Florida’s 219,470 new permanent residents in fiscal 2024 exceeded California’s by 2,050, federal data show. Separately, a court order set deadlines for the delayed DV-2027 registration process.
The Office of Homeland Security Statistics (OHSS) counted 219,470 people who gained permanent resident status while residing in Florida, up from 155,500 in fiscal 2023. California recorded 217,420, leaving it 2,050 behind Florida. Texas followed with 160,400 and New York with 136,750. Nationwide, 1,364,090 people gained permanent resident status, compared with 1,172,910 a year earlier.
The state totals combine people who arrived from abroad with those who changed to permanent resident status while already in the United States. Because they span multiple immigration pathways, the figures cannot establish how many Diversity Visa recipients settled in Florida.
The lottery is the subject of a separate federal court case. U.S. District Judge Jinsook Ohta granted a preliminary injunction Oct. 14 directing the State Department to proceed with the fiscal 2027 program. The injunction also directs the department to process and award selected entrants' visa applications under the rules governing the program.
The State Department said in November 2025 that it was changing the entry process. As of Oct. 20, its DV-2027 notice gave no registration start date. The preceding lottery, DV-2026, received 20,822,624 qualified entries during a 37-day registration period.
Another State Department notice, updated Aug. 31, 2026, says all diversity visa issuances are paused. Ohta's injunction does not explain how its direction concerning selected entrants' applications interacts with that pause.
The amended order in the case, Dkt. 23, requires the department to announce entry details by midnight EST Oct. 29, 2026, and open registration for 30 days by midnight EST Nov. 1, 2026. It sets midnight EST Dec. 3, 2026, as the deadline to notify selected entrants.
