US Green Card Analytics

Complete historical picture of every green card program from FY 2000 to today — DV Lottery, employment-based backlogs, family preference queues, and top countries. Data sourced from DHS Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, USCIS, and State Department.

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Total LPRs FY2025

921,034

-13.4% vs FY2024

Family-based

481,223

52% of total

Employment-based

148,567

16% of total

DV Lottery

41,884

Diversity visa program

Humanitarian

131,245

Refugee, asylee & other

DV-2025 Lottery

51,183

visas issued

Applications

21,534,000

odds: 1 in 421

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LPRs Granted by Year (FY 2000 – 2025)

Stacked by class of admission. COVID-19 dip visible in FY 2020–2021.

FY2025 Breakdown

Green cards by class of admission

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🎲 DV Lottery (1995–2024)

Year-by-year entries, selections, and issuances by region and country.

💼 Employment-Based Backlog

EB-1 through EB-5 priority date cutoffs and wait time estimates by country.

🌍 Country Profiles

How many LPRs from each country, each year, across every program.

Full Annual Table

All fiscal years, all categories

FY	Total	Family	Employment	DV Lottery	Humanitarian	Other
2025	921,034	481,223	148,567	41,884	131,245	118,115
2024	1,063,478	489,614	153,842	45,936	245,308	128,778
2023	1,170,431	524,462	221,678	51,163	188,891	184,237
2022	1,016,918	504,498	197,847	44,105	166,466	104,002
2021	740,002	364,040	120,820	29,609	150,866	74,667
2020	707,362	410,565	85,006	32,801	70,303	108,687
2019	1,031,765	490,560	140,991	45,001	116,956	238,257
2018	1,096,611	515,441	138,249	44,479	154,067	244,375
2017	1,127,167	555,116	137,927	49,734	140,872	243,518
2016	1,183,505	566,706	137,893	49,971	178,095	250,840
2015	1,051,031	433,314	144,047	49,644	120,497	303,529
2014	1,016,518	418,130	151,596	44,127	122,349	280,316
2013	990,553	439,460	160,764	45,618	120,262	224,449
2012	1,031,631	478,386	143,998	40,895	141,746	226,606
2011	1,062,040	453,158	139,339	50,103	127,589	291,851
2010	1,042,625	476,414	148,343	49,763	136,288	231,817
2009	1,130,818	474,920	140,941	47,879	164,073	303,005
2008	1,107,126	475,419	166,511	41,761	166,319	257,116
2007	1,052,415	494,920	162,176	42,127	136,125	217,067
2006	1,266,264	580,348	159,081	44,471	216,454	265,910
2005	1,122,373	537,151	246,878	46,234	241,984	50,126
2004	957,883	537,088	155,330	50,084	136,087	79,294
2003	703,542	470,445	82,137	46,347	51,103	53,510
2002	1,059,356	475,736	173,818	42,612	126,084	241,106
2001	1,064,318	672,270	179,068	41,968	108,506	62,506
2000	849,807	577,019	107,024	50,945	97,055	17,764