Reply #5: updated AP numbers in table form:

[kick-ass-bob]

REFUGEES NATIONWIDE

Snapshots of some states that are harboring people who fled from Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath:

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

ILLINOIS: More than 1,000

KANSAS: Fewer than 1,000

VIRGINIA: 879 with friends or relatives

INDIANA: About 800

FLORIDA: 778 in 11 emergency shelters

KENTUCKY: About 600

UTAH: 583 in suburban Salt Lake City

ARIZONA: 576 in one shelter

SOUTH CAROLINA: At least 500 families in state

OHIO: At least 470 individuals and 73 families

CONNECTICUT: About 400 in New Haven

WEST VIRGINIA: About 350

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: About 290 at the D.C. Armory and hospitals

MICHIGAN: About 247 at Fort Custer Training Center; others elsewhere

COLORADO: 200 at the former Lowry Air Force Base

NEW MEXICO: 40 to 50 at the Albuquerque Convention Center

The Associated Press