At the request of some fans, a simple analysis of the U.S. immigration data for fiscal 2021 is made. The data comes from the Fiscal Year 2021 Legal Immigration and Adjustment of Status Report (fy_q4_final_d_version) released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). With the exception of a very few countries, the vast majority of nationals are free to browse and download the report.
In fiscal 2021, 740002 immigrated to the United States to obtain legal permanent resident status. In terms of the number of countries of origin, Mexico, India, and the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as China, Taiwan data are listed separately in the report) are the main source countries for U.S. immigrants. The number of immigrants from Mexico exceeded 100,000, accounting for 14.5% of all immigrants; The number of immigrants from India was 92,580, second only to Mexico; The number of immigrants from China was 49,690, ranking third; The total number of immigrants from Mexico, India and China was 249264, accounting for 33.7% of the total number of immigrants.
In addition to Mexico, India and China, the top ten countries with the number of immigrants are the Philippines, Dominica, Cuba, El Salvador, Brazil, Vietnam, canada, and the total number of immigrants from the top ten countries is 390427, accounting for 52.8% of the total number of immigrants. There are 18 countries with more than 10,000 immigrants, and the total number of immigrants from the top 18 countries accounts for 66.1% of the total number of immigrants. There are 56 countries and regions with more than 2,000 immigrants, Taiwan is the only region, and the total number of immigrants from the top 56 countries and regions accounts for 89.6% of the total number of immigrants; The total number of immigrants in the remaining 100 countries is only 10.4%.
In addition to China, India, Mexico, the Philippines, Brazil, among other major population countries, Pakistan ranks 20th, with 9615 immigrants to the United States; Bangladesh ranks 25th with 6,313 immigrants to the United States; Russia ranks 26th with 6,097 immigrants to the United States; Japan ranked 38th with 3,884 immigrants to the United States; Indonesia ranks 67th, with only 1509 people immigrating to the United States. Compared with the top three mexicans, India and China, these countries have the tail number of immigrants.
Asia and North America are the absolute mainstays in terms of the continents of origin, which account for 71.7 per cent of the total. The vast majority of migrants from Asian countries are from developing countries. Among European countries, the largest number of immigrants from the UK is 10,215; Britain and the United States have deep roots, the British and mainstream Americans are of the same language, and the British can quickly integrate into American society. North American countries are mainly concentrated in Central America and the Caribbean; The only developed country in Canada's top ten, Canadian citizens go to the United States visa-free and can directly live, study, study and work in the United States.
On a quarterly basis, the number of immigrants from Mexico, India and China showed an upward trend, especially india, which almost quadrupled in the fourth quarter compared to the third quarter. The number of Chinese immigrants increased by 73.6% in the fourth quarter compared to the third quarter, and the number of Indian immigrants increased by 40.4% in the fourth quarter compared to the third quarter. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the immigration policies of various countries, the number of immigrants in 2022 may decrease.
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