Immigrants Admitted by Region and Country of Birth, 2003-2012
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
More than one million immigrants entered the U.S. in 2012. The following table lists the number of immigrants admitted by to the U.S. by continent and country of birth for selected years between 2003 and 2012.
| Region and Country of Birth | 2003 | 2005 | 2010 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGION | ||||
| Total | 703,542 | 1,122,257 | 1,042,625 | 1,031,631 |
| Africa | 48,639 | 85,094 | 101,355 | 107,241 |
| Asia | 250,448 | 411,722 | 422,063 | 429,599 |
| Europe | 93,960 | 164,989 | 88,801 | 81,671 |
| North America | 249,919 | 345,476 | 336,553 | 327,771 |
| Oceania | 4,351 | 6,546 | 5,345 | 4,742 |
| South America | 55,024 | 103,127 | 87,178 | 79,401 |
| Unknown | 1,201 | 5,303 | 1,330 | 1,206 |
| COUNTRY | ||||
| Total | 703,542 | 1,122,257 | 1,042,625 | 1,031,631 |
| Afghanistan | 1,252 | 4,749 | 2,017 | 1,617 |
| Albania | 3,362 | 5,947 | 4,711 | 3,364 |
| Algeria | 759 | 1,115 | 1,305 | 1,369 |
| American Samoa | 16 | 15 | 14 | - |
| Angola | 59 | 188 | 148 | 187 |
| Anguilla | 26 | 35 | 19 | 23 |
| Antigua-Barbuda | 301 | 440 | 359 | 337 |
| Argentina | 3,129 | 7,081 | 4,399 | 4,359 |
| Armenia | 1,287 | 2,591 | 2,979 | 2,681 |
| Aruba | 27 | 42 | 49 | 54 |
| Australia | 1,836 | 3,193 | 2,512 | 2,414 |
| Austria | 295 | 532 | 442 | 407 |
| Azerbaijan | 746 | 1,523 | 781 | 663 |
| Bahamas | 423 | 698 | 652 | 619 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 140 | 104 | 104 |
| Bangladesh | 4,616 | 11,487 | 14,819 | 14,705 |
| Barbados | 516 | 846 | 465 | 460 |
| Belarus | 1,858 | 3,503 | 2,038 | 1,659 |
| Belgium | 455 | 859 | 592 | 574 |
| Belize | 588 | 876 | 965 | 847 |
| Benin | 76 | 193 | 486 | 415 |
| Bermuda | 92 | 116 | 72 | 85 |
| Bhutan | 15 | 30 | 6,109 | 10,198 |
| Bolivia | 1,376 | 2,197 | 2,253 | 1,948 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 6,155 | 14,074 | 946 | 815 |
| Botswana | 27 | 54 | 66 | 80 |
| Brazil | 6,331 | 16,662 | 12,258 | 11,441 |
| British Virgin Islands | 43 | 41 | 46 | 39 |
| Brunei | 20 | 49 | 20 | 19 |
| Bulgaria | 3,825 | 5,635 | 2,570 | 2,440 |
| Burkina Faso | 60 | 128 | 377 | 558 |
| Burma | 1,193 | 2,095 | 12,925 | 17,383 |
| Burundi | 74 | 186 | 841 | 535 |
| Cambodia | 2,263 | 4,022 | 2,986 | 2,473 |
| Cameroon | 927 | 1,458 | 4,161 | 3,815 |
| Canada | 11,350 | 21,878 | 13,328 | 12,932 |
| Cape Verde | 745 | 1,225 | 1,668 | 1,684 |
| Cayman Islands | 35 | 37 | 52 | 44 |
| Central African Republic | 6 | 24 | 101 | 116 |
| Chad | 8 | 31 | 120 | 155 |
| Chile | 1,310 | 2,404 | 1,950 | 1,673 |
| China, People's Republic | 40,568 | 69,933 | 70,863 | 81,784 |
| Colombia | 14,720 | 25,566 | 22,406 | 20,931 |
| Comoros | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 110 | 260 | 1,764 | 3,731 |
| Congo, Republic | 513 | 1,064 | 968 | 1,461 |
| Costa Rica | 1,246 | 2,278 | 2,164 | 2,020 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 483 | 930 | 1,621 | 1,760 |
| Croatia | 1,153 | 1,780 | 357 | 336 |
| Cuba | 9,262 | 36,261 | 33,573 | 32,820 |
| Cyprus | 123 | 196 | 122 | 107 |
| Czech Republic | 267 | 476 | 190 | 677 |
| Czechoslovakia (former) | 543 | 784 | 750 | 159 |
| Denmark | 405 | 718 | 518 | 459 |
| Djibouti | 16 | 50 | 37 | 106 |
| Dominica | 204 | 198 | 366 | 125 |
| Dominican Republic | 26,159 | 27,503 | 53,870 | 41,566 |
