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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 2021

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	740,002	385,396	65,690	193,338	15,145	56,397	24,036
Africa	66,211	38,031	5,146	6,507	4,552	11,768	207
Asia	295,306	110,153	23,648	133,245	5,153	13,869	9,238
Europe	61,521	33,372	2,709	18,232	3,430	3,603	175
North America	240,435	152,460	29,205	21,167	613	23,625	13,365
Oceania	4,147	2,395	128	1,182	426	12	4
South America	71,371	48,239	4,710	12,970	923	3,495	1,034
Unknown	1,011	746	144	35	48	25	13

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	740,002	385,396	65,690	193,338	15,145	56,397	24,036
Afghanistan	9,488	517	185	25	104	426	8,231
Albania	2,612	1,420	278	170	669	D	D
Algeria	1,898	807	227	117	727	D	D
Angola	208	110	16	28	19	35	-
Anguilla	11	8	3	-	-	-	-
Antigua and Barbuda	201	164	25	12	-	-	-
Argentina	3,248	1,960	108	1,057	38	66	19
Armenia	1,833	1,088	199	131	209	203	3
Aruba	28	22	D	D	-	-	-
Australia	2,682	1,495	43	953	187	D	D
Austria	359	202	18	124	11	D	D
Azerbaijan	545	277	D	67	126	54	D
Bahamas	997	782	81	100	25	D	D
Bahrain	151	61	7	79	D	D	-
Bangladesh	6,405	3,735	1,238	1,229	-	173	30
Barbados	269	190	39	36	-	-	4
Belarus	1,435	554	D	337	346	134	D
Belgium	601	281	19	282	7	6	6
Belize	670	523	110	25	-	4	8
Benin	467	311	52	26	72	D	D
Bermuda	71	59	6	6	-	-	-
Bhutan	137	46	D	D	5	80	-
Bolivia	1,121	846	117	95	18	24	21
Bosnia and Herzegovina	478	343	53	52	13	14	3
Botswana	58	41	4	9	-	D	D
Brazil	18,351	10,615	528	6,886	9	178	135
Brunei	24	13	D	D	-	-	-
Bulgaria	1,000	701	39	142	96	D	D
Burkina Faso	551	386	54	36	D	57	D
Burma	2,143	527	73	60	D	1,427	D
Burundi	730	82	11	11	42	584	-
Cabo Verde	941	655	269	13	D	D	D
Cambodia	1,762	1,376	127	203	41	12	3
Cameroon	3,578	2,191	334	94	645	310	4
Canada	9,978	5,290	268	4,219	19	34	148
Cayman Islands	58	37	D	D	-	-	-
Central African Republic	151	29	3	4	-	109	6
Chad	100	35	D	D	D	42	-
Chile	1,632	1,062	85	408	22	46	9
China, People's Republic	49,847	16,041	6,397	22,119	18	5,187	85
Colombia	15,293	12,725	838	1,160	8	475	87
Congo, Democratic Republic	3,906	576	152	40	313	2,822	3
Congo, Republic	219	116	9	12	19	60	3
Costa Rica	1,991	1,599	63	257	11	35	26
Cote d'Ivoire	1,207	762	220	41	101	79	4
Croatia	294	166	16	99	8	5	-
Cuba	23,077	2,563	682	7	464	19,354	7
Curacao	29	18	D	7	-	D	-
Cyprus	102	46	12	39	D	D	-
Czechia	496	359	13	108	D	9	D
Czechoslovakia (former)	48	30	D	13	-	D	-
Denmark	322	166	D	142	D	-	8
Djibouti	111	38	9	6	30	28	-
Dominica	279	222	45	D	D	-	D
