Overview:
Federal records analyzed by The Associated Press show 211,427 Haitian migrants were released into the United States after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border between October 2018 and July 2025. Three data visualizations show how Haitians fit into the larger migration wave, where they reported they were headed and which states stand out when those destinations are adjusted for population.
More than 211,000 Haitian migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border between October 2018 and July 2025 were released into the United States, according to federal records obtained and analyzed by The Associated Press.
The 211,427 Haitians represented one of the larger citizenship groups in the data. Haiti ranked ninth, behind Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Nicaragua and Ecuador, among others.
More than 211,000 Haitians were among migrants released into the United States after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border between October 2018 and July 2025. Haiti ranked ninth by citizenship in The Haitian Times’ analysis.
Haitians were part of a much larger migration wave represented in the federal records.
Venezuelans were the largest citizenship group, with 773,032 migrants, followed by Cubans at 539,050 and Mexicans at 403,705.
Hondurans accounted for 388,140, Colombians for 354,092 and Nicaraguans for 313,335. Ecuadorians numbered 238,121.
The numbers put the scale of Haitian migration through the border into perspective. But they also raise another question: Where did those Haitians say they were going?
The answer was overwhelmingly Florida — but not only Florida.
Nearly half reported destinations in Florida
Florida dominates the map with nearly half of the Haitian migrants represented in the data reporting a destination in the state.
But Florida was only one part of the geographic pattern.
The data also show significant destinations along the East Coast, particularly Massachusetts and New York, as well as movement farther inland to states including Indiana and Ohio.
Estimated state-level destinations for Haitian migrants entering the United States via the southwest land border from October 2018 through July 2025.
Smaller states emerge when population is considered
The population-adjusted view produces a different picture from the destination map.
Florida remains at the top, but Delaware and Massachusetts become particularly prominent when accounting for the share of Haitian migrants per capita. Indiana also stands out, followed by states including New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Rhode Island and Ohio.
Florida remains at the top when recent Haitian migrant destinations are adjusted for state population, while smaller states including Delaware and Massachusetts stand out. Indiana also ranks prominently.
While the data shows where more than 200,000 Haitian migrants reported going, it doesn’t necessarily indicate whether they made it to that destination or remained there.
