1.17M
2023 (latest)
PERSONS OBTAINING LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS
people · 1820–2023 · neither direction is "better" · DHS Office of Homeland Security Statistics, 2023 Yearbook Table 1
0.01M
1820
1.83M
high · 1991
0.01M
low · 1823
up from near zero
since 1820
┊ 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. Historical immigration admissions and modern lawful permanent residence have different administrative bases. Fiscal 1976 covers 15 months, July 1975–September 1976. Breaks: Historical immigration admissions and modern lawful permanent residence have different administrative bases. Fiscal 1976 covers 15 months, July 1975–September 1976.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://ohss.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/2024_0906_ohss_yearbook_lawful_permanent_residents_fy2023_0.xlsx
- https://ohss.dhs.gov/topics/immigration/yearbook/2023
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Family-And-Society
Data
| Year | Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.17M | +15% |
| 2022 | 1.02M | +38% |
| 2021 | 0.74M | +5% |
| 2020 | 0.71M | −31% |
| 2019 | 1.03M | −6% |
| 2018 | 1.10M | −3% |
| 2017 | 1.13M | −5% |
| 2016 | 1.18M | +13% |
| 2015 | 1.05M | +3% |
| 2014 | 1.02M | +3% |
| 2013 | 0.99M | −4% |
| 2012 | 1.03M | −3% |
| 2011 | 1.06M | +2% |
| 2010 | 1.04M | −8% |
| 2009 | 1.13M | +2% |
| 2008 | 1.11M | +5% |
| 2007 | 1.05M | −17% |
| 2006 | 1.27M | +13% |
| 2005 | 1.12M | +17% |
| 2004 | 0.96M | +36% |
| 2003 | 0.70M | −34% |
| 2002 | 1.06M | +0% |
| 2001 | 1.06M | +26% |
| 2000 | 0.84M | +30% |
| 1999 | 0.64M | −1% |
| 1998 | 0.65M | −18% |
| 1997 | 0.80M | −13% |
| 1996 | 0.92M | +27% |
| 1995 | 0.72M | −10% |
| 1994 | 0.80M | −11% |
| 1993 | 0.90M | −7% |
| 1992 | 0.97M | −47% |
| 1991 | 1.83M | +19% |
| 1990 | 1.54M | +41% |
| 1989 | 1.09M | +70% |
| 1988 | 0.64M | +7% |
| 1987 | 0.60M | −0% |
| 1986 | 0.60M | +6% |
| 1985 | 0.57M | +5% |
| 1984 | 0.54M | −1% |
| 1983 | 0.55M | +3% |
| 1982 | 0.53M | −10% |
| 1981 | 0.60M | +13% |
| 1980 | 0.52M | +33% |
| 1979 | 0.39M | −33% |
| 1978 | 0.59M | +29% |
| 1977 | 0.46M | −8% |
| 1976 | 0.50M | +30% |
| 1975 | 0.39M | −2% |
| 1974 | 0.39M | −1% |
| 1973 | 0.40M | +4% |
| 1972 | 0.38M | +4% |
| 1971 | 0.37M | −1% |
| 1970 | 0.37M | +4% |
| 1969 | 0.36M | −21% |
| 1968 | 0.45M | +26% |
| 1967 | 0.36M | +12% |
| 1966 | 0.32M | +9% |
| 1965 | 0.30M | +2% |
| 1964 | 0.29M | −5% |
| 1963 | 0.31M | +8% |
| 1962 | 0.28M | +5% |
| 1961 | 0.27M | +2% |
| 1960 | 0.27M | +2% |
| 1959 | 0.26M | +3% |
| 1958 | 0.25M | −23% |
| 1957 | 0.33M | +2% |
| 1956 | 0.32M | +35% |
| 1955 | 0.24M | +14% |
| 1954 | 0.21M | +22% |
| 1953 | 0.17M | −36% |
| 1952 | 0.27M | +29% |
| 1951 | 0.21M | −17% |
| 1950 | 0.25M | +32% |
| 1949 | 0.19M | +10% |
| 1948 | 0.17M | +16% |
| 1947 | 0.15M | +35% |
| 1946 | 0.11M | +185% |
| 1945 | 0.04M | +34% |
| 1944 | 0.03M | +20% |
| 1943 | 0.02M | −18% |
