Refugee Resettlement

Refugee Resettlement

Center for Well-being of Africans in America

Tables showing top 10 states that received the most African Refugees:
Fiscal Years 2000 - 2004

FY2000	# African Refugees	Percent from total
FY2000	# African Refugees	Percent from total
Total Arrival	17603	100.0
MINNESOTA	2593	14.2
NEW YORK	1490	8.2
TEXAS	1400	7.7
GEORGIA	1098	6.0
VIRGINIA	1080	5.9
CALIFORNIA	992	5.4
PENNSYLVANIA	875	4.8
ARIZONA	684	3.8
OHIO	642	3.5
MARYLAND	516	2.8

FY2001	# African Refugees	Percent
FY2001	# African Refugees	Percent
Total Arrival	19028	100
MINNESOTA	1521	5.3
NEW YORK	1451	5.0
TEXAS	1125	3.9
PENNSYLVANIA	1125	3.9
GEORGIA	1082	3.8
CALIFORNIA	973	3.4
VIRGINIA	822	2.9
MARYLAND	805	2.8
ARIZONA	769	2.7
WASHINGTON	647	2.2

FY2002	# African Refugees	Percent Africans
FY2002	# African Refugees	Percent Africans
Total Arrival	2530
MINNESOTA	285	11.3
TEXAS	253	10.0
NEW YORK	166	6.6
PENNSYLVANIA	163	6.4
ARIZONA	142	5.6
MARYLAND	108	4.3
GEORGIA	106	4.2
ILLINOIS	105	4.2
CALIFORNIA	92	3.6
VIRGINIA	92	3.6

FY2003	# African Refugees	Percent from total
FY2003	# African Refugees	Percent from total
Total Arrival	10518	100.0
MINNESOTA	1451	13.8
TEXAS	888	8.4
NEW YORK	844	8.0
GEORGIA	661	6.3
PENNSYLVANIA	617	5.9
MARYLAND	542	5.2
CALIFORNIA	442	4.2
VIRGINIA	431	4.1
ARIZONA	417	4.0
ILLINOIS	374	3.6

FY2004	# African Refugees	Percent from total
FY2004	# African Refugees	Percent from total
Total Arrival	28769	100
MINNESOTA	3411	11.9
TEXAS	2579	9.0
NEW YORK	1771	6.2
GEORGIA	1749	6.1
ARIZONA	1548	5.4
CALIFORNIA	1381	4.8
OHIO	1193	4.1
VIRGINIA	1079	3.8
PENNSYLVANIA	959	3.3
ILLINOIS	955	3.3

Statistics tables

Refugee Arrivals

Local statistics (WA State)

Vol I: Pop. Change

Vol II: Demograph.

Vol III: Education

Misc. stat tables

Publications

Source: US Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Refugees Resettlement.

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