2014 Yearbook of Immigrant Statistics: Number of Immigrants Annually Remains Stable, Immigrants by Region of the World
Jennifer Koh posted a link to the 2014 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, which was recently released by the Department of Homeland Security. Over the next week or so, I will highlight some of the data that I find interesting in the 2014 Yearbook. Yesterday, I looked at the removal numbers.
Table 3 includes data on “Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Years 2005 to 2014.”
The number of total immigrants for the 2010-14 time period has been about 1 million annually:
2010 1,042,625
2011 1,052, 040
2012 1,031,631
2013 990,553
2014 1,016,516
In 2014, by region
Africa 98,413
Asia 430,508
Europe 53,266
North America 324,354
Oceania 5,112
South America 73,715
Unknown 1,150
There are no real surprises here. Two things jumped out at me: (1) the relatively few immigrants from Europe; and (2) that immigration from Asia — and substantially — exceeded that from North America.
KJ