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According to the latest Congressional report, a total of 65,960 Indians officially became US citizens, positioning India as the second-largest source country for new citizens in America after Mexico.
In its “US Naturalisation Policy” report dated April 15, 2024, an independent Congressional Research Service stated that in the fiscal year 2022, a total of 969,380 new US citizens were naturalized.
As per the report, Individuals born in Mexico represented the largest number of naturalizations, followed by persons from India, Philippines, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic in the fiscal year 2022.
Based on the CRS data for Persons naturalized by Country of Birth in FY2022, as many as 128,878, Mexican nationals became American citizens. Second came Indians (65,960) followed by the Philippines (53,413), Cuba (46,913), the Dominican Republic (34,525), Vietnam (33,246) and China (27,038).
According to CRS as of 2023, a total of 2,831,330 foreign-born American nationals were from India, which is the second largest number after Mexico’s 10,638,429. At third position is China with 2,225,447 foreign-born American nationals.
An estimated 46 million foreign-born persons resided in the United States in 2022, approximately 14 percent of the total US population of 333 million, according to American Community Survey data from the US Census Bureau.
Of these, 24.5 million, about 53 percent, reported their status as naturalized citizens.
