PERSONS OBTAINING U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY REGION AND SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE: 1820-2010 CANADA EUROPE ASIA CARIBBEAN MEXICO CENTRAL AMERICA AFRICA WORLD TOTAL 1.9 (Histograms by region and country are proportional to the world total histogram.) SOUTH AMERICA MILLIONS OCEANIA 1.0 1820 1850 1900 1950 YEAR (color by decade) 2010 See notes for this map on pages 9 to 11. Scale 1:95,000,000 AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 11120969. (Posted 12/09/11)
PERSONS OBTAINING U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE IN EUROPE: 1820-2010 ICELAND (1857) NORWAY (1856) FINLAND EUROPE TOTAL 1.2 (Histograms by country are proportional to the Europe total histogram.) SWEDEN (1820) RUSSIA (1820) ESTONIA (1924) UNITED KINGDOM (1820) LATVIA (1924) BELARUS (1992) DENMARK (1820) LITHUANIA (1924) IRELAND (1820) UKRAINE (1992) NETHERLANDS (1820) MILLIONS POLAND (1820) CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1920) BELGIUM (1820) 0.6 FRANCE (1820) AUSTRIA GERMANY (1820) ROMANIA (1880) SWITZERLAND (1820) YUGOSLAVIA (1920) PORTUGAL (1820) ITALY (1820) GREECE (1824) MALTA (1823) 1900 1950 YEAR (color by decade) 2010 BULGARIA (1899) ALBANIA (1924) SPAIN (1820) 1820 1850 HUNGARY ITALY (1820) See notes for this map on pages 9 to 11. Scale 1:24,000,000 AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 11120969. (Posted 12/09/11)
PERSONS OBTAINING U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE IN ASIA: 1820-2010 KAZAKHSTAN (1992) ARMENIA (1874) UZBEKISTAN (1992) TURKEY (1820) TAJIKISTAN (1992) TURKMENISTAN (1993) MONGOLIA (1952) KYRGYZSTAN (1993) KOREA (1948) JAPAN SYRIA (1866) LEBANON (1949) AFGHANISTAN (1946) IRAN (1842) CHINA (1820) IRAQ (1931) ISRAEL (1949) PAKISTAN (1949) KUWAIT JORDAN (1925) SAUDI ARABIA (1945) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (1973) NEPAL (1949) HONG KONG (1952) BHUTAN (1946) LAOS (1952) VIETNAM (1875) OMAN (1955) BURMA (1872) PHILIPPINES (1871) YEMEN (1950) INDIA (1820) THAILAND (1931) ARABIAN PENINSULA See note about data for Arabian Peninsula (former), (Histograms by country are proportional to the Asia total histogram.) TAIWAN (1957) BANGLADESH (1972) ASIA TOTAL 450 CAMBODIA SRI LANKA (1875) Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. 200 MALAYSIA (1873) SINGAPORE (1874) INDONESIA (1871) CHINA (1820) See notes for this map on pages 9 to 11. Scale 1:40,000,000 AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 11120969. (Posted 12/09/11) 1820 1850 1900 1950 YEAR (color by decade) 2010
PERSONS OBTAINING U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE IN THE CARIBBEAN: 1861-2010 BAHAMAS BERMUDA BRITISH WEST INDIES See note about data for British West Indies (former), British Leeward Islands (former), British Windward Islands (former), Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. 160 CARIBBEAN TOTAL (Histograms by country are proportional to the Caribbean total histogram.) CUBA JAMAICA HAITI PUERTO RICO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DANISH (1931) WEST INDIES BRITISH LEEWARD ISLANDS (1872) FRENCH WEST INDIES (1872) 80 BARBADOS NETHERLANDS ANTILLES (1873) BRITISH WINDWARD ISLANDS (1869) CUBA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (1866) 1861 1900 1950 2010 See notes for this map on pages 9 to 11. Scale 1:13,000,000 YEAR (color by decade)
PERSONS OBTAINING U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE IN CENTRAL AMERICA: 1861-2010 BELIZE 160 CENTRAL AMERICA TOTAL (Histograms by country are proportional to the Central America total histogram.) GUATEMALA (1864) HONDURAS (1873) EL SALVADOR (1878) NICARAGUA (1874) 80 COSTA RICA PANAMA (1931) 1861 1900 1950 2010 YEAR (color by decade) Scale 1:8,000,000 See notes for this map on pages 9 to 11. BELIZE
PERSONS OBTAINING U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE IN SOUTH AMERICA: 1861-2010 VENEZUELA COLOMBIA (1864) GUYANA SURINAME (1931) FRENCH GUIANA (1939) ECUADOR (1872) PERU BRAZIL 150 SOUTH AMERICA TOTAL BOLIVIA (1875) (Histograms by country are proportional to the South America total histogram.) PARAGUAY (1878) CHILE URUGUAY (1871) 75 ARGENTINA FALKLAND BRAZIL ISLANDS (1951) 1861 1900 1950 2010 YEAR (color by decade) Scale 1:33,000,000 See notes for this map on pages 9 to 11.
