The 2018 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics is a compendium of tables that provide data on foreign nationals who are granted lawful permanent residence (i.e., immigrants who receive a “green card”), admitted as temporary nonimmigrants, granted asylum or refugee status, or are naturalized. The Yearbook also presents data on immigration enforcement actions, including apprehensions and arrests, removals, and returns.
| Geographic Area | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,183,505 | 1,127,167 | 1,096,611 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 194,008 | 173,005 | 168,931 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | 88,651 | 80,133 | 80,341 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 88,743 | 82,470 | 74,032 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 40,644 | 39,936 | 37,796 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 37,777 | 38,686 | 36,263 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | 39,749 | 36,831 | 35,045 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | 36,476 | 35,420 | 31,918 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 33,529 | 34,533 | 28,915 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 28,676 | 29,907 | 26,411 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA | 23,620 | 21,341 | 21,334 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 19,790 | 19,880 | 19,906 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 20,582 | 20,814 | 19,553 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 18,690 | 18,106 | 19,381 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 19,318 | 19,948 | 17,705 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 16,559 | 15,987 | 15,000 |
| Tampa-Saint Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 11,792 | 13,420 | 14,399 |
| Minneapolis-Saint Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 12,224 | 12,672 | 12,859 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 13,273 | 12,379 | 12,730 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 14,485 | 13,556 | 12,707 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 15,864 | 12,310 | 12,454 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 11,306 | 12,533 | 11,646 |
| Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX | 8,336 | 7,908 | 9,366 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 9,738 | 9,798 | 9,285 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 9,832 | 11,052 | 9,181 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 8,443 | 7,741 | 8,299 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 8,599 | 8,390 | 8,244 |
| Columbus, OH | 6,443 | 6,463 | 7,184 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 6,462 | 6,274 | 7,155 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 6,699 | 6,827 | 6,892 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 4,111 | 4,401 | 5,538 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 5,363 | 5,382 | 5,516 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 5,241 | 5,617 | 5,184 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 5,216 | 5,202 | 5,144 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 4,625 | 4,924 | 4,642 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 4,473 | 4,600 | 4,598 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 4,810 | 4,400 | 4,431 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 4,306 | 4,082 | 4,319 |
| El Paso, TX | 5,082 | 4,397 | 4,317 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 4,735 | 4,081 | 4,152 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 4,004 | 3,849 | 4,121 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 4,493 | 4,065 | 3,701 |
| Fresno, CA | 3,591 | 3,377 | 3,667 |
| Saint Louis, MO-IL | 3,068 | 3,760 | 3,663 |
| Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT | 3,925 | 3,834 | 3,618 |
| Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 3,315 | 3,091 | 3,511 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 3,223 | 3,016 | 3,398 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 3,575 | 3,624 | 3,344 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 3,183 | 3,176 | 3,331 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 3,308 | 2,845 | 3,302 |
| Stockton, CA | 3,600 | 3,476 | 3,226 |
| Other CBSAs | 229,274 | 218,377 | 220,595 |
| Other metropolitan areas | 201,666 | 192,524 | 195,376 |
| Other micropolitan areas | 27,608 | 25,853 | 25,219 |
| Non-CBSA | 14,840 | 14,373 | 13,541 |
| Unknown | 1,836 | 898 | 820 |
Note: Metropolitan areas defined based on the 2018 update of Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) definitions. As a result, numbers for previous years may differ from previously published figures. The most current CBSA definitions are available from the U.S. Census Bureau at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro.html.
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
