D	-
Dominican Republic	30,005	16,107	13,337	363	-	61	137
Ecuador	6,157	3,394	1,318	720	39	138	548
Egypt	6,164	1,817	732	1,144	1,606	853	12
El Salvador	17,907	10,287	3,181	1,286	D	2,006	D
Equatorial Guinea	27	23	D	-	D	D	-
Eritrea	1,881	334	108	107	45	1,281	6
Estonia	126	81	D	40	D	D	-
Eswatini	25	16	-	9	-	-	-
Ethiopia	6,280	2,471	1,268	282	588	1,661	10
Fiji	425	153	110	25	126	D	D
Finland	317	104	5	203	D	-	D
France	4,053	1,296	94	2,556	82	14	11
French Polynesia	15	5	-	10	-	-	-
Gabon	86	58	4	5	10	9	-
Gambia	664	461	94	8	3	85	13
Georgia	1,179	642	91	93	309	D	D
Germany	3,913	1,850	99	1,839	89	28	8
Ghana	4,627	3,260	708	339	260	47	13
Greece	945	418	71	417	32	D	D
Grenada	307	235	43	23	-	D	D
Guatemala	7,815	3,259	1,000	931	6	1,358	1,261
Guinea	858	480	86	18	158	104	12
Guinea-Bissau	27	22	D	-	D	D	-
Guyana	3,027	1,475	1,472	55	-	8	17
Haiti	9,338	5,604	3,331	247	-	120	36
Honduras	8,277	4,977	951	861	9	727	752
Hong Kong	1,783	476	670	608	26	D	D
Hungary	761	421	25	293	19	D	D
Iceland	81	D	D	44	-	-	-
India	46,363	12,945	7,077	24,883	14	1,146	298
Indonesia	1,428	809	131	349	36	85	18
Iran	8,805	2,852	1,988	3,170	221	561	13
Iraq	2,266	767	175	101	123	922	178
Ireland	1,466	634	26	795	D	D	-
Israel	3,687	1,490	79	1,993	D	90	D
Italy	3,184	1,281	95	1,659	79	65	5
Jamaica	12,826	9,831	2,279	668	-	11	37
Japan	3,905	1,901	92	1,777	125	4	6
Jordan	3,063	1,789	587	352	180	149	6
Kazakhstan	1,307	492	54	189	443	129	-
Kenya	4,026	1,720	318	603	634	731	20
Korea, North	28	21	-	D	-	D	-
Korea, South	16,244	4,522	955	10,736	8	5	18
Kosovo	678	304	203	65	87	19	-
Kuwait	768	253	113	318	44	34	6
Kyrgyzstan	594	170	36	47	215	126	-
Laos	486	393	58	17	D	9	D
Latvia	224	136	14	44	20	D	D
Lebanon	2,120	1,030	592	414	D	49	D
Lesotho	14	10	-	D	-	-	D
Liberia	1,674	967	141	27	297	233	9
Libya	514	232	26	181	33	42	-
Lithuania	475	306	31	92	40	3	3
Luxembourg	20	8	-	12	-	-	-
Macau	64	18	24	19	D	-	D
Madagascar	84	24	D	43	D	-	-
Malawi	197	83	3	18	D	90	D
Malaysia	1,898	386	87	626	22	773	4
Mali	389	272	32	23	14	29	19
Malta	44	13	-	9	3	19	-
Marshall Islands	12	D	-	D	-	-	-
Mauritania	134	62	12	D	D	48	-
Mauritius	68	32	3	30	3	-	-
Mexico	100,325	66,579	14,064	7,933	3	1,026	10,720
Micronesia, Federated States	15	12	-	3	-	-	-
Moldova	1,367	594	D	111	275	325	D
Mongolia	543	228	44	162	41	59	9
Montenegro	303	193	69	21	15	D	D
Montserrat	12	D	D	D	-	-	-
Morocco	2,866	1,511	356	168	813	12	6
Mozambique	60	26	D	19	D	11	-
Namibia	90	25	-	8	D	54	D
Nepal	7,847	1,862	754	1,775	1,828	1,616	12
Netherlands	962	402	16	532	5	4	3
New Zealand	607	286	20	247	50	D	D
