(* 2000 data cover Oct-Dec only; 2015 data cover Jan-Oct only)

region	2000*	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015*	total	last 82 months of GW Bush adm.	first 82 months of Obama adm.	% change, Obama vs. GW Bush adms.	region
WORLD TOTAL	14,808	55,897	30,307	32,262	56,397	51,904	39,552	47,753	64,734	79,943	71,362	51,458	66,292	66,066	72,820	58,074	859,629	318,276	466,015	+46.4	WORLD TOTAL
AFRICA TOTAL	4,210	14,881	3,014	13,837	30,116	19,065	18,058	16,411	8,727	10,503	12,441	8,154	12,993	15,144	19,019	19,005	225,578	108,963	97,259	-10.7	AFRICA TOTAL
Burundi	3	106	62	18	335	153	514	5,058	2,567	635	435	129	183	162	133	1,178	11,671	8,675	2,855	-67.1	Burundi
Dem. Rep. Congo	37	249	94	286	626	331	478	821	963	1,134	3,160	1,206	2,132	2,592	5,128	7,151	26,388	3,588	22,503	+527.2	Dem. Rep. Congo
Eritrea	3	111	14	41	181	515	432	846	376	1,917	2,517	1,817	1,819	1,418	1,409	1,528	14,944	2,404	12,425	+416.8	Eritrea
Ethiopia	192	1,265	401	2,199	2,293	1,627	1,308	946	260	345	663	594	820	672	687	524	14,796	8,951	4,305	-51.9	Ethiopia
Liberia	768	2,680	729	3,990	6,696	4,069	1,995	1,822	602	447	181	132	56	81	28	11	24,287	19,875	936	-95.3	Liberia
Nigeria	2	85	31	62	28	11	11	25	73	1	2	1	2	6	1	3	344	229	16	-93.0	Nigeria
Somalia	998	3,953	317	2,782	15,130	9,334	10,522	5,708	2,698	4,620	4,401	3,453	5,893	7,450	10,057	6,652	93,968	46,477	42,526	-8.5	Somalia
Sudan	1,097	4,858	1,041	2,653	3,259	2,098	1,883	465	346	705	505	442	1,529	2,044	1,043	1,468	25,436	11,719	7,736	-34.0	Sudan
all other Africa	1,110	1,574	325	1,806	1,568	927	915	720	842	699	577	380	559	719	533	490	13,744	7,045	3,957	-43.8	all other Africa
EAST ASIA TOTAL	713	3,630	3,759	1,633	11,297	10,540	4,900	15,943	20,347	21,789	17,863	16,015	15,307	14,801	16,149	16,036	190,722	67,896	117,960	+73.7	EAST ASIA TOTAL
Burma	134	433	113	220	1,277	1,470	2,294	14,225	19,000	19,920	17,176	15,713	15,112	14,580	15,971	15,966	153,604	38,509	114,438	+197.2	Burma
China	3	16	6	8	5	13	29	41	29	77	49	34	63	97	50	22	542	130	392	+201.5	China
Korea, North	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	28	38	18	17	16	23	14	15	8	186	75	111	+48.0	Korea, North
Laos	7	16	18	13	9,201	5,630	563	101	41	6	135	115	18	0	0	0	15,864	15,567	274	-98.2	Laos
Vietnam	566	3,133	3,585	1,373	805	3,416	1,975	1,534	1,234	1,754	470	120	87	63	80	36	20,231	13,492	2,610	-80.7	Vietnam
all other East Asia	3	32	37	19	9	11	30	14	5	14	16	17	4	47	33	4	295	123	135	+9.8	all other East Asia
EUROPE/FORMER USSR TOTAL	7,503	24,652	17,287	11,933	7,967	12,711	8,899	3,763	2,149	1,987	1,332	1,193	1,134	453	1,378	2,091	106,432	61,751	9,568	-84.5	EUROPE/FORMER USSR TOTAL
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,403	11,651	3,564	217	266	29	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18,137	3,434	0	-100.0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Russia	1,321	3,314	2,296	1,712	1,187	7,478	4,890	1,212	460	453	265	161	198	93	198	239	25,477	18,653	1,607	-91.4	Russia
Ukraine	2,060	5,277	6,104	5,435	2,822	2,991	2,276	1,452	826	552	428	458	346	209	667	1,395	33,298	20,914	4,055	-80.6	Ukraine
