Montana
*Data source: Refugee Processing Center: Admissions and Arrivals, excludes Special Immigrant Visa holders (SIV) from Afghanistan and Iraq.
21,095 newcomers make up 2% of the population.
**Data source: New American Economy: Refugees in Montana
*Data source: Refugee Processing Center: Admissions and Arrivals five year average
- French
- Tigrinya
- Tigre
- Arabic
- Swahili
- Kikongo
- Lingala
- Kuanama
- Somali
- Oromo
- Afar
*Data source: American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Montana
`*Data source: New American Economy
*Data source: New American Economy
*Top % share of the immigrant labor force in Montana.
*Data used: Ammerican Immigration Council
*Data used: Food Bridges Cultures - Missoula
*Data source: HHS Unaccompanied Children
*Data not available
- Sawyer CompanyAlbers Family
- Outdoor OutfittersCheffs Family
- Mayor of HelenaWilmot Collins
*Data source: Forbes
"Unless you can trace your lineage back to Sophie (Elder of the Salish Tribe) and her people, ... you're an immigrant, ... we're all children of immigrants, and all our relations came her fleeing someplace else." - Dave Strohmaier (Missoula County Commissioner)
*Data source: Missoula Refugee Resettlement
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.
