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Data: Refugees in Oregon
Since 1975, tens of thousands of refugees have resettled in Oregon. Most of these refugees initially settle in the greater Portland metro area. Currently, the most common refugee groups arriving in Oregon are from the former Soviet Union, Cuba, Burma, Iraq, and Somalia.
OREGON'S REFUGEE ARRIVAL POPULATION
1975 through 2009
| FFY |
OREGON'S TOTAL ARRIVALS |
S.E. ASIANS |
% OF STATE TOTALS |
NON S.E. ASIANS |
% OF STATE TOTALS |
U.S. TOTAL ARRIVALS |
OREGON'S % OF U.S. TOTAL ARRIVALS |
| 1975 |
2,063 |
2,063 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
146,158 |
1.41% |
| 1976 |
484 |
484 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
27,206 |
1.78% |
| 1977 |
356 |
356 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
19,946 |
1.78% |
| 1978 |
649 |
649 |
100.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
36,507 |
1.78% |
| 1979 |
2,086 |
1,876 |
89.93% |
210 |
10.07% |
111,363 |
1.87% |
| 1980 |
6,213 |
5,774 |
92.93% |
439 |
7.07% |
207,116 |
3.00% |
| 1981 |
4,123 |
3,573 |
86.66% |
550 |
13.34% |
159,252 |
2.59% |
| 1982 |
1,862 |
1,378 |
74.01% |
484 |
25.99% |
97,355 |
1.91% |
| 1983 |
1,029 |
768 |
74.64% |
261 |
25.36% |
61,861 |
1.67% |
| 1984 |
1,164 |
955 |
82.04% |
209 |
17.96% |
71,113 |
1.64% |
| 1985 |
966 |
656 |
67.91% |
310 |
32.09% |
68,045 |
1.42% |
| 1986 |
886 |
727 |
82.05% |
159 |
17.95% |
62,440 |
1.42% |
| 1987 |
793 |
621 |
78.31% |
172 |
21.69% |
64,828 |
1.22% |
| 1988 |
914 |
620 |
67.83% |
294 |
32.17% |
75,754 |
1.21% |
| 1989 |
1,853 |
583 |
31.46% |
1,270 |
68.54% |
105,688 |
1.75% |
| 1990 |
2,350 |
545 |
23.19% |
1,805 |
76.81% |
119,317 |
1.97% |
| 1991 |
1,926 |
729 |
37.85% |
1,197 |
62.15% |
111,022 |
1.73% |
| 1992 |
2,542 |
912 |
35.88% |
1,630 |
64.12% |
131,291 |
1.94% |
| 1993 |
1,845 |
657 |
35.61% |
1,188 |
64.39% |
119,231 |
1.55% |
| 1994 |
1,937 |
842 |
43.47% |
1,095 |
56.53% |
112,682 |
1.72% |
| 1995 |
2,116 |
546 |
25.80% |
1,570 |
74.20% |
99,490 |
2.13% |
| 1996 |
1,864 |
280 |
15.02% |
1,584 |
84.98% |
75,693 |
2.46% |
| 1997 |
1,657 |
147 |
8.87% |
1,510 |
91.13% |
70,085 |
2.36% |
| 1998 |
2,084 |
140 |
6.72% |
1,944 |
93.28% |
76,554 |
2.72% |
| 1999 |
1,771 |
107 |
6.04% |
1,591 |
89.84% |
85,525 |
2.07% |
| 2000 |
1,678 |
38 |
2.26% |
1,640 |
97.74% |
72,515 |
2.31% |
| 2001 |
1,582 |
55 |
3.48% |
1,527 |
96.52% |
68,426 |
2.31% |
| 2002 |
1,126 |
27 |
2.40% |
1,099 |
97.60% |
26,317 |
4.28% |
| 2003 |
912 |
16 |
1.75% |
896 |
98.25% |
28,461 |
3.20% |
| 2004 |
1,660 |
25 |
1.51% |
1,635 |
98.49% |
73,851 |
2.25% |
| 2005 |
1,142 |
30 |
2.63% |
1,112 |
97.37% |
53,813 |
2.12% |
| 2006 |
1,135 |
18 |
1.59% |
1,117 |
98.41% |
41,277 |
2.75% |
| 2007 |
830 |
7 |
0.84% |
823 |
99.16% |
48,281 |
1.72% |
| 2008 |
811 |
1 |
0.12% |
810 |
99.88% |
60,191 |
1.35% |
| 2009 |
820 |
14 |
1.71% |
806 |
98.29% |
74,652 |
1.10% |
| TOTAL |
57,229 |
26,219 |
42.41% |
30,937 |
57.47% |
2,863,306 |
2.01% |
OREGON ARRIVALS BY ETHNICITY
| ETHNICITY |
TOAL ARRIVALS 1975-2009 |
% OF TOTAL |
| Cambodian |
3,474 |
6.07% |
| Lao |
5,799 |
10.13% |
| Vietnamese |
16,946 |
29.61% |
| TOTAL S.E. ASIAN |
26,219 |
45.81% |
| Afghan |
642 |
1.12% |
| Bhutanes |
209 |
0.37% |
| Burmese |
306 |
0.53% |
| Bosnian |
1,445 |
2.52% |
| Cuban |
2,378 |
4.16% |
| Czech |
29 |
0.05% |
| Ethiopian |
897 |
1.57% |
| Haitian |
182 |
0.32% |
| Hungarian |
39 |
0.07% |
| Iranian |
405 |
0.71% |
| Iraqi |
438 |
0.77% |
| Kosovar |
121 |
0.21% |
| Polish |
241 |
0.42% |
| Romanian |
2,066 |
3.61% |
| Somalian |
1,242 |
2.17% |
| Sudanese |
85 |
0.15% |
| Former Soviet |
19,003 |
33.21% |
| Other African |
278 |
0.49% |
| Other |
1,004 |
1.75% |
| TOTAL NON S.E. ASIAN |
31,010 |
54.19% |
| GRAND TOTAL |
57,229 |
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Notes:
- The U.S. arrival data is from the Department of State and does not include the Private Sector Initiative numbers. The Oregon arrival population data is from consultations with local voluntary resettlement agencies.
- The Lao accumulative figure includes Lao, Hmong & Mien numbers. The Vietnamese numbers include the ethnic Chinese population.
- The Soviet numbers include people from all the republics of the former Soviet Union.
- Starting in 2008, Burmese and Bhutanese categories were created.
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