LOS ANGELES -- Nearly one million people applied to become US citizens the fiscal year through September 2016. Advocates said interest in naturalization jumped again after President Trump issued executive orders that legal immigrants fear could affect their standing in the country.
Here's a look at naturalization in the US based on numbers from the 2015 fiscal year, the latest year for which a detailed breakdown was available:
u2014 About 730,000 immigrants naturalized to become US citizens during the 2015 fiscal year.
u2014 About 106,000 of these immigrants came from Mexico, 42,000 from India and 40,000 from the Philippines.
u2014 One in five of the newly naturalized citizens lived in the state of California. About 12 percent lived in New York and 11 percent in Florida.
u2014 More than half were between 25 and 44 years old. About 9 percent were 65 and older.
u2014 Typically, immigrants had their green cards for 7 years before they became US citizens.
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Source: US Department of Homeland Security (AP)
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