Florida's Refugee Population Statistical Report

October 1st, 2005 – September 30th, 2006

Federal Fiscal Year 2006

Courtesy of the US

Prepared By:

Florida Department of Children & Families Refugee Services State of Florida Arrivals and Clients Receiving Services Federal Fiscal Year 2006

Immigration Status

Status Clients Served * Percent

Asylee 2,451 16.32% Entrant 2,205 14.69% Parolee 9,414 62.70% Refugee 944 6.29%

Total 15,014 100.00%

Status Arrivals Percent

Entrant 2,921 20.44% Parolee 9,045 63.30% Refugee 2,324 16.26%

Total 14,290 100.00%

Status Clients Served and Arrivals Percent

Asylee 2,451 8.36% Entrant 5,126 17.49% Parolee 18,459 62.99% Refugee 3,268 11.15%

Total 29,304 100.00%

* Excludes clients in FFY 2006 arrivals.

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Refugees Entrant Parolees Asylees

COUNTY Cubans Haitians Others Cubans Haitians Cubans Haitians Cubans Haitians Others Total

ALACHUA 20 0 00 20 0 00 4 BAY 00 1 00 00 0 00 1 BREVARD 00 0 20 50 0 07 14 BROWARD 48 3 25 62 10 357 7 4 115 247 878 CHARLOTTE 70 0 20 40 0 04 17 CLAY 00 1 00 110 0 01 13 COLLIER 63 6 0 76 3 240 12 2 23 17 442 DADE 1,614 34 65 3,969 175 14,894 62 163 262 638 21,876 DUVAL 87 4 299 3 2 84 3 0 14 27 523 ESCAMBIA 00 1 00 00 0 00 1 FLAGLER 0 0 21 1 0 5 0 0 0 4 31 HAMILTON 00 0 00 30 0 00 3 HENDRY 00 0 20 290 0 00 31 HERNANDO 00 0 20 50 1 00 8 HIGHLANDS 70 0 10 10 0 00 9 HILLSBOROUGH 220 1 73 179 7 850 3 29 11 84 1,457 HOLMES 00 0 00 50 0 00 5 INDIAN RIVER 00 0 60 30 0 00 9 LAKE 0 0 0 26 1 59 0 0 1 11 98 LEE 17 0 1 45 2 190 4 1 13 12 285 LEON 00 3 10 60 0 01 11

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Refugees Entrant Parolees Asylees

COUNTY Cubans Haitians Others Cubans Haitians Cubans Haitians Cubans Haitians Others Total

LEVY 00 0 00 30 0 00 3 MANATEE 10 1 41 90 0 01 17 MARION 30 5 70 150 0 00 30 MARTIN 00 0 00 20 0 14 7 MONROE 4 0 0 67 2 72 0 2 8 3 158 OKALOOSA 00 0 00 10 0 00 1 OKEECHOBEE 00 0 00 80 0 00 8 ORANGE 101 5 90 47 48 371 9 6 95 186 958 OSCEOLA 7 0 1 8 0 54 0 0 0 15 85 PALM BEACH 110 24 14 160 24 558 6 11 158 64 1,129 PASCO 10 0 19 3 0 16 0 0 0 9 57 PINELLAS 60 0 24 8 1 77 0 6 1 74 251 POLK 13 0 2 26 0 45 0 1 13 4 104 SARASOTA 23 1 74 124 2 265 5 14 4 8 520 SEMINOLE 24 0 2 6 0 52 0 2 3 59 148 ST JOHNS 00 0 00 30 0 00 3 ST LUCIE 18 0 3 5 1 23 5 0 2 5 62 SUWANNEE 1400 10 50 00020 VOLUSIA 12 0 0 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 26 WALTON 00 0 10 00 0 00 1

TOTAL 2,465 78 725 4,847 279 18,343 116 242 724 1,485 29,304

Refugee Services ARRIVALS PLUS REPORT - FFY 2006 1/6/2009 3 State of Florida Arrivals and Clients Receiving Services Federal Fiscal Year 2006 Origin by County

