In the fiscal year of 2022, ******* people became naturalized citizens in the United States. This is an increase from the previous year, when ******* people became naturalized citizens. 2020 saw a significant drop, a figure that was likely due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

In the fiscal year of 2022, about 128,878 people from Mexico were naturalized as U.S. citizens. India, the Philippines, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic rounded out the top five countries of birth for naturalized U.S. citizens in that year. The total number of naturalizations in the fiscal year of 2022 amounted to 969,380 people.

Naturalization is the process by which U.S. citizenship is conferred upon foreign citizens or nationals after fulfilling the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). After naturalization, foreign-born citizens enjoy nearly all the same benefits, rights and responsibilities that the Constitution gives to native-born U.S. citizens.

Naturalization is the process by which U.S. citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen or national after he or she fulfills the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Naturalized citizens are U.S. citizens under law, meaning they are able to vote, travel with a U.S. passport, run for public office, and generally live life the same way that people who were born U.S. citizens do. This map shows counts of naturalized citizens in the United States by state, county, and tract. Map starts in New York City, but zoom, pan, or use the search bar to get to your city, county, or neighborhood.This map uses these hosted feature layers containing the most recent American Community Survey data. These layers are part of the ArcGIS Living Atlas, and are updated every year when the American Community Survey releases new estimates, so values in the map always reflect the newest data available.

In the fiscal year of 2021, about 171,863 people who lived in the state of California were naturalized as U.S. citizens, the most out of any state. Florida, New York, Texas, and New Jersey rounded out the top five states for naturalizations in that year. The total number of naturalizations in FY 2021 amounted to 813,861 persons.

In the United States, more women tend to become naturalized citizens than men. In the fiscal year of 2021, 456,025 women were naturalized as U.S. citizens, compared to 357,768 men. The total number of naturalizations amounted to 813,861 people in 2021.

In the fiscal year of 2021, 76,009 people from Africa were naturalized as U.S. citizens. In that same year, 295,224 people from Asia were naturalized as U.S. citizens, the most out of any region. The total number of naturalizations amounted to 813,861 people.

Naturalization is the process by which U.S. citizenship is conferred upon foreign citizens or nationals after fulfilling the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). After naturalization, foreign-born citizens enjoy nearly all the same benefits, rights and responsibilities that the Constitution gives to native-born U.S. citizens.

In the fiscal year of 2021, 60,056 people between the ages of 18 and 24 years old became naturalized citizens in the United States. The total number of naturalizations amounted to 813,861 people in that year.

This data collection contains information on the characteristics of aliens who became legal permanent residents of the United States in fiscal year 1999 (October 1998 through September 1999). Data are presented for two types of immigrants. The first category, New Arrivals, arrived from outside the United States with valid immigration visas issued by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. The second category, Adjustments, were already in the United States with temporary status and were adjusted to legal permanent residence through petition to the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. Variables include port of entry, month and year of admission, class of admission, and state and area to which the immigrants were admitted. Demographic information such as age, sex, marital status, occupation, country of birth, country of last permanent residence, and nationality is also provided.

This map shows what country naturalized US citizens were born in using the Charts & Size and Predominance mapping styles. The area with the highest amount of foreign born naturalized US citizens is shown by color. Areas are: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Northern America, and Oceania.Data are available in 5-year estimates at the state, county, and tract level for the entire US.The data in this map contains the most recent American Community Survey (ACS) data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Living Atlas layer in this map updates annually when the Census releases their new figures. To learn more, visit this FAQ, or visit the ACS website. Web Map originally owned by Summers Cleary

This map shows what the most common year naturalized for foreign-born population is in an area using the predominance style. Areas with weaker predominance have higher transparency. The popup is configured to show:Total foreign-born population out of total populationTotal naturalized citizensPredominant year naturalizedBreakdown by year naturalizedData is available in 5-year estimates at the state, county, and tract level for the entire US.The data in this map contains the most recent American Community Survey (ACS) data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Living Atlas layer in this map updates annually when the Census releases their new figures. To learn more, visit this FAQ, or visit the ACS website.

The layer was derived and compiled from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2013 – 2017 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates in order to assist 2020 Census planning purposes.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Table B05002 PLACE OF BIRTH BY NATIVITY AND CITIZENSHIP STATUS, 2013 – 2017 ACS 5-Year Estimates

Effective Date: December 2018

Last Update: December 2019

Update Cycle: ACS 5-Year Estimates update annually each December. Vintage used for 2020 Census planning purposes by Broward County.

