The Census Bureau puts Indians as the second biggest foreign community in the U.S., after Mexicans. In 2003, 56,093 Mexicans, 29,790 Indians, and 29081 Filipinos registered as new citizens. The majority naturalizing (54%) were female.
Other countries of origin for gaining citizenship through residency are Vietnam (25,995), China (24,014), Korea (15,968), Dominican Republic (12,627), Jamaica (11,232), Iran (10,807), and Poland (9,140). USCIS naturalized 463,204 persons in 2003, 19% less than 2002 (573,708). (Source: AsianWeek, May 13, 2005)