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Analysis

USCIS queues by state: where the wait is longest

Every state with a field office, ranked by the caseload sitting in it.

USCIS does not report a processing time per state — it reports one per office. Adding up the offices inside a state gives the caseload that state is carrying, which is the closest honest answer to "how long is the wait where I live".

The fifteen states holding the most cases

California 155,658 16.4%

12 offices

Florida 116,526 12.3%

9 offices

Texas 113,280 11.9%

5 offices

New York 85,588 9.0%

6 offices

New Jersey 43,502 4.6%

3 offices

Massachusetts 39,782 4.2%

2 offices

Illinois 28,969 3.1%

1 office

Pennsylvania 25,593 2.7%

2 offices

Georgia 24,343 2.6%

1 office

Maryland 23,864 2.5%

1 office

Washington 22,500 2.4%

3 offices

North Carolina 22,493 2.4%

2 offices

District of Columbia 19,091 2.0%

1 office

Arizona 16,302 1.7%

2 offices

Colorado 15,594 1.6%

1 office

Pending cases across field offices, FY2026 Q2

State Offices Pending Decided this quarter
California 12 155,658 24,584
Florida 9 116,526 21,465
Texas 5 113,280 15,228
New York 6 85,588 23,632
New Jersey 3 43,502 10,378
Massachusetts 2 39,782 4,255
Illinois 1 28,969 6,178
Pennsylvania 2 25,593 4,806
Georgia 1 24,343 5,016
Maryland 1 23,864 1,622
Washington 3 22,500 3,602
North Carolina 2 22,493 3,704
District of Columbia 1 19,091 3,162
Arizona 2 16,302 3,164
Colorado 1 15,594 1,762

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Source — USCIS quarterly data release, FY2026 Q2. Public domain.

Every figure above is read from the USCIS quarterly data release and rebuilt each time a new one is imported — this piece was last rebuilt 35 minutes ago. Nothing here is legal advice, and ImmigrationAll is not affiliated with USCIS or any government agency.