U.S. immigration - refugee admissions FY 1990-2022

During the fiscal year of 2022, 25,465 refugees were admitted to the United States. This is a significant increase from the fiscal year of 2021, when 11,411 refugees were admitted into the United States.

Number of refugee admissions in the U.S. from the fiscal year of 1990 to the fiscal year of 2022

Characteristic	Number of persons
'22	25,465
'21	11,411
'20	11,814
'19	30,000
'18	22,560
'17	53,716
'16	84,994
'15	69,933
'14	69,987
'13	69,926
'12	58,238
'11	56,424
'10	73,311
'09	74,654
'08	60,191
'07	48,282
'06	41,223
'05	53,813
'04	52,873
'03	28,403
'02	27,131
'01	69,886
'00	73,147
'99	85,525
'98	77,080
'97	70,488
'96	76,403
'95	99,974
'94	112,981
'93	119,448
'92	132,531
'91	113,389
'90	122,066

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Release date

September 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

fiscal years 1990 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Refugees are persons who sought residence in the United States in order to avoid persecution in their country of origin. Persons granted refugee status applied for admission while outside the United States.

The fiscal year is the accounting period for the federal government which begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends. .

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