H-1B nonimmigrants who adjusted to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status through employment-based immigrant preference categories, 2011–2013

Year Number adjusted to LPR status
2011 47,764
2012 42,318
2013 49,221
Total 139,303
Economic Policy Institute

Note: All references to a particular year should be understood to mean the U.S. government’s fiscal year (October 1–September 30).

Sources: Data acquired from USCIS via a FOIA request and published in Zamora 2016

View the underlying data on epi.org.