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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