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Table 11. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Region and Country of Last Residence: Fiscal Year 2020

Region of Last Residence

Regionof last residence	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	76,789	32,333	9,417	7,148	10,351	17,344	196
Asia	260,706	88,823	56,009	79,648	7,513	17,899	10,814
Europe	70,284	29,092	4,658	24,385	5,817	6,150	182
North America	215,553	124,521	41,496	19,555	415	17,197	12,369
Oceania	4,748	1,941	348	1,597	438	418	6
South America	60,237	35,088	6,071	15,234	317	2,557	970
Unknown	19,045	9,350	3,561	1,392	177	2,310	2,255

Country of Last Residence

Country of last residence	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	10,635	475	294	31	204	119	9,512
Albania	3,336	1,010	980	167	1,113	62	4
Algeria	1,531	401	120	69	914	D	D
Angola	185	78	D	27	51	23	D
Anguilla	20	12	8	-	-	-	-
Antigua and Barbuda	217	140	58	D	-	D	D
Argentina	2,902	1,430	80	1,279	28	56	29
Armenia	2,125	787	338	165	617	208	10
Aruba	29	20	6	3	-	-	-
Australia	2,843	1,144	153	1,276	265	D	D
Austria	415	150	23	166	11	62	3
Azerbaijan	676	198	17	73	349	39	-
Bahamas	631	471	51	104	D	D	D
Bahrain	214	78	D	115	10	D	-
Bangladesh	9,014	2,816	4,766	1,328	D	82	D
Barbados	242	134	60	45	-	D	D
Belarus	1,685	465	82	379	455	304	-
Belgium	653	227	25	382	11	3	5
Belize	502	363	89	37	-	3	10
Benin	451	153	26	16	246	D	D
Bermuda	73	33	13	27	-	-	-
Bhutan	62	27	-	4	8	23	-
Bolivia	922	585	136	138	5	23	35
Bosnia and Herzegovina	427	240	81	73	17	D	D
Botswana	51	24	7	12	-	8	-
Brazil	16,571	8,342	577	7,366	7	142	137
Brunei	14	4	-	10	-	-	-
Bulgaria	1,084	664	115	181	109	11	4
Burkina Faso	464	269	D	42	64	62	D
Burma	1,181	445	308	D	128	230	D
Burundi	1,753	41	4	9	54	1,645	-
Cabo Verde	939	510	414	12	-	3	-
Cambodia	1,503	951	320	127	83	15	7
Cameroon	2,553	1,125	296	109	733	283	7
Canada	11,297	4,003	758	6,300	89	40	107
Cayman Islands	69	34	17	D	-	D	-
Central African Republic	25	11	-	D	-	10	D
Chad	189	23	-	4	6	156	-
Chile	1,572	853	97	553	20	44	5
China, People's Republic	39,642	14,127	7,303	13,699	17	4,400	96
Colombia	11,375	8,476	1,017	1,496	17	304	65
Congo, Democratic Republic	2,447	331	169	68	1,654	225	-
Congo, Republic	296	72	D	33	95	84	D
Costa Rica	1,757	1,152	137	343	3	106	16
Cote d'Ivoire	960	512	113	44	218	61	12
Croatia	225	134	8	66	5	12	-
Cuba	15,609	1,353	1,853	6	275	12,118	4
Curacao	39	24	D	6	D	5	-
Cyprus	125	59	D	44	13	D	D
Czechia	480	287	9	158	22	4	-
Czechoslovakia (former)	64	21	-	38	-	D	D
Denmark	441	168	9	250	11	D	D
Djibouti	3,988	2,117	1,753	25	42	51	-