COUNTY CUBA OTHER TOTAL

ALACHUA 4 00 4 BAY 0 0 1 1 BREVARD 8 0 7 15 BROWARD 469 135 274 878 CHARLOTTE 13 0 4 17 CLAY 11 0 2 13 COLLIER 381 44 17 442 DADE 20,621 533 721 21,875 DUVAL 174 23 326 523 ESCAMBIA 0 0 1 1 FLAGLER 6 0 25 31 HAMILTON 3 00 3 HENDRY 31 00 31 HERNANDO 8 00 8 HIGHLANDS 9 00 9 HILLSBOROUGH 1,276 22 159 1,457 HOLMES 5 00 5 INDIAN RIVER 9 00 9 LAKE 85 2 11 98 LEE 253 19 13 285 LEON 7 0 4 11 LEVY 3 00 3 MANATEE 14 1 2 17 MARION 25 0 5 30 MARTIN 2 1 4 7 MONROE 145 10 3 158 OKALOOSA 1 00 1 OKEECHOBEE 8 00 8 ORANGE 522 157 279 958 OSCEOLA 69 0 16 85 PALM BEACH 838 212 79 1,129 PASCO 29 0 28 57 PINELLAS 150 2 99 251 POLK 85 13 6 104 SARASOTA 425 12 83 520 SEMINOLE 84 3 61 148 ST. JOHNS 3 00 3 ST. LUCIE 46 8 8 62 SUWANNEE 20 00 20 VOLUSIA 26 00 26 WALTON 1 00 1

TOTAL 25,869 1,197 2,238 29,304

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ORIGIN 0-4 5-18 19-59 >60 TOTAL

AFGHANISTAN 0 28 010 ALBANIA 1 8 10 1 20 ARMENIA 0 23 05 BELARUS 0 43 07 BOSNIA 0021 3 BRAZIL 003 03 BURMA 52540 1 71 BURUNDI 0 2 00 2 CAMBODIA 0 1 00 1 CAMEROON 1 8 10 1 20 CHILE 1 1 1 03 CHINA 0 824 032 COLOMBIA 22 272 661 22 977 COSTA RICA 0 23 05 CUBA 729 4,112 20,227 802 25,870 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 0 22 04 ECUADOR 0 55 1 11 EGYPT 0 11 02 Eritrea 009 09 ESTONIA 001 01 Ethiopia 1 5 10 016 GEORGIA 0 11 02 GUATEMALA 2 3 00 5 GUYANA 0 21 03 HAITI 19 346 823 9 1,197 HONDURAS 0 44 08 IRAN 1 3 25 1 30 IRAQ 0 1 00 1 JAMAICA 0 11 02 KENYA 0 11 02 Liberia 3 19 25 047 MACEDONIA 0 11 02 Mauritania 0 11 02 MEXICO 2 1 5 08 MYANMAR 0 32 05 NAMIBIA 001 01 NETHERLANDS 0 1 00 1 NIGERIA 1 00 0 1 PAKISTAN 0 34 07

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ORIGIN 0-4 5-18 19-59 >60 TOTAL PANAMA 001 01 PERU 1 7 8 016 PHILIPPINES 0 3 00 3 ROMANIA 0 1 00 1 RUSSIA 12 65 84 10 171 Rwanda 2 2 2 06 Senegal 1 2 1 04 SERBIA 0 34 07 SIERRA LEONE 1 1 6 08 Somalia 0 89 017 SOUTH AFRICA 0 12 03 SPAIN 001 01 SRI LANKA 001 01 Sudan 1 9 19 029 THAILAND 0 11 02 TOGO 0 13 04 Ukraine 7 0 1 08 TURKEY 0 12 03 UKRAINE 0 26 36 7 69 UNKNOWN 0 10 33 1 44 USSR/EUN 1 7 9 1 18 UZBEKISTAN 0 413 017 VENEZUELA 6 69 268 12 355 VIETNAM 9 31 69 1 110 YEMEN 2 00 0 2 YUGOSLAVIA 002 02 Zaire 006 06

TOTAL 831 5,103 22,499 871 29,304

Refugee Services ARRIVALS PLUS REPORT - FFY 2006 1/6/2009 6 State of Florida Arrivals Federal Fiscal Year, 1986-2006

October 1, 2005- September 30, 2006 45,000 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000

0 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Total 3,460 3,815 4,487 7,888 11,351 8,234 15,903 8,331 16,036 31,466 17,562 10,216 17,316 22,52420,448 18,087 15,086 8,245 20,519 12,428 14,290 Entrants 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 1,740 2,561 2,921 Refugees 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 2,865 4,685 2,324 Parolees 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 15,914 5,182 9,045

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 6 State of Florida Arrivals Federal Fiscal Year 2006 County by Origin and Status

