Table 11. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Broad Class of Admission and Region and Country of Last Residence: Fiscal Year 2019

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Region of Last Residence	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,031,765	505,765	204,139	139,458	43,463	106,911	32,029
Africa	110,048	48,369	12,226	6,447	18,013	24,742	251
Asia	352,593	141,662	83,762	74,503	12,688	30,558	9,420
Europe	90,810	44,278	6,958	22,498	10,414	6,408	254
North America	371,282	205,046	85,165	20,613	556	41,182	18,720
Oceania	6,209	2,929	761	1,720	627	162	10
South America	88,022	57,731	12,211	12,409	891	3,233	1,547
Unknown	12,801	5,750	3,056	1,268	274	626	1,827

County of Last Residence	Total	Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens	Family-Sponsored Preferences	Employment-Based Preferences	Diversity	Refugees and Asylees	Other
Total	1,031,765	505,765	204,139	139,458	43,463	106,911	32,029
Afghanistan	9,269	645	281	31	247	265	7,800
Albania	5,019	1,647	1,145	82	2,040	98	7
Algeria	2,231	704	134	53	1,298	D	D
American Samoa	20	14	-	6	-	-	-
Angola	225	116	19	21	22	47	-
Anguilla	14	D	D	-	-	-	-
Antigua and Barbuda	382	252	104	16	D	D	D
Argentina	3,753	2,282	168	1,061	60	127	55
Armenia	3,051	1,226	314	183	1,139	181	8
Aruba	49	41	D	D	-	-	-
Australia	3,823	1,755	327	1,340	388	4	9
Austria	1,201	238	32	161	10	756	4
Azerbaijan	1,047	270	D	69	618	54	D
Bahamas	958	780	73	91	8	D	D
Bahrain	312	111	54	138	-	D	D
Bangladesh	14,894	6,041	7,660	1,030	D	134	D
Barbados	363	242	74	D	-	-	D
Belarus	2,249	704	147	353	901	D	D
Belgium	765	356	31	333	32	D	D
Belize	817	619	148	28	-	7	15
Benin	613	282	49	19	249	D	D
Bermuda	107	65	D	30	-	-	D
Bhutan	101	45	-	7	14	35	-
Bolivia	1,425	964	239	127	6	44	45
Bosnia and Herzegovina	575	387	92	51	29	D	D
Botswana	80	43	D	17	D	13	-
Brazil	19,607	12,609	733	5,809	8	259	189
Brunei	21	6	3	12	-	-	-
Bulgaria	1,697	1,128	147	190	204	22	6
Burkina Faso	680	387	39	D	134	91	D
Burma	1,952	821	517	D	188	346	D
Burundi	890	99	9	D	101	676	D
Cabo Verde	1,823	867	942	9	D	D	D
Cambodia	2,592	1,859	521	122	75	10	5
Cameroon	4,257	1,812	472	85	1,350	534	4
Canada	14,723	6,597	1,464	6,189	212	63	198
Cayman Islands	116	60	31	18	D	D	-
Central African Republic	39	15	D	D	-	16	3
Chad	380	33	-	5	14	328	-
Chile	1,817	1,152	122	415	41	67	20
China, People's Republic	60,029	24,234	12,214	16,476	45	6,924	136
Colombia	18,715	14,614	2,199	1,293	7	502	100
Congo, Democratic Republic	3,756	539	276	52	2,559	325	5
Congo, Republic	400	121	D	35	119	117	D
Costa Rica	2,466	1,843	226	256	19	86	36
Cote d'Ivoire	1,461	797	172	34	345	104	9
Croatia	328	199	9	97	8	15	-
Cuba	39,580	3,329	3,334	8	92	32,810	7
Curacao	59	39	7	10	-	3	-
Cyprus	136	78	D	36	19	D	-
Czechia	751	480	21	173	57	17	3
Denmark	467	229	24	190	15	3	6
Djibouti	2,154	1,226	763	D	D	126	-
