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DACA Recipients By State

Just under 800,000 individuals have signed up and received approval for the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program since its inception in 2012.

To be eligible for the program, one must have arrived to the U.S. before turning age 16 and meet education and other related requirements. If approved, DACA recipients are protected from deportation for two years, after which they must file for renewal.

DACA recipients mostly reside in concentrated areas, with approximately half of all program beneficiaries living in just three states: California, Illinois and Texas. The following map shows states' numbers of DACA participants per capita as of March 2017:

DACA Participants Per 10K Pop.

SOURCE: Governing calculations of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2016 Census population estimates

DACA Recipients, Renewals by State

State	Individuals Initially Approved	Renewals Approved	Total
Vermont	42	162	204
Guam	59	352	411
Montana	72	164	236
Virgin Islands	94	204	298
Maine	95	334	429
North Dakota	98	260	358
West Virginia	117	200	317
Alaska	138	419	557
South Dakota	252	311	563
Puerto Rico	325	1,080	1,405
New Hampshire	367	599	966
Hawaii	558	1,740	2,298
Wyoming	621	520	1,141
District of Columbia	764	1,049	1,813
Rhode Island	1,229	1,733	2,962
Delaware	1,444	1,417	2,861
Mississippi	1,460	1,326	2,786
Louisiana	2,049	2,219	4,268
Iowa	2,798	2,780	5,578
Kentucky	3,062	2,786	5,848
Idaho	3,132	2,694	5,826
Nebraska	3,371	2,970	6,341
Missouri	3,524	3,407	6,931
Alabama	4,270	3,584	7,854
Ohio	4,442	5,124	9,566
Connecticut	4,929	5,882	10,811
Arkansas	5,099	4,255	9,354
Pennsylvania	5,889	8,178	14,067
Minnesota	6,255	6,236	12,491
South Carolina	6,406	5,382	11,788
Michigan	6,430	7,443	13,873
Kansas	6,803	5,647	12,450
New Mexico	6,815	5,236	12,051
Oklahoma	6,865	5,771	12,636
Wisconsin	7,565	6,298	13,863
Massachusetts	7,934	10,854	18,788
Tennessee	8,340	6,950	15,290
Utah	9,711	7,474	17,185
Maryland	9,785	10,917	20,702
Indiana	9,840	8,076	17,916
Oregon	11,281	9,610	20,891
Virginia	12,134	13,272	25,406
Nevada	13,070	11,771	24,841
Colorado	17,258	14,302	31,560
Washington	17,843	16,275	34,118
New Jersey	22,024	25,106	47,130
Georgia	24,135	21,804	45,939
North Carolina	27,385	22,327	49,712
Arizona	27,865	23,638	51,503
Florida	32,795	41,526	74,321
New York	41,970	53,693	95,663
Illinois	42,376	37,039	79,415
Texas	124,300	110,050	234,350
California	222,795	202,200	424,995

Figures don't include accepted applications submitted but not yet approved. Another 7,244 individuals and 54,228 renewals were approved for recipients from states not identified in the data. SOURCE: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services data current as of March 2017

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