878,460
2023 (latest)
PERSONS NATURALIZED
people · 1907–2023 · neither direction is "better" · DHS Office of Homeland Security Statistics, 2023 Yearbook Table 20
7,940
1907
1,046,540
high · 2008
7,940
low · 1907
up from near zero
since 1907
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Official workbook totals, rounded to the nearest ten for privacy. 1907 covers September 27, 1906–June 30, 1907. Fiscal 1976 covers 15 months. Military naturalization provisions and reporting change historically. Breaks: 1907 covers September 27, 1906–June 30, 1907. Fiscal 1976 covers 15 months. Military naturalization provisions and reporting change historically.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://ohss.dhs.gov/system/files/2025-07/2025_0725_plcy_yearbook_naturalizations_fy2023.xlsx
- https://ohss.dhs.gov/topics/immigration/yearbook/2023
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Family-And-Society
Data
| Year | Persons naturalized | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 878,460 | −9% |
| 2022 | 969,380 | +19% |
| 2021 | 813,860 | +30% |
| 2020 | 628,250 | −26% |
| 2019 | 843,590 | +11% |
| 2018 | 761,900 | +8% |
| 2017 | 707,270 | −6% |
| 2016 | 753,060 | +3% |
| 2015 | 730,260 | +12% |
| 2014 | 653,420 | −16% |
| 2013 | 779,930 | +3% |
| 2012 | 757,430 | +9% |
| 2011 | 694,190 | +12% |
| 2010 | 619,910 | −17% |
| 2009 | 743,720 | −29% |
| 2008 | 1,046,540 | +58% |
| 2007 | 660,480 | −6% |
| 2006 | 702,590 | +16% |
| 2005 | 604,280 | +12% |
| 2004 | 537,150 | +16% |
| 2003 | 462,440 | −19% |
| 2002 | 572,650 | −6% |
| 2001 | 606,260 | −32% |
| 2000 | 886,030 | +6% |
| 1999 | 837,420 | +82% |
| 1998 | 461,170 | −23% |
| 1997 | 596,010 | −43% |
| 1996 | 1,040,990 | +114% |
| 1995 | 485,720 | +13% |
| 1994 | 429,120 | +37% |
| 1993 | 313,590 | +31% |
| 1992 | 239,660 | −22% |
| 1991 | 307,390 | +15% |
| 1990 | 267,590 | +15% |
| 1989 | 232,660 | −3% |
| 1988 | 240,780 | +8% |
| 1987 | 223,250 | −20% |
| 1986 | 279,500 | +15% |
| 1985 | 242,450 | +24% |
| 1984 | 195,860 | +10% |
| 1983 | 178,420 | +27% |
| 1982 | 141,000 | −14% |
| 1981 | 164,390 | +5% |
| 1980 | 156,630 | −4% |
| 1979 | 163,110 | −5% |
| 1978 | 171,970 | +8% |
| 1977 | 159,870 | −16% |
| 1976 | 189,990 | +35% |
| 1975 | 140,750 | +7% |
| 1974 | 131,150 | +9% |
| 1973 | 120,400 | +4% |
| 1972 | 116,220 | +7% |
| 1971 | 108,410 | −2% |
| 1970 | 110,400 | +12% |
| 1969 | 98,710 | −4% |
| 1968 | 102,730 | −2% |
| 1967 | 104,900 | +2% |
| 1966 | 103,060 | −1% |
| 1965 | 104,300 | −7% |
| 1964 | 112,230 | −10% |
| 1963 | 124,180 | −2% |
| 1962 | 127,310 | −4% |
| 1961 | 132,450 | +11% |
| 1960 | 119,440 | +15% |
| 1959 | 103,930 | −13% |
| 1958 | 119,870 | −13% |
| 1957 | 138,040 | −5% |
| 1956 | 145,890 | −30% |
| 1955 | 209,530 | +78% |
| 1954 | 117,830 | +28% |
| 1953 | 92,050 | +4% |
| 1952 | 88,660 | +62% |
| 1951 | 54,720 | −18% |
| 1950 | 66,350 | −0% |
| 1949 | 66,590 | −5% |
| 1948 | 70,150 | −25% |
| 1947 | 93,900 | −37% |
| 1946 | 150,060 | −35% |
| 1945 | 231,400 | −48% |
| 1944 | 441,980 | +39% |
| 1943 | 318,930 | +18% |
| 1942 | 270,360 | −2% |
| 1941 | 277,290 | +18% |
| 1940 | 235,260 | +25% |
| 1939 | 188,810 | +16% |
| 1938 | 162,080 | −2% |
| 1937 | 164,980 | +17% |
| 1936 | 141,270 | +19% |
| 1935 | 118,950 | +5% |
| 1934 | 113,670 | +0% |
| 1933 | 113,360 | −17% |
| 1932 | 136,600 | −5% |
| 1931 | 143,500 | −15% |
| 1930 | 169,380 | −25% |
| 1929 | 224,730 | −4% |
| 1928 | 233,160 | +17% |
| 1927 | 199,800 | +37% |
| 1926 | 146,330 | −4% |
| 1925 | 152,460 | +1% |
| 1924 | 150,510 | +4% |
| 1923 | 145,080 | −15% |
| 1922 | 170,450 | −6% |
| 1921 | 181,290 | +2% |
| 1920 | 177,680 | −18% |
| 1919 | 217,360 | +44% |
| 1918 | 151,450 | +72% |
| 1917 | 88,100 | +0% |
| 1916 | 87,830 | −4% |
| 1915 | 91,850 | −12% |
| 1914 | 104,150 | +25% |
| 1913 | 83,560 | +19% |
| 1912 | 70,310 | +24% |
| 1911 | 56,680 | +44% |
| 1910 | 39,450 | +3% |
| 1909 | 38,370 | +48% |
| 1908 | 25,980 | +227% |
| 1907 | 7,940 | — |
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