DEFINITION
Number of refugee
status applications filed in the
United States in 2002, listed by country of chargeability
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 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 |
|
|
= 29
|
Nigeria: |
33 |
|
|
# 31
|
Lithuania: |
25 |
|
|
= 32
|
Gambia, The: |
21 |
|
|
= 32
|
Algeria: |
21 |
|
|
# 34
|
Tajikistan: |
19 |
|
|
# 35
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
16 |
|
|
# 36
|
Tanzania: |
15 |
|
|
# 37
|
Angola: |
12 |
|
|
= 38
|
Cambodia: |
11 |
|
|
= 38
|
Yemen: |
11 |
|
|
= 40
|
Burma: |
10 |
|
|
= 40
|
Sri Lanka: |
10 |
|
|
# 42
|
Cameroon: |
9 |
|
|
# 43
|
Senegal: |
8 |
|
|
= 44
|
Djibouti: |
7 |
|
|
= 44
|
Pakistan: |
7 |
|
|
= 44
|
Ghana: |
7 |
|
|
= 47
|
Central African Republic: |
6 |
|
|
= 47
|
Egypt: |
6 |
|
|
= 47
|
Lebanon: |
6 |
|
|
= 50
|
China: |
5 |
|
|
= 50
|
United Arab Emirates: |
5 |
|
|
= 50
|
Turkmenistan: |
5 |
|
|
# 53
|
Syria: |
4 |
|
|
= 54
|
Kenya: |
3 |
|
|
= 54
|
Thailand: |
3 |
|
|
# 56
|
Israel: |
2 |
|
|
= 57
|
Zambia: |
1 |
|
|
= 57
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
1 |
|
|
= 57
|
Germany: |
1 |
|
|
= 57
|
Poland: |
1 |
|
|
= 57
|
Laos: |
1 |
|
|
= 57
|
Uganda: |
1 |
|
|
= 57
|
Albania: |
1 |
|
|
= 57
|
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