![Shadows of group of people walking through the sunny streets with painted United States of America flag on the floor.](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/sar_screen_maximum_large/s3/RefugeeCountries2NCI.jpg)
Where refugees in Connecticut are arriving from
During the past five decades, the U.S. has resettled over 3 million refugees, making it one of the leading countries for finding new homes for people fleeing violence, persecution, and war.
In 2021, then-President Donald Trump lowered the annual cap of refugees that could be admitted into the country to 15,000. Even as the Biden administration has raised the ceiling to 125,000, the annual number of refugees arriving in the U.S. didn't immediately bounce back to pre-Trump administration levels. The numbers are increasing though, with over 25,000 refugees arriving in the U.S. in the 2022 fiscal year, twice the 2021 total.
Refugee arrivals during the 2023 fiscal year dramatically outpaced the prior two years, reaching over 60,000 from October 2022 to September 2023.
In June 2024, the greatest number of refugees admitted by the U.S. came from Venezuela, Afghanistan, and Congo. Each nation faces a unique set of circumstances that can make their citizens unsafe if they stay in their home country.
In Venezuela, over 7.5 million people have left the country due to extreme inflation, violence, food and medicine scarcity, and other factors. Most have resettled in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Afghan refugees have been fleeing to neighboring countries for decades, especially to Pakistan and Iran, which combined host over 8 million Afghans. For the last three decades, Congo, also called the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been struggling with a series of civil wars and internal battles that have left millions of people displaced, both internally and externally, with many people fleeing to neighboring countries.
Stacker referenced data from the Refugee Processing Center to compile statistics on the number of refugees and their countries of origin resettled in Connecticut in June 2024. Countries with only one refugee since October 2023 are not included.
June refugee statistics
Countries where refugees arrived from in June
To Connecticut:
#1. Congo: 16
#2. Syria: 15
#3. Afghanistan: 11
#4. Venezuela: 5
#5. Guatemala: 2
To the U.S. as a whole:
#1. Venezuela: 1,163
#2. Afghanistan: 1,093
#3. Congo: 615
#4. Syria: 422
#5. Somalia: 403
States that accepted the most refugees in June:
#1. Texas: 619
#2. California: 370
#3. New York: 355
#4. Florida: 339
#5. Arizona: 243
Read on to see the countries that Connecticut has accepted the most refugees from since the start of the fiscal year in October 2023.
![People buying spices at a street market in Damascus](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/376YI1.png)
#1. Syria
Refugees that arrived from Syria since October 2023
To Connecticut: 234
To the U.S. as a whole: 8,653
Top states receiving refugees from Syria
#1. New York: 857
#2. Michigan: 806
#3. Pennsylvania: 640
#4. Texas: 510
#5. California: 479
![Afghan women in burkas pass by a man outside a market](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/Afghanistan53ZL.png)
#2. Afghanistan
Refugees that arrived from Afghanistan since October 2023
To Connecticut: 114
To the U.S. as a whole: 9,974
Top states receiving refugees from Afghanistan
#1. California: 2,006
#2. Texas: 1,012
#3. Virginia: 854
#4. Washington: 605
#5. New York: 462
![Woman carries basket through street in Bukavu](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/12drc463848SS5E.jpg)
#3. Congo
Refugees that arrived from Congo since October 2023
To Connecticut: 97
To the U.S. as a whole: 15,226
Top states receiving refugees from Congo
#1. Texas: 1,392
#2. Kentucky: 1,286
#3. Arizona: 1,050
#4. New York: 1,002
#5. Ohio: 966
![Daily scene of tuktuks, street stalls and motorbikes in San Pedro](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/170008KB49.jpg)
#4. Guatemala
Refugees that arrived from Guatemala since October 2023
To Connecticut: 58
To the U.S. as a whole: 3,253
Top states receiving refugees from Guatemala
#1. California: 425
#2. Texas: 340
#3. Florida: 204
#4. North Carolina: 199
#5. Georgia: 136
![Men gathered in the streets with motorcycles in Juba](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/31rsn5KEE.png)
#5. Republic of South Sudan
Refugees that arrived from Republic of South Sudan since October 2023
To Connecticut: 53
To the U.S. as a whole: 1,045
Top states receiving refugees from Republic of South Sudan
#1. Texas: 101
#2. Nebraska: 95
#3. New York: 85
#4. Colorado: 66
#4. Arizona: 66
![An aerial view of caracas, Venezuela.](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/Caracas46SP.png)
