Table 30. Nonimmigrant Admissions (I-94 Only) by Selected Category of Admission and State or Territory of Destination: Fiscal Year 2017

State or Territory of Destination	Total	Tourists and Business Travelers (Visa Waiver)¹	Tourists and Business Travelers (Other)²	Students and Exchange Visitors³	Temporary Workers and Families⁴	Diplomats and Other Representatives⁵	All Other Classes	Unknown
Total	77,643,267	23,637,046	46,419,211	2,534,356	3,969,276	450,457	575,214	57,707
Alabama	158,217	47,312	77,152	13,055	16,210	2,490	1,929	69
Alaska	113,111	56,402	46,528	3,365	3,903	795	2,034	84
Arizona	2,498,199	136,732	2,176,528	32,255	143,887	6,664	1,204	929
Arkansas	133,498	14,206	97,226	7,482	13,649	622	276	37
California	14,088,508	3,584,736	9,498,259	397,934	543,468	27,781	29,773	6,557
Colorado	723,067	180,667	473,476	27,357	37,030	3,211	890	436
Connecticut	273,681	88,757	119,894	30,941	32,118	1,113	557	301
Delaware	53,037	14,269	23,828	7,060	6,728	827	288	37
District of Columbia	543,928	191,640	228,378	31,210	18,501	72,942	950	307
Florida	11,036,484	3,373,660	7,174,144	130,466	229,595	20,752	98,136	9,731
Georgia	854,521	263,817	452,341	40,703	87,088	7,006	3,035	531
Guam	849,247	787,149	50,138	644	5,071	1,421	682	4,142
Hawaii	2,962,606	2,191,750	740,692	10,784	10,189	4,881	3,750	560
Idaho	62,887	17,672	31,236	5,639	7,451	657	171	61
Illinois	1,630,554	495,351	908,959	96,392	117,677	5,040	5,164	1,971
Indiana	257,726	61,308	130,881	37,547	26,445	694	690	161
Iowa	91,585	19,526	44,058	15,600	11,584	463	301	53
Kansas	122,463	16,468	83,456	11,459	9,532	1,238	248	62
Kentucky	125,011	32,233	58,750	9,018	24,297	335	289	89
Louisiana	370,856	109,213	213,509	13,093	26,097	1,367	7,354	223
Maine	94,719	33,376	34,777	11,609	14,046	317	473	121
Maryland	459,173	119,946	236,351	39,451	30,333	29,983	2,696	413
Massachusetts	1,423,603	535,978	616,860	172,337	88,428	5,429	3,457	1,114
Michigan	892,669	188,028	386,894	72,930	239,335	1,520	3,358	604
Minnesota	310,637	83,959	170,904	24,621	29,312	490	1,093	258
Mississippi	53,895	10,748	27,653	4,304	10,015	751	399	25
Missouri	200,621	42,686	112,865	24,760	18,610	1,145	476	79
Montana	58,307	25,798	24,099	5,100	3,046	51	107	106
Nebraska	380,135	75,580	274,187	13,467	14,216	1,945	591	149
Nevada	2,789,898	875,402	1,879,609	7,310	22,143	3,888	823	723
New Hampshire	78,266	32,252	26,636	10,999	7,812	285	185	97
New Jersey	1,321,314	421,920	691,782	59,777	135,811	5,666	5,274	1,084
New Mexico	599,912	19,042	566,095	6,141	5,329	3,047	187	71
New York	8,486,221	4,256,055	3,376,436	331,130	403,932	90,619	21,401	6,648
North Carolina	478,602	129,806	239,385	36,161	68,790	2,635	1,498	327
North Dakota	36,683	8,439	17,219	4,880	5,906	56	120	63
Ohio	407,116	102,099	193,486	49,314	59,474	1,524	972	247
Oklahoma	146,374	16,453	107,642	11,891	8,534	1,548	270	36
Oregon	295,625	104,601	141,331	21,579	26,190	459	1,218	247
Pennsylvania	648,812	192,586	296,784	89,068	63,717	2,532	3,752	373
Puerto Rico	186,474	61,852	114,046	1,570	4,711	748	3,350	197
Rhode Island	70,981	23,405	30,074	10,919	5,124	935	462	62
South Carolina	204,080	61,656	101,885	13,239	24,658	1,106	1,407	129
South Dakota	20,579	5,969	8,675	3,121	2,621	96	80	17
Tennessee	326,779	83,232	192,449	16,218	33,244	912	572	152
Texas	7,530,879	594,144	6,369,965	129,853	385,996	22,871	25,771	2,279
Utah	240,826	76,063	136,636	14,387	12,289	855	442	154
Vermont	58,249	27,461	16,161	7,631	6,694	103	106	93
Virginia	585,219	157,976	289,348	45,399	46,344	43,265	2,414	473
Washington	1,364,520	468,391	689,209	65,299	117,768	13,406	8,756	1,691
West Virginia	23,582	5,876	9,117	6,057	2,215	234	69	14
Wisconsin	208,651	56,307	104,990	25,904	20,355	407	567	121
Wyoming	31,343	12,934	13,557	3,020	1,680	61	74	17
Other⁶	180,027	102,739	64,294	1,261	10,399	133	1,118	83
Unknown	10,499,310	2,941,419	6,228,377	271,645	669,679	51,136	323,955	13,099

¹ Includes GB, GMB, GT, GMT, WB, and WT admissions.
² Includes B1, B2, and a limited number of Border Crossing Card (BCC) admissions.
³ Includes principals, spouses, and children (F1, F2, J1, J2, M1, and M2 admissions).
⁴ Includes principals, spouses, and children (CW1, CW2, E1 to E3, H1B, H1B1, H1C, H2A, H2B, H2R, H3, H4, I1, L1, L2, O1 to O3, P1 to P4, Q1, R1, R2, TD, and TN admissions).
⁵ Includes principals, spouses, and children (A1 to A3, G1 to G5, and N1 to N7 admissions).
⁶ Includes American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and U.S. Armed Forces posts.

Notes: Admissions represent counts of events (i.e., arrivals) not unique individuals. Multiple entries of an individual on the same day are counted as one admission.
The majority of short-term admissions from Canada and Mexico are excluded.
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Table 30. Nonimmigrant Admissions (I-94 Only) by Selected Category of Admission and State or Territory of Destination: Fiscal Year 2017