50,000 Indians took US-citizenship in 2017; 4,000 more than 2016
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Over 50,000 Indians were granted American citizenship in 2017, 4,000 more than 2016, according to the latest official report. The Department of Homeland Security in its latest annual immigration report said that in 2017, as many as 50,802 Indians took the citizenship of the United States. The latest figure is 8,000 more than 2015's figure of 42,213 Indian naturalizations.
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Mexicans topped the citizenship list among all foreign nationals
In all, 707,265 foreign nationals took the oath of American citizenship in 2017, as against 753,060 in 2016 and 730,259 in 2015. Mexico with 118,559 citizenships topped the list among all foreign nationals. India was a distant second, followed by China (37,674), the Philippines (36,828), Dominican Republic (29,734), and Cuba (25,961). Figures indicated that more females (396,234) took American citizenship than males (310,987).
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Most of the newly naturalized American citizens settled in California
The report indicates that as many as 12,000 newly naturalized American citizens from India settled in California, followed by New Jersey (5,900), and Texas about 3,700. More than 7,100 naturalized Americans lived in the regions of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.