Moldova	333	866	1,147	987	1,522	931	610	592	442	497	257	303	294	75	241	227	9,324	5,989	1,894	-68.4	Moldova
all other Europe/former USSR	1,386	3,544	4,176	3,582	2,170	1,282	1,118	505	421	485	382	271	296	76	272	230	20,196	12,761	2,012	-84.2	all other Europe/former USSR
AMERICAS TOTAL	514	2,555	1,847	765	4,323	6,715	2,700	3,337	4,399	4,878	4,999	2,210	2,888	4,287	4,168	1,389	51,974	23,538	24,819	+5.4	AMERICAS TOTAL
Cuba	503	2,533	1,829	469	3,812	6,440	2,574	3,249	4,340	4,790	4,865	2,151	2,707	4,101	3,703	1,026	49,092	22,167	23,343	+5.3	Cuba
all other Americas	11	22	18	296	511	275	126	88	59	88	134	59	181	186	465	363	2,882	1,371	1,476	+7.7	all other Americas
NEAR EAST/SOUTH ASIA TOTAL	1,868	10,179	4,400	4,094	2,694	2,873	4,995	8,299	29,112	40,786	34,727	23,886	33,970	31,381	32,106	19,553	284,923	56,128	216,409	+285.6	NEAR EAST/SOUTH ASIA TOTAL
Afghanistan	236	2,707	2,026	1,370	836	876	633	413	611	338	527	392	578	678	696	943	13,860	6,587	4,152	-37.0	Afghanistan
Bhutan	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7,544	15,077	11,729	14,735	14,459	9,051	7,476	4,957	85,031	7,547	77,484	+926.7	Bhutan
Egypt	0	24	0	0	3	2	3	1	4	19	6	7	10	8	17	11	115	13	78	+500.0	Egypt
Iran	1,232	5,300	1,790	2,481	1,746	1,763	4,065	5,140	5,067	5,437	2,979	2,100	1,973	2,535	2,830	2,678	49,116	21,904	20,532	-6.3	Iran
Iraq	371	2,101	553	209	73	204	218	2,631	15,766	19,477	18,251	6,339	16,369	18,567	20,337	8,869	130,335	19,643	108,209	+450.9	Iraq
Pakistan	0	3	1	20	8	9	30	39	85	83	43	111	241	159	229	177	1,238	192	1,043	+443.2	Pakistan
Palestinian Territories	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	188	993	86	177	162	127	76	1,821	12	1,809	+14975.0	Palestinian Territories
Syria	1	7	6	1	0	7	27	26	16	32	24	23	41	45	249	1,705	2,210	81	2,119	+2516.0	Syria
all other Near East/South Asia	28	37	24	13	28	12	16	40	16	135	175	93	122	176	145	137	1,197	149	983	+559.7	all other Near East/South Asia
region	2000*	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015*	total	last 82 months of GW Bush adm.	first 82 months of Obama adm.	% change, Obama vs. GW Bush adms.	region
communist countries	1,079	5,698	5,438	1,863	13,823	15,499	5,150	4,953	5,682	6,645	5,536	2,436	2,898	4,275	3,848	1,092	85,915	51,431	26,730	-48.0	communist countries
Russia and Iran	2,553	8,614	4,086	4,193	2,933	9,241	8,955	6,352	5,527	5,890	3,244	2,261	2,171	2,628	3,028	2,917	74,593	40,557	22,139	-45.4	Russia and Iran
all other developed nations	6,182	21,338	14,992	10,222	6,781	5,235	4,009	2,552	1,689	1,534	1,067	1,032	937	360	1,180	1,852	80,962	43,104	7,962	-81.5	all other developed nations
unstable Mideast states	1,611	8,809	2,902	4,363	16,050	10,431	11,407	8,794	19,098	24,733	24,207	10,302	23,081	26,916	31,499	18,268	242,471	72,840	159,006	+118.3	unstable Mideast states
all other developing nations	3,383	11,438	2,889	11,621	16,810	11,498	10,031	25,102	32,738	41,141	37,308	35,427	37,205	31,887	33,265	33,945	375,688	110,344	250,178	+126.7	all other developing nations

