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Table 2
Immigrants Admitted in Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993
for Regions and Top 15 Countries of Birth a/
Region and country of birth
1993
1992
All regions
880 014
810 635
Europe
Asia
Africa
Oceania
North America
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Unknown or not reported
157
357
27
4
279
97
55
53
920
041
404
804
809
843
797
036
-
143
348
24
4
238
84
47
50
729
553
826
485
552
540
654
488
2
109
65
63
59
58
027
552
189
613
568
91
38
59
77
43
332
735
179
728
590
Country of birth: b/
1. Mexico (1)
2. China (6)
3. Philippines (3)
4. Viet Nam (2)
5. Soviet Union (4)
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Dominican Republic (5)
India (7)
Poland (8)
El Salvador (9)
United Kingdom (10)
44
40
27
25
18
886
021
729
517
543
40
34
24
21
19
840
629
837
110
757
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Korea (11)
Canada (14)
Jamaica (12)
Iran (15)
Taiwan (13)
(province of China)
17
17
16
14
14
949
081
969
700
309
18
14
16
12
16
983
958
820
808
232
Other a/
Source:
a/
286 361
279 097
INS Fact Book, Summary of Recent Immigration Data, June 1994.
Includes unknown or not reported country of birth.
b/
Numbers in parenthesis represent rankings based on immigrants
admitted in 1992.