Canadian in America: Green Cards

Below is a table showing persons from Canada obtaining legal permanent resident status (green card) in the United States:

	FY 2008	FY 2007	FY 2006
Total	15,109	15,495	18,207

New arrivals	2,437	2,274	3,003
Adjustments of status	12,672	13,221	15,204

Age
Under 18 years	3,862	3,672	4,090
18 to 24 years	1,290	1,410	1,731
25 to 34 years	3,780	4,158	5,366
35 to 44 years	3,528	3,732	4,026
45 to 54 years	1,823	1,741	2,043
55 to 64 years	600	575	680
65 years and over	226	207	271
Unknown	-	-	-

Marital status
Single	5,497	5,339	5,666
Married	9,257	9,808	12,106
Other	282	283	325
Unknown	73	65	110

Occupation
Management, professional, and related occupations	3,727	3,715	4,016
Service occupations	278	299	355
Sales and office occupations	369	313	497
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	18	13	D
Construction, extraction, maintenance and repair occupations	45	80	91
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	149	181	234
Military	4	-	D
No occupation/not working outside home	6,718	6,444	7,402
Homemakers	1,226	1,240	1,431
Students or children	4,319	4,046	4,575
Retirees	140	125	187
Unemployed	1,033	1,033	1,209
Unknown	3,801	4,450	5,586

Broad class of admission
Family-sponsored preferences	736	602	714
Employment-based preferences	6,998	6,674	6,382
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	7,044	7,891	10,762
Diversity	60	56	53
Refugees and asylees	51	42	63
Other	220	230	233

Leading states of residence
Arizona	423	441	570
California	2,259	2,468	2,291
Colorado	293	248	281
Connecticut	189	218	303
Florida	1,340	1,444	2,205
Georgia	362	457	568
Illinois	467	429	539
Massachusetts	530	478	495
Michigan	752	724	772
Minnesota	213	271	323
New Jersey	531	509	528
New York	1,326	1,293	1,561
North Carolina	361	424	631
Ohio	321	365	450
Pennsylvania	385	386	462
Texas	1,181	990	1,220
Virginia	366	285	422
Washington	885	1,146	895

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security