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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 2022

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	1,018,349	428,268	166,041	270,284	43,233	83,082	27,441
Africa	89,571	37,576	10,431	11,694	12,904	16,806	160
Asia	414,951	116,745	57,375	185,952	17,739	24,156	12,984
Europe	75,606	30,626	7,925	22,997	8,896	4,997	165
North America	332,672	190,848	73,498	27,384	872	26,889	13,181
Oceania	5,132	2,148	496	1,460	997	14	17
South America	99,025	49,705	15,834	20,731	1,661	10,175	919
Unknown	1,392	620	482	66	164	45	15

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	1,018,349	428,268	166,041	270,284	43,233	83,082	27,441
Afghanistan	14,193	948	534	44	540	609	11,518
Albania	5,945	2,225	1,674	304	1,439	296	7
Algeria	3,125	588	337	127	2,039	D	D
Angola	453	112	D	37	186	94	D
Anguilla	19	11	D	D	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	280	161	93	20	D	D	D
Argentina	4,128	2,105	290	1,501	143	66	23
Armenia	3,037	1,242	395	255	976	162	7
Aruba	46	27	10	D	0	D	0
Australia	2,859	1,303	120	1,172	249	7	8
Austria	344	154	25	132	28	D	D
Azerbaijan	1,129	273	63	159	481	150	3
Bahamas	767	589	58	100	16	D	D
Bahrain	163	58	20	73	D	6	D
Bangladesh	10,858	5,668	2,373	2,038	D	752	D
Barbados	306	173	102	D	0	0	D
Belarus	2,172	486	D	491	816	193	D
Belgium	552	234	18	270	24	D	D
Belize	591	409	113	43	0	5	21
Benin	721	307	170	32	195	17	0
Bermuda	65	35	11	19	0	0	0
Bhutan	209	63	0	10	70	63	3
Bolivia	1,621	902	485	152	23	38	21
Bosnia and Herzegovina	506	246	105	72	53	30	0
Botswana	58	36	D	15	D	0	0
Brazil	24,169	10,770	1,370	11,555	20	301	153
Brunei	23	D	D	17	0	0	0
Bulgaria	1,151	593	196	197	150	D	D
Burkina Faso	814	379	89	33	39	271	3
Burma	2,879	616	302	134	327	1,500	0
Burundi	788	116	19	17	86	550	0
Cabo Verde	1,119	780	317	D	0	0	D
Cambodia	3,400	1,678	1,281	255	165	D	D
Cameroon	5,879	1,812	1,397	171	1,272	1,222	5
Canada	11,317	5,130	623	5,290	55	43	176
Cayman Islands	40	25	4	7	0	4	0
Central African Republic	135	16	D	5	6	102	D
Chad	174	38	8	D	55	68	D
Chile	1,747	935	111	625	14	47	15
China, People's Republic	67,950	16,698	11,738	30,514	33	8,861	106
Colombia	21,723	14,200	4,616	1,849	9	983	66
Congo, Democratic Republic	4,688	615	601	D	914	2,464	D
Congo, Republic	527	99	10	65	141	212	0
Costa Rica	2,167	1,464	310	312	13	41	27
Cote d'Ivoire	1,559	746	351	57	173	223	9
Croatia	259	153	D	77	16	D	D
Cuba	36,642	11,432	9,958	38	663	14,548	3
Curacao	35	23	D	9	0	D	0
Cyprus	90	34	D	43	8	D	0
Czechia	474	281	24	150	16	3	0
Czechoslovakia (former)	63	D	0	35	0	D	D
Denmark	374	164	17	179	8	D	D
Djibouti	154	35	13	3	62	41	0
Dominica	455	228	195	26	D	D	D
Dominican Republic	40,152	28,966	10,679	302	3	109	93
