How many refugees did your state “welcome” in FY2014? Where were they from?
Sorry readers, after being away from the computer these last three days, I am woefully behind—lots of stories have passed me by. Going to try to catch up!
If this looks familiar it is! But, we have so many new readers it bears repeating.
Just before I left, reader P.K. sent me this link for data at the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement that I hadn’t seen in such a handy fashion. We did previously give a year-end wrap-up last October here where the numbers were slightly different, but close.
We are repeating this news for the many new readers who have joined us since then.
By the way, although we resettled 69,986 refugees in FY2014, that is not the complete story. The Office of Refugee Resettlement was responsible for over 30,000 asylees and another 58,000 ‘unaccompanied alien children’ being treated as refugees as well (and, cared for with your tax dollars!)
Top resettlement states for FY 2014 are as follows:
Texas (7,214) Turning red states blue? Someone needs to tell Ted!
California (6,108)
New York (4,082)
Michigan (4,006)
Florida (3,519)
Arizona (2,964)
Ohio (2,815)
Pennsylvania (2,739)
Georgia (2,694)
Illinois (2,578)
Also three other states topped 2,000: Washington (2,483), North Carolina (2,443) and Minnesota (2,232).
Be sure to visit the Office of Refugee Resettlement here to see where in the world your refugees came from.
What is a fiscal year? For the purposes of refugee resettlement, a fiscal year runs from October 1 of the previous year to September 30th of the present year. So, that means we have now completed 5 months of fiscal year 2015.
This post is archived in our ‘Where to find information’ category as well as in ‘Refugee statistics.‘
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