Refugees Entrant Parolees

COUNTY Cubans Haitians Others Cubans Haitians Cubans Total

ALACHUA 20 0 0 0 0 2 BAY 00 1 0 0 0 1 BREVARD 00 0 2 0 2 4 BROWARD 41 0 22 50 7 247 367 CHARLOTTE 70 0 0 0 3 10 CLAY 00 0 00 10 10 COLLIER 53 0 0 44 1 195 293 DADE 1,134 0 28 2,401 7 7,390 10,960 DUVAL 72 0 250 2 0 34 358 ESCAMBIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 FLAGLER 00 18 0 0523 HAMILTON 00 000 0 0 HENDRY 00 0 2 0 28 30 HERNANDO 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 HIGHLANDS 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 HILLSBOROUGH 151 0 57 99 0 274 581 HOLMES 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 INDIAN RIVER 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 LAKE 0 0 0 24 1 53 78 LEE 14 0 0 30 0 118 162 LEON 00 3 1 0 5 9

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Refugees Entrant Parolees

COUNTY Cubans Haitians Others Cubans Haitians Cubans Total

LEVY 00 0 0 0 0 0 MANATEE 0 01 2 1 2 6 MARION 30 320 13 21 MARTIN 00 0 0 0 0 0 MONROE 4 0 0510 46 101 OKALOOSA 00 0 0 0 0 0 OKEECHOBEE 00 0 0 0 8 8 ORANGE 90 0 74 23 6 155 348 OSCEOLA 7 0 140 24 36 PALM BEACH 62 0 11 117 1 283 474 PASCO 6 0 17 1 0 14 38 PINELLAS 35 0 16 1 0 36 88 POLK 9 0 0210 28 58 SARASOTA 4 0 63 6 0 31 104 SEMINOLE 12 0 120 11 26 ST JOHNS 0 0 000 3 3 ST LUCIE 16 03 20 15 36 SUWANNEE 14 0 0 1 0 1 16 VOLUSIA 11 00 2 0 6 19 WALTON 0 00 1 0 0 1

TOTAL 1,754 0 570 2,897 24 9,045 14,290

Refugee Services ARRIVALS PLUS REPORT - FFY 2006 1/6/2009 9 State of Florida Clients Receiving Services Federal Fiscal Year 2006 County by Origin and Status

Refugees Entrant Parolees Asylees

COUNTY Cubans Haitians Others Cubans Haitians Cubans Haitians Cubans Haitians Others Total

ALACHUA 000 0 0 20 000 2 BAY 000 0 0 00 000 0 BREVARD 000 0 0 30 0 07 10 BROWARD 7 3 3 12 3 110 7 4 115 247 511 CHARLOTTE 000 2 0 10 004 7 CLAY 001 00 10 0 01 3 COLLIER 10 6 0 32 2 45 12 2 23 17 149 DADE 480 34 37 1,568 168 7,504 62 163 262 638 10,916 DUVAL 15 4 49 1 2 50 3 0 14 27 165 ESCAMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 FLAGLER 003100004 8 HAMILTON 00000 30 0 00 3 HENDRY 000 0 0 10 0 00 1 HERNANDO 0 0 0 1 0 20 1 00 4 HIGHLANDS 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 00 2 HILLSBOROUGH 69 1 16 80 7 576 3 29 11 84 876 HOLMES 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 00 3 INDIAN RIVER 0 0 0 1 0 30 0 00 4 LAKE 0 0 0 2 0 60 0 111 20 LEE 3 0 1 15 2 72 4 1 13 12 123 LEON 000 0 0 10 0 01 2

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Refugees Entrant Parolees Asylees

COUNTY Cubans Haitians Others Cubans Haitians Cubans Haitians Cubans Haitians Others Total

LEVY 000 0 0 30 0 00 3 MANATEE 1 00 2 0 70 0 01 11 MARION 00250 20 0 00 9 MARTIN 000 0 0 20 0 14 7 MONROE 0 0 0 16 2 26 0 2 83 57 OKALOOSA 000 0 0 10 0 00 1 OKEECHOBEE 000 0 0 00 0 00 0 ORANGE 11 5 16 24 42 216 9 6 95 186 610 OSCEOLA 0 0 040 30 0 0 015 49 PALM BEACH 48 24 3 43 23 275 6 11 158 64 655 PASCO 4 0 220 20 0 09 19 PINELLAS 25 0 8714106 174 163 POLK 4 0 250 17 0 1 13 4 46 SARASOTA 19 1 11 118 2 234 5 14 48 416 SEMINOLE 12 0 140 41 0 2 359 122 ST JOHNS 0 0 000 00 0 00 0 ST LUCIE 2 00 31 85 0 25 26 SUWANNEE 000 0 0 40 0 00 4 VOLUSIA 1 00 1 0 50 0 00 7 WALTON 0 00 0 0 00 0 00 0

