Persons Obtaining U.S. Legal Permanent Resident Status by Region and Selected Country of Last Residence: 1820-2010
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PERSONS OBTAINING U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY REGION AND SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE: 1820-2010 CANADA EUROPE ASIA MEXICO CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AMERICA AFRICA 1.9 WORLD TOTAL (Histograms by region and country are proportional to the world total histogram.) Data not available. SOUTH AMERICA OCEANIA 1.0 MILLIONS 0.0 1820 1850 1900 1950 2010 YEAR (color by decade) Scale 1:95,000,000 See notes for this map on pages 9 to 11. Office of Immigration Statistics AILA InfoNetData Doc. source: No.U.S. Department 11120969. of Homeland (Posted Security. 12/09/11) OFFICE OF POLICY PERSONS OBTAINING U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE IN EUROPE: 1820-2010 ICELAND (1857) NORWAY (1856) 1.2 EUROPE TOTAL FINLAND (1861) (Histograms by country are proportional to the Europe total histogram.) Data not available. SWEDEN (1820) RUSSIA (1820) ESTONIA (1924) UNITED KINGDOM (1820) LATVIA (1924) BELARUS DENMARK (1820) (1992) LITHUANIA (1924) IRELAND (1820) UKRAINE NETHERLANDS (1820) (1992) POLAND (1820) HUNGARY (1861) CZECHOSLOVAKIA BELGIUM (1820) (FORMER) 0.6 (1920) MILLIONS FRANCE (1820) AUSTRIA (1861) GERMANY (1820) ROMANIA (1880) SWITZERLAND (1820) YUGOSLAVIA (FORMER) BULGARIA (1899) (1920) PORTUGAL (1820) ALBANIA (1924) SPAIN (1820) ITALY (1820) GREECE (1824) ITALY Country MALTA (1823) (1820) Year of first record 0.0 of immigration 1820 1850 1900 1950 2010 YEAR (color by decade) Scale 1:24,000,000 See notes for this map on pages 9 to 11. Office of Immigration Statistics AILA InfoNetData Doc. source: No.U.S. Department 11120969. of Homeland (Posted Security. 12/09/11) OFFICE OF POLICY PERSONS OBTAINING U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE IN ASIA: 1820-2010 ARMENIA (1874) KAZAKHSTAN MONGOLIA (1992) UZBEKISTAN (1952) (1992) KYRGYZSTAN TURKEY (1820) TAJIKISTAN (1993) TURKMENISTAN KOREA (1948) (1993) (1992) SYRIA (1866) JAPAN (1861) AFGHANISTAN CHINA (1820) (1946) LEBANON IRAN (1842) (1949) IRAQ (1931) HONG KONG 450 ASIA TOTAL (1952) (Histograms by country are PAKISTAN ISRAEL (1949) BHUTAN (1946) proportional to the Asia KUWAIT (1953) (1949) NEPAL (1949) total histogram.) TAIWAN Data not available. (1957) JORDAN (1925) UNITED ARAB BANGLADESH LAOS (1952) EMIRATES (1972) (1973) SAUDI ARABIA VIETNAM (1875) (1945) OMAN (1955) BURMA (1872) PHILIPPINES (1871) YEMEN (1950) THAILAND (1931) INDIA (1820) ARABIAN PENINSULA CAMBODIA (1953) (FORMER) See note about data for 200 (1861) Arabian Peninsula (former), SRI LANKA (1875) THOUSANDS Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and MALAYSIA (1873) Yemen. SINGAPORE (1874) INDONESIA (1871) CHINA Country (1820) Year of first record of immigration 00..00 1820 1850 1900 1950 2010 See notes for this map on pages 9 to 11. Scale 1:40,000,000 YEAR (color by decade) Office of Immigration Statistics AILA InfoNetData Doc. source: No.U.S. Department 11120969. of Homeland (Posted Security. 