Dominica	267	184	63	20	-	-	-
Dominican Republic	29,723	15,922	13,247	366	-	64	124
Ecuador	6,166	3,335	1,284	709	39	272	527
Egypt	6,720	2,077	884	1,133	1,561	1,054	11
El Salvador	15,385	8,599	2,793	1,248	-	1,799	946
Equatorial Guinea	26	D	-	-	-	D	-
Eritrea	580	146	11	85	9	324	5
Estonia	124	78	D	40	D	D	-
Eswatini	32	15	3	9	-	5	-
Ethiopia	6,468	2,351	1,147	283	597	2,078	12
Fiji	385	143	97	24	111	D	D
Finland	325	112	D	200	6	D	D
France	4,212	1,383	138	2,546	116	18	11
French Polynesia	24	5	-	12	-	7	-
Gabon	91	64	4	5	10	8	-
Gambia	609	421	88	D	D	78	11
Georgia	1,119	613	84	87	303	29	3
Germany	4,220	2,060	165	1,828	114	23	30
Ghana	4,477	3,134	680	334	237	83	9
Greece	1,001	445	100	427	25	D	D
Grenada	298	229	41	22	-	D	D
Guatemala	7,369	3,175	988	892	6	1,212	1,096
Guinea	745	406	74	19	141	95	10
Guinea-Bissau	20	D	D	-	D	D	-
Guyana	2,748	1,361	1,319	44	-	8	16
Haiti	9,116	5,468	3,285	239	-	94	30
Honduras	7,843	4,757	918	810	10	659	689
Hong Kong	2,143	608	887	612	29	D	D
Hungary	729	400	29	280	17	-	3
Iceland	77	31	D	43	D	-	-
India	44,367	12,468	6,561	24,034	22	985	297
Indonesia	1,515	745	114	352	30	254	20
Iran	7,915	2,584	1,830	3,062	D	255	D
Iraq	1,728	621	118	86	95	638	170
Ireland	1,531	627	32	852	14	D	D
Israel	3,989	1,566	102	2,060	D	213	D
Italy	3,346	1,374	168	1,637	94	61	12
Jamaica	12,516	9,653	2,165	655	D	D	33
Japan	4,153	2,113	118	1,768	142	4	8
Jordan	3,334	1,802	602	323	176	424	7
Kazakhstan	1,164	450	37	177	387	113	-
Kenya	5,387	1,990	348	577	605	1,856	11
Korea, North	12	D	-	D	-	-	-
Korea, South	16,009	4,575	913	10,480	17	7	17
Kosovo	634	291	182	59	82	20	-
Kuwait	789	227	76	411	47	28	-
Kyrgyzstan	515	151	D	46	168	121	D
Laos	470	389	52	17	7	D	D
Latvia	206	126	11	42	19	D	D
Lebanon	2,115	985	578	400	D	126	D
Lesotho	11	7	-	D	-	-	D
Liberia	1,600	946	142	28	300	175	9
Libya	423	193	8	170	18	34	-
Lithuania	420	273	21	85	36	D	D
Luxembourg	29	D	-	14	D	-	-
Macau	64	17	29	D	D	-	-
Madagascar	77	20	-	41	16	-	-
Malawi	372	82	D	11	D	274	D
Malaysia	4,443	947	363	644	30	2,451	8
Mali	362	255	29	22	10	27	19
Malta	155	14	-	D	D	127	-
Marshall Islands	13	D	-	D	-	D	-
Mauritania	115	46	9	D	D	50	-
Mauritius	65	29	D	31	D	-	-
Mexico	96,900	65,009	13,829	7,917	11	959	9,175
Micronesia, Federated States	13	10	-	3	-	-	-
Moldova	1,290	591	D	100	265	278	D
Mongolia	520	214	44	160	42	52	8
Montenegro	302	197	64	23	15	3	-
Montserrat	13	D	D	D	-	-	-
Morocco	2,773	1,422	336	151	818	41	5
Mozambique	72	D	-	24	D	24	-
Namibia	221	26	-	D	-	172	D
Nauru	245	-	D	-	-	D	-
Nepal	8,724	1,791	724	1,749	1,743	2,705	12
Netherlands	1,019	415	32	551	11	6	4
