Introduction

Tables:

• Table 1: DHS statistics on legal and illegal immigration

Table 1: DHS statistics on legal and illegal immigration

	Naturalizations		Lawful Permanent Resident		Refugees	Enforcement			Illegal residents
FY	Naturalizations	petition denied	granted	total pop	arrivals	apprehensions	removals	returns	population
1820			8,385
1821			9,127
1822			6,911
1823			6,354
1824			7,912
1825			10,199
1826			10,837
1827			18,875
1828			27,382
1829			22,520
1830			23,322
1831			22,633
1832			60,482
1833			58,640
1834			65,365
1835			45,374
1836			76,242
1837			79,340
1838			38,914
1839			68,069
1840			84,066
1841			80,289
1842			104,565
1843			52,496
1844			78,615
1845			114,371
1846			154,416
1847			234,968
1848			226,527
1849			297,024
1850			369,980
1851			379,466
1852			371,603
1853			368,645
1854			427,833
1855			200,877
1856			200,436
1857			251,306
1858			123,126
1859			121,282
1860			153,640
1861			91,918
1862			91,985
1863			176,282
1864			193,418
1865			248,120
1866			318,568
1867			315,722
1868			138,840
1869			352,768
1870			387,203
1871			321,350
1872			404,806
1873			459,803
1874			313,339
1875			227,498
1876			169,986
1877			141,857
1878			138,469
1879			177,826
1880			457,257
1881			669,431
1882			788,992
1883			603,322
1884			518,592
1885			395,346
1886			334,203
1887			490,109
1888			546,889
1889			444,427
1890			455,302
1891			560,319
1892			579,663
1893			439,730				2,801
1894			285,631				1,630
1895			258,536				1,806
1896			343,267				2,596
1897			230,832				3,037
1898			229,299				1,880
1899			311,715				3,229
1900			448,572				4,052
1901			487,918				4,602
1902			648,743				3,879
1903			857,046				5,439
1904			812,870				9,316
1905			1,026,499				8,773
1906			1,100,735				12,724
1907	7,941	250	1,285,349				13,108
1908	25,975	3,330	782,870				14,059
1909	38,374	6,341	751,786				12,971
1910	39,448	7,781	1,041,570				12,535
1911	56,683	9,017	878,587				26,965
1912	70,310	9,635	838,172				25,137
1913	83,561	10,891	1,197,892				18,513
1914	104,145	13,133	1,218,480				23,399
1915	91,848	13,691	326,700				37,651
1916	87,831	11,927	298,826				26,675
1917	88,104	9,544	295,403				21,648
1918	151,449	12,182	110,618				17,881
1919	217,358	13,119	141,132				8,866
1920	177,683	15,586	430,001				11,694
1921	181,292	18,981	805,228				14,557
1922	170,447	29,076	309,556				18,296
1923	145,084	24,884	522,919				18,076
1924	150,510	18,324	706,896				24,280
1925	152,457	15,613	294,314			22,199	36,693
1926	146,331	13,274	304,488			12,735	34,885
1927	199,804	11,946	335,175			16,393	31,454	15,012
1928	233,155	12,479	307,255			23,566	31,417	19,946
1929	224,728	11,848	279,678			32,711	30,464	25,888
1930	169,377	9,068	241,700			20,880	31,035	11,387
1931	143,495	7,514	97,139			22,276	24,864	11,719
1932	136,600	5,478	35,576			22,735	27,886	10,775
1933	113,363	4,703	23,068			20,949	26,490	10,347
1934	113,669	1,133	29,470			10,319	25,392	8,010
1935	118,945	2,765	34,956			11,016	14,263	7,978
1936	141,265	3,124	36,329			11,728	13,877	8,251
1937	164,976	4,042	50,244			13,054	16,195	8,788
1938	162,078	4,854	67,895			12,851	16,905	9,278
1939	188,813	5,630	82,998			12,037	17,341	9,590
1940	235,260	6,549	70,756			10,492	14,700	8,594
1941	277,294	7,769	51,776			11,294	12,254	6,531
1942	270,364	8,348	28,781			11,784	7,336	6,904
1943	318,933	13,656	23,725			11,175	5,542	11,947
1944	441,979	7,297	28,551			31,174	5,702	32,270
1945	231,402	9,782	38,119			69,164	8,821	69,490
1946	150,062	6,575	108,721			99,591	13,611	101,945
1947	93,904	3,953	147,292			193,657	17,317	195,880
1948	70,150	2,887	170,570			192,779	23,434	197,184
1949	66,594	2,271	188,317			288,253	25,276	276,297
1950	66,346	2,276	249,187			468,339	23,874	572,477
1951	54,716	2,395	205,717			509,040	10,199	673,169
1952	88,655	2,163	265,520			543,535	17,328	703,778
1953	92,051	2,300	170,434			885,587	23,125	885,391
1954	117,831	2,084	208,177			1,089,583	23,482	1,074,277
1955	209,526	4,571	237,790			254,096	30,264	232,769
1956	145,885	3,935	321,625			87,696	17,695	80,891
1957	138,043	2,948	326,867			59,918	9,006	63,379
1958	119,866	2,688	253,265			53,474	5,989	60,600
1959	103,931	2,208	260,686			45,336	7,875	56,610
1960	119,442	2,277	265,398			70,684	8,468	52,796
1961	132,450	3,175	271,344			88,823	7,240	52,383
1962	127,307	3,557	283,763			92,758	8,181	54,164
1963	124,178	2,436	306,260			88,712	8,025	69,392
