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Annual Survey of Refugees
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Updated Oct 29, 2026
About this dataset
Since the 1980s, the Office of Refugee Resettlement1 (ORR) has conducted the Annual Survey of Refugees (ASR), which collects information on refugees during their first five years after arrival in the U.S. The ASR is the only scientifically-collected source of national data on refugees’ progress toward self-sufficiency and integration. ORR uses the ASR results alongside other information sources to fulfill its Congressionally-mandated reporting requirement following the Refugee Act of 1980.
<b>Units of Response: </b>Refugee Households
<b>Type of Data: </b>Survey
<b>Tribal Data: </b>No
<b>Periodicity: </b>Annual
<b>Demographic Indicators: </b>Ethnicity;Geographic Areas;Household Income;Household Size
<b>SORN: </b>Not Applicable
<b>Data Use Agreement: </b>https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/131025/version/V1/download/terms?path=/openicpsr/131025/fcr:versions/V1&type=project
<b>Data Use Agreement Location: </b>https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/programs/refugees/annual-survey-refugees
<b>Granularity: </b>Household;Individual
<b>Spatial: </b>United States
<b>Geocoding: </b>Census region;Country of Origin;Zip Code
Data and resources (6)
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2016 ASR Public Use File
In the Spring of 2017 ORR completed its 50th Annual Survey of Refugees (ASR). The data from the ASR offer a window into respondents’ first five years in the United States and shows the progress that refugee families made towards learning English, participating in the workforce, and establishing…
Modified May 29, 2026
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2016 ASR Public Use File
In the Spring of 2017 ORR completed its 50th Annual Survey of Refugees (ASR). The data from the ASR offer a window into respondents’ first five years in the United States and shows the progress that refugee families made towards learning English, participating in the workforce, and establishing…
Modified May 29, 2026
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2017 ASR Public Use File
In the spring of 2018, ORR completed its 51st Annual Survey of Refugees (ASR). The data from the ASR offer a window into respondents’ first five years in the United States and show the progress that refugee families made towards learning English, participating in the workforce, and establishing…
Modified May 29, 2026
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2017 ASR Public Use File
In the spring of 2018, ORR completed its 51st Annual Survey of Refugees (ASR). The data from the ASR offer a window into respondents’ first five years in the United States and show the progress that refugee families made towards learning English, participating in the workforce, and establishing…
Modified May 29, 2026
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2018 ASR Public Use File
In the spring of 2019, ORR completed its 52nd Annual Survey of Refugees (ASR). The data from the ASR offer a window into respondents’ first five years in the United States and show the progress that refugee families made towards learning English, participating in the workforce, and establishing…
Modified May 29, 2026
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2018 ASR Public Use File
In the spring of 2019, ORR completed its 52nd Annual Survey of Refugees (ASR). The data from the ASR offer a window into respondents’ first five years in the United States and show the progress that refugee families made towards learning English, participating in the workforce, and establishing…
Modified May 29, 2026