Country categories above:

• communist countries: PR China (including Tibet), Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea, Laos
• Russia and Iran
• all other developed nations: remaining countries in Europe, former USSR, Israel, and Canada
• unstable Mideast states: Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Palestinian Territories, Yemen, Somalia
• all other developing nations: remaining countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America

(* these additional data are intended for exploring correlations with federal decisions on state allocations of refugee settlements)

state	total population	Iraq refugees settled			Afghan refugees settled			Syrian refugees settled	all Iraqi-Afghan-Syrian refugees	Iraqi-Afghan-Syrian refugees	Syrian refugees	sponsorship of unaccompanied children crossing border		estimated illegal alien population		estimated Muslim population		unemployment rate	relative cost of living	state position on current Syrian refugee process	state
	2014	FY07-09	FY10-12	FY13-16	FY07-09	FY10-12	FY13-16	FY14-16	FY07-16	per 1000 pop.	per million pop.	FY14-15	per 1000 pop.	2012	%	2014	%	Oct 2015	2015	Nov 2015
Alabama	4,849,000	211	163	119	0	25	32	0	550	0.11	0.0	1,599	0.33	65,000	1.3	11,000	0.2	5.9	0.902	no	Alabama
Alaska	737,000	2	18	38	0	0	0	0	58	0.08	0.0	6	0.01	15,000	2.0	2,200	0.3	6.4	1.313	yes	Alaska
Arizona	6,731,000	2,681	2,513	2,959	152	84	409	168	8,966	1.33	25.0	464	0.07	300,000	4.5	34,000	0.5	6.1	0.986	no	Arizona
Arkansas	2,966,000	19	27	11	0	0	5	1	63	0.02	0.3	491	0.17	60,000	2.0	21,000	0.7	5.1	0.911	no	Arkansas
California	38,803,000	8,445	9,967	9,262	413	417	5,135	252	33,891	0.87	6.5	9,587	0.25	2,450,000	6.3	370,000	1.0	5.8	1.353	yes	California
Colorado	5,356,000	497	683	1,259	46	6	269	9	2,769	0.52	1.7	668	0.12	180,000	3.4	27,000	0.5	3.8	1.034	yes	Colorado
Connecticut	3,597,000	296	368	450	24	39	177	51	1,405	0.39	14.2	759	0.21	130,000	3.6	18,000	0.5	5.1	1.308	yes	Connecticut
Delaware	936,000	5	3	0	0	0	7	0	15	0.02	0.0	357	0.38	20,000	2.1	8,400	0.9	5.1	1.020	yes	Delaware
District of Columbia	659,000	76	55	13	1	0	20	0	165	0.25	0.0	573	0.87	20,000	3.0	13,000	2.0	6.6	1.493	yes	District of Columbia
Florida	19,893,000	504	1,047	1,322	37	38	343	123	3,414	0.17	6.2	8,330	0.42	925,000	4.6	160,000	0.8	5.1	0.995	no	Florida
Georgia	10,097,000	867	808	991	83	158	427	66	3,400	0.34	6.5	3,075	0.30	400,000	4.0	50,000	0.5	5.7	0.916	no	Georgia
Hawaii	1,420,000	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	0.00	0.0	10	0.01	35,000	2.5	600	0.0	3.3	1.674	yes	Hawaii
Idaho	1,634,000	568	325	626	186	111	192	36	2,044	1.25	22.0	30	0.02	50,000	3.1	8,200	0.5	4.0	0.871	no	Idaho
Illinois	12,881,000	2,302	2,549	3,057	22	36	261	166	8,393	0.65	12.9	853	0.07	475,000	3.7	220,000	1.7	5.4	0.965	no	Illinois
Indiana	6,597,000	69	241	276	1	14	44	39	684	0.10	5.9	681	0.10	85,000	1.3	33,000	0.5	4.4	0.876	no	Indiana
Iowa	3,107,000	268	183	207	7	0	48	0	713	0.23	0.0	435	0.14	40,000	1.3	16,000	0.5	3.5	0.919	no	Iowa
Kansas	2,904,000	136	79	191	7	5	36	8	462	0.16	2.8	559	0.19	75,000	2.6	15,000	0.5	4.1	0.910	no	Kansas
Kentucky	4,413,000	607	877	1,090	10	38	143	101	2,866	0.65	22.9	683	0.15	35,000	0.8	12,000	0.3	4.9	0.908	yes	Kentucky
Louisiana	4,650,000	125	199	182	16	17	33	14	586	0.13	3.0	2,220	0.48	55,000	1.2	14,000	0.3	6.2	0.930	no	Louisiana
Maine	1,330,000	54	245	607	0	6	29	1	942	0.71	0.8	21	0.02	2,000	0.2	1,300	0.1	4.3	1.131	no	Maine
Maryland	5,976,000	398	632	754	23	14	762	39	2,622	0.44	6.5	5,668	0.95	250,000	4.2	48,000	0.8	5.1	1.230	no	Maryland
Massachusetts	6,745,000	950	1,536	2,068	9	28	210	72	4,873	0.72	10.7	2,095	0.31	150,000	2.2	40,000	0.6	4.6	1.306	no	Massachusetts
Michigan	9,910,000	5,521	6,180	7,929	25	12	139	207	20,013	2.02	20.9	323	0.03	120,000	1.2	150,000	1.5	5.0	0.915	no	Michigan
Minnesota	5,457,000	157	424	454	7	5	72	7	1,126	0.21	1.3	548	0.10	95,000	1.7	33,000	0.6	3.7	1.002	yes	Minnesota
