Economic Contribution from International Students

Below is a table that we compiled from leading sources to illustrate the number of international students by state and the economic contribution to that state.

State	State Abr	NAFSA Total Intl Students	NAFSA Economic Contribution	NAFSA Jobs Supported	DHS Total F-1 High Sschool	CSIET Total J-1 High School	Total High School	DHS SEVIS Total Schools	NAFSA State Economic Webpage
Alaska	AK	375	$11.6 million	82	1	134	135	49	NAFSA – AK
Alabama	AL	9,376	$325.90 million	3,153	128	257	385	138	NAFSA – AL
Arkansas	AR	5,799	$136.00 million	1,174	49	479	528	90	NAFSA – AR
Arizona	AZ	22,548	$682.10 million	7,800	251	480	731	354	NAFSA – AZ
California	CA	160,592	$6.60 billion	69,154	4,346	1,417	5,763	2,143	NAFSA – CA
Colorado	CO	11,631	$428.80 million	5,141	182	626	808	302	NAFSA – CO
Connecticut	CT	15,112	$584.60 million	6,472	1,688	91	1,779	217	NAFSA – CT
District of Colombia	DC	13,046	$591.80 million	5,769	0	15	15	73	NAFSA – DC
Delaware	DE	6,342	$170.30 million	1,722	96	32	128	46	NAFSA – DE
Florida	FL	46,221	$1.50 billion	15,165	2,159	577	2,736	1,149	NAFSA – FL
Georgia	GA	24,265	$839.20 million	9,355	768	403	1,161	363	NAFSA – GA
Hawaii	HI	3,706	$107.50 mllion	882	224	48	272	88	NAFSA – HI
Iowa	IA	11,603	$352.00 million	2,883	147	478	625	227	NAFSA – IA
Idaho	ID	3,597	$78.80 million	688	66	438	504	56	NAFSA – ID
Illinois	IL	51,966	$1.70 billion	21,598	713	642	1,355	744	NAFSA – IL
Indiana	IN	28,136	$920.70 million	10,084	306	933	1,239	289	NAFSA – IN
Kansas	KS	8,911	$250.40 million	2,198	287	586	873	156	NAFSA – KS
Kentucky	KY	12,073	$405.00 million	2,792	136	364	500	175	NAFSA – KY
Louisiana	LA	7,177	$250.20 million	2,691	50	302	352	198	NAFSA – LA
Massachusetts	MA	73,695	$3.20 billion	36,076	2,295	138	2,433	400	NAFSA – MA
Maryland	MD	20,362	$761.40 million	8,725	573	166	739	343	NAFSA – MD
Maine	ME	1,480	$55.60 million	446	662	229	891	122	NAFSA – ME
Michigan	MI	31,408	$1.10 billion	12,281	497	1,898	2,395	522	NAFSA – MI
Minnesota	MN	15,378	$467.70 million	4,202	445	973	1,418	289	NAFSA – MN
Missouri	MO	220,140	$601.20 million	6,890	309	717	1,026	226	NAFSA – MO
Mississippi	MS	3,361	$81.80 million	779	39	115	154	78	NAFSA – MS
Montana	MT	1,410	$44.00 million	397	13	212	225	47	NAFSA – MT
North Carolina	NC	22,782	$713.30 million	8,459	525	497	1,022	355	NAFSA – NC
North Dakota	ND	2,002	$46.50 million	372	15	108	123	32	NAFSA – ND
Nebraska	NE	5,320	$166.20 million	1,514	107	339	446	114	NAFSA – NE
New Hampshire	NH	3,531	$126.60 million	1,525	520	81	601	85	NAFSA – NH
New Jersey	NJ	23,092	$809.30 million	9,086	976	110	1,086	423	NAFSA – NJ
New Mexico	NM	2,837	$76.80 million	695	249	153	402	66	NAFSA – NM
Nevada	NV	2,642	$73.30 million	731	71