| Ecuador | 7,066 | 11,608 | 11,492 | 9,342 |
| Egypt | 3,348 | 7,905 | 8,978 | 8,988 |
| El Salvador | 28,231 | 21,359 | 18,806 | 16,256 |
| Equatorial Guinea | D | 10 | 12 | 20 |
| Eritrea | 556 | 796 | 1,656 | 2,643 |
| Estonia | 235 | 438 | 260 | 227 |
| Ethiopia | 6,635 | 10,571 | 14,266 | 14,544 |
| Fiji | 1,095 | 1,422 | 1,201 | 853 |
| Finland | 241 | 574 | 397 | 348 |
| France | 2,431 | 4,496 | 3,919 | 3,862 |
| French Polynesia | 14 | 19 | 16 | 30 |
| Gabon | 40 | 66 | 138 | 197 |
| Gambia | 263 | 581 | 859 | 1,159 |
| Georgia | 735 | 1,389 | 1,518 | 1,341 |
| Germany | 5,064 | 9,264 | 6,888 | 5,812 |
| Ghana | 4,410 | 6,491 | 7,429 | 10,592 |
| Greece | 651 | 1,070 | 745 | 1,054 |
| Grenada | 481 | 840 | 664 | 671 |
| Guatemala | 14,386 | 16,818 | 10,467 | 10,341 |
| Guinea | 29 | 495 | 1,379 | 1,656 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 176 | 26 | 30 | 47 |
| Guyana | 6,809 | 9,317 | 6,749 | 5,683 |
| Haiti | 12,293 | 14,524 | 22,582 | 22,818 |
| Honduras | 4,645 | 7,012 | 6,448 | 6,884 |
| Hong Kong | 3,574 | 3,705 | 2,432 | 2,104 |
| Hungary | 1,021 | 1,567 | 1,022 | 1,054 |
| Iceland | 97 | 135 | 105 | 103 |
| India | 50,228 | 84,680 | 69,162 | 66,434 |
| Indonesia | 1,805 | 3,924 | 3,032 | 2,603 |
| Iran | 7,230 | 13,887 | 14,182 | 12,916 |
| Iraq | 2,450 | 4,077 | 19,855 | 20,369 |
| Ireland | 983 | 2,088 | 1,507 | 1,514 |
| Israel | 2,741 | 5,755 | 4,515 | 4,153 |
| Italy | 1,644 | 3,066 | 2,579 | 2,673 |
| Jamaica | 13,347 | 18,345 | 19,825 | 20,705 |
| Japan | 5,971 | 8,768 | 6,264 | 6,061 |
| Jordan | 2,927 | 3,748 | 3,868 | 4,099 |
| Kazakhstan | 1,740 | 2,223 | 1,282 | 1,202 |
| Kenya | 3,209 | 5,347 | 7,421 | 7,043 |
| Kiribati | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Korea, North | NA | NA | 35 | 49 |
| Korea, South 1 | 12,382 | 26,562 | 22,227 | 20,846 |
| Kosovo | X | X | 355 | 782 |
| Kuwait | 707 | 1,152 | 1,037 | 1,044 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 356 | 656 | 507 | 648 |
| Laos | 896 | 1,242 | 1,200 | 949 |
| Latvia | 458 | 768 | 435 | 436 |
| Lebanon | 2,956 | 4,282 | 3,487 | 2,879 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 12 | 23 | 17 |
| Liberia | 1,766 | 4,880 | 4,837 | 4,109 |
| Libya | 140 | 223 | 355 | 315 |
| Lithuania | 2,266 | 2,417 | 985 | 924 |
| Luxembourg | 16 | 35 | 22 | 19 |
| Macau | 244 | 133 | 143 | 120 |
| Macedonia | 653 | 1,070 | 963 | 906 |
| Madagascar | 40 | 60 | 80 | 79 |
| Malawi | 62 | 131 | 164 | 192 |
| Malaysia | 1,200 | 2,632 | 1,714 | 2,605 |
| Maldives | 15 | 6 | D | D |
| Mali | 124 | 277 | 528 | 734 |
| Malta | 37 | 74 | 74 | 62 |
| Marshall Islands | 26 | 32 | 37 | 50 |
| Mauritania | 131 | 275 | 495 | 410 |
| Mauritius | 57 | 99 | 84 | 77 |
| Mexico | 115,585 | 161,445 | 139,120 | 146,406 |
| Micronesia, Federated States | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 |
| Moldova | 1,151 | 3,506 | 1,981 | 2,021 |
| Monaco | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
| Mongolia | 153 | 323 | 594 | 691 |
| Montenegro | X | X | 120 | 265 |
| Montserrat | 36 | 50 | 27 | 27 |
| Morocco | 3,137 | 4,411 | 5,013 | 3,656 |
| Mozambique | 36 | 54 | 53 | 94 |
| Namibia | 40 | 63 | 60 | 59 |
| Nepal | 2,095 | 3,158 | 7,115 | 11,312 |
| Netherlands | 981 | 1,815 | 1,321 | 1,091 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 59 | 116 | 77 | 106 |