Dominican Republic	24,553	19,746	4,329	304	-	56	118
Ecuador	7,532	5,242	889	560	93	163	585
Egypt	4,396	1,942	237	865	310	1,025	17
El Salvador	18,668	11,080	2,004	3,406	D	1,124	D
Equatorial Guinea	29	23	-	-	6	-	-
Eritrea	1,304	298	61	23	D	912	D
Estonia	140	89	10	36	D	D	-
Eswatini	28	20	-	8	-	-	-
Ethiopia	3,706	1,939	532	436	69	717	13
Fiji	419	189	48	D	167	9	D
Finland	324	148	14	159	3	-	-
France	4,107	1,884	115	2,021	60	19	8
French Polynesia	12	D	D	-	-	-	-
Gabon	123	96	12	D	6	4	D
Gambia	778	620	44	27	8	65	14
Georgia	1,239	734	D	93	323	52	D
Germany	3,900	2,239	120	1,395	99	34	13
Ghana	3,939	3,013	371	362	148	32	13
Greece	842	508	29	281	17	7	-
Grenada	370	299	42	26	-	-	3
Guatemala	8,904	3,462	594	2,573	5	1,116	1,154
Guinea	745	555	38	19	36	84	13
Guinea-Bissau	23	D	D	-	-	D	-
Guyana	3,435	2,456	897	60	D	D	17
Haiti	11,456	7,989	3,108	225	D	116	D
Honduras	10,116	5,916	783	2,054	22	593	748
Hong Kong	1,334	704	159	402	64	5	-
Hungary	730	483	13	185	37	5	7
Iceland	83	45	D	32	D	-	-
India	93,450	14,949	1,896	75,332	22	1,009	242
Indonesia	1,588	1,051	157	223	61	81	15
Iran	5,734	1,898	889	2,276	166	493	12
Iraq	1,726	878	98	71	37	578	64
Ireland	1,364	764	11	579	6	4	-
Israel	3,103	1,630	83	1,329	30	22	9
Italy	3,069	1,604	131	1,178	79	74	3
Jamaica	13,357	11,390	997	895	D	D	49
Japan	3,960	2,399	171	1,209	171	5	5
Jordan	3,416	2,151	504	344	280	133	4
Kazakhstan	1,330	615	80	166	331	134	4
Kenya	3,088	1,753	160	512	367	274	22
Korea, North	20	16	-	D	D	-	-
Korea, South	12,351	5,240	697	6,405	D	D	D
Kosovo	562	312	47	85	100	D	D
Kuwait	916	357	110	338	D	63	D
Kyrgyzstan	710	261	72	42	188	144	3
Laos	349	334	D	D	D	D	-
Latvia	258	187	19	39	8	D	D
Lebanon	2,253	1,453	288	439	37	D	D
Lesotho	14	11	-	D	-	-	D
Liberia	2,504	1,055	69	20	60	1,294	6
Libya	409	195	20	111	41	42	-
Lithuania	487	327	31	81	44	D	D
Luxembourg	32	D	D	19	-	-	-
Macau	46	22	4	20	-	-	-
Madagascar	84	57	D	14	7	D	-
Malawi	167	90	7	22	D	43	D
Malaysia	1,605	556	102	443	22	476	6
Mali	378	293	14	17	8	31	15
Malta	23	12	-	8	D	D	-
Marshall Islands	12	D	-	D	-	-	-
Mauritania	144	78	7	D	D	52	-
Mauritius	65	34	-	D	D	-	-
Mexico	107,230	75,293	14,610	6,457	8	959	9,903
Micronesia, Federated States	10	D	-	D	-	-	-
Moldova	1,052	603	D	85	182	127	D
Mongolia	762	291	77	188	117	72	17
Montenegro	266	206	27	19	6	8	-
Montserrat	13	D	D	D	-	-	-
Morocco	3,819	2,652	258	129	767	10	3
Mozambique	48	34	D	5	D	4	-
Namibia	75	42	D	D	-	21	-
Nepal	7,309	3,570	635	1,542	1,022	518	22
Netherlands	1,009	557	24	407	18	D	D
Netherlands Antilles (former)	14	D	D	-	-	D	-
New Zealand	665	370	22	206	67	-	-
