Florida's Refugee Population Statistical Report

Florida's Refugee Population Statistical Report October 1 st, 2002 September 30 th, 2003 Courtesy of the US Coast Guard Prepared By: Florida Department of Children & Families Refugee Services

State of Florida Arrivals and Clients Receiving Services Immigration Status Status Clients Served * Percent Asylee 4,162 31.18% Entrant 1,601 11.99% Parolee 7,165 53.68% Refugee 420 3.15% Total 13,348 100.00% Status Arrivals Percent Entrant 2,947 35.74% Parolee 4,394 53.29% Refugee 904 10.96% Total 8,245 100.00% Status Clients Served and Arrivals Percent Asylee 4,162 19.27% Entrant 4,548 21.06% Parolee 11,559 53.53% Refugee 1,324 6.13% Total 21,593 100.00% * Excludes clients in FFY 2003 arrivals. 1

State of Florida Arrivals and Clients Receiving Services County by Origin and Status Refugees Entrant Parolees Asylees County Cubans Haitians Others Cubans Haitians Cubans Haitians Cubans Haitians Others Total Alachua 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 BAY 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 BREVARD 0 0 5 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 12 BROWARD 18 6 16 72 158 207 2 2 317 401 1,199 Charlotte 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 Citrus 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 CLAY 0 0 3 3 7 2 0 0 0 2 17 COLLIER 3 0 7 47 40 142 1 5 30 22 297 Columbia 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 DADE 211 28 54 2,969 564 9,792 94 104 491 1,391 15,698 DUVAL 10 2 214 7 4 47 8 2 18 40 352 ESCAMBIA 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Flagler 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 HENDRY 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 11 HIGHLANDS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 HILLSBOROUGH 24 1 85 128 5 523 4 9 12 193 984 INDIAN RIVER 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 LAKE 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 2 1 0 12 LEE 2 0 4 18 23 37 0 24 7 0 115 LEON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 MANATEE 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 5 0 11 MARION 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 8 2

State of Florida Arrivals and Clients Receiving Services County by Origin and Status Refugees Entrant Parolees Asylees County Cubans Haitians Others Cubans Haitians Cubans Haitians Cubans Haitians Others Total MARTIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 Monroe 0 0 0 42 26 50 0 1 13 0 132 ORANGE 4 0 64 49 30 157 2 3 39 276 624 OSCEOLA 0 0 0 4 1 13 0 0 3 26 47 PALM BEACH 32 21 42 100 165 283 27 3 364 106 1,143 PASCO 2 0 28 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 42 PINELLAS 8 0 252 12 0 28 0 2 7 88 397 POLK 0 0 0 20 6 9 0 0 2 0 37 SARASOTA 8 0 92 13 2 71 2 2 3 17 210 SEMINOLE 0 0 27 1 0 14 0 1 3 71 117 ST JOHNS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 ST LUCIE 0 0 1 0 12 3 1 0 20 4 41 Suwannee 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 VOLUSIA 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 8 17 TOTAL 328 58 938 0 3,499 1,049 11,418 141 0 160 1,336 2,666 21,593 3

State of Florida Arrivals and Clients Receiving Services County by Origin COUNTY CUBA HAITI OTHER TOTAL Alachua 4 0 0 4 BAY 0 0 5 5 Brevard 7 0 5 12 BROWARD 296 479 424 1,199 Charlotte 0 1 11 12 Citrus 0 1 0 1 CLAY 5 7 5 17 COLLIER 197 71 29 297 Columbia 4 0 0 4 DADE 13,046 1,177 1,475 15,698 DUVAL 62 32 258 352 ESCAMBIA 3 0 0 3 Flagler 0 0 27 27 HENDRY 11 0 0 11 HIGHLANDS 1 0 0 1 HILLSBOROUGH 680 22 282 984 INDIAN RIVER 2 0 0 2 LAKE 5 4 3 12 LEE 57 47 11 115 LEON 0 0 4 4 MANATEE 4 7 0 11 MARION 8 0 0 8 MARTIN 0 0 4 4 Monroe 93 39 0 132 ORANGE 200 71 353 624 OSCEOLA 17 4 26 47 PALM BEACH 415 577 151 1,143 PASCO 4 1 37 42 PINELLAS 48 7 342 397 POLK 29 8 0 37 SARASOTA 88 7 115 210 SEMINOLE 16 3 98 117 ST JOHNS 0 0 2 2 ST LUCIE 3 33 5 41 Suwannee 1 0 0 1 VOLUSIA 8 0 9 17 TOTAL 15,314 2,598 3,681 21,593 4