PERSONS OBTAINING U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE IN AFRICA: 1820-2010 TUNISIA MOROCCO (1838) ALGERIA (1872) EGYPT (1838) MAURITANIA (1957) GAMBIA (1954) GUINEA-BISSAU (1955) NIGER (1961) MALI (1960) CHAD (1965) BURKINA FASO (1961) SENEGAL (1960) CAPE VERDE (1822) LIBYA LIBERIA (1829) COTE D'IVOIRE (1961) ERITREA (1993) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (1961) GUINEA (1963) SIERRA LEONE SUDAN GHANA (1946) DJIBOUTI (1959) NIGERIA SOMALIA (1956) BENIN (1959) TOGO (1952) ETHIOPIA (1931) CAMEROON (1945) GABON (1962) RWANDA (1963) CONGO, REPUBLIC (1961) AFRICA TOTAL 125 UGANDA (1954) (Histograms by country are proportional to the Africa total histogram.) CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 100 ANGOLA NAMIBIA (1945) BURUNDI (1964) KENYA RUANDA-URUNDI (1948) See note about data for Ruanda-Urundi (former), Burundi, and Rwanda. TANZANIA (1945) ZAMBIA MALAWI (1954) ZIMBABWE MOZAMBIQUE (1954) BOTSWANA 50 MADAGASCAR SWAZILAND (1959) LESOTHO (1955) SOUTH AFRICA (1860) EGYPT 1820 1850 (1838) 1900 1950 YEAR (color by decade) 2010 See notes for this map on pages 9 to 11. Scale 1:40,000,000 AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 11120969. (Posted 12/09/11)
PERSONS OBTAINING U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY SELECTED COUNTRY OF LAST RESIDENCE IN OCEANIA: 1820-2010 PALAU (1973) PACIFIC ISLANDS, TRUST TERRITORY See note about data for Trust Territory of Pacific Islands (former), Federated States (1947) of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau. MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES MARSHALL (1947) ISLANDS (1989) NAURU (1946) KIRIBATI (1956) PAPUA NEW GUINEA (1945) SOLOMON ISLANDS (1956) TUVALU (1983) SAMOA (1948) FRENCH POLYNESIA (1843) VANUATU NEW CALEDONIA FIJI (1874) 10 OCEANIA TOTAL (Histograms by country are proportional to the Oceania total histogram.) TONGA (1956) AUSTRALIA (1822) 5 (1822) AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND (1856) 1820 1850 See notes for this map on pages 9 to 11. Scale 1:35,000,000 YEAR (color by decade) 1900 1950 2010
Notes: For all maps: 1) Official recording 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 of Last Residence: 1820-2010 1) Data for Canada include British North America and Canadian provinces. 2) First record 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 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. 8) From 1899 to 1919, data for Poland included in Austria, Germany, Hungary, and Russia. 9
9) From 1892 to 1952, data for Cape Verde included in Portugal. 10) Data for Russia include the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. 11) Since 1925, data for United Kingdom refer to England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. 12) Data for Yugoslavia (former) include Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, and Serbia and Montenegro. Persons Obtaining U.S. Legal Permanent Resident Status by Selected of Last Residence in Asia: 1820-2010 1) Data for Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen are included in Arabian Peninsula (former) and were not reported separately prior to 1945. Data for Arabian Peninsula (former) from 1892 to 1923 included in Turkey and consolidated with several countries in Asia from 1924 to 1944. 2) Data for Armenia included in Turkey from 1892 to 1924 and in Russia from 1942 to 1991. 3) Data for East Timor included in Indonesia. 4) From 1925 to 1948, data for Jordan refer to Palestine and include Israel. After 1948, data for Arab Palestine included in Jordan. 5) Data for Korea include North Korea and South Korea. 6) From 1980 to 1986, data for Mongolia included in China. 7) From 1906 to 1933, data for Philippines recorded as insular travel while under U.S. sovereignty. 8) From 1886 to 1923, data for Syria included in Turkey. 9) From 1980 to 1981, data for Taiwan included in China. Persons Obtaining U.S. Legal Permanent Resident Status by Selected of Last Residence in the Caribbean: 1861-2010 1) No data by country available prior to 1861. 2) Data for British West Indies (former) include Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Leeward Islands (former), and British Windward Islands (former). Data for British Leeward Islands (former) include Anguilla, Antigua-Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, and Saint Kitts-Nevis. Data for British Windward Islands (former) include Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. From 1931 to 1952, data for countries included in British West Indies (former) were not reported separately. 3) Data for Danish West Indies (former) end in 1917 when it came under U.S. sovereignty as the U.S. Virgin Islands. 4) Data for French West Indies (former) include Guadeloupe and Martinique. 5) Data for Aruba included in Netherlands Antilles. 6) Data for Puerto Rico end in 1898 when it came under U.S. sovereignty. 10
Persons Obtaining U.S. Legal Permanent Resident Status by Selected of Last Residence in Central America: 1861-2010 1) No data by country available prior to 1861. 2) Data for the Panama Canal Zone included in Panama. Persons Obtaining U.S. Legal Permanent Resident Status by Selected of Last Residence in South America: 1861-2010 1) No data by country available prior to 1861. Persons Obtaining U.S. Legal Permanent Resident Status by Selected of Last Residence in Africa: 1820-2010 1) From 1892 to 1952, data for Cape Verde included in Portugal. 2) Data for Burundi and Rwanda are included in Ruanda-Urundi (former) and were not reported separately prior to 1963. Persons Obtaining U.S. Legal Permanent Resident Status by Selected of Last Residence in Oceania: 1820-2010 1) First record from Oceania in 1822. 2) From 1892 to 1924, data for New Zealand included in Australia. 3) Data for Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau are included in the Trust Territory of Pacific Islands (former) and were not reported separately for all years. 11