12/09/11) OFFICE OF POLICY PERSONS OBTAINING U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE IN THE CARIBBEAN: 1861-2010 BERMUDA (1861) BAHAMAS (1861) BRITISH WEST INDIES 160 CARIBBEAN (FORMER) See note about data for British TOTAL (1861) West Indies (former), British Leeward Islands (former), British (Histograms by country are Windward Islands (former), proportional to the Caribbean Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, total histogram.) and Trinidad and Tobago. Data not available. PUERTO BRITISH CUBA (1861) RICO HAITI (1861) LEEWARD ISLANDS (1861) (FORMER) (1872) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DANISH (1931) JAMAICA (1861) WEST INDIES (FORMER) (1861) FRENCH WEST INDIES 80 (FORMER) (1872) THOUSANDS BARBADOS (1861) NETHERLANDS ANTILLES (1873) BRITISH WINDWARD ISLANDS (FORMER) (1869) CUBA Country TRINIDAD (1861) Year of first record AND TOBAGO of immigration (1866) 0.0 1861 1900 1950 2010 See notes for this map on pages 9 to 11. Scale 1:13,000,000 YEAR (color by decade) Office of Immigration Statistics AILA InfoNetData Doc. source: No.U.S. Department 11120969. of Homeland (Posted Security. 12/09/11) OFFICE OF POLICY PERSONS OBTAINING U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE IN CENTRAL AMERICA: 1861-2010 BELIZE (1861) HONDURAS (1873) GUATEMALA (1864) 160 CENTRAL AMERICA TOTAL (Histograms by country are proportional to the Central America total histogram.) Data not available. EL SALVADOR (1878) NICARAGUA (1874) 80 COSTA RICA (1861) THOUSANDS PANAMA (1931) BELIZE Country (1861) Year of first record 0.0 of immigration 1861 1900 1950 2010 YEAR (color by decade) Scale 1:8,000,000 See notes for this map on pages 9 to 11. Office of Immigration Statistics AILA InfoNetData Doc. source: No.U.S. Department 11120969. of Homeland (Posted Security. 12/09/11) OFFICE OF POLICY PERSONS OBTAINING U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE IN SOUTH AMERICA: 1861-2010 VENEZUELA (1861) GUYANA (1861) FRENCH COLOMBIA (1864) GUIANA SURINAME (1939) (1931) ECUADOR (1872) PERU (1861) BRAZIL (1861) BOLIVIA (1875) 150 SOUTH AMERICA TOTAL (Histograms by country are proportional to the South America total histogram.) Data not available. PARAGUAY (1878) CHILE (1861) URUGUAY (1871) 75 THOUSANDS ARGENTINA (1861) FALKLAND BRAZIL Country ISLANDS Year of first record (1951) (1861) 0.0 of immigration 1861 1900 1950 2010 YEAR (color by decade) Scale 1:33,000,000 See notes for this map on pages 9 to 11. Office of Immigration Statistics AILA InfoNetData Doc. source: No.U.S. Department 11120969. of Homeland (Posted Security. 12/09/11) OFFICE OF POLICY PERSONS OBTAINING U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE IN AFRICA: 1820-2010 TUNISIA (1953) MOROCCO (1838) ALGERIA (1872) LIBYA (1953) EGYPT (1838) MAURITANIA (1957) MALI (1960) NIGER (1961) CHAD (1965) GAMBIA SUDAN (1953) BURKINA (1954) SENEGAL FASO (1960) (1961) CAPE VERDE (1822) ERITREA (1993) CENTRAL AFRICAN GUINEA-BISSAU GUINEA DJIBOUTI REPUBLIC (1955) (1963) (1959) (1961) GHANA (1946) SIERRA LEONE COTE NIGERIA SOMALIA (1953) D'IVOIRE (1953) (1956) (1961) BENIN (1959) ETHIOPIA (1931) LIBERIA (1829) TOGO (1952) CAMEROON (1945) GABON UGANDA KENYA (1953) (1962) (1954) RWANDA CONGO, RUANDA-URUNDI (1963) 125 AFRICA TOTAL REPUBLIC (FORMER) (Histograms by country (1961) (1948) See note about data for are proportional to the BURUNDI Ruanda-Urundi (former), Africa total histogram.) (1964) Burundi, and Rwanda. Data not available. CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC TANZANIA 100 (1953) (1945) ZAMBIA MALAWI ANGOLA (1953) (1954) (1953) MOZAMBIQUE ZIMBABWE (1954) (1953) NAMIBIA (1945) BOTSWANA MADAGASCAR (1953) (1953) THOUSANDS 50 SWAZILAND (1959) LESOTHO (1955) SOUTH AFRICA (1860) EGYPT Country (1838) Year of first record 0.0 of immigration 1820 1850 1900 1950 2010 YEAR (color by decade) Scale 1:40,000,000 See notes for this map on pages 9 to 11. Office of Immigration Statistics AILA InfoNetData Doc. source: No.U.S. Department 11120969. of Homeland (Posted Security. 