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Here’s where refugees in Ohio are arriving from

by Stacker December 10, 2022April 30, 2023

Within five months after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in early February 2022, the U.S. admitted more than 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. Most of these refugees were admitted through a special program called humanitarian parole, which falls outside the scope of the data tracking carried out by the Refugee Processing Center. Humanitarian parole allows refugees who meet certain criteria to gain temporary legal status in the U.S. and applications are processed differently than traditional refugee resettlement applications.
During September 2022, the U.S. admitted most refugees from either the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burma (also referred to as Myanmar), or Syria, with about 60% of all refugees admitted hailing from one of those three countries. Each nation struggles with a unique set of circumstances that can make their citizens unsafe if they stay in their home country.
For the last three decades, the DRC has been struggling with a vast humanitarian crisis that has left millions of people displaced, both internally and externally, with many people fleeing to neighboring countries. Myanmar’s sitting government is currently engaged in a war against its people and the country is expected to have approximately 1.2 million refugees seeking asylum by the end of 2022. Syria has seen nearly 7 million refugees leave the country since 2011 while a longstanding civil war rages and has displaced an additional nearly 7 million people internally.
Stacker referenced data from The Refugee Processing Center to compile statistics on the number of refugees and their countries of origin resettled in Ohio in September 2022.
September refugee statistics
Countries where refugees arrived from in September
Ohio
#1. Democratic Republic of the Congo: 215
#2. Ukraine: 25
#3. Syria: 24
#4. Sudan: 20
#5. Somalia: 18
#6. Eritrea: 11
#7. Burma: 7
#8. Iraq: 3
#9. Afghanistan: 1
#9. Honduras: 1
National
#1. Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2,181
#2. Burma: 658
#3. Syria: 493
#4. Afghanistan: 429
#5. Ukraine: 370
States that accepted the most refugees in September
#1. Texas: 489
#2. California: 363
#3. Washington: 328
#4. Ohio: 325
#5. Kentucky: 320
Read on to see the countries that Ohio has accepted the most refugees from since October 2022
Refugees that arrived from Democratic Republic of the Congo since October 2022
Ohio: 535
National: 7,810
Top states
#1. Kentucky: 919
#2. Texas: 719
#3. Ohio: 535
#4. Arizona: 419
#5. North Carolina: 371
Refugees that arrived from Syria since October 2022
Ohio: 227
National: 4,556
Top states
#1. California: 514
#2. Michigan: 446
#3. Texas: 358
#4. Pennsylvania: 350
#5. New York: 316
Refugees that arrived from Ukraine since October 2022
Ohio: 69
National: 1,610
Top states
#1. Washington: 472
#2. California: 353
#3. New York: 112
#4. Pennsylvania: 73
#5. Oregon: 71
Refugees that arrived from Sudan since October 2022
Ohio: 64
National: 1,669
Top states
#1. North Carolina: 132
#2. Texas: 107
#3. New York: 86
#4. Nebraska: 81
#5. Idaho: 80
Refugees that arrived from Somalia since October 2022
Ohio: 49
National: 456
Top states
#1. Minnesota: 128
#2. Ohio: 49
#3. New York: 29
#4. Washington: 24
#5. Arizona: 21
Refugees that arrived from Burma since October 2022
Ohio: 39
National: 2,156
Top states
#1. Wisconsin: 323
#2. New York: 218
#3. Texas: 212