| 1942 | 0.03M | −44% |
| 1941 | 0.05M | −27% |
| 1940 | 0.07M | −15% |
| 1939 | 0.08M | +22% |
| 1938 | 0.07M | +35% |
| 1937 | 0.05M | +38% |
| 1936 | 0.04M | +4% |
| 1935 | 0.03M | +19% |
| 1934 | 0.03M | +28% |
| 1933 | 0.02M | −35% |
| 1932 | 0.04M | −63% |
| 1931 | 0.10M | −60% |
| 1930 | 0.24M | −14% |
| 1929 | 0.28M | −9% |
| 1928 | 0.31M | −8% |
| 1927 | 0.34M | +10% |
| 1926 | 0.30M | +3% |
| 1925 | 0.29M | −58% |
| 1924 | 0.71M | +35% |
| 1923 | 0.52M | +69% |
| 1922 | 0.31M | −62% |
| 1921 | 0.81M | +87% |
| 1920 | 0.43M | +205% |
| 1919 | 0.14M | +28% |
| 1918 | 0.11M | −63% |
| 1917 | 0.30M | −1% |
| 1916 | 0.30M | −9% |
| 1915 | 0.33M | −73% |
| 1914 | 1.22M | +2% |
| 1913 | 1.20M | +43% |
| 1912 | 0.84M | −5% |
| 1911 | 0.88M | −16% |
| 1910 | 1.04M | +39% |
| 1909 | 0.75M | −4% |
| 1908 | 0.78M | −39% |
| 1907 | 1.29M | +17% |
| 1906 | 1.10M | +7% |
| 1905 | 1.03M | +26% |
| 1904 | 0.81M | −5% |
| 1903 | 0.86M | +32% |
| 1902 | 0.65M | +33% |
| 1901 | 0.49M | +9% |
| 1900 | 0.45M | +44% |
| 1899 | 0.31M | +36% |
| 1898 | 0.23M | −1% |
| 1897 | 0.23M | −33% |
| 1896 | 0.34M | +33% |
| 1895 | 0.26M | −9% |
| 1894 | 0.29M | −35% |
| 1893 | 0.44M | −24% |
| 1892 | 0.58M | +3% |
| 1891 | 0.56M | +23% |
| 1890 | 0.46M | +2% |
| 1889 | 0.44M | −19% |
| 1888 | 0.55M | +12% |
| 1887 | 0.49M | +47% |
| 1886 | 0.33M | −15% |
| 1885 | 0.40M | −24% |
| 1884 | 0.52M | −14% |
| 1883 | 0.60M | −24% |
| 1882 | 0.79M | +18% |
| 1881 | 0.67M | +46% |
| 1880 | 0.46M | +157% |
| 1879 | 0.18M | +28% |
| 1878 | 0.14M | −2% |
| 1877 | 0.14M | −17% |
| 1876 | 0.17M | −25% |
| 1875 | 0.23M | −27% |
| 1874 | 0.31M | −32% |
| 1873 | 0.46M | +14% |
| 1872 | 0.40M | +26% |
| 1871 | 0.32M | −17% |
| 1870 | 0.39M | +10% |
| 1869 | 0.35M | +154% |
| 1868 | 0.14M | −56% |
| 1867 | 0.32M | −1% |
| 1866 | 0.32M | +28% |
| 1865 | 0.25M | +28% |
| 1864 | 0.19M | +10% |
| 1863 | 0.18M | +92% |
| 1862 | 0.09M | +0% |
| 1861 | 0.09M | −40% |
| 1860 | 0.15M | +27% |
| 1859 | 0.12M | −2% |
| 1858 | 0.12M | −51% |
| 1857 | 0.25M | +25% |
| 1856 | 0.20M | −0% |
| 1855 | 0.20M | −53% |
| 1854 | 0.43M | +16% |
| 1853 | 0.37M | −1% |
| 1852 | 0.37M | −2% |
| 1851 | 0.38M | +3% |
| 1850 | 0.37M | +25% |
| 1849 | 0.30M | +31% |
| 1848 | 0.23M | −4% |
| 1847 | 0.23M | +52% |
| 1846 | 0.15M | +35% |
| 1845 | 0.11M | +45% |
| 1844 | 0.08M | +50% |
| 1843 | 0.05M | −50% |
| 1842 | 0.10M | +30% |
| 1841 | 0.08M | −4% |
| 1840 | 0.08M | +24% |
| 1839 | 0.07M | +75% |
| 1838 | 0.04M | −51% |
| 1837 | 0.08M | +4% |
| 1836 | 0.08M | +68% |
| 1835 | 0.05M | −31% |
| 1834 | 0.07M | +11% |
| 1833 | 0.06M | −3% |
| 1832 | 0.06M | +167% |
| 1831 | 0.02M | −3% |
| 1830 | 0.02M | +4% |
| 1829 | 0.02M | −18% |
| 1828 | 0.03M | +45% |
| 1827 | 0.02M | +74% |
| 1826 | 0.01M | +6% |
| 1825 | 0.01M | +29% |
| 1824 | 0.01M | +25% |
| 1823 | 0.01M | −8% |
| 1822 | 0.01M | −24% |
| 1821 | 0.01M | +9% |
| 1820 | 0.01M | — |
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