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Table 20. Applications for Naturalization Filed, Persons Naturalized, and Applications for Naturalization Denied: Fiscal Years 1907 to 2023

Applications for Naturalization Filed, Persons Naturalized, and Applications for Naturalization Denied

Year	Applications filed	Persons naturalized	Applications denied
1907 ^[1]	21,110	7,940	250
1908	44,030	25,980	3,330
1909	43,140	38,370	6,340
1910	55,750	39,450	7,780
1911	74,740	56,680	9,020
1912	95,660	70,310	9,640
1913	95,380	83,560	10,890
1914	124,480	104,150	13,130
1915	106,400	91,850	13,690
1916	108,770	87,830	11,930
1917	130,870	88,100	9,540
1918	169,510	151,450	12,180
1919	256,860	217,360	13,120
1920	218,730	177,680	15,590
1921	195,530	181,290	18,980
1922	162,640	170,450	29,080
1923	165,170	145,080	24,880
1924	177,120	150,510	18,320
1925	162,260	152,460	15,610
1926	172,230	146,330	13,270
1927	240,340	199,800	11,950
1928	240,320	233,160	12,480
1929	255,520	224,730	11,850
1930	113,150	169,380	9,070
1931	145,470	143,500	7,510
1932	131,060	136,600	5,480
1933	112,630	113,360	4,700
1934	117,130	113,670	1,130
1935	131,380	118,950	2,770
1936	167,130	141,270	3,120
1937	165,460	164,980	4,040
1938	175,410	162,080	4,850
1939	213,410	188,810	5,630
1940	278,030	235,260	6,550
1941	277,810	277,290	7,770
1942	343,490	270,360	8,350
1943	377,130	318,930	13,660
1944	325,720	441,980	7,300
1945	195,920	231,400	9,780
1946	123,860	150,060	6,580
1947	88,800	93,900	3,950
1948	68,270	70,150	2,890
1949	71,040	66,590	2,270
1950	66,040	66,350	2,280
1951	61,630	54,720	2,400
1952	94,090	88,660	2,160
1953	98,130	92,050	2,300
1954	130,720	117,830	2,080
1955	213,510	209,530	4,570
1956	137,700	145,890	3,940
1957	140,550	138,040	2,950
1958	117,340	119,870	2,690
1959	109,270	103,930	2,210
1960	127,540	119,440	2,280
1961	138,720	132,450	3,180
1962	129,680	127,310	3,560
1963	121,170	124,180	2,440
1964	113,220	112,230	2,310
1965	106,810	104,300	2,060
1966	104,850	103,060	2,030
1967	108,370	104,900	2,010
1968	103,090	102,730	1,960
1969	102,320	98,710	2,040
1970	114,760	110,400	1,980
1971	109,900	108,410	2,030
1972	121,880	116,220	1,840
1973	126,930	120,400	1,710
1974	136,180	131,150	2,210
1975	149,400	140,750	2,300
1976 ^[2]	199,150	189,990	2,800
1977	186,350	159,870	2,850
1978	168,850	171,970	3,890
1979	165,430	163,110	3,990
1980	192,230	156,630	4,370
1981	171,070	164,390	4,320
1982	201,510	141,000	3,990
1983	187,720	178,420	3,160
1984	286,440	195,860	3,370
1985	305,980	242,450	3,610
1986	290,730	279,500	5,980
1987	232,990	223,250	6,770
1988	237,750	240,780	4,300
1989	227,690	232,660	5,200
1990	233,840	267,590	6,520
1991	206,670	307,390	6,270
1992	342,240	239,660	19,290
1993	521,870	313,590	39,930
1994	543,350	429,120	40,560
1995	959,960	485,720	46,070
1996	1,277,400	1,040,990	229,840
1997	1,412,710	596,010	130,680
1998	932,960	461,170	137,400
1999	765,350	837,420	379,990
2000	460,920	886,030	399,670
2001	501,640	606,260	218,330
2002	700,650	572,650	139,780
2003	523,370	462,440	91,600
2004	662,800	537,150	103,340
2005	602,970	604,280	108,250
2006	730,640	702,590	120,720
2007	1,382,990	660,480	89,680
2008	525,790	1,046,540	121,280
2009	570,440	743,720	109,830
2010	710,540	619,910	56,990
2011	756,010	694,190	57,070
2012	899,160	757,430	65,870
2013	772,620	779,930	83,110
2014	773,820	653,420	66,770
2015	783,060	730,260	75,810
2016	972,150	753,060	86,030
2017	986,850	707,270	83,180
2018	837,170	761,900	92,630
2019	830,560	843,590	97,790
2020	967,760	628,250	80,610
2021	789,120	813,860	85,170
2022	781,080	969,380	111,640
2023	827,610	878,460	100,490

