Map Shows US Green Card Backlog by State As Tally Hits 1.5 Million
Summary
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services had 1,560,290 Form I-485 green card applications pending on June 30, 2026. The figures show applications by the office handling each case, not necessarily by applicants’ state of residence, and exclude service centers from the map.Key Facts
- Florida field offices handled 265,495 pending applications across nine offices.
- Texas field offices handled 140,743 pending applications, including 57,601 in Houston.
- California field offices handled 161,398 pending applications.
- Service centers also held a substantial number of cases, including 246,100 at the Vermont Service Center.
- Humanitarian applications accounted for 618,097 pending cases, about 40 percent of the total.
- Family-based applications accounted for 611,067 cases, roughly 39 percent.
- Employment-based applications accounted for 268,408 cases, or 17 percent.
- USCIS had more than 12.8 million cases pending across all application types on June 30, 2026, according to the Niskanen Center.
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