Green card recipients in the United States FY 2021, by state of residence

Published by
Veera Korhonen,
Jul 5, 2024
In the fiscal year of 2021, about 135,181 people who obtained legal permanent resident status in the United States, otherwise known as green card recipients, lived in California. Florida, Texas, New York, and New Jersey rounded out the top five states for green card recipients in that year.

Number of persons obtaining legal permanent resident status in the U.S. in the fiscal year of 2021, by state of residence

CharacteristicNumber of green card recipients
California 135,181
Florida 83,227
Texas 78,873
New York 76,127
New Jersey 37,844
Illinois 26,228
Massachusetts 22,431
Washington 22,145
Virginia 20,428
Georgia 20,033
Pennsylvania 17,306
Maryland 17,284
North Carolina 15,732
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September 2022

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FY 2021

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fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30

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*Includes American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and armed forces posts.

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