Dominica	461	284	149	20	4	D	D
Dominican Republic	49,815	23,687	25,697	225	3	118	85
Ecuador	11,189	6,271	2,943	421	121	587	846
Egypt	10,415	3,196	1,056	920	3,250	1,984	9
El Salvador	24,326	13,437	5,150	1,684	-	2,730	1,325
Equatorial Guinea	32	24	-	5	D	D	-
Eritrea	924	272	22	42	D	569	D
Estonia	186	120	10	38	15	3	-
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)	40	18	D	14	D	-	-
Ethiopia	10,109	3,616	1,411	358	1,525	3,192	7
Fiji	694	256	277	9	149	3	-
Finland	523	162	21	313	27	-	-
France	5,009	2,093	211	2,384	271	30	20
French Polynesia	134	14	-	9	-	111	-
Gabon	127	101	D	D	6	13	-
Gambia	1,370	999	147	15	21	170	18
Georgia	1,586	792	130	80	555	24	5
Germany	5,276	2,940	216	1,778	270	49	23
Ghana	8,471	6,014	1,369	328	587	151	22
Greece	1,537	802	161	402	157	12	3
Grenada	527	388	107	23	D	D	D
Guatemala	13,111	5,919	2,245	1,302	32	2,039	1,574
Guinea	1,538	938	169	12	228	174	17
Guinea-Bissau	60	49	7	-	D	D	-
Guyana	4,837	2,217	2,534	62	10	4	10
Haiti	16,991	10,653	5,701	141	-	458	38
Honduras	15,543	10,136	1,918	1,213	24	1,356	896
Hong Kong	2,377	822	768	720	49	D	D
Hungary	1,046	715	31	254	32	8	6
Iceland	76	34	D	37	D	-	-
India	51,139	20,426	12,394	16,870	26	955	468
Indonesia	2,022	1,167	182	274	62	319	18
Iran	4,463	1,253	267	2,391	150	387	15
Iraq	4,151	1,223	311	56	249	2,107	205
Ireland	1,912	946	41	877	44	4	-
Israel	4,702	2,383	196	1,821	112	178	12
Italy	4,072	2,080	286	1,314	193	185	14
Jamaica	21,337	15,285	4,822	1,151	3	37	39
Japan	4,897	2,869	184	1,621	210	7	6
Jordan	7,442	2,866	1,171	355	242	2,797	11
Kazakhstan	1,334	604	D	180	400	107	D
Kenya	9,619	2,680	503	712	1,115	4,579	30
Korea, North	19	13	-	D	-	-	D
Korea, South	18,101	6,856	1,075	10,113	20	5	32
Kosovo	902	440	195	24	202	41	-
Kuwait	1,288	371	143	569	61	144	-
Kyrgyzstan	791	257	D	50	282	168	D
Laos	822	695	96	21	D	7	D
Latvia	285	209	18	35	14	4	5
Lebanon	2,950	1,242	728	375	D	541	D
Lesotho	23	14	-	4	D	D	D
Liberia	3,419	1,811	489	15	897	200	7
Libya	422	187	11	142	39	43	-
Lithuania	677	463	52	65	78	12	7
Luxembourg	57	29	D	25	D	-	-
Macau	94	31	41	19	3	-	-
Madagascar	66	40	D	19	D	-	-
Malawi	452	95	12	21	D	315	D
Malaysia	4,896	1,224	362	551	37	2,713	9
Mali	575	436	55	8	23	41	12
Malta	234	10	D	7	D	212	-
Marshall Islands	26	22	-	D	-	D	-
Mauritania	215	98	22	D	16	74	D
Mauritius	89	50	D	29	5	-	D
Mexico	153,502	100,854	30,384	6,686	26	1,295	14,257
Micronesia, Federated States	23	20	-	3	-	-	-
Moldova	1,830	869	84	87	473	314	3
Mongolia	742	331	44	137	162	61	7
Montenegro	370	254	93	7	11	D	D
Montserrat	27	21	6	-	-	-	-
Morocco	3,659	1,960	343	109	1,184	53	10
Mozambique	110	29	3	9	5	64	-
Namibia	210	48	-	33	8	121	-
Nepal	11,489	2,606	855	1,498	2,829	3,670	31
Netherlands	1,348	645	71	570	47	12	3
Netherlands Antilles (former)	21	16	-	5	-	-	-
New Caledonia	10	D	-	-	D	-	-
New Zealand	979	454	105	343	73	D	D
