Kentucky Arrival Data by City
Louisville
Two refugee resettlement agencies are located in Louisville: Catholic Charities-Migration and Refugee Services and Kentucky Refugee Ministries. Kentucky Office for Refugees (KOR), the federally designated State Refugee Coordinator’s Office and a department of Catholic Charities, is also located in Louisville. Refugees have been resettled in Louisville since 1975.
Recent Trends
Louisville Arrivals by Immigration Status: 2018 – 2022
Immigration Status | Total Arrivals |
---|---|
Cuban/Haitian Entrant | 11100 |
Refugee | 3350 |
Parolee | 842 |
Asylee | 155 |
Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) | 104 |
Trafficking Survivor | 10 |
Secondary Migrant | 0 |
Other Eligible Child | 392 |
Grand Total | 15953 |
Louisville Arrivals by Nationality: 2018 - 2022
Nationality | Total Arrivals |
---|---|
Cuba | 11198 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2832 |
Afghanistan | 703 |
Haiti | 380 |
Syria | 169 |
Burma | 115 |
Ukraine | 89 |
Bhutan | 84 |
Sudan | 60 |
Somalia | 48 |
Eritrea | 39 |
Burundi | 32 |
Rwanda | 31 |
Ethiopia | 29 |
Iraq | 29 |
Other | 143 |
Grand Total | 15953 |
Louisville Arrivals by Primary Language: 2018 - 2022
Language | Total Arrivals |
---|---|
Spanish | 11233 |
Kinyarwanda | 1550 |
Swahili | 845 |
Dari | 393 |
Haitian Creole | 373 |
Pashto | 307 |
Bembe | 299 |
Arabic | 223 |
Nepali | 93 |
Ukrainian | 73 |
Chin | 71 |
Kinyamulenge | 63 |
Somali | 52 |
Kirundi | 43 |
Tigrignia | 30 |
Other - Non English | 299 |
Grand Total | 15953 |