Indiana

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

*Data source: Refugee Processing Center: Admissions and Arrivals

Top Newcomer Languages

Burmese
Chin
French
Arabic
Somali

82%

Speak Host Country's Language

*Data source: American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Indiana

Economic Contributions

$1.9B

Total Immigrant Federal Taxes paid

$1.0B

Total Immigrant State & Local Taxes paid

*Data Source New American Economy

$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.

18,583

Total # Immigrant Entrepreneurs

*7% of all self-owned businesses in Indiana are immigrant owned, bringing in $497.9 million 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

28.3%
Less than High School
38.0%
High School & Some College
17.0%
Bachelor's Degree
16.7%
Graduate Degree

*Data source: American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Indiana

41%

Naturalized Citizens

*Data source: American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Indiana

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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

Heidi Grimshaw

Director of Education

Heidi is a former first grade and Reading Recovery teacher. She has an undergraduate degree in Education from the University of Utah and a master’s degree in education from Westminster College. She is currently pursuing her PhD in literacy from St. John’s University. She is the mother of four children ranging in age from six years to eighteen years. She works with the Refugee School Engagement Program which helps refugee families adjust to the U.S. school system and focuses on the importance of reading. Heidi loves books and is an avid reader. She love spending time with her family and walking with her Goldendoodle.

LeeAnn Parry

Community Liaison, Indianapolis

LeeAnn is a wife, and a mother of two young children ages 5 and 2. She and her family have lived in various locations all over the country while managing their behavioral health and mental health practice. LeeAnn has always had a passion for learning about other places, cultures, and religions. Nothing excites her more than connecting with people from diverse backgrounds and finding common interests, values, and goals.