Map: Here’s where Haitian immigrants are in the US as Trump administration ends protected status

Data Visualization Journalist

There are more than 750,000 Haitian immigrants living in the U.S., according to the Census Bureau’s latest 2024 estimates. About 40% are not naturalized U.S. citizens.

On Monday, the Trump administration’s order to end the temporary protected status for people from Haiti went into effect. Lower courts had initially blocked the effort, but in June the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the administration.

TPS offers protection from deportation and work authorization for those who are facing unsafe conditions or humanitarian crises in their home countries.

The Department of Homeland Security has estimated that there are about 348,000 Haitian nationals on TPS in the U.S. as of May 2025.

About half of all Haitian immigrants in the U.S. — 361,000 — live in Florida. That number includes both naturalized U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens.

New York hosts the second-highest number of Haitian immigrants, followed by Massachusetts.

Industry breakdown

Healthcare is the most common industry for Haitian immigrants in the U.S., accounting for about 23% of the working-age population. The majority work in general medical and surgical hospitals, followed by nursing care facilities and home healthcare services.

Food services is the second-most-common industry.

TPS was granted to Haiti in 2010 after a catastrophic earthquake killed more than 222,000 people and displaced 1.3 million, officials estimate.

The country now faces rampant violent crime, according to State Department advisories, and has not had an elected president since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

The Haitians who lost TPS on Monday would be expected to leave the United States.