Nicaragua	4,220	2,754	1,048	157	36	158	67
Niger	182	127	14	21	12	3	5
Nigeria	13,100	10,142	1,003	1,567	6	366	16
North Macedonia	745	500	98	52	73	D	D
Norway	226	153	D	69	D	-	-
Oman	154	29	12	93	12	8	-
Pakistan	9,691	5,433	1,799	1,949	D	440	D
Palau	10	D	D	D	-	-	-
Panama	844	641	92	75	5	24	7
Papua New Guinea	20	14	-	D	D	-	-
Paraguay	356	272	38	30	5	6	5
Peru	5,044	3,948	414	317	146	87	132
Philippines	27,511	17,726	1,671	7,855	3	12	244
Poland	2,970	1,923	224	724	43	11	45
Portugal	750	447	31	250	7	6	9
Qatar	323	88	59	147	19	10	-
Romania	1,846	1,219	166	341	87	D	D
Russia	5,525	2,855	277	1,463	356	566	8
Rwanda	784	157	42	D	80	470	D
Saint Kitts and Nevis	113	96	13	4	-	-	-
Saint Lucia	457	377	D	42	-	-	D
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	228	198	17	13	-	-	-
Samoa	130	122	3	5	-	-	-
Saudi Arabia	1,780	847	152	495	141	141	4
Senegal	962	806	75	40	12	17	12
Serbia	810	629	11	142	3	25	-
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	403	250	68	37	35	D	D
Sierra Leone	1,227	940	225	12	19	31	-
Singapore	799	272	29	489	D	D	-
Sint Maarten	24	D	-	D	-	-	-
Slovakia	311	217	16	68	5	D	D
Slovenia	87	52	D	D	D	D	-
Somalia	961	616	79	8	4	254	-
South Africa	2,716	1,413	68	1,146	63	22	4
South Sudan	69	52	D	D	3	10	-
Soviet Union (former)	1,082	557	25	220	18	256	6
Spain	2,644	1,144	113	1,190	45	149	3
Sri Lanka	1,232	500	31	414	221	58	8
Sudan	871	464	D	42	123	218	D
Suriname	117	93	15	D	-	D	D
Sweden	788	446	12	317	D	6	D
Switzerland	614	286	18	293	11	D	D
Syria	1,748	714	224	155	42	613	-
Taiwan	4,246	1,587	532	1,993	131	D	D
Tajikistan	538	232	63	59	166	D	D
Tanzania	1,438	367	54	48	10	956	3
Thailand	4,037	3,004	70	409	47	474	33
Togo	1,143	642	228	30	208	31	4
Tonga	171	157	10	D	D	-	D
Trinidad and Tobago	1,852	1,455	178	193	D	D	12
Tunisia	514	339	31	87	48	D	D
Turkey	4,465	1,965	230	1,296	576	377	21
Turkmenistan	161	63	10	33	22	33	-
Turks and Caicos Islands	53	43	6	D	D	-	-
Uganda	1,146	451	29	76	63	523	4
Ukraine	7,578	3,283	313	1,147	889	1,927	19
United Arab Emirates	1,332	397	107	653	75	90	10
United Kingdom	9,229	5,200	181	3,799	26	14	9
United States	256	157	D	33	D	14	38
Uruguay	830	628	44	115	4	26	13
Uzbekistan	990	568	157	115	48	93	9
Venezuela	14,412	8,392	737	2,275	579	2,419	10
Vietnam	16,312	11,154	2,979	2,072	D	D	65
Virgin Islands, British	39	33	D	D	-	-	-
Yemen	4,345	2,735	1,204	174	157	72	3
Zambia	361	227	23	41	D	57	D
Zimbabwe	737	320	52	295	29	37	4
All other countries ^[1]	58	40	-	D	D	D	-
Unknown	1,011	746	144	35	48	25	13

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