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"Source: USCIS, data as of October 5, 2018. Notes:  All data are based on petitions received during the fiscal year for both initial employment and continuing employment. Initial employment includes both cap-subject and cap-exempt petitions. Percentages may not add due to rounding.  ",,,,,,,,,,
,Female,,Male,,Missing/Other,,Grand Total,,,
Country of Birth,Number,Percent of Total,Number,Percent of Total,Number,Percent of Total,Number,Percent,,
TOTAL,"106,096",25.3%,"311,997",74.3%,"1,544",0.4%,"419,637",100.0%,,
INDIA,"63,220",20.4%,"245,517",79.2%,"1,249",0.4%,"309,986",73.9%,,
"CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC","21,342",45.2%,"25,718",54.5%,112,0.2%,"47,172",11.2%,,
CANADA,"1,534",33.2%,"3,077",66.5%,14,0.3%,"4,625",1.1%,,
"KOREA, SOUTH","1,869",41.9%,"2,588",58.0%,8,0.2%,"4,465",1.1%,,
PHILIPPINES,"1,712",52.7%,"1,519",46.7%,19,0.6%,"3,250",0.8%,,
MEXICO,739,24.8%,"2,234",74.9%,9,0.3%,"2,982",0.7%,,
TAIWAN,"1,160",44.5%,"1,441",55.3%,7,0.3%,"2,608",0.6%,,
UNITED KINGDOM,609,27.9%,"1,554",71.3%,18,0.8%,"2,181",0.5%,,
BRAZIL,599,31.8%,"1,282",68.0%,5,0.3%,"1,886",0.4%,,
PAKISTAN,353,18.9%,"1,515",81.0%,3,0.2%,"1,871",0.4%,,
FRANCE,525,31.5%,"1,140",68.3%,3,0.2%,"1,668",0.4%,,
IRAN,565,36.2%,992,63.5%,4,0.3%,"1,561",0.4%,,
NEPAL,330,21.7%,"1,187",77.9%,6,0.4%,"1,523",0.4%,,
TURKEY,422,31.0%,931,68.4%,9,0.7%,"1,362",0.3%,,
GERMANY,396,29.9%,922,69.7%,5,0.4%,"1,323",0.3%,,
RUSSIA,338,27.4%,892,72.4%,2,0.2%,"1,232",0.3%,,
JAPAN,486,40.0%,725,59.7%,3,0.2%,"1,214",0.3%,,
ITALY,433,36.8%,744,63.2%,1,0.1%,"1,178",0.3%,,
COLOMBIA,454,41.9%,629,58.0%,1,0.1%,"1,084",0.3%,,
SPAIN,434,41.1%,621,58.9%,,,"1,055",0.3%,,
VENEZUELA,396,37.9%,646,61.8%,3,0.3%,"1,045",0.2%,,
VIETNAM,390,39.0%,608,60.8%,2,0.2%,"1,000",0.2%,,
NIGERIA,379,39.4%,580,60.4%,2,0.2%,961,0.2%,,
BANGLADESH,180,19.4%,748,80.5%,1,0.1%,929,0.2%,,
UKRAINE,164,22.8%,553,76.8%,3,0.4%,720,0.2%,,
MALAYSIA,271,40.3%,401,59.6%,1,0.1%,673,0.2%,,
IRELAND,208,31.7%,447,68.1%,1,0.2%,656,0.2%,,
HONG KONG,267,42.8%,353,56.6%,4,0.6%,624,0.1%,,
ISRAEL,165,26.6%,454,73.1%,2,0.3%,621,0.1%,,
SINGAPORE,251,40.4%,368,59.3%,2,0.3%,621,0.1%,,
EGYPT,78,14.4%,462,85.4%,1,0.2%,541,0.1%,,
SAUDI ARABIA,144,27.1%,387,72.9%,,,531,0.1%,,
SRI LANKA,138,28.9%,339,71.1%,,,477,0.1%,,
INDONESIA,181,38.5%,286,60.9%,3,0.6%,470,0.1%,,
ARGENTINA,147,31.8%,315,68.2%,,,462,0.1%,,
