Georgia

Demographics

Arrivals

*Data source: Refugee Processing Center: Arrivals and Admissions, figures exclude Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) from Afghanistan and Iraq, and does not include Afghan Humanitarian Parolees from the 2021 evacuation.

**Immigrants comprise 10.1% total population in Georgia.

Diversity Contributions

*Data source: Refugee Processing Center: Admissions and Arrivals

Top Newcomer Languages

Dari
Pashto
Dzongkha
Burmese
French

74.9%

Speak Host Country's Language

*Data source: American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Georgia

Economic Contributions

$6.6B

Total Immigrant Federal Taxes paid

$3.2B

Total Immigrant State & Local Taxes paid

*For Refugee only figures, please see New American Economy: Refugees in Georgia

$36.1B

Immigrant Household Income

$26.3B

Total Spending Power

Top 3 Fields of Labor*

Farming, Fishing, & Forestry

38.5%

Construction & Extraction

27.4%

Computer & Mathematical Sciences

24.5%

*Top % share of the immigrant labor force in Georgia. Data source: American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Georgia.

88,290

Total # Immigrant Entrepreneurs

*17% of all self-employed Georgian residents were immigrants in 2018, accounting for $1.8B in business income.

Socio-Familial Stability

Unaccompanied Children Released to Sponsors by the State

*Data source: Office of Refugee Resettlement

# of Immigrant (refugee & asylee) Family Reunifications

*Data not available

Community & Educational Contributions

Immigrant Educational Attainment

25.6%
Less than High School
38.8%
High School & Some College
20.9%
Bachelor's Degree
14.7%
Graduate Degree

*Data source: New American Economy: Immigrants in Georgia

41.9%

Naturalized Citizens

*Data source: American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Georgia

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January 31, 2023

Uniting for Ukraine: U.S. Sponsors Needed

Just as citizens in Europe and the U.K. have heroically supported displaced Ukrainians by opening up their homes or securing other housing, assisting with school enrollments, employment needs, and language learning, Americans now have the opportunity via the Welcome.us Sponsor Circles program to directly help newly arrived Ukrainians. The United States has committed to welcoming 100,000 Ukrainians temporarily for a period of two-years and the ability to apply for employment authorization in the U.S. as long as they have a U.S.-based sponsor to petition for them.

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Volunteers

Kristen Hatch

Photographer, Georgia

I am passionate about social justice, and have worked with NGOs here and abroad to serve underprivileged populations. I also taught public school in a low-income area through Teach for America, and later taught ESL to adult immigrants. I currently run a photography business while staying busy with my three young girls.

Kandace Hyland

Director of Marketing and Public Relations

Kandace is an experienced marketing and public relations leader with more than a decade of professional experience. She is currently employed by Salesforce. Through an introduction from a friend, Kandace began volunteering with Their Story is Our Story in 2020 with the goal of using her skills and experience to expand the platform, reach, and impact of refugee stories. Kandace has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management-International Marketing from Brigham Young University and lives in the Salt Lake City metro area with her husband, Chad.