The INS has released its 2001 Statistical Yearbook. It can be found online at http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/aboutins/statistics/Yearbook2001.pdf. The report had a number of highlights:

- refugee arrivals declined for the second consecutive year representing the lowest level since fiscal year 1987

- nonimmigrant admissions declined for the first time since 1984

- Legal immigration in 2001 (1,064,318) was higher than in 2000 (849,807) due primarily to efforts to reduce the applications backlog at the INS

- 38% of all immigrants were born in North America (19% in Mexico) and 33% were born in Asia

- 65% of all immigrants intended to reside in six states: California, New York, Florida, Texas, Illinois and New Jersey

- About 20% of all immigrants intended to reside in New York City or Los Angeles.

- Nearly half of all nonimmigrant admissions (32.8 million) were from four countries - Japan (15.4%), the United Kingdom (14.9%), Mexico (13.2%) and Germany (5.3%)

- Nearly half of the H-1B workers were born in India; the next highest country is China at 9%

- 608,225 people naturalized in fiscal year 2001; 41% were Asian-born and 33% were from North American countries

- 71,000 criminal aliens were removed; 80% of the removed criminal aliens were from Mexico