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Table 1. Counties With Highest Concentration of Residents With Pending Immigration Court Cases,
December 31, 2017

Rank State County Pending Cases Change*
1 CA Los Angeles County 44,634 12%
2 TX Harris County 39,193 3%
3 NY Queens County 27,659 8%
4 NY Kings County 15,922 6%
5 NY Suffolk County 13,127 6%
6 FL Miami-Dade County 11,702 3%
7 VA Fairfax County 11,027 11%
8 MD Prince George's County 10,624 25%
9 NY Nassau County 10,051 6%
10 IL Cook County 8,954 2%
11 TX Dallas County 8,557 16%
12 CA Orange County 8,463 6%
13 MD Montgomery County 8,460 21%
14 CA Alameda County 8,345 10%
15 FL Palm Beach County 7,922 6%
16 NY Bronx County 7,521 14%
17 AZ Maricopa County 7,112 2%
18 FL Broward County 6,431 3%
19 NJ Essex County 5,978 17%
20 CA San Bernardino County 5,748 9%
21 MA Suffolk County 5,509 17%
22 CA Santa Clara County 5,489 12%
23 VA Prince William County 5,249 15%
24 CA Riverside County 5,193 9%
25 MA Middlesex County 5,039 20%
26 NY Westchester County 4,789 9%
27 NJ Union County 4,787 14%
28 TX Travis County 4,728 5%
29 CA San Diego County 4,711 5%
30 NJ Hudson County 4,609 14%
31 TX Bexar County 4,382 4%
32 CA Contra Costa County 4,292 9%
33 GA Gwinnett County 4,042 11%
34 CA San Mateo County 3,884 9%
35 CA San Francisco County 3,726 3%
36 IN Marion County 3,646 3%
37 NY New York County 3,577 9%
38 NJ Bergen County 3,532 17%
39 CA Sacramento County 3,527 11%
40 NJ Middlesex County 3,207 18%
41 DC District of Columbia 3,203 9%
42 MA Essex County 3,193 17%
43 NV Clark County 3,144 0%
44 WA King County 3,114 6%
45 CA Fresno County 3,073 11%
46 RI Providence County 2,996 17%
47 PA Philadelphia County 2,950 14%
48 FL Orange County 2,843 16%
49 CA Kern County 2,836 19%
50 NC Mecklenburg County 2,833 34%
51 MD Baltimore County 2,800 27%
52 MD Baltimore City 2,794 28%
53 TN Davidson County 2,783 9%
54 NY Rockland County 2,772 10%
55 FL Lee County 2,681 12%
56 TX Tarrant County 2,669 21%
57 OH Franklin County 2,659 12%
58 CT Fairfield County 2,582 10%
59 TX Montgomery County 2,485 0%
60 VA Loudoun County 2,478 30%
61 CA San Joaquin County 2,445 14%
62 GA DeKalb County 2,361 9%
63 NE Douglas County 2,340 5%
64 LA Jefferson Parish 2,288 11%
65 NJ Mercer County 2,282 17%
66 NJ Passaic County 2,215 14%
67 CO Arapahoe County 2,193 3%
68 CO Adams County 2,174 3%
69 TX Fort Bend County 2,119 3%
70 CO Denver County 2,094 1%
71 VA Alexandria City 2,075 12%
72 FL Hillsborough County 1,938 17%
73 TX El Paso County 1,859 -3%
74 GA Cobb County 1,836 8%
75 NJ Somerset County 1,826 18%
76 AZ Pinal County 1,802 -9%
77 FL Collier County 1,801 1%
78 TN Shelby County 1,780 12%
79 CA Stanislaus County 1,749 12%
80 MD Anne Arundel County 1,744 27%
81 NJ Monmouth County 1,737 16%
82 VA Chesterfield County 1,692 15%
83 VA Richmond City 1,675 15%
84 CA Marin County 1,673 7%
85 CA Monterey County 1,636 11%
86 TX Hidalgo County 1,636 10%
87 VA Arlington County 1,616 9%
88 MN Hennepin County 1,595 12%
89 NJ Morris County 1,561 16%
90 OH Hamilton County 1,538 17%
91 CA Ventura County 1,536 14%
92 IL DuPage County 1,534 2%
93 WA Pierce County 1,522 5%
94 MA Worcester County 1,520 17%
95 CA Sonoma County 1,492 3%
96 KY Jefferson County 1,481 17%
97 NY Richmond County 1,468 14%
98 NY Orange County 1,457 11%
99 TX Cameron County 1,362 4%
100 FL Duval County 1,352 27%
* Percentage change between May 31, 2017 and December 31, 2017.