Kansas City
*Data source: Refugee Processing Center: Arrivals and Admissions, excludes Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) from Afghanistan and Iraq. Figures do no include 2021 Afghan Humanitarian Parole data.
**Immigrants comprise 7.0% of total population in KS; 10% in Kansas City Metro
*Data source: Refugee Processing Center: Arrivals and Admissions (5 yr average)
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- French
- Burmese
- Tigrinya
- Arabic
- Dzongkha
*Data source: American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Kansas
*Data source: New American Economy: Refugees in Kansas. Total spending power: $450.9M
*Top % share of the immigrant labor force in Kansas. Data source: New American Economy: Refugees in Kansas.
*Data Source: New American Economy Total business income of immigrant entrepreneurs = $334.2M.
** Top Occupations with Highest Share of Foreign-born Laborers
Data source: Office of Refugee Resettlement
*Data not available
- 36.5%Less than High School
- 34.1%High School & Some College
- 14.9%Bachelor's Degree
- 14.5%Graduate Degree
*Data source: New American Economy: Immigrants in Kansas
*Data source: American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Kansas
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.

