Katrina's Diaspora

States that have welcomed refugees from Hurricane Katrina:

TEXAS: About 240,000 in shelters and hotels

ARKANSAS: At least 60,000

LOUISIANA: 53,170 in 86 shelters; 804 in special-needs shelters

MISSISSIPPI: More than 17,000 in Red Cross shelters

TENNESSEE: About 16,000

ALABAMA: About 5,380 in shelters; 20,000 elsewhere

OKLAHOMA: About 1,500 at a National Guard training center

MISSOURI: About 1,500 people in hotels, churches or shelters

GEORGIA: 1,134 in 17 Red Cross shelters

NORTH CAROLINA: More than 1,100