Demographics
Arrivals

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

**Immigrants comprise 5.4% total population in Indiana.

Diversity Contributions
Top Newcomer Languages
  • Burmese
  • Chin
  • French
  • Arabic
  • Somali
82%
Speak Host Country's Language
Economic Contributions
$1.9B
Total Immigrant Federal Taxes paid
$1.0B
Total Immigrant State & Local Taxes paid
$10.8B
Immigrant Household Income
$7.9B
Total Immigrant Spending Power
Top 3 Fields of Labor*

Life, Physical, & Social Sciences

17%

Farming, Fishing, & Forestry

12.4%

Architecture & Engineering

9.1%

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

Socio-Familial Stability
Unaccompanied Children Released to Sponsors by the State
# of Immigrant (refugee & asylee) Family Reunifications

*Data not available

Community & Educational Contributions
Immigrant Educational Attainment
  • 28.3%
    Less than High School
  • 38.0%
    High School & Some College
  • 17.0%
    Bachelor's Degree
  • 16.7%
    Graduate Degree
41%
Naturalized Citizens
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January 31, 2023

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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Director of Education
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Community Liaison, Indianapolis
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