Illinois is One of Six States Accepting the Most Syrian Refugees

Since March 2011, nearly 1,600 Syrian refugees have fled their war-torn country for the U.S., according to the State Department. And Illinois is one of six states taking in the most refugees.

Over the last four and a half years, the state has accepted 132 people who have resettled in Illinois after leaving Syria. Thirty-five other states also have seen Syrian people arrive, though Time Magazine reports that the State Department has highlighted six in particular that have taken the most:

1. Texas–180
2. California–171
3. Michigan–159
4. Illinois–132
5. Arizona–107
6. Florida–97

The Chicago Tribune used its own calculations to the put Syrian refugee crisis into context by comparing the number of refugees to the populations of Chicago, Cook County, the collar counties and the state as a whole.

You can see the six eye-opening charts here, as well as a timeline of Syrian refugees coming to Illinois.

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