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Methodology
All data was retrieved from the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlements (ORR) FY2014
refugee arrival data.
Each slide indicates the percentage of refugees received and their
country of origin in relation to the overall proportion of refugees
sent to each state.
The slides appear in descending order with the state receiving the
highest number of refugees in FY2014 appearing first.
Delaware, Montana, and Wyoming did not receive any refugees in
FY2014 and are therefore not included in this list. Hawaii only
received two refugees, both from Burma, and thus was also not
included.
Key Findings
According to ORR, the United States admitted a total of 69,986 refugees in FY2014.
The Top 10 refugee receiving states are: Texas, California, New York, Michigan,
Florida, Arizona, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Illinois.
The Top 10 countries from which the U.S. admits refugees are:
1. Iraq (28%)
2. Burma (21%)
3. Somalia (13%)
4. Bhutan (12%)
5. Democratic Republic of Congo (6%)
6. Cuba (6%)
7. Iran (4%)
8. Eritrea (2%)
9. Sudan (2%)
10.Afghanistan (1%)
#1. Texas
Iraq
Burma
5%
5%
3%
2%
Somalia
4%
34%
Bhutan
8%
Iran
9%
30%
Dem Rep
Congo
Cuba
Eritrea
*Other
*The category "Other" consists of refugees from the following 22 countries: Afghanistan, Sudan, Gabon, Pakistan, Nepal,
Rwanda, Vietnam, Syria, Columbia, Jordan, Sri Lanka, Burundi, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Thailand, China, Congo, Palestine, and Togo.
#2. California
Iraq
Iran
2%
2%
Somalia
8%
3%
4%
4%
Burma
50%
Afghanistan
27%
Ukraine
Dem Rep of
Congo
Total Refugees Received: 6,108
*Other
*The category "Other" consists of refugees from the following 30 countries: Bhutan, Palestine, Eritrea, Cuba, Moldova,
Russia, Syria, Uzbekistan, Sudan, Gabon, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, China, Belarus, Cambodia, Armenia, Vietnam,
Burundi, Columbia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Cameroon, Brazil, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan, Nepal,
Tunisia, Uganda, and West Bank.
Somalia
8%
27%
5%
Iraq
Dem Rep of
Congo
16%
17%
21%
Cuba
Afghanistan
Ukraine
*Other
*The category "Other" consists of refugees from the following 28 countries: Eritrea, Sudan, Iran, Ethiopia, Russia, Nigeria,
China, Philippines, Uzbekistan, Rwanda, Cambodia, Kuwait, India, Burundi, Jordan, Palestine,
Yemen, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Egypt, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Libya,
Republic of South Sudan, Sri Lanka, and Turkmenistan.
#4. Michigan
Iraq
6%
Burma
5% 4%
7%
Somalia
10%
69%
Dem Rep of
Congo
Bhutan
*Other
The category "Other" consists of refugees from the following 17 countries: Eritrea, Cuba, Sudan, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Iran, Palestine,
Sri Lanka, Syria, Nepal, Lebanon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Gabon, Jordan, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan.
#5. Florida
Cuba
Iraq
2%
4%
3%
6%
Burma
11%
12%
Dem Rep of
Congo
62%
Sudan
Somalia
*Other
6. Arizona
Iraq
Somalia
Dem Rep of
Congo
2%
2% 2% 3%
3%
3%
33%
3%
Burma
Eritrea
10%
Cuba
18%
22%
Bhutan
Iran
Sudan
Afghanistan
*Other
The category "Other" consists of refugees from the remaining 16 countries: Ethiopia, Syria, Burundi, Republic of South Sudan,
Columbia, Uzbekistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Pakistan, Nepal , Cameroon, Liberia, Russia, Central African Republic, Philippines,
and Uganda.
7. Ohio
Bhutan
Signapore
2%
3%
5%
6% 4%
Iraq
44%
17%
18%
Burma
Dem Rep of
Congo
Eritrea
Ethopia
*Other
*The category "Other" consists of refugees from the following 22 countries: Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Cuba, Ukraine, Iran, Gambia,
Central African Republic, Vietnam, Sudan, Burundi, Palestine, Kazakhstan, Mali, Russia, Tanzania, China, India, Jordan, Lebanon,
Morocco, and Saudi Arabia.
