2005 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics - Homeland Security

Table 2.
PERSONS OBTAINING LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY REGION AND SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE:
FISCAL YEARS 1820 TO 2005 – Continued
Region and country of last residence 1 1910
to 1919
1920
to 1929
1930
to 1939
1940
to 1949
1950
to 1959
1960
to 1969
1970
to 1979
1980
to 1989
1990
to 1999
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,347,380 4,295,510 699,375 856,608 2,499,268 3,213,749 4,248,203 6,244,379 9,775,398
Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,985,411 2,560,340 444,399 472,524 1,404,973 1,133,443 825,590 668,866 1,348,612
Austria-Hungary 2, 3, 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,154,727 60,891 12,531 13,574 113,015 27,590 20,387 20,437 27,529
Austria 2, 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589,174 31,392 5,307 8,393 81,354 17,571 14,239 15,374 18,234
Hungary 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565,553 29,499 7,224 5,181 31,661 10,019 6,148 5,063 9,295
Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,574 21,511 4,013 12,473 18,885 9,647 5,413 7,028 7,077
Bulgaria 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,180 2,824 1,062 449 97 598 1,011 1,124 16,948
Czechoslovakia 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 101,182 17,757 8,475 1,624 2,758 5,654 5,678 8,970
Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,830 34,406 3,470 4,549 10,918 9,797 4,405 4,847 6,189
Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 16,922 2,438 2,230 4,923 4,310 2,829 2,569 3,970
France 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,335 54,842 13,761 36,954 50,113 46,975 26,281 32,066 35,945
Germany 3, 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174,227 386,634 119,107 119,506 576,905 209,616 77,142 85,752 92,207
Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198,108 60,774 10,599 8,605 45,153 74,173 102,370 37,729 25,403
Ireland 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166,445 202,854 28,195 15,701 47,189 37,788 11,461 22,210 65,384
Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,229,916 528,133 85,053 50,509 184,576 200,111 150,031 55,562 75,992
Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,065 29,397 7,791 13,877 46,703 37,918 10,373 11,234 13,345
Norway-Sweden 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192,445 170,329 13,452 17,326 44,224 36,150 10,298 13,941 17,825
Norway 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,488 70,327 6,901 8,326 22,806 17,371 3,927 3,835 5,211
Sweden 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,957 100,002 6,551 9,000 21,418 18,779 6,371 10,106 12,614
Poland 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 223,316 25,555 7,577 6,465 55,742 33,696 63,483 172,249
Portugal 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,489 44,829 3,518 6,765 13,928 70,568 104,754 42,685 25,497
Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,566 67,810 5,264 1,254 914 2,339 10,774 24,753 48,136
Russia 3, 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,106,998 61,604 2,463 605 453 2,329 28,132 33,311 433,427
Spain 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,262 47,109 3,669 2,774 6,880 40,793 41,718 22,783 18,443
Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,839 31,772 5,990 9,904 17,577 19,193 8,536 8,316 11,768
United Kingdom 8, 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371,878 341,552 61,813 131,794 195,709 220,213 133,218 153,644 156,182
Yugoslavia 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 49,215 6,920 2,039 6,966 17,990 31,862 16,267 57,039
Other Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,527 22,434 9,978 5,584 11,756 6,845 5,245 3,447 29,087
Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269,736 126,740 19,231 34,532 135,844 358,605 1,406,544 2,391,356 2,859,899
China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,916 30,648 5,874 16,072 8,836 14,060 17,627 170,897 342,058
Hong Kong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 13,781 67,047 117,350 112,132 116,894
India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,478 2,076 554 1,692 1,850 18,638 147,997 231,649 352,528
Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 208 198 1,144 3,195 9,059 33,763 98,141 76,899
Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - 98 21,376 30,911 36,306 43,669 41,340
Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,125 42,057 2,683 1,557 40,651 40,956 49,392 44,150 66,582
Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 4,899 9,230 25,541 28,928 42,755
Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - 83 4,845 27,048 241,192 322,708 179,770
Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 391 4,099 17,245 70,660 337,726 502,056 534,338
Syria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 5,307 2,188 1,179 1,091 2,432 8,086 14,534 22,906
Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 721 15,657 83,155 119,051 132,647
Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160,717 40,450 1,327 754 2,980 9,464 12,209 19,208 38,687
Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 290 2,949 121,716 200,632 275,379
Other Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,500 5,994 6,016 7,854 14,084 40,494 174,484 483,601 637,116
America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,070,539 1,591,278 230,319 328,435 921,610 1,674,172 1,904,355 2,695,329 5,137,743
Canada and Newfoundland 15, 16 . . . . . . . . . . . 708,715 949,286 162,703 160,911 353,169 433,128 179,267 156,313 194,788
Mexico 16, 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185,334 498,945 32,709 56,158 273,847 441,824 621,218 1,009,586 2,757,418
Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,860 83,482 18,052 46,194 115,661 427,235 708,850 790,109 1,004,687
Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 12,769 10,641 25,976 73,221 202,030 256,497 132,552 159,037
Dominican Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 1,026 4,802 10,219 83,552 139,249 221,552 359,818
Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 156 823 3,787 28,992 55,166 121,406 177,446
Jamaica 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 7,397 62,218 130,226 193,874 177,143
Other Caribbean 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,860 70,713 6,229 14,593 21,037 50,443 127,712 120,725 131,243
Central America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,692 16,511 6,840 20,135 40,201 98,560 120,374 339,376 610,189
Belize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 285 193 433 1,133 4,185 6,747 14,964 12,600
Costa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 431 1,965 4,044 17,975 12,405 25,017 17,054
El Salvador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 597 4,885 5,094 14,405 29,428 137,418 273,017
Guatemala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 423 1,303 4,197 14,357 23,837 58,847 126,043
Honduras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 679 1,874 5,320 15,078 15,651 39,071 72,880
Nicaragua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 405 4,393 7,812 10,383 10,911 31,102 80,446
Panama 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 1,452 5,282 12,601 22,177 21,395 32,957 28,149
See footnotes at end of table.
8 Office of Immigration Statistics