Most people in the fiscal year of 2021 who obtained green cards in the United States came from Mexico, with a total of 107,230 green card recipients. India, China, the Philippines, and the Dominican Republic rounded out the top five leading countries of origin for green card recipients in that year.
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US Department of Homeland Security. (September 26, 2022). Number of persons obtaining legal permanent resident status in the United States in 2021, by country of origin [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/200037/main-countries-of-last-residence-for-us-green-card-recipients/
US Department of Homeland Security. "Number of persons obtaining legal permanent resident status in the United States in 2021, by country of origin." Chart. September 26, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/200037/main-countries-of-last-residence-for-us-green-card-recipients/
US Department of Homeland Security. (2022). Number of persons obtaining legal permanent resident status in the United States in 2021, by country of origin. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/200037/main-countries-of-last-residence-for-us-green-card-recipients/
US Department of Homeland Security. "Number of Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status in The United States in 2021, by Country of Origin." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/200037/main-countries-of-last-residence-for-us-green-card-recipients/
US Department of Homeland Security, Number of persons obtaining legal permanent resident status in the United States in 2021, by country of origin Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/200037/main-countries-of-last-residence-for-us-green-card-recipients/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of persons obtaining legal permanent resident status in the United States in 2021, by country of origin [Graph], US Department of Homeland Security, September 26, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/200037/main-countries-of-last-residence-for-us-green-card-recipients/