8. Pennsylvania
Bhutan
Iraq
2%
2%
2%
5%
Burma
7%2%
36%
Somalia
Dem Rep of
Congo
13%
15%
16%
Cuba
Sudan
Eritrea
Ethopia
*Other
*The category "Other" consists of refugees from the following 21 countries: Nepal, Ukraine, Republic of South Sudan, Russia, Afghanistan,
India, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Sierra Leone, Columbia, Iran, Kenya, Singapore, Vietnam, Belarus, Egypt, Ecuador, Jordan, Moldova, and Sri
Lanka.
9. Georgia
Burma
Bhutan
Somalia
2%
2%
2% 2% 5%
Iraq
28%
3%
3%
Dem Rep of
Congo
Eritrea
8%
11%
20%
13%
Iran
Ethopia
Cuba
Afghanistan
Sudan
*Other
* The category other consists of refugees from the following countries: Nigeria, Columbia, Ukraine, Liberia, Moldova, Sri Lanka, Syria,
Morocco, Republic of South Sudan, Kenya, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Central African Republic, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Nepal, Togo,
Vietnam, Burundi, Chad, China, and Pakistan.
10. Illinois
Iraq
Burma
2%
3%
10%
7%
Bhutan
41%
8%
29%
Dem Rep of
Congo
Iran
Sudan
*Other
*The category "Other" consists of refugees from the following 28 countries: Afghanistan, Cuba, Somalia, Eritrea, Pakistan, Ethiopia,
Palestine, Ukraine, Congo, Syria, Russia, Kuwait, Republic of South Sudan, Vietnam, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Nepal, Indonesia, Jordan,
North Korea, Moldova, Thailand, Ghana, Lebanon , Sierra Leone, Turkmenistan, Uganda, and Uzbekistan.
11. Washington
Iraq
Somalia
Burma
3%
2%
2%
Ukraine
7%
28%
3%
4%
5%
5%
5%
Dem Rep of
Congo
Bhutan
Iran
13%
22%
Eritrea
Ethopia
Cuba
Sudan
*Other
*The category "Other" consists of refugees from the following 24 countries: Moldova, Columbia, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Pakistan,
Georgia, Russia, Belarus, Burundi, Kazakhstan, Rwanda, Palestine, Uzbekistan, Kenya, Nepal, Republic of South Sudan, Syria,
Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, and Sri Lanka.
3%2% 5%
Somalia
3%
33%
5%
8%
11%
Dem Rep of
Congo
Cuba
14%
14%
Sudan
Eritrea
Afghanistan
Ethopia
*Other
*The category "Other" includes refugees from the following 20 countries: Iran, Chad, Moldova, Syria, Vietnam, Pakistan,
Columbia, Central African Republic, Togo, Burundi, China, Guinea, India, Congo, Liberia, Nepal, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia,
Ukraine , and Zimbabwe.
13. Minnesota
Somalia
5%
3% 5%
Burma
8%
47%
32%
Ivory
Coast
Bhutan
Gabon
*Other
Total Refugees Received:
2,232
*The category "Other" consists of refugees from the following 19 countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Belarus, Palestine,
Moldova, Sudan, Ukraine, Cuba, North Korea, Russia, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Congo, Iraq, South Africa, Liberia, Burundi, Sierra
Leone & Togo.
14.Massachusetts
Iraq
6%
2%
Somalia
2% 8%
Bhutan
40%
11%
Dem Rep of
Congo
15%
Burma
16%
Sudan
Ukraine
*Other
15. Kentucky
Burma
Iraq
9%
6%
23%
Somalia
10%
Bhutan
14%
22%
18%
Dem Rep of
Congo
Cuba
*Other
*The category "Other" consists of refugees from the following 20 countries: Sudan, Palestine, Pakistan, Burundi, Iran, Ukraine, Rwanda,
Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Ivory Coast, Nepal, Central African Republic, Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and
Tanzania.
16. Colorado
Burma
Iraq
4%
3%
2%6%
Somalia
25%
8%
Bhutan
Dem Rep of
Congo
12%
23%
16%
Eritrea
Ethopia
Sudan
*Other
17. Indiana
Burma
2%
4%
2%
6%
Iraq
8%
Somalia
79%
Dem Rep of
Congo
Bhutan
*Other
Total Refugees Received: 1,613
*Other consists of refugees from the following 14 countries: Eritrea, Sudan, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, Burundi, Cambodia, Guinea,
Indonesia, Jordan, Nepal, Pakistan, and Rwanda.