| New Caledonia | D | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| New Zealand | 877 | 1,293 | 919 | 814 |
| Nicaragua | 4,094 | 3,305 | 3,565 | 3,046 |
| Niger | 808 | 126 | 96 | 48 |
| Nigeria | 7,872 | 10,597 | 13,376 | 13,575 |
| Norway | 320 | 423 | 334 | 276 |
| Oman | 76 | 101 | 63 | 74 |
| Pakistan | 9,415 | 14,926 | 18,258 | 14,740 |
| Palau | 8 | 8 | 18 | 10 |
| Panama | 1,164 | 1,815 | 1,536 | 1,281 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 44 | 30 | 21 |
| Paraguay | 207 | 516 | 467 | 467 |
| Peru | 9,409 | 15,676 | 14,247 | 12,609 |
| Philippines | 45,250 | 60,746 | 58,173 | 57,327 |
| Poland | 10,510 | 15,351 | 7,643 | 6,300 |
| Portugal | 808 | 1,125 | 755 | 811 |
| Qatar | 72 | 174 | 148 | 141 |
| Romania | 3,655 | 7,103 | 4,003 | 3,748 |
| Russia | 13,935 | 18,055 | 6,718 | 9,969 |
| Rwanda | 109 | 276 | 489 | 592 |
| Saint Kitts-Nevis | 310 | 342 | 339 | 311 |
| Saint Lucia | 488 | 832 | 872 | 919 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 322 | 625 | 576 | 503 |
| Samoa | 178 | 173 | 219 | 238 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | D | 8 | 10 | 12 |
| Saudi Arabia | 735 | 1,210 | 1,263 | 1,343 |
| Senegal | 522 | 913 | 1,285 | 1,615 |
| Serbia | X | X | 20 | 704 |
| Serbia and Montenegro 2 | 2,994 | 5,202 | 2,196 | 801 |
| Seychelles | 16 | 16 | 8 | 7 |
| Sierra Leone | 1,492 | 2,731 | 2,011 | 1,688 |
| Singapore | 582 | 1,204 | 774 | 712 |
| Slovakia | 674 | 965 | 538 | 528 |
| Slovenia | 64 | 114 | 74 | 86 |
| Solomon Islands | 5 | 3 | 6 | D |
| Somalia | 2,444 | 5,829 | 4,558 | 5,204 |
| South Africa | 2,210 | 4,536 | 2,758 | 2,781 |
| South Sudan | X | X | X | 17 |
| Soviet Union (former) | 1,072 | 2,899 | 4,978 | 1,296 |
| Spain | 917 | 1,888 | 1,684 | 1,842 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,246 | 1,894 | 2,036 | 1,994 |
| Sudan | 1,883 | 5,231 | 2,397 | 2,471 |
| Suriname | 180 | 300 | 216 | 187 |
| Swaziland | 23 | 16 | 22 | 24 |
| Sweden | 963 | 1,517 | 1,097 | 968 |
| Switzerland | 632 | 1,092 | 675 | 635 |
| Syria | 1,938 | 2,831 | 2,555 | 3,014 |
| Taiwan | 6,917 | 9,196 | 6,732 | 5,331 |
| Tajikistan | 137 | 207 | 299 | 411 |
| Tanzania | 554 | 829 | 1,850 | 1,516 |
| Thailand | 3,126 | 5,505 | 9,384 | 9,459 |
| Togo | 1,187 | 1,523 | 1,563 | 1,756 |
| Tonga | 238 | 309 | 343 | 276 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4,138 | 6,568 | 5,435 | 5,214 |
| Tunisia | 353 | 495 | 418 | 422 |
| Turkey | 3,029 | 4,614 | 4,483 | 4,162 |
| Turkmenistan | 84 | 148 | 224 | 223 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 26 | 34 | 29 | 30 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 4 | 8 | D | D |
| Uganda | 455 | 858 | 1,085 | 1,340 |
| Ukraine | 11,633 | 22,745 | 8,477 | 7,642 |
| United Arab Emirates | 380 | 812 | 779 | 854 |
| United Kingdom | 9,527 | 19,800 | 12,792 | 12,014 |
| United States | 32 | 183 | 201 | 279 |
| Uruguay | 469 | 1,154 | 1,331 | 1,374 |
| Uzbekistan | 1,445 | 2,887 | 4,770 | 4,726 |
| Venezuela | 4,018 | 10,645 | 9,409 | 9,387 |
| Vietnam | 22,087 | 32,784 | 30,632 | 28,304 |
| Yemen | 1,382 | 3,366 | 3,591 | 2,620 |
| Zambia | 280 | 499 | 628 | 643 |
| Zimbabwe | 358 | 923 | 1,274 | 914 |
| All other countries | 26 | 42 | 24 | 23 |
| Unknown | 1,201 | 5,303 | 1,330 | 1,206 |
| Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security. |
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