POLAND,170,36.9%,290,62.9%,1,0.2%,461,0.1%,,
GREECE,151,33.0%,303,66.3%,3,0.7%,457,0.1%,,
SOUTH AFRICA,133,29.7%,313,69.9%,2,0.4%,448,0.1%,,
CHILE,83,18.6%,362,81.0%,2,0.4%,447,0.1%,,
AUSTRALIA,149,34.3%,285,65.5%,1,0.2%,435,0.1%,,
PERU,161,39.2%,247,60.1%,3,0.7%,411,0.1%,,
THAILAND,178,46.2%,204,53.0%,3,0.8%,385,0.1%,,
LEBANON,98,26.3%,274,73.7%,,,372,0.1%,,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,112,32.7%,231,67.3%,,,343,0.1%,,
ROMANIA,144,42.6%,193,57.1%,1,0.3%,338,0.1%,,
GHANA,103,33.1%,204,65.6%,4,1.3%,311,0.1%,,
JAMAICA,196,63.6%,112,36.4%,,,308,0.1%,,
KENYA,122,40.9%,176,59.1%,,,298,0.1%,,
NETHERLANDS,81,27.8%,210,72.2%,,,291,0.1%,,
JORDAN,48,17.3%,229,82.4%,1,0.4%,278,0.1%,,
ECUADOR,94,34.7%,177,65.3%,,,271,0.1%,,
SWEDEN,83,31.8%,177,67.8%,1,0.4%,261,0.1%,,
SWITZERLAND,63,29.7%,147,69.3%,2,0.9%,212,0.1%,,
BULGARIA,93,44.3%,115,54.8%,2,1.0%,210,0.1%,,
BELGIUM,67,32.8%,137,67.2%,,,204,0.0%,,
KUWAIT,61,29.9%,142,69.6%,1,0.5%,204,0.0%,,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,75,37.9%,123,62.1%,,,198,0.0%,,
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,102,53.7%,88,46.3%,,,190,0.0%,,
ZIMBABWE,81,42.6%,108,56.8%,1,0.5%,190,0.0%,,
HONDURAS,78,45.1%,95,54.9%,,,173,0.0%,,
PORTUGAL,61,37.2%,103,62.8%,,,164,0.0%,,
COSTA RICA,53,33.8%,104,66.2%,,,157,0.0%,,
ETHIOPIA,37,24.2%,115,75.2%,1,0.7%,153,0.0%,,
NEW ZEALAND,48,33.1%,96,66.2%,1,0.7%,145,0.0%,,
SYRIA,18,12.4%,127,87.6%,,,145,0.0%,,
BELARUS,27,19.0%,114,80.3%,1,0.7%,142,0.0%,,
AUSTRIA,45,32.4%,94,67.6%,,,139,0.0%,,
HUNGARY,41,30.4%,94,69.6%,,,135,0.0%,,
EL SALVADOR,52,39.1%,81,60.9%,,,133,0.0%,,
MOROCCO,39,29.3%,94,70.7%,,,133,0.0%,,
SOVIET UNION (FORMER),34,26.4%,94,72.9%,1,0.8%,129,0.0%,,
KAZAKHSTAN,41,32.5%,84,66.7%,1,0.8%,126,0.0%,,
LIBYA,20,16.4%,101,82.8%,1,0.8%,122,0.0%,,
GUATEMALA,49,41.2%,69,58.0%,1,0.8%,119,0.0%,,
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO (FORMER),44,38.3%,71,61.7%,,,115,0.0%,,
BAHAMAS,58,58.6%,41,41.4%,,,99,0.0%,,
DENMARK,27,27.3%,72,72.7%,,,99,0.0%,,
FINLAND,27,28.7%,67,71.3%,,,94,0.0%,,
ALBANIA,50,53.8%,42,45.2%,1,1.1%,93,0.0%,,
NORWAY,34,40.5%,49,58.3%,1,1.2%,84,0.0%,,
BOLIVIA,43,52.4%,39,47.6%,,,82,0.0%,,
CAMEROON,25,30.5%,57,69.5%,,,82,0.0%,,
GEORGIA,38,46.3%,44,53.7%,,,82,0.0%,,
OMAN,34,42.0%,47,58.0%,,,81,0.0%,,
CROATIA,27,34.2%,52,65.8%,,,79,0.0%,,
CZECHOSLOVAKIA (FORMER),23,29.1%,56,70.9%,,,79,0.0%,,
MOLDOVA,32,40.5%,46,58.2%,1,1.3%,79,0.0%,,