Nicaragua	2,570	1,649	574	131	D	D	112
Niger	139	97	3	23	7	6	3
Nigeria	12,398	8,385	2,040	1,670	7	281	15
North Macedonia	590	351	90	58	69	16	6
Norway	248	145	9	89	D	D	-
Oman	118	22	8	79	D	4	D
Pakistan	10,474	3,400	3,591	2,506	12	884	81
Panama	601	383	96	99	4	10	9
Papua New Guinea	19	7	-	8	D	D	-
Paraguay	256	188	19	40	-	4	5
Peru	5,626	3,727	1,183	493	3	80	140
Philippines	25,491	14,890	5,152	5,087	D	D	343
Poland	3,341	1,896	250	1,070	86	8	31
Portugal	679	391	28	248	5	3	4
Qatar	215	42	43	99	18	13	-
Romania	1,994	1,081	154	593	113	48	5
Russia	7,967	2,964	425	2,203	1,593	771	11
Rwanda	1,084	81	D	37	197	744	D
Saint Kitts and Nevis	106	68	29	D	-	D	-
Saint Lucia	463	342	84	34	-	D	D
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	196	140	34	D	-	-	D
Samoa	154	150	D	-	D	-	-
Saudi Arabia	1,854	641	234	526	275	167	11
Senegal	999	721	137	45	43	38	15
Serbia	1,077	696	73	155	122	31	-
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	149	83	D	52	-	9	D
Sierra Leone	713	496	69	13	109	23	3
Singapore	807	208	25	557	12	5	-
Sint Maarten	21	17	D	D	-	-	-
Slovakia	343	194	D	129	11	D	D
Slovenia	76	31	6	35	D	D	-
Somalia	2,024	987	139	12	D	883	D
South Africa	2,733	1,075	111	1,370	92	82	3
South Sudan	117	73	7	10	3	24	-
Soviet Union (former)	1,070	562	7	272	14	207	8
Spain	2,620	946	85	1,391	44	148	6
Sri Lanka	1,463	360	131	632	192	137	11
Sudan	1,867	329	66	D	935	490	D
Suriname	117	67	37	13	-	-	-
Sweden	835	394	15	416	D	D	-
Switzerland	592	215	7	350	15	D	D
Syria	3,176	1,017	1,009	298	D	807	D
Taiwan	4,759	1,416	518	2,679	142	D	D
Tajikistan	523	137	23	39	303	D	D
Tanzania	2,312	264	25	66	28	1,921	8
Thailand	4,177	2,503	148	622	38	842	24
Togo	1,276	550	218	22	462	21	3
Tonga	202	171	17	D	8	-	D
Trinidad and Tobago	1,718	1,211	301	176	5	4	21
Tunisia	463	310	20	82	37	D	D
Turkey	4,359	1,423	168	1,762	805	179	22
Turkmenistan	250	76	17	55	74	28	-
Turks and Caicos Islands	33	28	D	D	-	-	D
Uganda	1,802	426	84	102	106	1,075	9
Ukraine	9,886	2,936	629	1,511	964	3,832	14
United Arab Emirates	1,251	262	194	613	101	75	6
United Kingdom	9,655	4,255	260	5,083	31	16	10
United States	187	121	D	29	D	9	20
Uruguay	699	525	14	131	-	18	11
Uzbekistan	1,347	455	271	172	335	105	9
Venezuela	12,136	6,494	472	3,132	254	1,757	27
Vietnam	29,995	9,556	18,393	1,865	-	64	117
Virgin Islands, British	29	23	D	D	-	-	-
Yemen	5,908	3,408	2,319	74	D	61	D
Zambia	401	153	11	61	D	169	D
Zimbabwe	674	258	30	292	15	72	7
All other countries ^[1]	74	46	D	15	D	7	-
Unknown	633	394	160	26	9	17	27

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