1964	112,234	2,309	292,248			86,597	7,763	73,042
1965	104,299	2,059	296,697			110,371	9,167	95,263
1966	103,059	2,029	323,040			138,520	10,572	123,683
1967	104,902	2,008	361,972			161,608	9,680	142,343
1968	102,726	1,962	454,448			212,057	9,728	179,952
1969	98,709	2,043	358,579			283,557	9,590	240,958
1970	110,399	1,979	373,326			345,353	11,030	303,348
1971	108,407	2,028	370,478			420,126	17,469	370,074
1972	116,215	1,837	384,685			505,949	18,294	450,927
1973	120,404	1,708	398,515			655,968	16,883	568,005
1974	131,153	2,210	393,919			788,145	17,346	718,740
1975	140,749	2,300	385,378			766,600	19,413	655,814
1976	189,988	2,799	499,093			1,097,739	24,432	955,374
1977	159,873	2,845	458,755			1,042,215	38,471	867,015
1978	171,971	3,894	589,810			1,057,977	31,263	975,515
1979	163,107	3,987	394,244			1,076,418	29,277	966,137
1980	156,627	4,370	524,295		207,116	910,361	26,825	719,211
1981	164,389	4,316	595,014		159,252	975,780	18,013	823,875
1982	141,004	3,994	533,624		98,096	970,246	17,379	812,572
1983	178,415	3,160	550,052		61,218	1,251,357	15,216	931,600
1984	195,862	3,373	541,811		70,393	1,246,981	19,211	909,833
1985	242,451	3,610	568,149		67,704	1,348,749	18,696	1,041,296
1986	279,497	5,980	600,027		62,146	1,767,400	23,105	1,586,320
1987	223,249	6,771	599,889		64,528	1,190,488	24,592	1,091,203
1988	240,775	4,304	641,346		76,483	1,008,145	24,336	911,790
1989	232,655	5,200	1,090,172		107,070	954,243	25,829	830,890
1990	267,586	6,516	1,535,872		122,066	1,169,939	34,427	1,022,533	3,500,000
1991	307,394	6,268	1,826,595		113,389	1,197,875	30,039	1,061,105	4,025,000
1992	239,664	19,293	973,445		115,548	1,258,481	33,189	1,105,829	4,204,000
1993	313,590	39,931	903,916		114,181	1,327,261	43,671	1,243,410	4,492,000
1994	429,123	40,561	803,993		111,680	1,094,719	42,542	1,029,107	4,750,000
1995	485,720	46,067	720,177		98,973	1,394,554	45,674	1,313,764	5,146,000
1996	1,040,991	229,842	915,560		75,421	1,649,986	50,924	1,573,428	5,581,000
1997	596,010	130,676	797,847		69,653	1,536,520	69,680	1,440,684	5,862,000
1998	461,169	137,395	653,206		76,712	1,679,439	114,432	1,570,127	6,098,000
1999	837,418	379,993	644,787		85,285	1,714,035	174,813	1,574,863	6,488,000
2000	886,026	399,670	841,002		72,165	1,814,729	183,114	1,675,876	8,460,000
2001	606,259	218,326	1,058,902		68,920	1,387,486	188,467	1,349,371
2002	572,646	139,779	1,059,356	11,451,000	26,785	1,062,270	189,026	1,012,116
2003	462,435	91,599	703,542	11,500,000	28,286	1,046,422	165,168	945,294
2004	537,151	103,339	957,883	11,500,000	52,840	1,264,232	211,098	1,166,576
2005	604,280	108,247	1,122,257	11,950,000	53,738	1,291,065	240,665	1,096,920	10,490,000
2006	702,589	120,722	1,266,129	12,310,000	41,094	1,206,408	246,431	1,043,381	11,310,000
2007	660,477	89,683	1,052,415	12,440,000	48,218	960,673	280,974	891,390	11,780,000
2008	1,046,539	121,283	1,107,126	12,600,000	60,107	1,043,759	319,382	811,263	11,600,000
2009	743,715	109,832	1,130,818	12,450,000	74,602	889,212	359,795	523,153	10,750,000
2010	619,913	56,994	1,042,625	12,650,000	73,293	796,587	379,739	409,898	11,590,000
2011	694,193	57,065	1,062,040	13,070,000	56,384	678,606	382,449	261,149	11,510,000
2012	757,434	65,874	1,031,631	13,300,000	58,179	671,327	390,413	183,744	11,430,000
2013	779,929	83,112	990,553	13,140,000	69,909	662,483	415,579	134,265	11,200,000
2014	653,416	66,767	1,016,518	13,180,000	69,975	679,996	432,334	118,170	12,120,000
2015	730,259	75,810	1,051,031	12,990,000	69,920	462,388	405,193	86,399	11,960,000
2016	753,060	86,033	1,183,505	13,080,000	84,988	530,250	324,428	76,137	11,750,000
2017	707,265	83,176	1,127,167	13,300,000	53,691	461,540	332,331	85,380	11,410,000
2018	761,901	92,631	1,096,611	13,410,000	22,405	572,566	284,365	87,202	11,390,000
2019	843,593	97,789	1,031,765	13,590,000	29,916	1,013,539	327,608	81,401
2020	628,254		707,362		11,840		347,090
2021	813,861		740,002		11,454		237,364
2022	969,380		1,018,349		25,519	85,783
2023			1,172,910			108,733
2024
2025
FY	Naturalizations		Lawful Permanent Resident		Refugees	Enforcement			Illegal residents
	Naturalizations	petition denied	granted	total pop	arrivals	apprehensions	removals	returns	population

Resources:

• Department of Homeland Security, 2021, "Immigration data and statistics," DHS, on line [https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics].

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