Persons Naturalized by Military Status

Year	Total	Civilian	Military ^[3]	Not reported
1907 ^[4]	7,940	7,940	NA	X
1908	25,980	25,980	NA	X
1909	38,370	38,370	NA	X
1910	39,450	39,450	NA	X
1911	56,680	56,680	NA	X
1912	70,310	70,310	NA	X
1913	83,560	83,560	NA	X
1914	104,150	104,150	NA	X
1915	91,850	91,850	NA	X
1916	87,830	87,830	NA	X
1917	88,100	88,100	NA	X
1918	151,450	87,460	63,990	X
1919	217,360	89,020	128,340	X
1920	177,680	125,710	51,970	X
1921	181,290	163,660	17,640	X
1922	170,450	160,980	9,470	X
1923	145,080	137,980	7,110	X
1924	150,510	140,340	10,170	X
1925	152,460	152,460	NA	X
1926	146,330	146,240	90	X
1927	199,800	195,490	4,310	X
1928	233,160	228,010	5,150	X
1929	224,730	224,200	530	X
1930	169,380	167,640	1,740	X
1931	143,500	140,270	3,220	X
1932	136,600	136,600	0	X
1933	113,360	112,370	1,000	X
1934	113,670	110,870	2,800	X
1935	118,950	118,950	NA	X
1936	141,270	140,780	480	X
1937	164,980	162,920	2,050	X
1938	162,080	158,140	3,940	X
1939	188,810	185,180	3,640	X
1940	235,260	232,500	2,760	X
1941	277,290	275,750	1,550	X
1942	270,360	268,760	1,600	X
1943	318,930	281,460	37,470	X
1944	441,980	392,770	49,210	X
1945	231,400	208,710	22,700	X
1946	150,060	134,850	15,210	X
1947	93,900	77,440	16,460	X
1948	70,150	69,080	1,070	X
1949	66,590	64,140	2,460	X
1950	66,350	64,280	2,070	X
1951	54,720	53,740	980	X
1952	88,660	87,070	1,590	X
1953	92,050	90,480	1,580	X
1954	117,830	104,090	13,750	X
1955	209,530	197,570	11,960	X
1956	145,890	138,680	7,200	X
1957	138,040	137,200	850	X
1958	119,870	118,950	920	X
1959	103,930	102,620	1,310	X
1960	119,440	117,850	1,590	X
1961	132,450	130,730	1,720	X
1962	127,310	124,970	2,340	X
1963	124,180	121,620	2,560	X
1964	112,230	109,630	2,610	X
1965	104,300	101,210	3,090	X
1966	103,060	100,500	2,560	X
1967	104,900	102,210	2,690	X
1968	102,730	100,290	2,440	X
1969	98,710	93,250	5,460	X
1970	110,400	99,780	10,620	X
1971	108,410	98,860	9,550	X
1972	116,220	107,740	8,480	X
1973	120,400	112,630	7,780	X
1974	131,150	124,340	6,810	X
1975	140,750	134,590	6,160	X
1976 ^[5]	189,990	182,890	7,100	X
1977	159,870	154,570	5,310	X
1978	171,970	166,910	5,060	X
1979	163,110	157,310	5,800	X
1980	156,630	152,070	4,550	X
1981	164,390	160,340	4,050	X
1982	141,000	138,190	2,820	X
1983	178,420	175,160	3,180	70
1984	195,860	190,980	2,940	1,930
1985	242,450	236,200	3,240	3,010
1986	279,500	274,260	2,890	2,350
1987	223,250	220,390	2,360	490
1988	240,780	238,280	2,280	220
1989	232,660	230,090	1,950	620
1990	267,590	245,410	1,620	20,560
1991	307,390	298,740	1,800	6,850
1992	239,660	222,000	5,700	11,970
1993	313,590	302,380	7,060	4,150
1994	429,120	398,360	5,890	24,870
1995	485,720	472,520	3,860	9,350
1996	1,040,990	924,370	1,210	115,410
1997	596,010	532,870	530	62,610
1998	461,170	437,690	960	22,520
1999	837,420	740,720	710	95,990
2000	886,030	812,580	840	72,610
2001	606,260	575,030	760	30,470
2002	572,650	550,840	1,050	20,760
2003	462,440	449,120	3,870	9,450
2004	537,150	520,770	4,670	11,710
2005	604,280	589,270	4,610	10,400
2006	702,590	684,480	6,260	11,850
2007	660,480	648,010	3,810	8,660
2008	1,046,540	1,032,280	4,340	9,920
2009	743,720	726,040	7,100	10,570
2010	619,910	604,410	9,120	6,380
2011	694,190	677,390	8,370	8,440
2012	757,430	745,930	7,260	4,250
2013	779,930	769,070	6,650	4,200
2014	653,420	642,430	7,470	3,520
2015	730,260	720,650	7,230	2,380
2016	753,060	742,090	8,890	2,090
2017	707,270	695,720	6,880	4,660
2018	761,900	750,770	4,500	6,640
2019	843,590	823,490	3,760	16,340
2020	628,250	615,770	2,590	9,890
2021	813,860	797,110	4,460	12,290
2022	969,380	951,990	5,410	11,980
2023	878,460	866,080	12,120	270

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