18. Tennessee
Somalia
Bhutan
5%
3%
10%
30%
Cuba
11%
Dem Rep of
Congo
13%
29%
Sudan
Ethopia
*Other
*Other
consists1,467
of refugees from the following 13 countries: Egypt, Iran, Eritrea, Nepal, Palestine, Republic of South Sudan,
Total Refugees
Received:
Afghanistan, Moldova, Rwanda, Ecuador, Jordan, Lebanon, and Gambia.
19. Missouri
Somalia
Iraq
Burma
7%
4%
2%
2%
3%
24%
10%
Dem Rep of
Congo
Bhutan
12%
19%
17%
Cuba
Sudan
Eritrea
Afghanistan
*Other
*Other consists of refugees from the following seven countries: Ethiopia, Iran, Pakistan, Jordan, Liberia, Nepal, and Palestine.
20. Virginia
Iraq
Bhutan
4%
2%
Iran
2%
6%
Dem Rep of
Congo
4%
5%
48%
5%
6%
Somalia
Cuba
7%
11%
Sudan
Burma
Eritrea
Afghanistan
*Other
*Other consists of refugees from the following 18 countries: Columbia, Republic of South Sudan, Palestine, Ethiopia, Syria, Cambodia, Pakistan,
Rwanda, Vietnam, Uganda, Burundi, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nepal, Bahrain, India, Liberia, and Russia.
21. Maryland
Burma
Iraq
Bhutan
3%
3%
3%
3% 5%
30%
6%
8%
Eritrea
Sudan
Ethiopia
10%
11%
18%
Cuba
Somalia
Iran
*Other
*Other consists of refugees from the following 18 countries: Columbia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, North Korea, Mauritania, Cambodia,
Nepal, Jordan, Republic of South Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Vietnam, Congo, Ecuador, Liberia, Palestine, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe.
22. Wisconsin
Burma
Iraq
3%
2%
4%
Somalia
4%
16%
49%
23%
Dem Rep
Congo
Bhutan
Sudan
*Other
23. Utah
Iraq
Somalia
5%
3%
Burma
2%7%
27%
9%
Dem Rep
Congo
10%
Bhutan
12%
26%
Sudan
Afghanistan
Eritrea
*Other
*Other consists of refugees from the following 16 countries: Burundi, Pakistan, Columbia, Sri Lanka, Togo, Ethiopia,
Indonesia, Nepal, Rwanda, Cambodia, China, Jordan, North Korea, Republic of South Sudan, and Syria.
24. Nebraska
Burma
4%
5% 3%
18%
Bhutan
47%
24%
Iraq
Somalia
Iran
*Other
Total Refugees Admitted: 1,076
*Other consists of refugees from the following seven countries: Sudan, Ethiopia, Cuba, Ivory Coast, Ukraine, Nepal,
and India.
25. Oregon
Iraq
Somalia
2%
2%
6% 4%
7%
Burma
28%
Bhutan
10%
Dem Rep
Congo
19%
21%
Iran
Ukraine
Afghanista
n
*Other consists of refugees from the following 11 countries: Cuba, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Moldova, Sudan, Russia, Vietnam, Belarus, China, and
Kazakhstan.
26. Idaho
Iraq
Dem Rep
Congo
Somalia
12%
2%
7%
2% 2%
3%
29%
Burma
Bhutan
Sri Lanka
12%
16%
15%
Iran
Eritrea
Afghanistan
*Other
27. Iowa
Burma
4%
3%
3%
Bhutan
4%
Iraq
11%
16%
59%
Eritrea
Somalia
Dem Rep
Congo
*Other
*Other consists of refugees from the following ten countries: Sudan, Pakistan, Cuba, Central African Republic, Nepal, Liberia,
Uganda, Ethiopia, Palestine, and Philippines.
4%
Iraq
7%
14%
48%
27%
Somalia
Dem Rep
Congo
*Other
Total Refugees Admitted: 581
*Other consists of refugees from the following 11 countries: Cambodia, Sudan, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Nepal,
Burma, Iran, Ethiopia, India, Jordan, and Pakistan.
