E-verify participation

Use of E-verify, a system that allows employers to check the legal status of their workers, has exploded in recent years. The chart below shows E-verify data through Feb. 28, 2009. Sort the chart by clicking on the headers. (SOURCE: Department of Homeland Security)

STATE	Total employers	Total work sites	Queries for FY 09	Queries for FY 08	Queries for FY 07
ALABAMA	888	3,540	22,161	54,912	32,300
ALASKA	167	722	3,839	5,847	2,826
ARIZONA	29,900	49,117	314,180	822,157	66,039
ARKANSAS	600	3,021	38,171	129,488	133,122
CALIFORNIA	8,999	47,732	342,106	673,314	301,034
COLORADO	4,428	18,021	80,359	226,569	158,582
CONNECTICUT	776	3,001	13,323	31,356	23,042
DELAWARE	242	1,734	11,720	23,638	12,027
DIST OF COL	926	4,034	20,584	19,897	10,680
FLORIDA	4,587	18,304	71,984	178,226	144,617
GEORGIA	6,724	21,516	127,847	323,367	138,633
GUAM	15	16	185	56	0
HAWAII	246	602	4,492	6,449	3,549
IDAHO	439	1,111	13,558	32,079	9,338
ILLINOIS	2,565	18,604	61,029	136,660	110,536
INDIANA	1,114	3,104	43,466	132,998	109,318
IOWA	621	2,730	28,843	72,187	53,829
KANSAS	947	10,838	26,703	69,536	49,232
KENTUCKY	688	2,041	38,218	95,665	63,149
LOUISIANA	723	3,420	19,937	33,015	17,683
MAINE	167	387	3,159	8,648	5,363
MARSHALL ISLANDS	2	2	1	0	0
MARYLAND	1,753	9,239	86,395	166,892	34,351
MASSACHUSETTS	1,712	20,105	24,091	66,634	55,840
MICHIGAN	1,222	5,073	26,130	60,357	43,243
MINNESOTA	1,915	15,537	59,636	117,182	31,387
MISSISSIPPI	2,105	5,923	130,708	110,524	26,409
MISSOURI	4,505	12,335	394,472	507,692	159,927
MONTANA	144	480	3,285	5,106	1,716
NEBRASKA	559	2,172	31,691	77,306	55,920
NEVADA	803	2,218	21,295	59,460	29,787
NEW HAMPSHIRE	285	979	6,109	10,172	6,308
NEW JERSEY	2,123	7,541	35,490	91,366	66,148
NEW MEXICO	450	799	8,667	17,005	5,236
NEW YORK	2,834	19,984	50,466	99,841	87,624
NORTH CAROLINA	2,419	10,727	98,171	293,325	197,643
NORTH DAKOTA	115	354	2,697	4,261	1,800
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS	2	2	0	0	0
OHIO	1,624	11,494	71,849	181,260	104,452
OKLAHOMA	1,994	4,534	67,267	155,736	47,765
OREGON	927	3,363	17,015	42,030	23,721
PENNSYLVANIA	2,003	16,345	57,102	118,708	72,559
PUERTO RICO	108	123	1,234	2,418	148
RHODE ISLAND	1,513	2,316	9,429	12,232	7,366
SOUTH CAROLINA	2,162	7,470	78,445	120,084	52,680
SOUTH DAKOTA	122	534	2,207	5,672	3,998
TENNESSEE	1,603	7,025	71,798	183,444	76,044
TEXAS	5,863	37,492	281,316	708,658	433,603
UTAH	801	2,445	37,703	68,912	40,493
VERMONT	75	190	1,880	5,756	5,361
VIRGINIA	2,839	16,944	68,286	135,313	57,967
VIRGIN ISLANDS	21	248	1,302	885	4
WASHINGTON	1,343	4,988	24,540	58,052	31,244
WEST VIRGINIA	144	327	2,527	6,290	4,762
WISCONSIN	965	4,141	32,834	71,601	57,071
WYOMING	158	330	3,354	9,550	5,468

TOTAL

112,975

447,374

3,095,256

6,649,788

3,272,944