BAHRAIN,22,28.6%,55,71.4%,,,77,0.0%,,
TUNISIA,13,17.3%,62,82.7%,,,75,0.0%,,
MONGOLIA,42,56.8%,32,43.2%,,,74,0.0%,,
ARMENIA,24,33.8%,47,66.2%,,,71,0.0%,,
UZBEKISTAN,16,22.5%,54,76.1%,1,1.4%,71,0.0%,,
URUGUAY,25,35.7%,45,64.3%,,,70,0.0%,,
IRAQ,10,14.5%,59,85.5%,,,69,0.0%,,
UGANDA,30,43.5%,39,56.5%,,,69,0.0%,,
PANAMA,25,38.5%,40,61.5%,,,65,0.0%,,
MYANMAR,32,50.0%,32,50.0%,,,64,0.0%,,
SLOVAKIA,19,30.6%,43,69.4%,,,62,0.0%,,
SERBIA,23,39.7%,35,60.3%,,,58,0.0%,,
TANZANIA,18,32.7%,37,67.3%,,,55,0.0%,,
ALGERIA,21,39.6%,32,60.4%,,,53,0.0%,,
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA,32,60.4%,21,39.6%,,,53,0.0%,,
QATAR,15,30.0%,35,70.0%,,,50,0.0%,,
ZAMBIA,22,44.0%,28,56.0%,,,50,0.0%,,
BARBADOS,29,59.2%,19,38.8%,1,2.0%,49,0.0%,,
CYPRUS,9,18.4%,40,81.6%,,,49,0.0%,,
HAITI,16,32.7%,33,67.3%,,,49,0.0%,,
COTE D'IVOIRE,21,43.8%,27,56.3%,,,48,0.0%,,
LITHUANIA,25,52.1%,23,47.9%,,,48,0.0%,,
RWANDA,11,23.4%,36,76.6%,,,47,0.0%,,
SUDAN,8,17.0%,39,83.0%,,,47,0.0%,,
SENEGAL,12,27.3%,32,72.7%,,,44,0.0%,,
AZERBAIJAN,12,27.9%,31,72.1%,,,43,0.0%,,
LATVIA,19,45.2%,23,54.8%,,,42,0.0%,,
ICELAND,9,23.1%,30,76.9%,,,39,0.0%,,
MACEDONIA,15,38.5%,24,61.5%,,,39,0.0%,,
MAURITIUS,18,48.6%,19,51.4%,,,37,0.0%,,
GRENADA,27,81.8%,6,18.2%,,,33,0.0%,,
SAINT LUCIA,18,54.5%,15,45.5%,,,33,0.0%,,
SLOVENIA,16,48.5%,17,51.5%,,,33,0.0%,,
CAMBODIA,9,28.1%,23,71.9%,,,32,0.0%,,
MACAU,11,34.4%,21,65.6%,,,32,0.0%,,
NICARAGUA,14,43.8%,17,53.1%,1,3.1%,32,0.0%,,
"CONGO, REPUBLIC",6,19.4%,25,80.6%,,,31,0.0%,,
PARAGUAY,10,34.5%,19,65.5%,,,29,0.0%,,
DOMINICA,19,73.1%,7,26.9%,,,26,0.0%,,
BELIZE,12,48.0%,13,52.0%,,,25,0.0%,,
GUYANA,9,36.0%,16,64.0%,,,25,0.0%,,
KYRGYZSTAN,14,56.0%,11,44.0%,,,25,0.0%,,
CZECHIA,12,52.2%,11,47.8%,,,23,0.0%,,
BOTSWANA,12,54.5%,10,45.5%,,,22,0.0%,,
TAJIKISTAN,7,31.8%,15,68.2%,,,22,0.0%,,
ESTONIA,6,30.0%,14,70.0%,,,20,0.0%,,
AFGHANISTAN,3,15.8%,16,84.2%,,,19,0.0%,,
MONTENEGRO,10,52.6%,9,47.4%,,,19,0.0%,,
BURKINA FASO,3,16.7%,15,83.3%,,,18,0.0%,,
TURKMENISTAN,9,52.9%,8,47.1%,,,17,0.0%,,
YEMEN,7,41.2%,10,58.8%,,,17,0.0%,,
TASMANIA,4,25.0%,12,75.0%,,,16,0.0%,,
BERMUDA,9,60.0%,6,40.0%,,,15,0.0%,,
KOSOVO,4,26.7%,11,73.3%,,,15,0.0%,,
NORTHERN IRELAND,7,46.7%,8,53.3%,,,15,0.0%,,
BENIN,6,42.9%,8,57.1%,,,14,0.0%,,
GAMBIA,8,57.1%,6,42.9%,,,14,0.0%,,
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA,4,30.8%,9,69.2%,,,13,0.0%,,
TOGO,4,33.3%,8,66.7%,,,12,0.0%,,
LIBERIA,5,45.5%,6,54.5%,,,11,0.0%,,