State of Florida Arrivals and Clients Receiving Services Origin by Age ORIGIN 0-4 5-18 19-59 >60 TOTAL AFGHANISTAN 0 12 22 0 34 ALBANIA 0 2 7 2 11 ANGOLA 0 11 5 0 16 ARGENTINA 0 0 2 0 2 ARMENIA 0 0 2 0 2 AZERBAIJAN 2 2 5 1 10 BELARUS 1 4 12 1 18 BOLIVIA 0 0 3 0 3 BOSNIA 5 26 54 3 88 BULGARIA 0 1 0 0 1 BURMA 0 7 3 0 10 CAMBODIA 0 0 1 2 3 CAMEROON 0 6 9 0 15 CANADA 0 1 0 0 1 CHINA 0 3 4 0 7 COLOMBIA 44 506 1,724 49 2,323 CONGO 0 1 1 0 2 Croatia 0 6 19 3 28 CUBA 496 2,450 12,030 339 15,315 ECUADOR 0 1 1 0 2 EGYPT 0 0 5 0 5 EL SALVADOR 1 1 2 0 4 Eritrea 0 0 2 0 2 ESTONIA 0 2 0 0 2 ETHIOPIA 1 2 8 2 13 FINLAND 0 0 1 0 1 Germany 0 0 1 0 1 GHANA 0 2 2 0 4 GUATEMALA 0 2 9 0 11 GUYANA 0 0 0 1 1 HAITI 72 817 1,703 6 2,598 HONDURAS 0 2 3 0 5 INDIA 0 3 3 1 7 INDONESIA 0 3 0 0 3 IRAN 1 9 42 4 56 ISRAEL 1 0 2 0 3 JAMAICA 0 1 0 0 1 JORDAN 0 0 2 0 2 KAZAKHSTAN 0 1 0 0 1 KENYA 0 0 4 0 4 LAOS 0 1 1 0 2 LEBANON 1 0 6 0 7 LIBERIA 5 23 22 4 54 MACEDONIA 0 0 1 0 1 MEXICO 2 1 3 0 6 5

State of Florida Arrivals and Clients Receiving Services Origin by Age ORIGIN 0-4 5-18 19-59 >60 TOTAL MOLDOVA 0 3 3 0 6 MYANMAR 0 0 1 0 1 NICARAGUA 0 1 5 1 7 NIGERIA 0 0 1 0 1 PAKISTAN 0 2 3 0 5 PERU 0 5 14 0 19 RUSSIA 1 13 24 2 40 Serbia 23 31 93 18 165 SIERRA LEONE 1 7 13 1 22 Somalia 0 2 4 0 6 SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 1 0 1 SPAIN 0 1 1 0 2 SRI LANKA 0 1 4 0 5 SUDAN 8 14 31 1 54 THAILAND 0 0 0 1 1 TOGO 0 2 0 0 2 UGANDA 2 3 2 0 7 UKRAINE 22 49 67 19 157 United Arab Emirates 0 3 0 0 3 UNKNOWN 7 18 86 3 114 USSR/EUN 0 7 16 0 23 UZBEKISTAN 0 2 3 0 5 VENEZUELA 5 30 130 4 169 VIETNAM 6 13 40 2 61 YUGOSLAVIA 0 5 10 1 16 Zaire 2 3 6 0 11 ZAMBIA 0 0 4 0 4 ZIMBABWE 0 0 1 0 1 TOTAL 709 4,124 16,289 471 21,593 6

