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Annual ORR Reports to Congress - 1997

Appendix A

Tables

  • Arrivals by country of origin 1983-1997
  • Arrivals by country of origin and State of initial resettlement
  • ARRIVALS BY STATE OF INITIAL RESETTLEMENT 1983-1997
  • Arrivals by State of Initial Resettlement 1997
  • Secondary Migration 1995-1997

  • TABLE 1: AMERASIAN, ASYLEE (from Northern Iraq), ENTRANT, AND REFUGEE ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

    FY 1983 - FY 1997

    COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

    FY 83 - 92

    FY 1993

    FY 1994

    FY 1995

    FY 1996

    FY 1997

    FY 83 - 97

    AFGHANISTAN

    21045

    1234

    24

    13

    11

    4

    22331

    ALBANIA

    2999

    397

    159

    49

    26

    6

    3636

    BULGARIA

    1915

    23

    26

    9

    1

    0

    1974

    BURMA

    87

    92

    73

    39

    9

    182

    482

    CAMBODIA

    71338

    61

    15

    6

    5

    9

    71434

    CUBA a/

    21593

    3103

    2685

    6132

    3517

    2914

    39944

    CUBA(ENTRANT) b/

    2812

    3901

    12786

    31034

    17031

    5279

    72843

    CZECHOSLOVAKIA

    7526

    1

    3

    2

    0

    0

    7532

    ETHIOPIA

    23161

    2710

    297

    192

    170

    204

    26734

    HAITI c/

    62

    1252

    3465

    1689

    62

    80

    6610

    HAITI(ENTRANT) d/

    10397

    725

    1579

    1032

    346

    38

    14117

    HUNGARY

    5123

    0

    1

    0

    0

    0

    5124

    IRAN

    35800

    1155

    859

    972

    1249

    1340

    41375

    IRAQ

    6886

    4565

    4922

    3474

    2691

    9357

    31895

    LAOS

    93416

    6945

    6211

    3681

    2203

    915

    113371

    LIBERIA

    626

    946

    590

    55

    42

    223

    2482

    LIBYA

    357

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    357

    NICARAGUA

    1424

    60

    13

    13

    25

    0

    1535

    POLAND

    28662

    52

    43

    22

    9

    6

    28794

    ROMANIA

    34300

    230

    81

    32

    12

    2

    34657

    RWANDA

    1

    7

    31

    87

    129

    97

    352

    SOMALIA

    1718

    2695

    3508

    2524

    6440

    4948

    21833

    SUDAN

    207

    253

    1288

    1693

    583

    282

    4306

    USSR (former) e/

    215642

    48316

    43094

    35493

    29271

    26750

    398566

    VIETNAM

    236788

    31405

    34100

    32254

    16116

    6612

    357275

    VIETNAM (AMERASIAN)

    56714

    11220

    2885

    948

    906

    833

    73506

    YUGOSLAVIA (former) f/

    73

    1877

    7417

    9869

    12021

    21375

    52632

    ZAIRE

    292

    199

    83

    115

    42

    44

    775

    OTHER/UNKNOWN g/

    2004

    255

    194

    207

    217

    260

    3137

    Table Total

    882968

    123679

    126432

    131636

    93134

    81760

    1439609

                   

    a/ Includes Cubans with refugee status or humanitarian parolee status (prior to FY 1992).

    b/ Includes Cubans with entrant status, humanitarian parolee status (as of FY 1992), or Havana Parolee status.

    c/ Includes Haitians with refugee status or humanitarian parolee status (prior to FY 1992).

    d/ Includes Haitians with entrant status or humanitarian parolee status (as of FY 1992).

    e/ Includes refugees from the republics of the former Soviet Union.

    f/ Includes refugees from the republics of the former Yugoslavia.

    g/ Includes countries with fewer than 100 arrivals in each fiscal year as well as cases with unknown country of origin.

    TABLE 2: AMERASIAN, ASYLEE (from Northern Iraq), ENTRANT, AND REFUGEE ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND STATE OF INITIAL RESETTLEMENT

    FY 1983 - FY 1997

     

    AFGHANISTAN

    ALBANIA

    CAMBODIA

    CUBA (REFUGEE)

    CUBA (ENTRANT)

    CZECHOSLOVAKIA

    ETHIOPIA

    HAITI (REFUGEE)

    HAITI (ENTRANT)

    HUNGARY

    IRAN

    OTHER/ UNKNOWN

    TOTAL

    State

         

    a/

    b/

       

    c/

    d/

       

    g/

     