Ecuador	11,910	4,921	4,828	1,105	160	427	469
Egypt	8,348	3,158	614	1,097	1,059	2,409	11
El Salvador	30,876	10,541	10,719	4,509	0	3,995	1,112
Equatorial Guinea	52	35	D	D	0	10	0
Eritrea	1,760	370	135	45	24	1,186	0
Estonia	118	72	D	26	11	D	D
Eswatini	22	8	D	9	0	D	0
Ethiopia	5,720	2,492	1,424	413	349	1,031	11
Fiji	1,124	169	303	18	630	D	D
Finland	288	117	6	150	15	0	0
France	4,351	1,463	234	2,483	140	27	4
French Polynesia	51	D	D	32	0	0	D
Gabon	125	71	17	D	12	13	D
Gambia	1,010	742	47	28	12	173	8
Georgia	2,303	821	234	200	917	131	0
Germany	4,088	1,844	186	1,772	223	45	18
Ghana	5,451	3,832	452	760	285	110	12
Greece	918	421	98	341	49	D	D
Grenada	449	276	147	23	0	D	D
Guatemala	16,990	5,953	3,642	3,332	0	2,932	1,131
Guinea	1,365	714	38	43	191	371	8
Guinea-Bissau	40	29	D	4	D	3	0
Guyana	3,455	1,727	1,624	73	D	24	D
Haiti	10,432	7,610	1,910	309	0	573	30
Honduras	17,099	7,262	3,659	2,886	32	2,597	663
Hong Kong	2,301	746	680	763	105	D	D
Hungary	840	398	46	288	88	14	6
Iceland	68	36	D	25	D	0	0
India	127,012	20,396	8,055	96,335	56	1,829	341
Indonesia	1,752	959	196	328	131	123	15
Iran	9,407	3,188	1,601	3,070	983	555	10
Iraq	2,797	1,127	272	108	223	817	250
Ireland	1,366	613	53	677	19	0	4
Israel	3,439	1,624	150	1,506	94	56	9
Italy	3,477	1,410	275	1,514	215	60	3
Jamaica	16,482	11,531	3,774	1,015	0	126	36
Japan	4,184	1,956	193	1,661	365	D	D
Jordan	4,779	2,238	1,003	645	667	218	8
Kazakhstan	1,787	615	94	279	542	253	4
Kenya	5,014	2,274	482	1,484	495	264	15
Korea, North	22	15	0	4	0	D	D
Korea, South	16,172	4,622	1,169	10,338	15	10	18
Kosovo	853	291	128	D	229	156	D
Kuwait	1,116	339	175	328	127	144	3
Kyrgyzstan	1,637	293	73	D	919	279	D
Laos	621	523	66	17	7	8	0
Latvia	253	134	27	56	32	D	D
Lebanon	3,434	1,752	802	609	206	62	3
Lesotho	13	8	0	D	0	D	0
Liberia	2,412	825	150	35	311	1,086	5
Libya	709	308	39	162	104	96	0
Lithuania	506	262	55	108	71	6	4
Luxembourg	30	D	D	15	0	0	0
Macau	62	21	19	18	D	0	D
Madagascar	97	38	10	31	13	5	0
Malawi	179	109	13	35	5	17	0
Malaysia	1,573	544	111	547	34	332	5
Mali	481	302	10	29	25	104	11
Malta	30	10	5	10	0	5	0
Marshall Islands	15	D	0	D	0	0	0
Mauritania	326	118	D	7	34	162	D
Mauritius	85	44	4	33	4	0	0
Mexico	138,772	94,101	25,148	8,356	15	1,392	9,760
Micronesia, Federated States	21	13	0	D	0	0	D
Moldova	1,499	574	119	D	366	331	D
Mongolia	1,005	275	37	308	318	57	10
Montenegro	324	210	60	20	19	15	0
Montserrat	10	7	D	D	0	0	0
Morocco	4,756	1,595	747	180	2,211	20	3
Mozambique	66	34	D	16	0	D	0
Namibia	50	29	D	12	4	D	0
Nepal	12,010	2,866	2,510	2,463	2,894	1,262	15
Netherlands	972	418	50	480	20	D	D
Netherlands Antilles (former)	14	10	D	D	0	0	0
New Zealand	650	310	31	210	95	0	4
Nicaragua	3,754	1,936	1,011	243	35	469	60
Niger	199	101	13	54	D	18	D
