INS Naturalization District Numbers
From 1933 to 1943

WARNING - the table below is a work-in-progress. It is not exact.

Between 1933 and 1943 Naturalization District numbers and boundaries changed, and to date no authoritative list describing the changes has been found. The table notes where some district headquarters moved from one city to another. In those cases there may have also been certain boundary adjustments effecting the "boundaries and jurisdiction" descriptions. The list of districts also increased at some point during these years. No precise description of the boundaries of new districts 24 through 29 is available, though some of them are self-evident.

The table should be used simply to convert a district number found annotated
on a manifest into a general geographic area of the United States.

District Number INS Naturalization Offices District Boundaries & Jurisdiction
1
Boston, MA ME, MA, NH, RI, VT, NY (Clinton and Essex Cos. only)
New Haven, CT
2
New York, NY Southern NY
3
Philadelphia, PA DelMarVA peninsula (DE, MD, VA) NJ, Eastern PA
Newark, NJ
4
Washington, DC,
later BALTIMORE
DC, MD (except Allegany and Garrett Co.), NC, TN, VA, Eastern WV
5 or 5a
Buffalo, NY Western NY, PA (Bradford, McKean, Potter, Tioga, and Warren Co)
Syracuse, NY
6
Pittsburgh, PA MD panhandle, Western OH, Western PA
7
Cleveland, OH,
later BUFFALO
Northeast OH, Northwest PA, Western NY
8
Detroit, MI Northeast IN, South and East MI, Northwest OH
9
Cincinnati, OH Southeast IN, KY, Southern OH, Western WV
10
Jacksonville, FL,
later MIAMI
AL (except Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, and Washington Co.), Southeast AR, FL, GA, Eastern MS, SC, Western TN
Birmingham, AL
11
Chicago, IL Northern IL, Eastern IA, Northwest IN, Southeast WI
12
St. Louis, MO Southern IL, Southeast IA, Western KY, Western MO
13
New Orleans, LA AL (Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, and Washington Co), Southern AR, LA (except Caddo Parish), Southwest MS, East TX
14
St. Paul, MN Menominee Co, MI, Southeast MN, ND, Northern SD, Northwest WI
Duluth, MN
15
Omaha, NE Western IA, Northwest MO, NE (except panhandle), Southern SD
16
Kansas City, MO Northwest AR, East and central KS, Western MO, Northeast OK
17
Fort Worth, TX,
later SAN ANTONIO
Southwest AR, Southern OK, Caddo Parish, LA, East, South, and central TX
18
Denver, CO Western KS, Southeast MT, NE panhandle, NM, OK panhandle, Southwest SD, West TX, South and East WY
19
Salt Lake City, UT Southern ID, Beaverhead Co. MT, Eastern NV, UT, WY (Lincoln, Sublette, Sweetwater, Teton, and Uinta Co)
20
Seattle, WA Northern ID, Western MT, WA (all except Clarke, Colitz, Klickitat, Skamania, and Wahkiakum Co)
21
Portland, OR Siskiyou Co CA, Southwest ID, OR (except Lake Co), WA (Clarke, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Skamania, and Wahkiakum Co)
22
San Francisco, CA Northern CA, Western NV, Lake Co OR
23
Los Angeles, CA AZ, Southern CA, Clark and Lincoln Co. NV
24
Spokane, WA Carved from prior Pacific Northwest districts
25
El Paso, TX Serving west Texas and Oklahoma, New Mexico
26
San Juan, PR Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
27
Honolulu, HI Hawaii
28
St. Albans, VT Carved from prior district #1
29
Atlanta, GA Southeastern areas not served by Miami, New Orleans, St. Louis, Cincinnati, or Baltimore

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