Posted: 9/9/2005 10:06:41 PM EDT
A Look at the Refugee Situation Around the CountryThe Associated Press Sep 10, 2005 ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBFOQPDFDE.html An estimated 377,700 Hurricane Katrina refugees are in shelters, hotels, homes and other housing in 33 states and Washington, D.C., according to the Red Cross and state officials: TEXAS: An estimated 205,000 in shelters and homes
LOUISIANA: About 54,000 in 240 shelters, 659 in special needs shelters
ARKANSAS: About 50,000 in shelters, motels and homes
TENNESSEE: 15,500
MISSISSIPPI: 13,262 in 104 Red Cross shelters
MISSOURI: Nearly 6,100 in homes, hotels and church camps
FLORIDA: 3,472 in 48 shelters
ALABAMA: 2,183 in shelters; 660 in hotels; 116 in state parks; more in homes
KENTUCKY: 116 at Murray camp in western Kentucky, plus estimated 3,100 statewide
OKLAHOMA: 2,352 in four shelters
INDIANA: At least 70 in two shelters; more than 2,000 statewide
ILLINOIS: More than 2,000
MARYLAND: About 2,000 seeking Red Cross or local assistance
VIRGINIA: 1,841
NORTH CAROLINA: 450 in shelters, at least 1,381 in other housing
GEORGIA: 1,384 staying in 11 Red Cross shelters
OHIO: About 20 in two Red Cross shelters, at least 1,357 staying in hotels and with family and friends
MINNESOTA: 1,000, plus 54 families with Red Cross chapters
COLORADO: About 350 in one Red Cross shelter, plus more than 700
SOUTH CAROLINA: 239 in one shelter, 800 in hotels, 228 in Charleston hotels
CALIFORNIA: 807 families in hotels and one Red Cross shelter
KANSAS: About 800, mostly in hotels and homes.
MICHIGAN: 216 at Fort Custer Training Center, Red Cross assisting 300 families
NEW MEXICO: 28 at the Albuquerque Convention Center, more than 450 statewide
NEW JERSEY: About 400 staying with relatives or in motels.
UTAH: About 300 people at Utah Army National Guard's Camp Williams
ARIZONA: 347 in two shelters
WEST VIRGINIA: 308 at National Guard Camp Dawson
NEW YORK: 303 cases in Red Cross shelters
MASSACHUSETTS: 209 at Camp Edwards, plus more than 40 families
PENNSYLVANIA: At least 200 in homes, shelters, other locations
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: About 200 people at a Red Cross shelter
WISCONSIN: 200 people in one shelter
RHODE ISLAND: 106 in Navy housing, 75 in hotels and homes
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