Monthly number of refugees resettled in fiscal 2017 drops for most states States with largest number of resettled refugees in fiscal 2017
The number of refugees entering the United States each month has declined sharply so far in fiscal 2017, falling from 9,945 in October 2016 to 3,316 in April 2017, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. State Department data. All but four states reported declines in monthly arrivals.
Nationwide, the number of refugee arrivals decreased in each of the first five months of the fiscal year, the longest consecutive monthly decline on record (monthly data before 2000 are not available). In April, however, the number of arriving refugees rose to 3,316, compared with 2,070 in March.
Monthly number of refugees resettled in fiscal 2017 drops for most states  | States with largest number of resettled refugees in fiscal 2017  | California  | Michigan  | New York  | Texas  | Arizona  | 1,096  | 814  | 563  | 560  | 547  | 351  | 338  | 168  | 179  | Apr. Oct.  | Oct.  | Oct,  | Apr. Oct.  | Apr  | Apr Oct.  | Apr  | Washington  | Ohio  | Pennsylvania  | North Carolina  | Georgia  | 498  | 443  | 362  | 336  | 310  | 182  | 194  | 112  | 133  | 115  | Oct.  | Apr. Oct.  | Apr Oct.  | Apr Oct.  | Apr  | Oct,  | Apr  | Note: Data do not include special immigrant visas and certain humanitarian parole entrants Fiscal year began Oct. 1, 2016.  | Ordered by states with the highest number of refugees in October 2016  | Source: U.S State Department's Refugee Processing refugees Center accessed May 22 2017  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 