#5. Venezuela
Refugees that arrived from Venezuela since October 2023
To Connecticut: 53
To the U.S. as a whole: 5,616
Top states receiving refugees from Venezuela
#1. Florida: 933
#2. Texas: 802
#3. Illinois: 352
#4. Georgia: 253
#5. North Carolina: 204
![Muslim woman in hijab waking on streets of Hargeisa](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/35somalia07KNMK.jpg)
#7. Somalia
Refugees that arrived from Somalia since October 2023
To Connecticut: 28
To the U.S. as a whole: 3,185
Top states receiving refugees from Somalia
#1. Minnesota: 959
#2. Ohio: 219
#3. New York: 208
#4. Arizona: 171
#5. Missouri: 150
![People walking by a Cathedral in Granada, Nicaragua](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/48nnMPXT.png)
#8. Nicaragua
Refugees that arrived from Nicaragua since October 2023
To Connecticut: 18
To the U.S. as a whole: 1,921
Top states receiving refugees from Nicaragua
#1. Florida: 245
#2. Texas: 147
#3. California: 143
#4. Minnesota: 107
#5. Arizona: 88
![Pedestrians on a street in Bogota, Columbia](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/10co22K3UB.jpg)
#8. Colombia
Refugees that arrived from Colombia since October 2023
To Connecticut: 18
To the U.S. as a whole: 967
Top states receiving refugees from Colombia
#1. Florida: 124
#2. North Carolina: 91
#3. Texas: 81
#4. New York: 64
#5. Washington: 63
![A horse-drawn taxi passes through a busy shopping area](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/Burma6FF8.png)
#10. Myanmar
Refugees that arrived from Myanmar since October 2023
To Connecticut: 16
To the U.S. as a whole: 5,034
Top states receiving refugees from Myanmar
#1. Texas: 581
#2. Illinois: 545
#3. New York: 492
#4. Wisconsin: 369
#5. Georgia: 362
![An aerial drone view of niarela Bakamo, Mali](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/MaliRefugeesWROL.png)
#11. Mali
Refugees that arrived from Mali since October 2023
To Connecticut: 13
To the U.S. as a whole: 176
Top states receiving refugees from Mali
#1. Pennsylvania: 27
#2. New York: 24
#3. South Carolina: 23
#4. Connecticut: 13
#4. Michigan: 13
![Many people on a dirt street in Shendi](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/36FZ7V.png)
#12. Sudan
Refugees that arrived from Sudan since October 2023
To Connecticut: 9
To the U.S. as a whole: 1,544
Top states receiving refugees from Sudan
#1. New York: 134
#2. Ohio: 118
#3. Texas: 112
#4. Missouri: 100
#5. Pennsylvania: 95
![Wide view of traditional, older buildings on a hillside in Yemen.](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/YemenDOOD.png)
#13. Yemen
Refugees that arrived from Yemen since October 2023
To Connecticut: 6
To the U.S. as a whole: 103
Top states receiving refugees from Yemen
#1. Michigan: 21
#2. Georgia: 13
#2. New York: 13
#4. Montana: 12
#5. Arizona: 8
![Woman and child on busy market street of Copan](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/185AEE.jpg)
#14. Honduras
Refugees that arrived from Honduras since October 2023
To Connecticut: 3
To the U.S. as a whole: 727
Top states receiving refugees from Honduras
#1. Texas: 118
#2. Florida: 87
#3. New York: 55
#4. California: 42
#4. Georgia: 42
![People crossing a busy street near Moscow’s business center](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/32ruXROJ.png)
#14. Russia
Refugees that arrived from Russia since October 2023
To Connecticut: 3
To the U.S. as a whole: 295
Top states receiving refugees from Russia
#1. Washington: 77
#2. California: 62
#3. Oregon: 24
#4. North Carolina: 22
#5. Minnesota: 20
![A distant view of homes on a hillside in Haiti.](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/Haiti3CQL.png)
#14. Haiti
Refugees that arrived from Haiti since October 2023
To Connecticut: 3
To the U.S. as a whole: 187
Top states receiving refugees from Haiti
#1. Pennsylvania: 29
#2. Florida: 26
#3. Texas: 14
#3. Georgia: 14
#5. Missouri: 12
![Woman crossing road by Medlar Market in Asmara](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/15ernF80T.png)
#14. Eritrea
Refugees that arrived from Eritrea since October 2023
To Connecticut: 3
To the U.S. as a whole: 1,613
Top states receiving refugees from Eritrea
#1. Washington: 162
#1. Texas: 162
#3. North Carolina: 104
#4. Iowa: 98
#5. Ohio: 97
![Woman carrying child to Lviv train station on snowy day](https://static.stacker.com/s3fs-public/styles/slide_desktop/s3/390IIA.png)
#14. Ukraine
Refugees that arrived from Ukraine since October 2023
To Connecticut: 3
To the U.S. as a whole: 1,263
Top states receiving refugees from Ukraine
#1. Washington: 483
#2. California: 201
#3. New York: 75
#4. Florida: 66
#5. Ohio: 54
This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 46 states.