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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 2021

Region of Last Residence

Region of last residence	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	64,983	37,066	5,784	6,451	4,322	11,179	181
Asia	283,898	104,376	21,730	131,123	5,135	12,511	9,023
Europe	60,744	32,650	2,824	18,316	3,217	3,519	218
North America	231,750	147,714	28,511	21,382	631	23,164	10,348
Oceania	4,715	2,592	181	1,336	471	131	4
South America	69,058	46,724	4,509	12,757	878	3,267	923
Unknown	24,854	14,274	2,151	1,973	491	2,626	3,339

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	740,002	385,396	65,690	193,338	15,145	56,397	24,036
Afghanistan	8,842	418	157	24	87	111	8,045
Albania	2,443	1,319	242	156	654	D	D
Algeria	1,805	748	222	101	707	D	D
Angola	225	119	20	29	20	37	-
Anguilla	14	10	4	-	-	-	-
Antigua and Barbuda	229	180	32	D	-	D	-
Argentina	3,152	1,884	115	1,021	51	70	11
Armenia	1,869	1,139	210	134	205	178	3
Aruba	28	24	-	D	D	-	-
Australia	3,046	1,678	68	1,054	240	D	D
Austria	408	214	37	123	D	20	D
Azerbaijan	455	228	D	64	104	42	D
Bahamas	1,050	780	88	146	28	8	-
Bahrain	252	87	18	138	D	D	-
Bangladesh	6,183	3,605	1,186	1,202	-	161	29
Barbados	297	211	43	39	-	-	4
Belarus	1,386	531	D	334	330	131	D
Belgium	651	310	29	285	12	6	9
Belize	694	534	116	34	-	D	D
Benin	451	303	55	19	69	D	D
Bermuda	114	74	8	32	-	-	-
Bhutan	74	44	D	5	D	22	-
Bolivia	1,049	792	101	96	18	22	20
Bosnia and Herzegovina	443	318	50	48	14	D	D
Botswana	67	44	3	16	-	4	-
Brazil	18,103	10,480	516	6,817	9	171	110
Brunei	22	14	D	D	-	-	-
Bulgaria	959	666	39	136	98	D	D
Burkina Faso	532	369	51	38	D	54	D
Burma	800	495	59	56	D	140	D
Burundi	1,214	68	4	11	30	1,101	-
Cabo Verde	883	618	246	13	D	D	3
Cambodia	1,698	1,317	124	203	39	D	D
Cameroon	3,106	1,894	260	86	604	259	3
Canada	12,053	6,352	433	5,030	48	39	151
Cayman Islands	80	44	7	29	-	-	-
Central African Republic	53	25	-	4	-	18	6
Chad	160	31	-	D	D	113	-
Chile	1,803	1,109	111	426	97	53	7
China, People's Republic	48,072	15,322	6,236	21,824	39	4,573	78
Colombia	14,611	12,252	782	1,120	23	355	79
Congo, Democratic Republic	1,119	465	132	35	283	201	3
Congo, Republic	195	105	6	11	18	51	4
Costa Rica	2,059	1,642	66	264	15	53	19
Cote d'Ivoire	1,087	706	198	D	94	52	D
Croatia	309	158	12	100	34	5	-
Cuba	22,494	2,193	588	5	395	19,307	6
Curacao	29	17	3	6	-	3	-
Cyprus	123	52	13	49	D	D	-
Czechia	518	366	15	108	D	15	D
Denmark	351	170	6	161	D	D	10
Djibouti	3,441	2,019	1,087	135	169	31	-
Dominica	260	202	47	D	D	-	D
Dominican Republic	24,232	19,520	4,260	299	D	D	96
Ecuador	7,544	5,185	886	547	112	265	549
Egypt	4,320	1,971	239	827	184	1,085	14
El Salvador	15,810	9,124	1,716	3,221	D	1,004	D
Equatorial Guinea	33	24	-	-	9	-	-
Eritrea	459	129	5	8	D	314	D
Estonia	135	83	10	34	D	D	-
Eswatini	34	26	-	D	-	D	-
Ethiopia	3,902	1,868	544	445	68	964	13
Fiji	374	171	41	D	147	9	D
Finland	345	154	21	165	5	-	-
France	4,234	1,939	148	2,020	85	20	22
French Polynesia	19	10	D	6	-	D	-
Gabon	123	98	9	D	5	6	D
Gambia	682	545	36	27	8	53	13
Georgia	1,191	696	33	90	327	38	7
Germany	4,293	2,453	170	1,455	132	31	52
Ghana	3,761	2,880	360	359	114	36	12
Greece	859	516	41	274	24	4	-
Grenada	355	286	43	23	-	-	3
Guatemala	8,199	3,334	583	2,352	5	985	940
Guinea	593	427	33	18	30	75	10
Guinea-Bissau	21	D	D	-	-	D	-
Guyana	3,209	2,286	849	56	D	D	13
Haiti	11,086	7,669	3,075	221	-	105	16
Honduras	9,425	5,605	742	1,896	21	508	653
Hong Kong	1,602	946	185	403	D	D	-
Hungary	700	473	13	180	22	6	6
Iceland	75	45	D	23	D	-	-
India	90,967	14,152	1,675	74,011	27	864	238
Indonesia	1,602	971	145	221	63	193	9
Iran	4,978	1,643	762	2,176	146	245	6
Iraq	1,290	688	55	56	25	416	50
Ireland	1,421	766	11	629	11	4	-
Israel	3,275	1,729	95	1,348	50	41	12
