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In the fiscal year of 2021, about 135,181 people who obtained legal permanent resident status in the United States, otherwise known as green card recipients, lived in California. Florida, Texas, New York, and New Jersey rounded out the top five states for green card recipients in that year.

Number of persons obtaining legal permanent resident status in the U.S. in the fiscal year of 2021, by state of residence

Characteristic	Number of green card recipients
California	135,181
Florida	83,227
Texas	78,873
New York	76,127
New Jersey	37,844
Illinois	26,228
Massachusetts	22,431
Washington	22,145
Virginia	20,428
Georgia	20,033
Pennsylvania	17,306
Maryland	17,284
North Carolina	15,732
Arizona	14,466
Michigan	13,929
Ohio	11,932
Colorado	10,146
Minnesota	8,774
Connecticut	8,646
Nevada	7,290
Tennessee	7,277
Indiana	7,223
Oregon	6,381
Utah	5,552
Wisconsin	5,025
Missouri	5,002
Kentucky	4,401
South Carolina	4,378
Oklahoma	3,703
Iowa	3,450
Kansas	3,399
Louisiana	3,137
Nebraska	2,915
Alabama	2,887
New Mexico	2,821
Arkansas	2,586
Hawaii	2,452
Rhode Island	2,218
District of Columbia	1,915
Delaware	1,830
Idaho	1,714
New Hampshire	1,675
Puerto Rico	1,326
Mississippi	1,165
North Dakota	996
Maine	899
Alaska	761
South Dakota	681
West Virginia	494
Guam	447
Vermont	423
Montana	404
Wyoming	280
Other*	719
Unknown	1,444

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September 2022

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United States

Survey time period

FY 2021

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fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30

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*Includes American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and armed forces posts.

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