Mississippi	2,994,000	12	14	0	8	3	3	0	40	0.01	0.0	494	0.16	25,000	0.8	5,100	0.2	5.9	0.834	no	Mississippi
Missouri	6,064,000	613	692	801	98	22	154	29	2,409	0.40	4.8	391	0.06	65,000	1.1	30,000	0.5	5.0	0.912	yes	Missouri
Montana	1,024,000	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.01	0.0	3	0.00	2,000	0.2	300	0.0	4.1	1.029	yes	Montana
Nebraska	1,882,000	118	298	565	19	0	123	0	1,123	0.60	0.0	637	0.34	55,000	2.9	6,800	0.4	2.9	0.911	no	Nebraska
Nevada	2,839,000	214	252	243	19	6	107	8	849	0.30	2.8	367	0.13	210,000	7.4	8,500	0.3	6.6	1.074	no	Nevada
New Hampshire	1,327,000	149	177	194	3	1	4	3	531	0.40	2.3	49	0.04	10,000	0.8	1,600	0.1	3.3	1.191	no*	New Hampshire
New Jersey	8,938,000	238	285	316	12	7	114	92	1,064	0.12	10.3	4,120	0.46	525,000	5.9	220,000	2.5	5.4	1.247	no	New Jersey
New Mexico	2,086,000	143	183	213	1	13	170	6	729	0.35	2.9	59	0.03	70,000	3.4	4,200	0.2	6.8	0.956	no*	New Mexico
New York	19,746,000	899	1,301	1,844	213	75	751	51	5,134	0.26	2.6	8,570	0.43	750,000	3.8	440,000	2.3	4.8	1.435	yes	New York
North Carolina	9,944,000	541	717	1,058	36	41	332	56	2,781	0.28	5.6	2,897	0.29	350,000	3.5	50,000	0.5	5.7	0.946	no	North Carolina
North Dakota	739,000	259	155	382	3	8	26	0	833	1.13	0.0	6	0.01	2,000	0.3	3,700	0.5	2.8	1.018	no*	North Dakota
Ohio	11,594,000	615	903	1,446	19	19	174	82	3,258	0.28	7.1	1,111	0.10	95,000	0.8	58,000	0.5	4.4	0.938	no	Ohio
Oklahoma	3,878,000	68	140	98	16	0	14	3	339	0.09	0.8	602	0.16	100,000	2.6	7,800	0.2	4.3	0.895	no*	Oklahoma
Oregon	3,970,000	219	473	797	46	56	182	6	1,779	0.45	1.5	235	0.06	120,000	3.0	20,000	0.5	6.0	1.267	yes	Oregon
Pennsylvania	12,787,000	773	923	1,254	165	31	267	161	3,574	0.28	12.6	993	0.08	170,000	1.3	100,000	0.8	5.1	1.026	yes	Pennsylvania
Rhode Island	1,055,000	73	35	130	0	5	0	0	243	0.23	0.0	383	0.36	35,000	3.3	1,500	0.1	5.3	1.231	?	Rhode Island
South Carolina	4,832,000	93	84	129	5	11	43	0	365	0.08	0.0	880	0.18	95,000	2.0	5,800	0.1	5.6	0.971	no	South Carolina
South Dakota	853,000	113	114	87	6	2	10	0	332	0.39	0.0	110	0.13	2,000	0.2	1,400	0.2	3.2	1.063	no*	South Dakota
Tennessee	6,549,000	695	1,220	1,394	41	10	146	42	3,548	0.54	6.4	2,051	0.31	130,000	2.0	33,000	0.5	5.6	0.901	no	Tennessee
Texas	26,957,000	2,957	4,486	7,809	157	123	2,476	243	18,251	0.68	9.0	10,618	0.39	1,650,000	6.1	400,000	1.5	4.4	0.916	no	Texas
Utah	2,943,000	490	492	835	8	35	129	12	2,001	0.68	4.1	181	0.06	100,000	3.4	15,000	0.5	3.6	0.925	yes	Utah
Vermont	627,000	88	31	95	1	0	1	0	216	0.34	0.0	4	0.01	2,000	0.3	300	0.1	3.7	1.241	yes	Vermont
Virginia	8,326,000	1,317	1,544	1,927	354	133	2,258	24	7,557	0.91	2.9	5,563	0.67	275,000	3.3	130,000	1.6	4.2	0.944	yes	Virginia
Washington	7,062,000	615	1,363	2,158	51	67	659	36	4,949	0.70	5.1	676	0.10	230,000	3.3	35,000	0.5	5.2	1.078	yes	Washington
West Virginia	1,850,000	16	20	34	1	0	6	1	78	0.04	0.5	42	0.02	2,000	0.1	9,300	0.5	6.9	1.029	yes	West Virginia
Wisconsin	5,758,000	175	363	625	18	21	35	2	1,239	0.22	0.3	124	0.02	85,000	1.5	29,000	0.5	4.3	0.983	no	Wisconsin
Wyoming	584,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	14	0.02	5,000	0.9	700	0.1	4.0	0.935	no	Wyoming
UNITED STATES	318,857,000	36,263	45,388	58,304	2,369	1,742	16,999	2,217	163,282	0.51	7.0	81,038	0.25	11,300,000	3.5	2,920,000	0.9	5.0	1.000		UNITED STATES
state	total population	Iraq refugees settled			Afghan refugees settled			Syrian refugees settled	all Iraqi-Afghan-Syrian refugees	Iraqi-Afghan-Syrian refugees	Syrian refugees	sponsorship of unaccompanied children crossing border		estimated illegal alien population		estimated Muslim population		unemployment rate	relative cost of living	state position on current Syrian refugee process	state
	2014	FY07-09	FY10-12	FY13-16	FY07-09	FY10-12	FY13-16	FY14-16	FY07-16	per 1000 pop.	per million pop.	FY14-15	per 1000 pop.	2012	%	2014	%	Oct 2015	2015	Nov 2015

