Persons obtaining legal permanent resident status (green cards) by state and year

Table ID: MIG-4
Unit of measure: Number of persons
Vintage: 1997-2006

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State ID	Area Name	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
0	United States	797,847	653,206	644,787	841,002	1,058,902	1,059,356	703,542	957,883	1,122,373	1,266,264
1000	Alabama	1,611	1,604	1,271	1,894	2,246	2,562	1,689	2,247	4,200	4,278
2000	Alaska	1,060	1,007	1,055	1,364	1,389	1,557	1,188	1,261	1,525	1,554
4000	Arizona	8,628	6,177	8,651	11,935	16,197	17,588	10,955	19,507	18,988	21,530
5000	Arkansas	1,427	913	937	1,594	2,561	2,531	1,903	2,288	2,698	2,926
6000	California	203,265	169,923	160,924	216,447	281,469	289,422	175,579	253,858	232,023	264,677
8000	Colorado	7,504	6,497	6,965	8,167	12,451	12,027	10,661	11,255	11,977	12,714
9000	Connecticut	9,525	7,760	7,861	11,263	12,089	11,213	8,274	12,335	15,335	18,700
10000	Delaware	1,148	1,060	1,024	1,563	1,847	1,856	1,487	1,705	2,992	2,265
11000	District of Columbia	3,370	2,372	2,130	2,528	3,034	2,719	2,491	2,148	2,457	3,775
12000	Florida	82,232	59,756	57,216	94,474	104,148	90,460	52,770	76,178	122,918	155,996
13000	Georgia	12,623	10,424	9,377	14,707	19,370	20,496	10,794	16,681	31,535	32,202
15000	Hawaii	6,867	5,458	4,292	6,047	6,282	5,478	4,899	6,405	6,480	7,501
16000	Idaho	1,446	1,500	1,904	1,914	2,285	2,229	1,686	2,299	2,768	2,377
17000	Illinois	38,122	33,122	36,895	36,052	48,087	47,095	32,413	46,896	52,419	52,459
18000	Indiana	3,891	3,970	3,546	4,105	5,980	6,838	5,241	6,262	6,915	8,125
19000	Iowa	2,766	1,655	1,771	3,035	5,014	5,570	3,419	4,067	4,536	4,086
20000	Kansas	2,829	3,179	3,251	4,554	4,018	4,500	3,804	4,139	4,514	4,280
21000	Kentucky	1,937	2,012	1,528	2,902	4,525	4,667	3,038	3,820	5,267	5,506
22000	Louisiana	3,318	2,179	2,034	2,981	3,751	3,176	2,214	3,095	3,777	2,693
23000	Maine	815	708	558	1,123	1,185	1,265	992	1,322	1,908	1,719
24000	Maryland	18,914	15,523	15,543	17,565	21,919	23,677	17,770	20,549	22,870	30,204
25000	Massachusetts	17,304	15,844	15,125	23,302	28,847	31,498	20,127	28,067	34,236	35,560
26000	Michigan	14,720	13,914	13,614	16,655	21,386	21,724	13,515	18,851	23,597	20,911
27000	Minnesota	8,193	6,959	5,932	8,554	11,091	13,477	8,406	12,097	15,456	18,254
28000	Mississippi	1,116	695	696	1,074	1,338	1,145	729	1,312	1,831	1,480
29000	Missouri	4,187	3,576	4,157	5,988	7,574	8,585	6,160	7,050	8,744	6,857
30000	Montana	375	298	306	488	484	419	453	452	589	505
31000	Nebraska	2,270	1,267	1,437	2,201	3,839	3,655	2,827	3,002	2,997	3,795
32000	Nevada	6,541	6,093	8,268	7,757	9,459	9,447	6,336	8,798	9,823	14,714
33000	New Hampshire	1,142	1,009	999	1,992	2,578	2,995	1,868	2,280	3,298	2,990
34000	New Jersey	41,168	35,044	34,008	39,778	59,587	57,478	40,699	50,699	56,180	65,934
35000	New Mexico	2,610	2,193	2,439	3,951	5,186	3,374	2,336	3,076	3,513	3,805
36000	New York	123,677	96,452	96,764	105,521	113,698	114,531	89,538	103,151	136,828	180,165
37000	North Carolina	5,926	6,403	5,774	9,193	13,861	12,868	9,451	11,036	16,715	18,989
38000	North Dakota	535	472	312	414	556	770	331	591	864	649
39000	Ohio	8,184	7,684	6,832	9,201	14,653	13,827	9,787	12,072	16,897	16,592
40000	Oklahoma	3,156	2,272	2,367	4,550	3,471	4,215	2,385	3,578	4,702	4,591
41000	Oregon	7,697	5,895	5,217	8,479	9,560	12,083	6,946	8,540	9,623	9,192
42000	Pennsylvania	14,543	11,912	13,465	17,970	21,328	19,428	14,606	18,813	28,908	25,958
44000	Rhode Island	2,543	1,973	2,043	2,513	2,802	3,048	2,492	3,740	3,852	4,778
45000	South Carolina	2,444	2,119	1,770	2,253	2,862	2,952	1,942	2,672	5,029	5,292
46000	South Dakota	488	354	351	445	668	899	487	747	881	1,013
47000	Tennessee	4,355	2,796	2,575	4,837	6,234	5,674	3,367	5,844	8,962	10,042
48000	Texas	57,881	44,285	49,294	63,391	85,905	88,142	53,412	92,440	95,958	89,037
49000	Utah	2,838	3,352	3,547	3,667	5,218	4,871	3,159	4,346	5,082	5,749
50000	Vermont	624	511	494	802	950	1,003	550	814	1,042	895
51000	Virginia	19,263	15,650	15,111	19,985	26,767	25,319	19,726	22,104	27,100	38,488
53000	Washington	18,649	16,886	13,003	18,245	22,977	25,631	17,935	19,758	26,482	23,805
54000	West Virginia	418	375	392	569	736	635	483	634	847	764
55000	Wisconsin	3,170	3,718	3,038	5,034	8,442	6,486	4,357	5,580	7,909	8,341
56000	Wyoming	252	159	251	247	306	278	253	304	321	376

Release Date: September 2007
Source: Yearbook of Immigration Statistics 2006, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Notes: A legal permanent resident (LPR) or "green card" recipient is defined by immigration law as a person who has been granted lawful permanent residence in the United States.

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Persons obtaining legal permanent resident status (green cards) by state and year