State of Florida Arrivals Federal Fiscal Year, 1985-2003 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Entrants 3,090 2,144 2,487 964 3,058 4,820 3,205 11,039 4,055 11,757 17,682 5,608 1,031 2,009 4,465 5,095 5,429 3,180 2,947 Refugees 1,794 1,316 1,328 3,523 4,830 6,531 5,029 4,864 4,276 4,279 5,400 3,884 4,092 3,962 4,362 4,126 3,744 1300 904 Parolees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,384 8,070 5,093 11,310 13,732 11,227 8,913 10,704 4,394 Sources: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Refugee Data Center (WRAPS), United States Catholic Conference (USCC), Church World Service (CWS), Department of Health, Refugee Health Office, and Immigration and Naturalization Services. 7 Florida Department of Children and Families, Office of Refugee Services 4

Refugees State of Florida Arrivals County by Origin and Status Entrant Parolees County Cubans Haitians Others Cubans Haitians Cubans TOTAL Alachua 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 Brevard 0 5 0 1 0 1 7 Broward 4 0 14 49 151 118 336 Charlotte 0 0 11 0 1 0 12 Citrus 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Clay 0 0 3 3 7 2 15 Collier 0 0 0 40 32 105 177 Columbia 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 Dade 124 0 28 1,986 188 3,662 5988 Duval 3 0 192 3 1 9 208 Escambia 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Flagler 0 0 27 0 0 0 27 Hendry 0 0 0 2 0 7 9 Hillsborough 5 0 64 76 4 192 341 Lake 0 0 2 2 2 2 8 Lee 1 0 0 11 23 17 52 Manatee 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 Monroe 0 0 0 33 26 30 89 Orange 2 0 58 9 25 59 153 Osceola 0 0 0 3 1 7 11 Palm Beach 8 0 2 72 146 134 362 Pasco 2 0 27 0 0 2 31 8

Refugees State of Florida Arrivals County by Origin and Status Entrant Parolees County Cubans Haitians Others Cubans Haitians Cubans TOTAL Pinellas 5 0 216 7 0 4 232 Polk 0 0 0 16 6 7 29 Sarasota 0 0 78 5 0 17 100 Seminole 0 0 19 1 0 5 25 St. Lucie 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 Suwannee 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Volusia 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 TOTAL 158 5 741 2,320 627 4,394 8,245 9

State of Florida Clients Receiving Services County by Origin and Status REFUGEES ENTRANTS PAROLEES ASYLEES COUNTY CUBANS HAITIANS OTHERS CUBANS HAITIANS CUBANS HAITIANS CUBANS HAITIANS OTHERS TOTAL BAY 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 BREVARD 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 BROWARD 14 6 2 27 3 89 2 2 317 401 863 CLAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 COLLIER 3 0 7 7 8 37 1 5 30 22 120 DADE 87 28 26 983 376 6,130 94 104 491 1391 9710 DUVAL 7 2 22 4 3 38 8 2 18 40 144 ESCAMBIA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 HENDRY 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 HIGHLANDS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 HILLSBOROUGH 19 1 21 52 1 331 4 9 12 193 643 INDIAN RIVER 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 LAKE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 LEE 1 0 4 7 0 20 0 0 24 7 63 LEON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 MANATEE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 MARION 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 8 MARTIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 MONROE 0 0 0 9 0 20 0 1 13 0 43 ORANGE 2 0 6 40 5 98 2 3 39 276 471 OSCEOLA 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 3 26 36 PALM BEACH 24 21 40 28 19 149 27 3 364 106 781 PASCO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 11 PINELLAS 3 0 36 5 0 24 0 2 7 88 165 10

State of Florida Clients Receiving Services County by Origin and Status REFUGEES ENTRANTS PAROLEES ASYLEES COUNTY CUBANS HAITIANS OTHERS CUBANS HAITIANS CUBANS HAITIANS CUBANS HAITIANS OTHERS TOTAL POLK 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 8 SARASOTA 8 0 14 8 2 54 2 2 3 17 110 SEMINOLE 0 0 8 0 0 9 0 1 3 71 92 ST JOHNS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 ST LUCIE 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 20 4 30 VOLUSIA 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 11 TOTAL 170 58 192 0 1,183 418 0 7,024 141 0 134 1,354 2,674 13,348 11