New Zealand	704	301	78	267	51	4	3
Nicaragua	2,435	1,553	548	131	3	100	100
Niger	154	88	D	19	9	33	D
Nigeria	11,990	8,156	1,912	1,639	26	246	11
North Macedonia	571	345	86	52	67	15	6
Norway	274	156	12	94	9	3	-
Oman	230	34	34	136	20	D	D
Pakistan	9,788	3,202	3,433	2,398	15	695	45
Panama	640	395	111	106	7	14	7
Papua New Guinea	163	5	-	8	-	150	-
Paraguay	237	175	16	37	-	4	5
Peru	5,450	3,642	1,141	468	3	75	121
Philippines	24,112	14,350	5,022	4,392	D	D	334
Poland	3,222	1,819	234	1,030	98	10	31
Portugal	704	389	47	254	6	4	4
Qatar	484	124	93	180	62	25	-
Romania	1,855	1,009	130	568	95	50	3
Russia	8,213	2,923	452	2,181	1,735	909	13
Rwanda	1,733	94	D	39	239	1,331	D
Saint Kitts and Nevis	112	69	30	D	-	D	-
Saint Lucia	445	334	80	28	-	D	D
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	172	127	29	D	-	-	D
Samoa	148	145	3	-	-	-	-
Saudi Arabia	2,223	825	259	619	387	125	8
Senegal	911	673	118	41	42	24	13
Serbia	1,100	714	82	157	121	26	-
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	112	58	-	42	-	8	4
Sierra Leone	651	445	57	D	115	19	D
Singapore	1,070	267	68	705	24	6	-
Sint Maarten	41	28	10	3	-	-	-
Slovakia	343	188	D	126	12	8	D
Slovenia	73	27	5	36	D	D	-
Somalia	299	115	D	9	-	167	D
South Africa	2,927	1,093	112	1,412	107	200	3
South Sudan	66	35	-	10	4	17	-
Soviet Union (former)	769	512	5	220	D	26	D
Spain	2,826	1,055	168	1,384	67	145	7
Sri Lanka	1,554	334	116	618	169	308	9
Sudan	1,491	303	76	35	783	294	-
Suriname	98	58	27	13	-	-	-
Sweden	914	426	42	433	D	D	-
Switzerland	690	254	23	387	19	4	3
Syria	2,072	639	758	249	D	402	D
Taiwan	4,759	1,433	540	2,650	129	D	D
Tajikistan	454	118	D	34	267	17	D
Tanzania	3,296	254	16	65	27	2,926	8
Thailand	5,124	2,450	140	625	40	1,845	24
Togo	1,226	520	209	18	453	23	3
Tonga	191	163	15	5	8	-	-
Trinidad and Tobago	1,703	1,201	295	175	6	6	20
Tunisia	431	292	19	78	29	D	D
Turkey	5,000	1,506	231	1,725	853	637	48
Turkmenistan	208	66	15	54	54	19	-
Turks and Caicos Islands	35	29	D	3	-	-	D
Uganda	3,358	518	108	100	84	2,539	9
Ukraine	9,773	2,860	617	1,476	919	3,887	14
United Arab Emirates	2,516	627	420	1,122	239	94	14
United Kingdom	10,398	4,552	411	5,337	75	18	5
Uruguay	673	511	14	121	-	18	9
Uzbekistan	1,153	393	227	158	298	71	6
Venezuela	11,523	6,320	363	3,010	198	1,611	21
Vietnam	29,334	9,412	17,958	1,802	D	D	113
Virgin Islands, British	45	31	8	6	-	-	-
Yemen	340	197	56	27	D	52	D
Zambia	599	161	10	52	D	368	D
Zimbabwe	569	220	28	186	12	118	5
All other countries ^[1]	62	37	4	16	D	D	-
Unknown	19,045	9,350	3,561	1,392	177	2,310	2,255

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