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Naturalization is the process by which U.S. citizenship is conferred upon foreign citizens or nationals after fulfilling the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). After naturalization, foreign-born citizens enjoy nearly all the same benefits, rights and responsibilities that the Constitution gives to native-born U.S. citizens.

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This is a dataset that describes annual statistics regarding US immigration between the 1980-2021 fiscal years.

All data are official figures from the Department of Homeland Security's government website that have been compiled and structured by myself. There are several reasons for the decision to only examine immigration data from 1980 to 2021. Since 1976, a fiscal year for the US government has always started on October 1st and ended the following year on September 30th. If the years prior to 1976 were included, the data may be incorrectly represented and cause further confusion for viewers. Additionally, the United States only tracked refugee arrivals after the Refugee Act of 1980, a statistic that is prominently featured in the dataset. As a result, the start date of 1980 was chosen instead of 1976.

Data Sources

The primary data sources used were the "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics" webpages from the Department of Homeland Security. As a whole, the website not only provided figures about US immigration that were perfect for making time series analyses, but also explored the logistics behind the annual trends found.

1. The Department of Homeland Security's 2021 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics - The Office of Immigration Statistics' 2021 Flow Reports and Population Estimates provide text, tables, and charts on lawful permanent residents, refugees and asylees, nonimmigrant admissions, naturalizations, enforcement actions, and the unauthorized population. Being the latest version released to date, the 2021 yearbook is the most comprehensive report publicly available and tends to feature data of past years for reference.
2. The Department of Homeland Security's Directory of Past Immigration Yearbooks - Past yearbooks were referenced in order to find the missing data from the fiscal years during 2000-2021. There is a single yearbook covering the fiscal years during 1996-1999, but that was the oldest publications featured in the directory.
3. The Center for Immigration Studies's File Library - In order to procure immigration data during the fiscal years of 1980-1999, I found free versions of the Immigration and Naturalization Service's paywalled yearbooks from the Center for Immigration Studies. By doing so, I was able fill in the missing values and finish the dataset.

Statistics Being Tracked

• Immigrants Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status - Number of immigrants who obtained lawful permanent resident status in the United States, otherwise known as green card holders.
• Refugee Arrivals - Number of refugees who arrived in the United States. Excludes Amerasian immigrants except for the fiscal years of 1989 and 1991. Figures are based on refugee's arrival date.
• Noncitizen Apprehensions - Number of noncitizens apprehended in the United States. Data from 2020 to 2021 includes U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encounters that resulted in expulsion on public health grounds (due to the pandemic).
• Noncitizen Removals - Number of noncitizens removed from the United States. Removals are the compulsory and confirmed movement of an inadmissible or deportable noncitizen out of the United States based on an order of removal.
• Noncitizen Returns - Number of noncitizen returns from the United States. Returns are the confirmed movement of an inadmissible or deportable noncitizen out of the United States not based on an order of removal.

Dataset History

2023-01-07 - Dataset is created (465 days after the end of the 2021 fiscal year).

GitHub Repository - The same data but on GitHub.

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SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP STATUS - DP02 Universe - Population in households Survey-Program - American Community Survey 5-year estimates Years - 2020, 2021, 2022 Respondents were asked to select one of five categories: (1) born in the United States; (2) born in Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or Northern Marianas; (3) born abroad of U.S. citizen parent or parents; (4) U.S. citizen by naturalization; or (5) not a U.S. citizen. Respondents indicating they were a U.S. citizen by naturalization were asked to print their year of naturalization.

This data collection contains information on the characteristics of aliens who became legal permanent residents of the United States in the transitional quarter of fiscal year 1976. (This transitional quarter, July-September 1976, is the period in which the Federal Government was making the transition from a July-June fiscal year to an October-September fiscal year.) Data are presented for two types of immigrants. The first category, New Arrivals, arrived from outside the United States with valid immigrant visas issued by the United States Department of State. Those in the second category, Adjustments, were already in the United States with temporary status and were adjusted to legal permanent residence through petition to the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. Variables include port of entry, month and year of admission, class of admission, and state and area to which immigrants were admitted. Demographic information such as age, sex, marital status, occupation, country of birth, country of last permanent residence, and nationality is also provided.