29. Nevada
Cuba
Iraq
Iran
Somalia
3% 3%
3%
5%
Eritrea
4%
36%
4%
6%
Dem Rep
Congo
Ethiopia
8%
8%
9%
11%
Burma
Bhutan
Columbia
*Other consists of refugees from the following six countries: Ivory Coast, Sudan, China, Rwanda, Philippines,
and Ecuador.
Azerbaijan
*Other
30. Connecticut
Iraq
Somalia
4%
4%3%
2%
2%
5%
Burma
27%
7%
Dem Rep
Congo
Eritrea
11%
21%
14%
Columbia
Ethiopia
Sudan
Afghanistan
Bhutan
*Other
*Other consists of refugees from the following 12 countries: Cuba, Iran, Sri Lanka, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Russia, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Ecuador,
Liberia, Rwanda, and Syria.
2% 3%
31%
9%
Eritrea
Dem Rep Congo
9%
15%
22%
Iraq
Ukraine
*Other
32. Kansas
Burma
Somalia
Iraq
6%
Bhutan
3% 5%
6%
39%
7%
7%
14%
14%
Cuba
Sudan
*Other consists of refugees from the following seven countries: Iran, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Nepal, Burundi, Indonesia, and Jordan.
33. Oklahoma
Burma
Iraq
6% 2% 2%
Dem Rep
Congo
90%
*Other
Total Refugees Admitted: 389
*Other consists of refugees from the following seven countries: Iran, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Nepal, Burundi, Indonesia, and Jordan.
34. Maine
Iraq
Somalia
5%
2%
2% 2%
2%
49%
38%
Iran
Afghanistan
Sudan
*Other
*Other consists of refugees from the following five countries: Cuba, Syria, Burma, Eritrea, and Russia.
2%
4%
6%
7%
2%
2%
Burma
7%
Sudan
47%
Pakistan
Russia
22%
Syria
Columbia
Total Refugees Admitted: 363
*Other
*Other consists of refugees from the following 12 countries: Iran, Bhutan, China, Eritrea, Liberia, Moldova, Afghanistan, Ecuador, Egypt,
Ethiopia, and Palestine.
7%
5%
5% 2%
32%
Iraq
Burma
18%
31%
Somalia
Sudan
*Other consists of refugees from the following five countries: Burundi, Sierra Leone, India,
Indonesia, and Nepal.
*Other
Total Refugees Admitted: 345
37. Vermont
Bhutan
8%
Iraq
5% 3% 1%
Somalia
15%
54%
15%
Burma
Dem Rep
Congo
Sudan
*Other
*Other consists of refugees from the following two countries: Nepal and Egypt.
38. Louisiana
Iraq
Burma
4%
2%2%
4% 2%
Dem Rep
Congo
0%
33%
12%
Cuba
Afghanistan
15%
Columbia
25%
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Sudan
Total Refugees Admitted: 211
Pakistan
7%
Burma
4% 2% 2%
20%
Dem Rep
Congo
7%
11%
18%
Eritrea
Columbia
14%
16%
Bhutan
Burundi
Pakistan
*Other
2%
12%
7%
2%
Somalia
2%
29%
Afghanistan
Cuba
13%
16%
Iran
15%
Bhutan
Columbia
*Other
Total Refugees Admitted: 163
*Other consists of refugees from the following three countries: Burundi, Burma, and India.
41. Alaska
Somalia
Dem Rep
Congo
Iraq
6%
4%
4% 3% 2%
Sudan
38%
Bhutan
13%
13%
Cuba
17%
Eritrea
Burma
*Other
Iraq
7%
9%
3%
38%
Eritrea
9%
Somalia
33%
Ukraine
Kenya
Total Refugees Admitted: 121
43. Alabama
Iraq
Somalia
4%
3% 3%
Sudan
4%
34%
9%
Burma
Cuba
9%
14%
21%
Dem Rep
Congo
Egypt
*Other consists of refugees from the following three countries: Iran, Afghanistan, and Eritrea.
4%
50%
36%
Burma Syria
45. Arkansas
Iraq
43%
57%
Burma
46. Mississippi
Eritrea
14%
14%
Burma
71%
Dem Rep
Congo