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Population Information

Refugee Populations in Idaho: By Region

  Since 1/01/00 Since 1/01/2009
Africa 1,397 186
East Asia 398 160
Europe and Central Asia 2284 89
Latin America 79 20
Near East/South Asia           1406                        698

Total                                                    5564                     1153

Data recorded on January 1, 2010

 

 

IDAHO REFUGEE POPULATION
      01/01/2000 to 01/01/2009 1/01/2009 to 1/01/2010
Region   Nation of Origin    
Africa   Burundi 279 6
    Cameroon 1  
    Congo (former Zaire) 249 80
    Eritrea 47 28
    Ethiopia 32 1
    Guinea-Bissau 2  
    Kenya 19  
    Liberia 65 2
    Nigeria 6  
    Rwanda 30  
    Somalia 485 64
    Sudan 147 5
    Togo 35  
    Sub-total 1397 186
         
East Asia   Burma 370 152
    Vietnam 28 8
    Sub-total 398 160
         
Europe &    Afghanistan 404 49
Central Asia   Armenia 4  
    Azerbaijan 28  
    Belorus 6  
    Bosnia & Herzegovina 783  
    Croatia 31  
    Czech Republic 3  
    Georgia 10  
    Russia 260 6
    Ukraine 89  
    Uzbekistan 645 34
    Yugoslavia 21  
    Sub-total 2284 89
         
Latin America/ Colombia 58 19
Caribbean   Cuba 24 1
    Sub-total 79 20
         
Near East/   Bhutan 562 358
South Asia   Iran 207 34
    Iraq 635 306
    Syria 2 0
    Sub-total 1406 698
         
    Total 5567 1153

 

Local Updates
April 2012
Twin Falls- Looking Back on the Bosnian War
 
Twin Falls- Melissa Davlin has won first place in the 2011 Idaho Press Club Awards for her reporting on Bhutanese Refugees!  Read Melissa's stories here:
 
Boise - Community partnerships helping refugees settle into Boise
 
Twin Falls - Twin Falls Church Lends Land to Community Gardeners
 
March 2012
Boise - New programs help refugees in Idaho reclaim their careers
 
Boise - Boise’s Dunia is a lifeline for refugees
 
October 2011
Twin Falls - Times-News' Honored for Refugee Reporting
 
Boise - Boise refugee honored for his dedication to city
FULL ARTICLE - Boise Weekly
FULL ARTICLE - KTVB
 
Boise- Refugees Bring Flavor of Home to Community Farms
  
Boise- Student Spotlight: Farhad Mangal
 
September 2011
Boise- Growing Lives: Images of Boise's Refugee Gardens
 
August 2011
Twin Falls - Times-News site "Future of a forgotten people" follows the journeys of Bhutanese refugees to Twin Falls. Check often for new articles and updates!
 
Boise - Kathy Gardner, Director of the Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force, has been recognized for her work with the Somali Bantu African Food Project!
 
 
July 2011
Boise - Cultural Depth: Despite a white-washed image, Boise's ethnic community is growing
 
Boise - Boise State University welcomes new certificate programs for those working with refugees.
 
May 2011
Twin Falls - Bosnian officer works to be better than the crooked police of his youth
 
Twin Falls - Burundi Refugee to be Canyon Ridge Valedictorian
 
Twin Falls - "Nepal refugees' airport arrival is end of long journey, start of another."  Read about the journeys of some of the newest refugees to call Twin Falls home.