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An average of nearly one-million green cards were granted per year over the past two decades: Employment-based, family-based, humanitarian, and diversity visa green cards granted, 2003-2022

Year Employment-based Family-based Diversity Visa Humanitarian (refugees + asylees) Total
2003 81,727 490,082 46,335 44,764 662,908
2004 155,330 632,170 50,084 71,230 908,814
2005 246,877 649,085 46,234 142,962 1,085,158
2006 159,081 802,577 44,471 216,454 1,222,583
2007 162,176 689,820 42,127 136,125 1,030,248
2008 164,741 716,244 41761 166,392 1,089,138
2009 140,903 747,413 47879 177,368 1,113,563
2010 148,343 691,003 49763 136,291 1,025,400
2011 139,339 688,089 50103 168,460 1,045,991
2012 143,998 680,799 40320 150,614 1,015,731
2013 161,110 649,763 45618 119,630 976,121
2014 151,596 645,560 53490 134,242 984,888
2015 144,047 678,978 47934 151,995 1,022,954
2016 137,893 804,793 49865 157,425 1,149,976
2017 137,855 748,746 51592 146,003 1,084,196
2018 138,171 695,524 45,350 185,909 1,064,954
2019 139,458 709,904 43,463 106,911 999,736
2020 148,959 442,708 25,028 63,875 680,570
2021 193,338 451,086 15,145 56,397 715,966
2022 270,284 594,309 43,233 83,082 990,908
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Note: Family-based (FB) category is the sum of the Immediate Relative category with the FB preference categories. Humanitarian column is the sum of the green cards issued to refugees and asylees.

Source: Department of Homeland Security Statistics, Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, various years, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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