Refugee Health Statistics

Demographic and health screening data for annual refugee arrivals to Minnesota, with additional resources for national and global data.

On this page:
Arrival data
Health screening data
Additional resources for refugee statistics

Arrival data

• Primary Refugee Arrivals to Minnesota by Initial County of Resettlement and Country of Origin
  • 2008 (PDF: 208KB/3 pages) New! Updated 10/19/2009
  • 2007 (PDF: 15KB/2 pages)
  • 2006 (PDF: 74KB/2 pages)
  • 2005 (PDF: 77KB/2 pages)
  • 2004 (PDF: 61KB/3 pages)
  • 2003 (PDF: 84KB/3 pages)
  • 2002 (PDF: 46KB/3 pages)
  • 2001 (PDF: 135KB/4 pages)
  • 2000 (PDF: 127KB/3 pages)
  • 1999 (PDF: 66KB/2 pages)
  • 1998 (PDF: 43KB/1 page)
  • 1997 (PDF: 6KB/1 page)
  • 1996 (PDF: 7KB/1 page)

• Cumulative Arrivals, 1979-2008 (PDF: 22KB/1 page) New! Updated 10/19/2009
  

Health screening data

• Primary Refugee Arrival Health Screening Data
  • 2008 (Powerpoint: 299KB/12 pages) (PDF: 144KB/12 pages) New! Updated 10/19/2009
  • 2007 (Powerpoint: 308KB/12 pages) (PDF: 67KB/12 pages)
  • 2006 (Powerpoint: 245KB/12 pages) (PDF: 65KB/12 pages)
  • 2005 (Powerpoint: 214KB/12 pages) (PDF: 80KB/12 pages)
  • 2004 (Powerpoint: 213KB/12 pages) (PDF: 78KB/12 pages)
  • 2003 (Powerpoint: 192KB/11 pages) (PDF: 69KB/11 pages)
  • 2002 (Powerpoint: 193KB/11 pages) (PDF: 191KB/11 pages)
  • 2001 (Powerpoint: 201KB/11 pages) (PDF: 189KB/11 pages)
  • 2000 (Powerpoint: 188KB/11 pages) (PDF: 188KB/11 pages)
  • 1999 (PDF: 201 KB/20 pages)

Additional resources for refugee statistics

• Minnesota State Demographic Center
  A data-driven site offering detailed statistics on immigration trends, language demographics, and more for the state of Minnesota. Attention: Non-MDH link

• Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Refugee Arrival Data
  Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on refugee arrivals by country of origin and state of initial resettlement. Attention: Non-MDH link

• World Refugee Survey
  Annual comprehensive report from the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants on conditions for refugees and internally displaced persons in 120 countries worldwide. Attention: Non-MDH link

• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Refugee Statistics
  Provides data, trends, and statistical reports on refugees, asylum-seekers, returned refugees, internally displaced, and stateless persons in more than 150 countries. Attention: Non-MDH link

• Migration Information Source
  Global analysis of international migration and refugee trends from the Migration Policy Institute. Includes a searchable database on the U.S. foreign-born population by state. Attention: Non-MDH link
  

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For more information on the Refugee Health Program, please call 651-201-5414 (Twin Cities) or 877-676-5414 or use our IDEPC Comment Form.