Kentucky Arrival Data by City

Lexington

One refugee resettlement agency is located in Lexington: Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM), which is a sub-office of Kentucky Refugee Ministries in Louisville. KRM has resettled refugees in Lexington since 1998.

Recent Trends

Lexington Arrivals by Immigration Status: 2018 - 2022

Immigration StatusTotal Arrivals
Refugee1127
Parolee441
Cuban/Haitian Entrant 187
Special Immigrant Visa (SIV)20
Asylee 32
Trafficking Survivor12
Secondary Migrant0
Other Eligible Child27
Grand Total1846

Lexington Arrivals by Nationality: 2018 - 2022

NationalityTotal Arrivals
Democratic Republic of the Congo881
Ukraine437
Afghanistan162
Cuba128
Haiti66
Syria67
Burundi26
Other79
Grand Total1846

*The majority of the Burmese cases resettled by KRM Lexington are living in the Northern Kentucky area, including Crescent Springs, Ft. Mitchell and Erlanger.

Lexington Arrivals by Primary Language: 2018 - 2022

LanguageTotal Arrivals
Ukranian422
Swahili382
Kinyarwanda312
Spanish142
Bembe107
Dari88
Arabic78
Pashto74
Haitian Creole67
Lingala31
Other-Non English143
Total1846