Table 30. Nonimmigrant Admissions (I-94 Only) by Selected Category of Admission and State or Territory of Destination: Fiscal Year 2018

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	81,279,692	24,007,315	49,779,763	2,569,225	3,919,567	457,599	502,298	43,925
Alabama	178,589	51,739	90,113	13,910	18,465	2,540	1,732	90
Alaska	134,730	61,149	59,209	4,245	7,431	775	1,840	81
Arizona	2,931,407	136,767	2,634,559	34,093	116,235	7,717	837	1,199
Arkansas	140,542	13,609	105,233	7,071	13,766	669	148	46
California	15,523,053	3,720,362	10,737,972	419,074	586,500	28,782	26,008	4,355
Colorado	843,034	194,346	574,612	28,878	40,255	3,947	681	315
Connecticut	276,621	89,058	121,141	31,208	33,498	1,175	384	157
Delaware	54,103	14,308	25,050	6,910	6,807	751	259	18
District of Columbia	535,633	180,668	227,433	32,223	18,396	75,874	856	183
Florida	11,128,657	3,368,152	7,262,632	133,021	239,131	22,665	92,228	10,828
Georgia	906,890	263,741	489,549	43,001	100,228	7,130	2,836	405
Guam	1,197,187	1,152,002	35,931	659	4,821	990	679	2,105
Hawaii	3,084,546	2,250,078	804,034	11,308	10,297	6,260	2,228	341
Idaho	63,114	17,516	31,444	5,000	8,197	753	142	62
Illinois	1,684,798	505,542	943,520	100,735	124,567	5,315	4,419	700
Indiana	273,334	62,241	143,596	37,140	29,121	596	549	91
Iowa	94,571	19,332	47,107	15,107	12,273	497	219	36
Kansas	134,998	15,923	96,260	11,382	10,110	1,088	178	57
Kentucky	135,957	31,548	70,385	8,864	24,521	319	252	68
Louisiana	414,140	125,591	238,489	12,720	27,545	1,494	8,190	111
Maine	103,667	32,957	37,522	12,788	19,629	347	345	79
Maryland	462,031	119,022	240,012	40,539	29,530	30,511	2,123	294
Massachusetts	1,502,923	560,340	656,147	181,438	95,278	5,579	3,419	722
Michigan	1,068,713	187,966	423,474	84,501	368,156	1,645	2,570	401
Minnesota	334,192	86,460	188,394	25,319	32,326	603	801	289
Mississippi	58,182	10,780	31,000	4,298	11,015	740	330	19
Missouri	210,341	41,795	123,710	24,250	18,943	1,161	411	71
Montana	60,130	25,504	26,202	4,720	3,487	72	82	63
Nebraska	366,065	54,268	280,732	13,950	14,359	2,013	645	98
Nevada	2,910,086	836,445	2,036,418	7,722	24,461	3,917	741	382
New Hampshire	80,237	33,156	27,705	11,306	7,671	194	154	51
New Jersey	1,392,745	449,087	725,316	64,116	142,721	5,836	4,962	707
New Mexico	750,245	17,775	715,089	6,897	7,909	2,393	149	33
New York	8,807,976	4,413,431	3,486,401	355,640	435,218	92,563	20,301	4,422
North Carolina	500,393	129,889	255,158	37,780	73,763	2,518	1,001	284
North Dakota	40,696	8,443	18,862	5,574	7,640	54	91	32
Ohio	426,848	105,525	207,623	48,973	62,117	1,581	869	160
Oklahoma	167,096	17,021	128,254	11,083	9,287	1,225	203	23
Oregon	310,239	101,594	156,943	20,789	29,263	497	974	179
Pennsylvania	691,467	204,764	320,709	93,309	67,249	2,259	2,896	281
Puerto Rico	104,640	26,084	71,008	1,440	3,819	523	1,643	123
Rhode Island	76,650	26,012	31,986	11,363	5,762	1,157	311	59
South Carolina	228,061	65,736	118,898	13,061	28,029	1,073	1,188	76
South Dakota	21,094	5,769	9,281	2,874	3,005	89	66	10
Tennessee	378,723	88,488	237,618	15,737	35,373	956	446	105
Texas	8,946,051	612,983	7,665,545	159,607	455,474	25,375	25,129	1,938
Utah	258,446	75,170	153,493	15,284	13,243	831	338	87
Vermont	61,692	26,817	17,712	8,085	8,799	110	59	110
Virginia	585,379	154,609	291,603	45,352	48,706	42,816	1,996	297
Washington	1,508,851	497,679	775,001	68,519	144,136	13,820	8,369	1,327
West Virginia	24,364	6,054	9,417	6,208	2,439	199	41	6
Wisconsin	221,707	59,761	113,736	26,181	21,113	415	408	93
Wyoming	31,419	11,580	14,940	2,917	1,873	62	35	12
Other⁶	295,694	241,366	42,747	1,111	8,533	52	210	1,675
Unknown	8,556,745	2,399,313	5,402,838	179,945	247,077	45,076	274,327	8,169

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 2018