Nicaragua	3,689	2,585	812	72	3	111	106
Niger	207	132	5	28	25	13	4
Nigeria	15,513	11,264	2,480	1,545	23	173	28
North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia)	1,091	590	216	65	196	D	D
Norway	349	253	13	68	7	5	3
Oman	316	74	54	160	10	18	-
Pakistan	13,234	5,713	4,524	2,038	11	905	43
Palau	19	12	D	D	-	-	-
Panama	1,135	824	146	113	18	28	6
Papua New Guinea	41	18	3	D	D	16	-
Paraguay	435	344	37	33	5	12	4
Peru	9,873	6,617	2,494	396	10	152	204
Philippines	43,478	23,702	13,431	6,019	7	16	303
Poland	4,561	2,879	509	855	258	15	45
Portugal	959	613	81	229	8	20	8
Puerto Rico	12	9	-	3	-	-	-
Qatar	664	186	93	233	113	33	6
Republic of Nauru	22	D	-	-	-	D	-
Romania	2,532	1,593	199	428	186	121	5
Russia	10,006	4,426	557	2,034	2,322	653	14
Rwanda	2,330	117	55	28	382	1,745	3
Saint Kitts and Nevis	243	130	104	9	-	-	-
Saint Lucia	719	536	142	32	D	D	5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	370	286	71	D	-	-	D
Samoa	171	163	8	-	-	-	-
Saudi Arabia	3,107	1,249	344	684	644	183	3
Senegal	1,671	1,222	255	51	82	43	18
Serbia	1,571	1,080	127	137	194	33	-
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	114	68	3	24	-	16	3
Sierra Leone	1,367	967	202	D	144	40	D
Singapore	1,239	389	126	709	D	D	-
Sint Maarten	97	70	D	D	-	-	-
Slovakia	449	278	13	91	12	51	4
Slovenia	114	59	-	D	D	-	-
Somalia	502	144	D	D	D	352	-
South Africa	3,337	1,481	128	1,136	267	322	3
South Sudan	96	57	9	13	6	11	-
Soviet Union (former)	887	655	12	184	D	27	D
Spain	3,465	1,541	248	1,264	88	316	8
Sri Lanka	1,701	482	156	438	349	264	12
Sudan	1,971	561	119	D	1,018	252	D
Suriname	149	111	29	D	D	D	-
Sweden	1,096	621	59	387	14	12	3
Switzerland	730	343	21	327	29	D	D
Syria	1,708	522	237	251	D	688	D
Taiwan	5,770	2,150	976	2,472	165	4	3
Tajikistan	1,051	175	48	37	770	21	-
Tanzania	4,452	434	52	57	51	3,851	7
Thailand	6,739	3,710	293	492	67	2,143	34
Togo	1,539	646	201	17	608	67	-
Tonga	238	192	38	-	D	D	-
Trinidad and Tobago	3,158	2,225	716	180	5	7	25
Tunisia	467	331	13	79	31	D	D
Turkey	9,135	2,302	265	1,558	1,313	3,651	46
Turkmenistan	279	101	14	18	137	9	-
Turks and Caicos Islands	71	57	9	5	-	-	-
Uganda	4,267	658	124	101	147	3,234	3
Ukraine	11,518	4,430	871	1,298	1,780	3,119	20
United Arab Emirates	3,776	890	584	1,677	377	207	41
United Kingdom	12,951	6,661	886	5,192	172	18	22
United States	6,363	3,685	1,452	1,022	102	12	90
Uruguay	1,063	861	25	96	9	33	39
Uzbekistan	2,338	678	544	145	832	127	12
Venezuela	15,159	9,689	688	2,689	613	1,445	35
Vietnam	38,944	15,736	21,414	1,648	4	34	108
Virgin Islands, British	103	65	27	11	-	-	-
Virgin Islands, U.S.	25	12	7	D	-	D	-
Yemen	396	235	37	33	D	88	D
Zambia	700	272	20	56	19	325	8
Zimbabwe	679	355	35	133	31	121	4
All other countries¹	61	30	3	20	5	3	-
Unknown	12,801	5,750	3,056	1,268	274	626	1,827

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