#4. Indiana: 155
#5. Illinois: 148
Refugees that arrived from Afghanistan since October 2022
Ohio: 29
National: 1,618
Top states
#1. California: 270
#2. Texas: 209
#3. Virginia: 201
#4. Colorado: 113
#5. Washington: 88
Refugees that arrived from Iraq since October 2022
Ohio: 23
National: 498
Top states
#1. Michigan: 96
#2. California: 65
#3. Texas: 51
#4. Arizona: 35
#5. New York: 31
Refugees that arrived from Eritrea since October 2022
Ohio: 20
National: 325
Top states
#1. Georgia: 32
#2. Iowa: 30
#3. Arizona: 27
#4. Washington: 23
#5. Ohio: 20
Refugees that arrived from Venezuela since October 2022
Ohio: 15
National: 163
Top states
#1. Florida: 42
#2. Texas: 26
#3. Ohio: 15
#4. Georgia: 12
#5. Washington: 11
Refugees that arrived from Guatemala since October 2022
Ohio: 11
National: 1,085
Top states
#1. California: 219
#2. Texas: 121
#3. Florida: 67
#4. New Jersey: 64
#5. Pennsylvania: 58
Refugees that arrived from El Salvador since October 2022
Ohio: 8
National: 519
Top states
#1. California: 122
#2. Maryland: 86
#3. Texas: 43
#4. New York: 36
#5. North Carolina: 31
Refugees that arrived from Ethiopia since October 2022
Ohio: 7
National: 252
Top states
#1. Minnesota: 97
#2. Maryland: 23
#3. Washington: 22
#4. Colorado: 15
#5. Georgia: 13
Refugees that arrived from Burundi since October 2022
Ohio: 7
National: 185
Top states
#1. Tennessee: 19
#2. Texas: 18
#3. Wisconsin: 14
#3. Idaho: 14
#3. Oregon: 14
Refugees that arrived from Pakistan since October 2022
Ohio: 6
National: 36
Top states
#1. California: 10
#2. New York: 7
#3. Ohio: 6
#4. Wisconsin: 3
#4. South Carolina: 3
Refugees that arrived from Honduras since October 2022
Ohio: 5
National: 450
Top states
#1. Florida: 60
#2. Texas: 54
#3. Massachusetts: 31
#4. Virginia: 29
#4. California: 29
Refugees that arrived from Moldova since October 2022
Ohio: 5
National: 507
Top states
#1. Washington: 153
#2. California: 152
#3. North Carolina: 34
#4. Florida: 27
#5. Minnesota: 25
Refugees that arrived from Uganda since October 2022
Ohio: 4
National: 63
Top states
#1. California: 8
#2. Georgia: 7
#2. Tennessee: 7
#4. North Carolina: 5
#4. Colorado: 5
Refugees that arrived from Republic of South Sudan since October 2022
Ohio: 4
National: 293
Top states
#1. Arizona: 41
#2. North Carolina: 32
#3. Maryland: 25
#4. Nebraska: 24
#5. Utah: 20
Refugees that arrived from Armenia since October 2022
Ohio: 3
National: 200
Top states
#1. California: 187
#2. Washington: 5
#3. Utah: 4
#4. Ohio: 3
#5. Maryland: 1
Refugees that arrived from Bhutan since October 2022
Ohio: 3
National: 14
Top states
#1. Virginia: 4
#1. Georgia: 4
#3. Ohio: 3
#3. Minnesota: 3
Refugees that arrived from Russia since October 2022
Ohio: 2
National: 19
Top states
#1. Washington: 13
#2. California: 4
#3. Ohio: 2
Refugees that arrived from Rwanda since October 2022
Ohio: 2
National: 88
Top states
#1. Texas: 19
#2. North Carolina: 12
#3. Idaho: 11
#4. New York: 9
#5. Kentucky: 8
Refugees that arrived from Djibouti since October 2022
Ohio: 1
National: 2
Top states
#1. Ohio: 1
#1. Colorado: 1
Refugees that arrived from Congo since October 2022
Ohio: 1
National: 3
Top states
#1. Ohio: 1
#1. North Carolina: 1
#1. Arizona: 1
Refugees that arrived from Nepal since October 2022
Ohio: 1
National: 6
Top states
#1. Pennsylvania: 3
#2. Texas: 1
#2. Ohio: 1
#2. Iowa: 1
Refugees that arrived from Iran since October 2022
Ohio: 1
National: 255
Top states
#1. California: 71
#2. Texas: 42
#3. Washington: 17
#3. Georgia: 17
#5. Virginia: 16

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