Cumulative Summary of Refugee Admissions
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
December 31, 2015
Department of State
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
Office of Admissions - Refugee Processing Center
Summary of Refugee Admissions
as of December 31, 2015
Regions (Based on the Nationality of the Principal Applicant) | ||||||||||
Former | ||||||||||
Fiscal | Soviet | Latin America | Near East | |||||||
Year | Africa | Asia | Europe | Union | Kosovo | Caribbean | South Asia | PSI | Total | |
1975 | 0 | 135,000 | 1,947 | 6,211 | 0 | 3,000 | 0 | 0 | 146,158 | |
1976 | 0 | 15,000 | 1,756 | 7,450 | 0 | 3,000 | 0 | 0 | 27,206 | |
1977 | 0 | 7,000 | 1,755 | 8,191 | 0 | 3,000 | 0 | 0 | 19,946 | |
1978 | 0 | 20,574 | 2,245 | 10,688 | 0 | 3,000 | 0 | 0 | 36,507 | |
1979 | 0 | 76,521 | 3,393 | 24,449 | 0 | 7,000 | 0 | 0 | 111,363 | |
1980 | 955 | 163,799 | 5,025 | 28,444 | 0 | 6,662 | 2,231 | 0 | 207,116 | |
1981 | 2,119 | 131,139 | 6,704 | 13,444 | 0 | 2,017 | 3,829 | 0 | 159,252 | |
1982 | 3,412 | 73,755 | 11,109 | 2,760 | 0 | 580 | 6,480 | 0 | 98,096 | |
1983 | 2,645 | 39,245 | 11,867 | 1,342 | 0 | 691 | 5,428 | 0 | 61,218 | |
1984 | 2,749 | 51,978 | 10,096 | 721 | 0 | 150 | 4,699 | 0 | 70,393 | |
1985 | 1,951 | 49,962 | 9,233 | 623 | 0 | 151 | 5,784 | 0 | 67,704 | |
1986 | 1,322 | 45,482 | 8,503 | 799 | 0 | 131 | 5,909 | 0 | 62,146 | |
1987 | 1,990 | 40,099 | 8,396 | 3,699 | 0 | 323 | 10,021 | 0 | 64,528 | |
1988 | 1,593 | 35,371 | 7,510 | 20,411 | 0 | 2,497 | 8,368 | 733 | 76,483 | |
1989 | 1,902 | 45,722 | * | 8,752 | 39,602 | 0 | 2,604 | 6,938 | 1,550 | 107,070 |
1990 | 3,453 | 51,598 | * | 6,094 | 50,628 | 0 | 2,305 | 4,979 | 3,009 | 122,066 |
1991 | 4,420 | 53,522 | * | 6,837 | 39,226 | 0 | 2,253 | 5,342 | 1,789 | 113,389 |
1992 | 5,470 | 51,899 | * | 2,915 | 61,397 | 0 | 3,065 | 6,903 | 882 | 132,531 |
1993 | 6,967 | 49,817 | * | 2,582 | 48,773 | 0 | 4,071 | 6,987 | 251 | 119,448 |
1994 | 5,860 | 43,564 | * | 7,707 | 43,854 | 0 | 6,156 | 5,840 | 0 | 112,981 |
1995 | 4,827 | 36,987 | * | 10,070 | 35,951 | 0 | 7,629 | 4,510 | 0 | 99,974 |
1996 | 7,604 | 19,321 | * | 12,145 | 29,816 | 0 | 3,550 | 3,967 | 0 | 76,403 |
1997 | 6,065 | 8,594 | * | 21,401 | 27,331 | 0 | 2,996 | 4,101 | 0 | 70,488 |
1998 | 6,887 | 10,854 | * | 30,842 | 23,557 | 0 | 1,627 | 3,313 | 0 | 77,080 |
1999 | 13,043 | 10,206 | * | 24,497 | 17,410 | 14,161 | 2,110 | 4,098 | 0 | 85,525 |
2000 | 17,561 | 4,561 | * | 22,561 | 15,103 | 0 | 3,232 | 10,129 | 0 | 73,147 |
2001 | 19,020 | 4,163 | * | 15,794 | 15,978 | 0 | 2,975 | 11,956 | 0 | 69,886 |
2002 | 2,551 | 3,512 | * | 5,459 | 9,969 | 0 | 1,934 | 3,706 | 0 | 27,131 |
2003 | 10,714 | 1,724 | * | 2,506 | 8,744 | 0 | 455 | 4,260 | 0 | 28,403 |
2004 | 29,104 | 8,084 | * | 9,254 | 0 | 0 | 3,577 | 2,854 | 0 | 52,873 |
2005 | 20,745 | 12,076 | * | 11,316 | 0 | 0 | 6,699 | 2,977 | 0 | 53,813 |
2006 | 18,126 | 5,659 | * | 10,456 | 0 | 0 | 3,264 | 3,718 | 0 | 41,223 |
2007 | 17,483 | 15,643 | * | 4,560 | 0 | 0 | 2,976 | 7,620 | 0 | 48,282 |
2008 | 8,935 | 19,489 | * | 2,343 | 0 | 0 | 4,277 | 25,147 | 0 | 60,191 |
2009 | 9,670 | 19,850 | * | 1,997 | 0 | 0 | 4,857 | 38,280 | 0 | 74,654 |
2010 | 13,305 | 17,716 | * | 1,526 | 0 | 0 | 4,982 | 35,782 | 0 | 73,311 |
2011 | 7,685 | 17,367 | * | 1,228 | 0 | 0 | 2,976 | 27,168 | 0 | 56,424 |
2012 | 10,608 | 14,366 | * | 1,129 | 0 | 0 | 2,078 | 30,057 | 0 | 58,238 |
2013 | 15,980 | 16,537 | * | 580 | 0 | 0 | 4,439 | 32,390 | 0 | 69,926 |
2014 | 17,476 | 14,784 | * | 959 | 0 | 0 | 4,318 | 32,450 | 0 | 69,987 |
2015 | 22,472 | 18,469 | * | 2,363 | 0 | 0 | 2,050 | 24,579 | 0 | 69,933 |
Total | 326,669 | 1,461,009 | 317,412 | 596,571 | 14,161 | 125,657 | 402,800 | 8,214 | 3,252,493 | |
* Includes Amerasian Immigrants |