12/09/11) OFFICE OF POLICY PERSONS OBTAINING U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE IN OCEANIA: 1820-2010 MICRONESIA, PALAU FEDERATED (1973) STATES MARSHALL (1947) ISLANDS PACIFIC ISLANDS, (1989) TRUST TERRITORY (FORMER) See note about data for Trust Territory of KIRIBATI (1947) Pacific Islands (former), Federated States (1956) of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau. NAURU (1946) PAPUA TUVALU NEW GUINEA SOLOMON (1983) (1945) ISLANDS (1956) FRENCH POLYNESIA (1843) SAMOA (1948) VANUATU (1953) 10 OCEANIA TOTAL (Histograms by country are NEW proportional to the Oceania total histogram.) FIJI (1874) CALEDONIA Data not available. (1953) TONGA (1956) AUSTRALIA (1822) 5 THOUSANDS NEW ZEALAND (1856) AUSTRALIA Country (1822) Year of first record of immigration 00..00 1820 1850 1900 1950 2010 See notes for this map on pages 9 to 11. Scale 1:35,000,000 YEAR (color by decade) Office of Immigration Statistics AILA InfoNetData Doc. source: No.U.S. Department 11120969. of Homeland (Posted Security. 12/09/11) OFFICE OF POLICY Notes: For all maps: 1) Official recording of immigration to the United States began in 1820 after the passage of the Act of March 2, 1819. From 1820 to 1867, figures represent alien passenger arrivals at seaports; from 1868 to 1891 and 1895 to 1897, immigrant alien arrivals; from 1892 to 1894 and 1898 to 2010, immigrant aliens admitted for permanent residence; from 1892 to 1903, aliens entering by cabin class were not counted as immigrants. Land arrivals were not completely enumerated until 1908. 2) Data for years prior to 1906 refer to country of origin; data from 1906 to 2010 refer to country of last residence. Because of changes in country boundaries, data for a particular country may not necessarily refer to the same geographic area over time. 3) Fiscal Year 1843 covers 9 months ending September 30, 1843; Fiscal Years 1832 and 1850 cover 15 months ending December 31 of the respective years; Fiscal Year 1868 covers 6 months ending June 30, 1868; and Fiscal Year 1976 covers 15 months ending September 30, 1976. By individual map: Persons Obtaining U.S. Legal Permanent Resident Status by Region and Selected Country of Last Residence: 1820-2010 1) Data for Canada include British North America and Canadian provinces. 2) First record of immigration from Oceania in 1822. 3) Data in 1906 for the world total include 32,897 persons returning to their homes in the United States. Persons Obtaining U.S. Legal Permanent Resident Status by Selected Country of Last Residence in Europe: 1820-2010 1) Data for Austria and Hungary in 1868 and from 1899 to 1904 were not reported separately and are included in Hungary. 2) From 1899 to 1919, data for Bulgaria included Serbia and Montenegro. 3) Data for Czechoslovakia (former) include Czech Republic and Slovakia. 4) From 1899 to 1919, data for Finland included in Russia. 5) From 1857 to 1868 and from 1875 to 1891, data for Iceland included Greenland and Faroe Islands. 6) Prior to 1925, data for Northern Ireland included in Ireland. 7) From 1820 to 1855 and from 1857 to 1860, data for Norway and Sweden were not reported separately and are included in Sweden.