Appendix Table 4
Population Estimates for Industries of Asylum Applicant Workers for Top Metro Areas
| Metro Area | Construction | Leisure and Hospitality | Professional and Business Services | Wholesale and Retail Trade | Manufacturing | Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities | Agriculture | Health Services | Education Services | Other Services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | <1,000 | <1,000 | 4,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 27,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 8,000 | 9,000 | 3,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | 6,000 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 3,000 | 5,000 | 11,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 4,000 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 4,000 | <1,000 | 2,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 5,000 | 5,000 | 6,000 | 4,000 | 2,000 | 3,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | 2,000 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 2,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | 2,000 | <1,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | <1,000 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 7,000 | 2,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | 2,000 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 17,000 | 5,000 | 7,000 | 4,000 | 2,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | 2,000 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | 9,000 | 4,000 | 9,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 6,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | 6,000 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | <1,000 | <1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 3,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 1,000 |
| Columbus, OH | 3,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 14,000 | 10,000 | 15,000 | 13,000 | 10,000 | 14,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | 12,000 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 3,000 | 2,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 1,000 | 5,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | 2,000 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 4,000 | 2,000 | 3,000 | <1,000 | 5,000 | 3,000 | <1,000 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 16,000 | 25,000 | 17,000 | 17,000 | 9,000 | 16,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | 14,000 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 3,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 | <1,000 | 2,000 | <1,000 | 6,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 1,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | <1,000 | 3,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 2,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 7,000 | 6,000 | 3,000 | 4,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 13,000 | 16,000 | 14,000 | 14,000 | 6,000 | 9,000 | 2,000 | 5,000 | 1,000 | 9,000 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 49,000 | 45,000 | 37,000 | 42,000 | 20,000 | 39,000 | 2,000 | 21,000 | 5,000 | 40,000 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 2,000 | 5,000 | <1,000 | 4,000 | 2,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 4,000 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 45,000 | 30,000 | 27,000 | 26,000 | 15,000 | 19,000 | <1,000 | 25,000 | 5,000 | 26,000 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 22,000 | 31,000 | 13,000 | 17,000 | 2,000 | 9,000 | 5,000 | 3,000 | 1,000 | 8,000 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE | 6,000 | 3,000 | 5,000 | 4,000 | 2,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | 2,000 | <1,000 | 4,000 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 8,000 | 1,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 2,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | <1,000 | 1,000 | 3,000 | 1,000 | 4,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | 2,000 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 7,000 | 3,000 | 4,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 3,000 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | <1,000 | 3,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 |
| Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 3,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 2,000 | 2,000 | 3,000 | 4,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 4,000 | 5,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | <1,000 | 2,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 3,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 | <1,000 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA | 5,000 | 6,000 | 7,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | <1,000 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 4,000 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 9,000 | 3,000 | 9,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 | <1,000 | 4,000 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 4,000 | 5,000 | 9,000 | 5,000 | 1,000 | 4,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | 7,000 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 7,000 | 8,000 | 3,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 6,000 | <1,000 | 1,000 | <1,000 | 5,000 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD | 14,000 | 13,000 | 12,000 | 9,000 | <1,000 | 3,000 | <1,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 9,000 |
Sources: Augmented 2024 American Community Survey data. Limited to metro areas with 5,000 or more asylum applicant workers. See methodology for more information.