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 Status | Total Arrivals |
---|---|
Refugee | 1127 |
Parolee | 441 |
Cuban/Haitian Entrant | 187 |
Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) | 20 |
Asylee | 32 |
Trafficking Survivor | 12 |
Secondary Migrant | 0 |
Other Eligible Child | 27 |
Grand Total | 1846 |
Lexington Arrivals by Nationality: 2018 - 2022
Nationality | Total Arrivals |
---|---|
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 881 |
Ukraine | 437 |
Afghanistan | 162 |
Cuba | 128 |
Haiti | 66 |
Syria | 67 |
Burundi | 26 |
Other | 79 |
Grand Total | 1846 |
*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
Language | Total Arrivals |
---|---|
Ukranian | 422 |
Swahili | 382 |
Kinyarwanda | 312 |
Spanish | 142 |
Bembe | 107 |
Dari | 88 |
Arabic | 78 |
Pashto | 74 |
Haitian Creole | 67 |
Lingala | 31 |
Other-Non English | 143 |
Total | 1846 |