With so much debate going on in the public and political arenas about Trump’s proposed travel bans and border walls, I got curious as to where we actually stood in the US in terms of legal and illegal immigration and our intake of refugees. I recently sat down to see what I could dig up for US immigration statistics. Here are the more interesting stats I was able to find.

As always, I will be adding to and updating this list as close to monthly as possible or as I come across new stats. Be sure to check back often for the latest numbers.

Photo by Brett Jordan

Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others, so some of these are based on news reports and not official governmental tallies. In other words: This is the best I can find, but I don’t guarantee anything.

US Immigration Statistics and Facts

Percentage of US deportations by ICE in FY 2016 that involved people at or near the border:

85%

Number US office of Field Operations Immigrant Inadmissibility Determination in FY 2016:

274, 821 determinations

Number of US Border Patrol Apprehensions in FY 2016:

415,816 apprehensions

Number of ICE Arrests in FY 2016:

114,434 arrests

Number of US Department of Homeland Security Deportations in FY 2016:

450,954 deportations

Total number of legal immigrants to the US in FY 2015:

1.051 million

Total number of legal immigrants to the US in FY 2014:

1.016 million

Total number of legal immigrants to the US in FY 2013:

990,553

Most popular country of origin for legal US immigrants in FY 2015:

Mexico (158,619)

Second most popular country of origin for legal US immigrants in FY 2015:

China (74,558)

Third most popular country of origin for legal US immigrants in FY 2015:

India (64,116)

Number of US adoptions of immigrant orphans in FY 2015:

5,462

Most popular country of origin for US adoptions of immigrant orphans in FY 2015:

China (2,343 adoptions)

Number of refugee arrivals to the US in FY 2015:

69,920

Number of refugee arrivals to the US in FY 2014:

69,975

Number of refugee arrivals to the US in FY 2013:

69,909

Number of refugee arrivals to the US in FY 2012:

58,179

Number of refugee arrivals to the US in FY 2011:

56,384

Number of refugee arrivals to the US in FY 2010:

73,293

Year with highest number of refugee arrivals to the US since 1980:

1980 (207,116)

Most popular country of origin for refugees to the US in FY 2015:

Burma (18,386 refugees)

Number of persons naturalized as US citizens in FY 2015:

730,259

Number US citizen naturalization petitions denied in 2015:

75,810

Year with highest number of US citizen naturalizations since 1907:

1997 (1.4 million)

Year with highest number of US citizen  naturalization petitions denied since 1907:

2000 (399,670)

Estimated number of unauthorized immigrants living in the US in 2014:

11.1 million

Estimated number of unauthorized immigrants living in the US in 1990:

3.5 million

Year with estimated peak number of unauthorized immigrants living in the US:

2007 (12.2 million)

Estimated number of unauthorized immigrants in the US that live with their US-born children:

4 million

Last updated 2012

Estimated number of unauthorized immigrants that were given temporary protection from deportation under various recent Federal actions:

10%

Last updated 9/21/16