After Mexico, India in 2011 was the second leading country of birth of new citizenship in the United States, the report released by the Department of Homeland Security said. In 2011, as many as 694,193 persons obtained American citizenship.
the report said that the leading countries of birth of new citizens were:
–> Mexico (94,783)
–> India (45,985)
–> the Philippines (42,520)
–> China (32,864)
–> Colombia (22,693)
The largest number of persons naturalising lived in California (151,183), Florida (87,309) and New York (76,603), it said.
According to the report, 36 per cent of persons naturalising in 2011 were born in Asia, followed by 31 per cent from North America and 12 per cent from Europe.
Mexico was the leading country of birth of persons naturalising in 2011 (14 per cent).The next leading countries of origin of new citizens in 2011 were India (6.6 per cent), the Philippines (6.1 per cent), the People’s Republic of China (4.7 per cent) and Colombia (3.3 per cent).
