More than half of U.S refugees in 2019 were from D.R Congo and Burma Number ofrefugees entering the U.S. infiscal 2019, by origin country
In fiscal 2019, a total of 30,000 refugees were resettled in the U.S. The largest origin group of refugees was the Democratic Republic of the Congo, followed by Burma (Myanmar), Ukraine, Eritrea and Afghanistan. Among all refugees admitted in fiscal year 2019, 4,900 are Muslims (16%) and 23,800 are Christians (79%). Texas, Washington, New York and California resettled more than a quarter of all refugees admitted in fiscal 2018.
More than half of U.S refugees in  | 2019 were from D.R Congo and Burma  | Number ofrefugees entering the U.S. infiscal 2019,  | by origin country  | Share of total  | Dem Rep. Congo  | 12,958  | 43%  | Burma (Myanmar)  | 4,932  | 16  | Ukraine  | 4, 451  | 15  | 6  | Eritrea  | 1, 757  | 4 2 2 1 1 1  | Afghanistan  | 1,198  | Syria  | 563  | Iraq  | 465  | Sudan  | 382  | El Salvador  | 311  | Colombia  | 298  | 9  | Other countries  | 2, .685  | Note: Data do not include special immigrant visas and certain  | humanitarian parole entrants.  | Source: U.S. State Department's Refugee Processing Center  | accessed October 2019  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 