Nigeria	12,385	7,529	818	3,213	14	797	14
North Macedonia	979	377	273	95	204	26	4
Norway	279	163	13	96	D	D	0
Oman	210	38	16	131	22	3	0
Pakistan	11,777	5,122	2,688	2,880	6	1,027	54
Panama	952	627	205	98	3	15	4
Papua New Guinea	26	12	0	6	4	4	0
Paraguay	375	282	38	46	D	D	D
Peru	8,035	5,555	1,083	540	581	152	124
Philippines	35,998	15,034	3,573	17,127	12	35	217
Poland	3,192	1,499	474	1,040	131	6	42
Portugal	746	408	60	258	10	5	5
Qatar	430	70	42	195	87	23	13
Romania	1,827	933	157	470	218	45	4
Russia	8,906	3,117	595	2,341	1,935	908	10
Rwanda	1,540	158	128	72	560	622	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	143	94	44	D	0	0	D
Saint Lucia	628	367	217	39	0	D	D
Saint Martin (French)	15	9	6	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	317	218	77	D	0	0	D
Samoa	139	128	6	D	D	0	D
Sao Tome and Principe	15	D	D	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	2,764	859	304	892	445	257	7
Senegal	1,253	944	72	67	51	108	11
Serbia	636	474	D	121	10	22	D
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	544	198	107	101	109	D	D
Seychelles	14	5	D	D	4	0	0
Sierra Leone	2,323	1,402	585	D	166	106	D
Singapore	971	261	49	638	17	6	0
Sint Maarten	44	31	8	D	D	0	0
Slovakia	324	186	21	99	12	3	3
Slovenia	90	58	D	26	D	0	0
Somalia	1,042	597	156	D	30	252	D
South Africa	3,535	1,223	213	1,782	263	D	D
South Sudan	100	63	D	7	D	24	0
Soviet Union (former)	1,236	485	26	242	19	458	6
Spain	2,865	1,081	167	1,395	D	127	D
Sri Lanka	2,572	516	396	643	723	287	7
Sudan	1,371	349	62	60	529	371	0
Suriname	106	73	19	10	0	D	D
Sweden	751	351	38	333	24	D	D
Switzerland	614	271	14	300	26	D	D
Syria	3,248	1,137	720	204	151	1,032	4
Taiwan	5,091	1,330	711	2,746	295	4	5
Tajikistan	951	220	56	101	500	68	6
Tanzania	1,643	311	59	69	58	1,143	3
Thailand	4,632	2,848	427	725	91	527	14
Togo	1,887	632	555	D	574	96	D
Tonga	213	164	29	3	17	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	2,435	1,361	733	291	28	3	19
Tunisia	569	288	39	127	98	D	D
Turkey	7,001	1,709	390	1,771	1,223	1,882	26
Turkmenistan	942	115	73	D	603	95	D
Turks and Caicos Islands	45	37	5	3	0	0	0
Uganda	1,620	610	85	164	99	657	5
Ukraine	11,621	3,957	1,770	1,794	1,975	2,116	9
United Arab Emirates	1,960	299	143	1,141	90	168	119
United Kingdom	9,143	4,204	593	4,246	65	26	9
United States	288	176	9	46	4	21	32
Uruguay	731	502	31	158	D	28	D
Uzbekistan	4,979	947	1,793	216	1,777	243	3
Venezuela	21,025	7,733	1,339	3,117	707	8,100	29
Vietnam	24,425	11,446	9,749	2,995	4	89	142
Virgin Islands, British	45	28	D	D	D	0	0
Yemen	5,648	2,585	2,093	352	480	D	D
Zambia	365	203	32	73	26	31	0
Zimbabwe	1,433	334	69	783	106	133	8
All other countries ^[1]	76	40	10	23	0	3	0
Unknown	1,392	620	482	66	164	45	15

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