Pakistan was the other country from the sub-continent in the list of top 20 countries. In 2001, Pakistan accounted for 16,448 legal migrants to the US.
The number of Indians migrating to the United States has increased significantly during the last four years. This information is presented below in a tabular form:
| Year |
Name |
Last |
| 2001 |
70,290 |
6.6 |
| 2000 |
42,046 |
4.9 |
| 1999 |
30,237 |
4,7 |
| 1998 |
36,482 |
5.6 |
This total includes newarrivals to the US who obtained immigrant visas abroad through the Department of State and people who were already living in the US who became permanent residents by applying for adjustment of status with the INS. In 2001, the total figure was divided as follows:
Ranking of International students to the United States (Top 10 countries)
| New arrivals: |
411,059 |
(38.6%) |
| Adjustment of status : |
653,259 |
(61.4%) |
Legal immigration in recent years, including in fiscal 2001-02, has been affected by a backlog in adjustment of status applications pending, says the INS. The increase in the number of legal immigrants between fiscal years 2000-01 and 2001-02 reflects improved processing of adjustment cases by INS -- from 442,405 to 653,259. These processing improvements continued in the current fiscal year.
The major categories of immigrants were:
Ranking of International students to the United States (Top 10 countries)
| Family sponsored immigrants |
676,107 |
| Employment based preferences |
179,195 |
| Refugee/asylum adjustments |
108,506 |
| Diversity programme |
42,015 |
Some 65 per cent of legal immigrants settled in the following six states:
| Rank |
State |
Number |
Percent |
| 1 |
California |
282,957 |
26.6 |
| 2 |
New York |
114,116 |
10.7 |
| 3 |
Florida |
104,715 |
9.8 |
| 4 |
Texas |
86,315 |
8.1 |
| 5 |
New Jersey |
59,920 |
5.6 |
| 6 |
Illinois |
48,296 |
4.5 |
About 30 per cent of the total immigrants settled in the following five metropolitan areas:
| Rank |
Metropolitan Area |
Number |
Percent |
| 1 |
Los Angeles / Long Beach |
98,997 |
9.3 |
| 2 |
New York |
92,361 |
8.7 |
| 3 |
Miami |
48,797 |
4.6 |
| 4 |
Chicago |
44,888 |
4.2 |
| 5 |
Washington D.C |
59,920 |
5.6 |
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