United States: Where Citizenship Application Backlogs Are Growing Fastest

According to a report by the National Partnership for New Americans, there is a growing backlog of U.S. citizenship applications. Over the twelve month period to FY18 Q1, the number of pending applications rose from 636 thousand to 729 thousand. This is also occurring despite a fall in the number of applications received. Our infographic pulls together figures for the states with the fastest growing backlogs and the corresponding decrease in new applications they are receiving.