Italy	3,213	1,703	175	1,158	98	D	D
Jamaica	13,046	11,150	968	859	4	23	42
Japan	4,336	2,696	197	1,232	191	12	8
Jordan	3,283	1,884	465	314	259	357	4
Kazakhstan	1,247	575	79	151	322	116	4
Kenya	3,319	1,755	158	505	359	523	19
Korea, North	12	12	-	-	-	-	-
Korea, South	12,340	5,291	700	6,325	14	D	D
Kosovo	300	218	18	37	D	14	D
Kuwait	1,199	369	100	607	71	D	D
Kyrgyzstan	676	244	64	38	198	129	3
Laos	341	326	D	D	-	D	-
Latvia	255	176	22	37	16	D	D
Lebanon	2,143	1,302	283	439	D	86	D
Lesotho	15	11	D	D	-	-	D
Liberia	2,284	891	52	20	46	1,270	5
Libya	332	140	10	109	42	31	-
Lithuania	455	309	28	70	44	D	D
Luxembourg	57	21	8	25	3	-	-
Macau	44	D	D	22	-	-	-
Madagascar	74	50	D	12	7	D	-
Malawi	242	90	6	21	D	120	D
Malaysia	2,540	635	146	465	21	1,262	11
Mali	346	260	15	17	8	32	14
Malta	45	13	D	8	D	19	-
Marshall Islands	12	D	-	D	-	-	-
Mauritania	120	67	D	D	4	44	-
Mauritius	57	28	-	26	D	D	-
Mexico	102,730	73,408	14,413	6,384	48	887	7,590
Micronesia, Federated States	10	D	-	D	-	-	-
Moldova	734	505	26	77	D	121	D
Mongolia	727	278	66	191	111	70	11
Montenegro	206	174	7	19	-	D	D
Montserrat	12	D	D	D	D	-	-
Morocco	3,621	2,468	248	117	749	D	D
Mozambique	56	29	-	7	4	16	-
Namibia	94	43	D	D	-	41	-
Nauru	46	D	-	-	-	D	-
Nepal	7,073	3,452	612	1,529	933	524	23
Netherlands	1,078	584	37	430	24	D	D
New Zealand	820	426	58	253	83	-	-
Nicaragua	3,754	2,435	927	153	35	148	56
Niger	196	119	11	21	12	30	3
Nigeria	12,518	9,685	940	1,526	23	332	12
North Macedonia	719	479	97	52	72	19	-
Norway	244	159	D	72	7	D	-
Oman	446	52	36	317	29	12	-
Pakistan	8,949	5,008	1,714	1,877	6	295	49
Palau	11	8	D	D	-	-	-
Panama	950	702	107	92	15	28	6
Papua New Guinea	88	13	-	D	D	72	-
Paraguay	339	258	38	28	3	7	5
Peru	4,936	3,858	409	318	160	80	111
Philippines	24,376	16,887	1,593	5,650	D	D	236
Poland	2,860	1,839	208	691	65	15	42
Portugal	765	453	37	247	15	6	7
Qatar	1,064	252	117	576	80	39	-
Romania	1,726	1,125	157	322	87	D	D
Russia	5,344	2,668	261	1,457	271	679	8
Rwanda	1,394	190	41	D	89	1,035	D
Saint Kitts and Nevis	125	105	14	6	-	-	-
Saint Lucia	438	367	D	40	-	-	D
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	211	190	12	9	-	-	-
Samoa	122	115	D	D	-	-	-
Saudi Arabia	2,023	867	144	631	258	D	D
Senegal	879	730	71	42	11	14	11
Serbia	823	639	21	139	3	21	-
Sierra Leone	1,110	839	214	13	20	24	-
Singapore	1,358	369	55	913	D	D	-
Sint Maarten	23	D	-	D	-	-	-
Slovakia	292	201	16	67	4	D	D
Slovenia	81	45	D	31	D	D	-
Somalia	222	114	3	6	-	99	-
South Africa	2,774	1,389	77	1,157	90	58	3
South Sudan	38	26	-	D	D	9	-
Spain	3,015	1,377	204	1,185	84	162	3
Sri Lanka	1,184	455	20	395	209	98	7
Sudan	635	409	D	26	57	123	D
Suriname	118	89	14	D	-	D	D
Sweden	862	478	19	336	14	7	8
Switzerland	698	332	27	313	19	D	D
Syria	1,024	450	141	125	9	299	-
Taiwan	4,233	1,571	550	1,979	D	-	D
Tajikistan	492	215	56	59	149	13	-
Tanzania	1,918	344	45	46	10	1,470	3
Thailand	4,506	2,939	69	407	46	1,013	32
Togo	1,099	603	221	30	210	31	4
Tonga	156	144	D	D	-	-	D
Trinidad and Tobago	1,836	1,430	174	201	12	7	12
Tunisia	482	311	31	82	50	D	D
Turkey	4,805	2,005	274	1,273	565	645	43
Turkmenistan	131	61	8	25	18	19	-
Turks and Caicos Islands	61	48	3	10	-	-	-
Uganda	1,805	471	33	69	44	1,185	3
Ukraine	7,435	3,183	304	1,125	836	1,970	17
United Arab Emirates	2,801	849	185	1,439	180	125	23
United Kingdom	9,983	5,475	241	4,176	71	11	9
Uruguay	833	619	46	114	15	27	12
Uzbekistan	877	523	141	103	31	71	8
Venezuela	13,361	7,912	642	2,201	388	2,213	5
Vietnam	16,000	10,982	2,909	2,001	4	40	64
Virgin Islands, British	51	43	D	D	-	-	-
Yemen	370	259	31	16	D	58	D
Zambia	428	224	20	43	D	126	D
Zimbabwe	650	270	50	272	23	32	3
All other countries ^[1]	52	34	D	D	-	-	-
Unknown	24,854	14,274	2,151	1,973	491	2,626	3,339

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