TOTAL 711 78 155 1,950 255 9,298 116 242 724 1,485 15,014

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Appendix

12 State of Florida Arrivals (Cuban and Haitian Coast Guard Interceptions) January 1st, 2004 – Sept 30th, 2006

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0 Ma Sep Ma AP Ma JU Jan Feb Mar Apr JunJulyAug Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar July Aug Sep y t y R y N

Cubans 34 201 39 133 84 181 169 111 44 200 235 67 91 170 252 109 255 383 351 297 301 0 263 321 167 251 156 336 293 268 96 0 0 Haitians 113 1,07 150 722 128 0 0 2 174 15 351 336 141 69 3 139 279 112 104 100 190 159 255 436 99 0 117 43 2 0 0 0 0

Federal Fiscal Year 2004 2005 2006

Source: U.S. Coast Guard Total Cubans = 5,762 Total Haitians = 5,315 Florida Department of Children and Families, Office of Refugee Services 13 A-1 State of Florida Arrivals (Coast Guard Interceptions vs. Entrant Arrivals) Federal Fiscal Year, 2001-2006

2,000 1,800 1,600

1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600

400 200 0 Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Interceptions 344 517 731 516 909 425 342 476 975 713 752 1,1281,0931,6131,248 500 1,204 726 1,2771,3431,204 790 942 96 Entrants 1,3421,1771,3601,455 599 694 816 1,032 432 767 589 752 358 260 478 578 441 428 704 988 816 658 1,118 330

FFY 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Source: U.S. Coast Guard, Church World Services, United States Catholic Conference

Florida Department of Children and Families, Refugee Services 14 A-2 State of Florida Arrivals (Cuban Coast Guard Interceptions) Federal Fiscal Year, 2001-2006 450

400 383

336 350 321

293 300 263 268 252 255 251 250 235 201 200 189 200 182 181 173 169 170 167 159 160162 159 156 150 140 139 150 138 136134 133 111 109 102 107 104 105 101 91 96 84 84 100 8081 78 67 51 54 52 49 44 42 37 38 39 38 39 50 30 34 19 25 13 11 18 0 1 6 0 October October October October October FFY 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Source: U.S. Coast Guard

Florida Department of Children and Families, Refugee Services

15A-3 State of Florida Arrivals (Haitian Coast Guard Interceptions) Federal Fiscal Years 2001-2006

1,200 1,076

1,000

800 722

600 529 503 500 436 382 350 351336 400 319 335 295 279 247 255 216 189 203 190 172 174 164 157 150 200 132 141 139 126 122 128 124 113 128 112 92 102 104100 99 82 78 79 69 40 43 18 17 25 21 1 00 0 1 3 1 1 0 002 15 3 15 2 00 0 October October October October October October FFY 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Source: U.S. Coast Guard

Florida Department of Children and Families, Refugee Services

16A-4 States Receiving Immigrants 35% Federal Fiscal Year, 2001-2004

33.24% 30%

25%

20%

15% 12.52%

10% 7.88% 6.25% 5.62% 3.42% 3.32% 5% 2.95% 2.17%

0% Florida California New York Washington Texas Pennsylvania Arizona Illinois Missouri Percent 33.24% 12.52% 7.88% 6.25% 5.62% 3.42% 3.32% 2.95% 2.17%

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement. (Based on Federal Fiscal Years 01-04 Refugee/Entrant/Asylee The 9 states above accounted for 64% of the arrivals Arrival Data) to the US in FFY 01-04, while the 40 remaining states accounted for only 36% of all arrivals combined. Florida Department of Children & Families, Office of Refugee Services A-517 Holmes Santa Jackson Rosa 1 ton ing h Nassau Okaloosa Walton s Gadsden n Escambia a o s Hamilton W Calhoun r Leon e Madison ff Duval e ia Bay 2 J b Baker m Liberty Wakulla Suwannee lu o 4 Taylor C rd Union o St. f Clay Gulf Franklin Lafayette rad Johns B Gilchrist 3 Dixie Alachua Putnam Flagler

Levy Marion 12 13 Volusia Citrus Lake Sumter Seminole Hernando Orange Pasco 7 Hillsborough Osceola Brevard Polk Pinellas 14 Indian River O ke e Manatee Hardee c Districts / Region hobe 15 SunCoast St. Lucie Highlands e Sarasota De Soto Martin

Charlotte Glades

Palm Beach Lee Hendry N 9 8 Broward Collier 10 W E Dade S 11

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