Published EOIR nationality subset, 2020–2026; grant-or-denial outcomes only.
| Comparison | Grant rate | Decided cases |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria applicants at Chicago, IL | 53.4% | 799 |
| Nigeria applicants across published courts | 34.6% | 7,970 |
| All applicants at Chicago, IL | 17.2% | 200,503 |
The grant rate for Nigeria applicants at this court is 18.9 percentage points higher than the published nationwide rate for this nationality. It is 36.3 percentage points higher than the court’s overall rate.
This court accounts for 10.0% of the published grant-or-denial outcomes for Nigeria applicants in this 2020–2026 subset. That share describes the dataset, not the share of all asylum applications filed nationwide.
Grant rate = granted / (granted + denied). These rows are based on court-nationality cells that met the source publication threshold. They do not control for judge assignment, representation, case facts, procedural posture, or changes over time, and they cannot predict an individual case.
Review the Chicago, IL court profile, the Nigeria nationality page, and the dataset definitions and downloads.