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State of Florida Arrivals (Cuban and Haitian Coast Guard Interceptions) October 1 st, 2001 September 30 th, 2003 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Cubans 11 6 38 51 30 25 18 104 39 105 138 101 159 80 81 140 54 189 78 136 134 182 160 162 Haitians 1 350 503 0 0 319 79 102 0 128 1 3 25 295 335 1 157 172 21 382 1 500 124 0 Federal Fiscal Year 2002 2003 Source: U.S. Coast Guard Florida Department of Children and Families, Office of Refugee Services 13 A-1 Total Cubans = 2,058 Total Haitians = 4,216

State of Florida Arrivals (Coast Guard Interceptions vs. Entrant Arrivals) Federal Fiscal Year, 1999-2003 Quarter 2,000 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Interceptions 850 610 749 449 135 543 987 448 344 517 731 516 909 425 342 476 975 713 752 1128 Entrants 1,012 1,096 1,372 983 570 1,395 1,453 1,928 1,342 1,177 1,360 1,455 599 694 816 1032 432 767 589 752 FFY 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Source: U.S. Coast Guard Florida Department of Children and Families, Refugee Services 14 A-2

300 27270 State of Florida Arrivals (Cuban Coast Guard Interceptions) Federal Fiscal Year, 1999-2003 250 224 200 150 100 50 0 84 72 127 80 70 95 148 122 55 1820 89 16 29 100 49 207 116 106 63 187 42 13 0 19 1 84 49 37 173 102 150 107 11 6 38 51 30 2518 October October October October October FFY 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Source: U.S. Coast Guard Florida Department of Children and Families, Refugee Services 104 39 105 138 101 159 8081 140 54 189 78 136134 182 160162 15A-3

State of Florida Arrivals (Haitian Coast Guard Interceptions) Federal Fiscal Years 1999-2003 600 500 477 503 500 400 300 200 100 0 80 34 10 320 33 1134 18 15 7 0 0 0 8 395 0 3 299 186 130 40 0 52 18 82 189 126 247 40 92 164 216 122 17 78 1 350 0 0 319 102 79 0 128 25 1 3 October October October October October FFY 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 295 335 1 157 172 21 382 1 124 0 Source: U.S. Coast Guard Florida Department of Children and Families, Refugee Services 16 A-4

States Receiving Immigrants Federal Fiscal Year, 1999-2001 25% 20.47% 20% 15% 10.21% 10% 8.33% 5.37% 4.96% 5% 3.87% 3.77% 3.50% 3.05% 2.84% 0% Florida California New York Washington Texas Georgia Illinois Minnesota Michigan Missouri Percent 20.47% 10.21% 8.33% 5.37% 4.96% 3.87% 3.77% 3.50% 3.05% 2.84% Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement. (Based on Federal Fiscal Years 99-2001 Refugee/Entrant/Asylee Arrival Data) Florida Department of Children & Families, Office of Refugee Services A-5 17 The 10 states above accounted for 66% of the arrivals to the US in FFY 99-01, while the 40 remaining states accounted for only 34% of all arrivals combined.

Escambia Santa Rosa 1 Okaloosa Walton Holmes Washington Bay Jackson Calhoun Gulf Districts / Region 2 Liberty Gadsden Franklin Wakulla Leon Jefferson Madison Taylor Dixie Hamilton Suwannee Lafayette Gilchrist Levy Pinellas SunCoast Columbia Union 3 Baker Alachua Pasco Bradford Hillsborough Manatee Marion 13 Sarasota Nassau 4 Duval Clay Putnam Citrus Lake Sumter Hernando Polk 14 Hardee De Soto St. Johns Flagler 12 Orange Volusia Seminole 7 Osceola Highlands Okeechobee Brevard Indian River 15 St. Lucie Martin Charlotte Glades W N E Lee 8 Collier Hendry Palm Beach 9 Broward 10 S 11 Dade Monroe updated 3.6.01 18 COGIS Central Office GI S 994-7436