* state position on current Syrian refugee process: "no"--state has indicated they will no longer accept Syrian refugees under the current program; "no*"--state has expressed disapproval of the current screening process; "yes"--state has indicated they will continue accepting Syrian refugees.

Sources:

• Refugees by region and calendar year: U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Office of Admissions--Refugee Processing Center, "Summary of Refugee Admissions as of 31 October 2015," on line [].
• U.S. state population: U.S. Census Bureau estimates, on line at Census Bureau [http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/totals/2014/tables/NST-EST2014-01.xls].
• Iraqi refugees by state: U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Office of Admissions--Refugee Processing Center, 2015, "Refugee and Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) Arrivals by Placement State, Nationality of Iraq, October 1, 2006 through October 31, 2015," on line at RPC [http://www.wrapsnet.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=vTtzkquVq_M%3d&tabid=211&portalid=1&mid=1174].
• Afghan refugees by state: U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Office of Admissions--Refugee Processing Center, 2015, "Refugee and Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) Arrivals by Placement State, Nationality of Afghanistan, October 1, 2006 through October 31, 2015," on line at RPC [http://www.wrapsnet.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=QbeQj-_1A34%3d&tabid=211&portalid=1&mid=1736].
• Syrian refugees by state: news reports including Matt Rocheleau, 16 Nov. 2015, "Countries, US states where Syrian refugees have settled," Boston Globe, on line [https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/16/countries-states-where-syrian-refugees-have-settled/Il1VYQAZs3tvNdykE3QOqI/story.html].
• sponsoring states for unaccompanied border-crossing children: Office of Refugee Resettlement, 2 Nov. 2015, "Unaccompanied children released to sponsors by state, on line at ORR [http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/programs/ucs/state-by-state-uc-placed-sponsors].
• estimated illegal alien population: Passel, Jeffrey S. and D'Vera Cohn, 14 Nov. 2014, "Unauthorized Immigrant Totals Rise in 7 States, Fall in 14: Decline in Those From Mexico Fuels Most State Decreases," Pew Research Center’s Hispanic Trends Project, on line [http://www.pewhispanic.org/2014/11/18/unauthorized-immigrant-totals-rise-in-7-states-fall-in-14/].
• estimated Muslim population: composite estimate based on data from Ihsan Bagby, Jan. 2012, "The American Mosque 2011," on line at CAIR [https://www.cair.com/images/pdf/The-American-Mosque-2011-part-1.pdf]; Pew Research Center, 12 May 2015, "America's Changing Religious Landscape," on line at Pew Research Center [http://www.pewforum.org/files/2015/05/RLS-08-26-full-report.pdf]; ASARB, "2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations and Membership Study," data at Association of Religion Data Archives [http://www.thearda.com/]; .
• unemployment rate: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 20 Nov. 2015, "Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary," on line at BLS [http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm].
• relative cost of living: Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, 2015, "Cost of living data series, Third Quarter 2015," on line at MERIC [https://www.missourieconomy.org/indicators/cost_of_living/].
• states' positions on current Syrian refugee process: news reports

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Last modified 22 November 2015.
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