MALAWI,3,27.3%,8,72.7%,,,11,0.0%,,
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES,8,72.7%,3,27.3%,,,11,0.0%,,
SIERRA LEONE,3,27.3%,8,72.7%,,,11,0.0%,,
MADAGASCAR,5,50.0%,5,50.0%,,,10,0.0%,,
MALI,2,20.0%,8,80.0%,,,10,0.0%,,
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS,5,50.0%,5,50.0%,,,10,0.0%,,
ANGOLA,4,44.4%,5,55.6%,,,9,0.0%,,
BURUNDI,3,33.3%,6,66.7%,,,9,0.0%,,
GABON,5,55.6%,4,44.4%,,,9,0.0%,,
MOZAMBIQUE,5,55.6%,4,44.4%,,,9,0.0%,,
NAMIBIA,6,66.7%,3,33.3%,,,9,0.0%,,
BHUTAN,2,25.0%,6,75.0%,,,8,0.0%,,
CUBA,2,25.0%,6,75.0%,,,8,0.0%,,
GUINEA,3,37.5%,5,62.5%,,,8,0.0%,,
LUXEMBOURG,6,75.0%,2,25.0%,,,8,0.0%,,
MAURITANIA,2,25.0%,6,75.0%,,,8,0.0%,,
FIJI,4,57.1%,3,42.9%,,,7,0.0%,,
SWAZILAND,4,57.1%,3,42.9%,,,7,0.0%,,
BRUNEI,1,16.7%,5,83.3%,,,6,0.0%,,
"CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC",,,6,100.0%,,,6,0.0%,,
ERITREA,2,33.3%,4,66.7%,,,6,0.0%,,
CABO VERDE,4,80.0%,1,20.0%,,,5,0.0%,,
MALTA,1,20.0%,4,80.0%,,,5,0.0%,,
FRENCH POLYNESIA,2,50.0%,2,50.0%,,,4,0.0%,,
LAOS,2,50.0%,2,50.0%,,,4,0.0%,,
MALDIVES,,,4,100.0%,,,4,0.0%,,
CURACAO,3,100.0%,,,,,3,0.0%,,
JERSEY,1,33.3%,2,66.7%,,,3,0.0%,,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA,1,33.3%,2,66.7%,,,3,0.0%,,
SURINAME,,,3,100.0%,,,3,0.0%,,
ANDAMAN ISLANDS,1,50.0%,1,50.0%,,,2,0.0%,,
ARUBA,,,2,100.0%,,,2,0.0%,,
CAYMAN ISLANDS,2,100.0%,,0.0%,,,2,0.0%,,
CHAD,1,50.0%,1,50.0%,,,2,0.0%,,
FRENCH GUIANA,2,100.0%,,,,,2,0.0%,,
ISLE OF MAN,1,50.0%,1,50.0%,,,2,0.0%,,
JAVA,1,50.0%,1,50.0%,,,2,0.0%,,
LESOTHO,1,50.0%,1,50.0%,,,2,0.0%,,
NIGER,,,2,100.0%,,,2,0.0%,,
SAINT MAARTEN,1,50.0%,1,50.0%,,,2,0.0%,,
SOMALIA,1,50.0%,1,50.0%,,,2,0.0%,,
ANDORRA,,,1,100.0%,,,1,0.0%,,
AZORES,,,1,100.0%,,,1,0.0%,,
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,,,1,100.0%,,,1,0.0%,,
COMOROS,,,1,100.0%,,,1,0.0%,,
FAROE ISLANDS,1,100.0%,,,,,1,0.0%,,
GUADELOUPE,1,100.0%,,,,,1,0.0%,,
GUINEA-BISSAU,,,1,100.0%,,,1,0.0%,,
HOLLAND,1,100.0%,,,,,1,0.0%,,
JOHNSTON ATOLL,,,1,100.0%,,,1,0.0%,,
"KOREA, NORTH",,,1,100.0%,,,1,0.0%,,
LIECHTENSTEIN,,,1,100.0%,,,1,0.0%,,
MONACO,,,1,100.0%,,,1,0.0%,,
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES (FORMER),,,1,100.0%,,,1,0.0%,,
NEW CALEDONIA,,,1,100.0%,,,1,0.0%,,
PALAU,1,100.0%,,,,,1,0.0%,,
REUNION,1,100.0%,,,,,1,0.0%,,
SOLOMON ISLANDS,,,1,100.0%,,,1,0.0%,,
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS,1,100.0%,,,,,1,0.0%,,
OTHER/UNKNOWN/MISSING,480,28.0%,"1,235",72.0%,,,"1,715",0.4%,,