DEFINITION
Number of refugee
status applications filed in the
United States in 2002, listed by country of chargeability
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Somalia: |
24,458 |
|
| #2 |
Ethiopia: |
14,585 |
|
| #3 |
Liberia: |
13,283 |
|
| #4 |
Cuba: |
6,419 |
|
| #5 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
5,036 |
|
| #6 |
Ukraine: |
3,959 |
|
| #7 |
Sierra Leone: |
3,878 |
|
| #8 |
Sudan: |
3,680 |
|
| #9 |
Iran: |
2,727 |
|
| #10 |
Vietnam: |
2,361 |
|
| #11 |
Afghanistan: |
2,138 |
|
| #12 |
Russia: |
1,748 |
|
| #13 |
Iraq: |
1,583 |
|
| #14 |
Eritrea: |
738 |
|
| #15 |
Belarus: |
548 |
|
| #16 |
Croatia: |
307 |
|
| #17 |
Armenia: |
265 |
|
| #18 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
246 |
|
| #19 |
Kazakhstan: |
209 |
|
| #20 |
Azerbaijan: |
180 |
|
| #21 |
Rwanda: |
151 |
|
| #22 |
Moldova: |
139 |
|
| #23 |
Uzbekistan: |
112 |
|
| #24 |
Burundi: |
80 |
|
| #25 |
Congo, Republic of the: |
78 |
|
| #26 |
Estonia: |
76 |
|
| #27 |
Latvia: |
54 |
|
| #28 |
Togo: |
45 |
|
| #29 |
Georgia: |
33 |
|
| #30 |
Nigeria: |
33 |
|
| #31 |
Lithuania: |
25 |
|
| #32 |
Gambia, The: |
21 |
|
| #33 |
Algeria: |
21 |
|
| #34 |
Tajikistan: |
19 |
|
| #35 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
16 |
|
| #36 |
Tanzania: |
15 |
|
| #37 |
Angola: |
12 |
|
| #38 |
Cambodia: |
11 |
|
| #39 |
Yemen: |
11 |
|
| #40 |
Burma: |
10 |
|
| #41 |
Sri Lanka: |
10 |
|
| #42 |
Cameroon: |
9 |
|
| #43 |
Senegal: |
8 |
|
| #44 |
Djibouti: |
7 |
|
| #45 |
Pakistan: |
7 |
|
| #46 |
Ghana: |
7 |
|
| #47 |
Central African Republic: |
6 |
|
| #48 |
Egypt: |
6 |
|
| #49 |
Lebanon: |
6 |
|
| #50 |
China: |
5 |
|
| #51 |
United Arab Emirates: |
5 |
|
| #52 |
Turkmenistan: |
5 |
|
| #53 |
Syria: |
4 |
|
| #54 |
Kenya: |
3 |
|
| #55 |
Thailand: |
3 |
|
| #56 |
Israel: |
2 |
|
| #57 |
Zambia: |
1 |
|
| #58 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
1 |
|
| #59 |
Germany: |
1 |
|
| #60 |
Poland: |
1 |
|
| #61 |
Laos: |
1 |
|
| #62 |
Uganda: |
1 |
|
| #63 |
Albania: |
1 |
|
| #64 |
Zimbabwe: |
1 |
|
| |
Total: |
89,411 |
| |
Weighted average: |
1,397.0 |
|
DEFINITION: Number of refugee
status applications filed in the
United States in 2002, listed by country of chargeability