    Alabama

    35

    0

    291

    104

    109

    5

    67

    85

    27

    3

    33

    7

    3610

    Alaska

    7

    2

    4

    0

    0

    2

    0

    0

    0

    0

    51

    1

    589

    Arizona

    438

    27

    661

    260

    691

    40

    639

    81

    10

    66

    345

    390

    19358

    Arkansas

    3

    3

    31

    1

    14

    8

    7

    0

    0

    5

    15

    1

    1764

    California

    8610

    177

    18611

    1342

    1425

    1715

    6163

    124

    221

    799

    25839

    1515

    371770

    Colorado

    371

    8

    681

    94

    12

    130

    454

    75

    0

    36

    191

    100

    14199

    Connecticut

    91

    185

    1173

    240

    346

    120

    137

    188

    81

    442

    239

    131

    14695

    Delaware

    34

    0

    0

    18

    4

    0

    11

    2

    12

    2

    29

    7

    484

    District of Columbia

    331

    4

    371

    67

    16

    37

    1147

    58

    1

    134

    146

    370

    10781

    Florida

    247

    254

    1142

    26753

    58577

    219

    625

    1375

    11604

    230

    522

    1050

    125955

    Georgia

    670

    10

    1797

    217

    292

    75

    1278

    34

    40

    111

    426

    133

    31111

    Hawaii

    31

    0

    75

    0

    1

    13

    3

    0

    0

    2

    5

    3

    3871

    Idaho

    23

    32

    273

    71

    5

    293

    8

    116

    0

    23

    19

    95

    4995

    Illinois

    328

    201

    3009

    389

    518

    323

    1025

    78

    70

    137

    808

    369

    56161

    Indiana

    81

    5

    227

    12

    20

    37

    119

    33

    3

    22

    95

    177

    4846

    Iowa

    3

    3

    582

    7

    8

    13

    142

    20

    0

    54

    36

    86

    11995

    Kansas

    95

    0

    452

    7

    20

    12

    39

    10

    1

    0

    71

    23

    8998

    Kentucky

    38

    3

    454

    254

    593

    0

    54

    29

    13

    0

    41

    52

    9028

    Louisiana

    34

    0

    561

    149

    297

    16

    49

    37

    52

    1

    45

    60

    9714

    Maine

    336

    7

    739

    59

    1

    26

    138

    0

    0

    18

    139

    167

    3626

    Maryland

    465

    95

    1111

    507

    161

    145

    1559

    208

    90

    76

    1166

    229

    23977

    Massachusetts

    113

    243

    5708

    94

    150

    963

    587

    393

    357

    79

    448

    100

    45695

    Michigan

    56

    485

    205

    181

    393

    111

    354

    287

    42

    72

    239

    168

    28618

    Minnesota

    183

    3

    2659

    49

    26

    49

    831

    55

    1

    67

    142

    127

    33206

    Mississippi

    4

    0

    15

    0

    28

    11

    13

    12

    13

    2

    9

    0

    1220

    Missouri

    216

    103

    789

    588

    33

    212

    951

    380

    8

    147

    156

    282

    20947

    Montana

    5

    0

    5

    0

    0

    7

    9

    0

    0

    0

    1

    4

    895

    Nebraska

    242

    4

    167

    91

    40

    68

    10

    6

    0

    10

    14

    38

    6903

    Nevada

    149

    16

    127

    1037

    1258

    14

    367

    0

    19

    15

    286

    79

    5507

    New Hampshire

    10

    40

    340

    0

    1

    93

    1

    0

    0

    11

    38

    20

    3018

    New Jersey

    589

    219

    310

    2675

    1565

    238

    398

    726

    325

    172

    482

    165

    27925

    New Mexico

    56

    0

    278

    1198

    1402

    13

    11

    0

    0

    3

    39

    41

    5272

    New York

    3705

    1127

    3151

    909

    1416

    781

    1392

    813

    779

    715

    5223

    820

    205556

    North Carolina

    136

    2

    1551

    305

    55

    41

    184

    33

    13

    36

    67

    102

    11848

    North Dakota

    27

    1

    144

    115

    1

    105

    94

    89

    3

    45

    37

    39

    3805

    Ohio

    66

    26

    1703

    4

    62

    115

    577

    9

    39

    187

    163

    83

    21024

    Oklahoma

    44

    0

    489

    8

    20

    10

    32

    0

    0

    1

    205

    8

    6224

    Oregon

    185

    6

    976

    10

    518

    32

    262

    57

    87

    25

    156

    86

    23320

    Pennsylvania

    326

    73

    3157

    378

    333

    204

    757

    333

    101

    253

    288

    319

    42133

    Rhode Island

    2

    55

    1305

    6

    7

    0

    13

    2

    11

    239

    17

    1

    5435

    South Carolina

    23

    0

    107

    2

    10

    0

    10

    0

    0

    8

    38

    10

    1632

    South Dakota

    57

    0

    34

    48

    0

    69

    460

    0

    0

    83

    33

    69

    3056

    Tennessee

    208

    2

    1317

    251

    234

    38

    281

    225

    21

    15

    263

    184

    14076

    Texas

    710

    51

    5320

    773

    1567

    242

    3089

    219

    27

    117

    1488

    425

    73411

    Utah

    49

    0

    1780

    64

    1

    310

    5

    0

    0

    7

    199

    39

    10695

    Vermont

    0

    34

    223

    8

    0

    306

    7

    0

    0

    19

    9

    30

    2793

    Virginia

    2347

    37

    2235

    123

    249

    38

    839

    175

    35

    59

    570

    116

    26485

    Washington

    458

    55

    4856

    253

    67

    196

    1467

    243

    0

    551

    423

    229

    58583

    West Virginia

    11

    3

    16

    0

    1

    8

    1

    0

    0

    6

    9