"Table 4-21: Overseas Visitors to the United States by Destination State and Territory1: 1998, 2001, and 2005",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,1998,,,2001,,,2005,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,Rank,Visitors (thousands),Percent of U.S. total,Rank,Visitors (thousands),Percent of U.S. total,Rank,Visitors (thousands),Percent of U.S. total,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, New York,3,"5,285",22.3,2,"5,043",23.1,1,"6,092",28.1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, California,2,"5,972",25.2,3,"4,847",22.2,2,"4,791",22.1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Florida,1,"6,067",25.6,1,"5,262",24.1,3,"4,379",20.2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Hawaii,4,"2,796",11.8,4,"2,205",10.1,4,"2,255",10.4,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Nevada,5,"1,920",8.1,5,"1,572",7.2,5,"1,821",8.4,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Illinois,6,"1,256",5.3,7,"1,113",5.1,6,"1,149",5.3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Guam,9,"1,043",4.4,7,"1,113",5.1,7,"1,127",5.2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, New Jersey,10,853,3.6,10,808,3.7,8,997,4.6,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Texas,8,"1,114",4.7,9,939,4.3,9,954,4.4,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Massachusetts,7,"1,161",4.9,6,"1,179",5.4,10,867,4.0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Georgia,12,664,2.8,11,786,3.6,11,650,3.0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Pennsylvania,13,592,2.5,12,699,3.2,12,629,2.9,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Arizona,10,853,3.6,13,633,2.9,13,564,2.6,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Ohio,18,379,1.6,17,393,1.8,14,369,1.7,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Washington,14,521,2.2,17,393,1.8,14,369,1.7,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Michigan,18,379,1.6,14,437,2.0,16,325,1.5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Colorado,15,450,1.9,14,437,2.0,17,303,1.4,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, North Carolina,20,355,1.5,20,306,1.4,18,282,1.3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Virginia,16,403,1.7,19,327,1.5,18,282,1.3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Connecticut,22,308,1.3,21,284,1.3,20,260,1.2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Tennessee,24,237,1.0,25,240,1.1,20,260,1.2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Utah,20,355,1.5,21,284,1.3,20,260,1.2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Maryland,25,213,0.9,24,262,1.2,23,238,1.1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Oregon,23,261,1.1,27,175,0.8,24,173,0.8,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, South Carolina,25,213,0.9,26,196,0.9,24,173,0.8,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Indiana,30,142,0.6,31,109,0.5,26,152,0.7,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Missouri,29,166,0.7,28,153,0.7,26,152,0.7,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Wisconsin,28,190,0.8,28,153,0.7,26,152,0.7,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Louisiana,16,403,1.7,14,437,2.0,29,108,0.5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Minnesota,25,213,0.9,21,284,1.3,29,108,0.5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Rhode Island,34,95,0.4,34,87,0.4,29,108,0.5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Maine,31,118,0.5,30,131,0.6,32,U,U,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Kentucky,37,71,0.3,U,U,U,32,U,U,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, New Hampshire,31,118,0.5,31,109,0.5,32,U,U,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, New Mexico,31,118,0.5,U,U,U,32,U,U,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Alabama,34,95,0.4,31,109,0.5,32,U,U,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Alaska,41,47,0.2,U,U,U,32,U,U,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "United States, total2",,"23,698",,,"21,833",,,"21,679",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1International travelers to the United States from Canada and Mexico are not included.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 2Includes U.S. territories.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, KEY: U = data are unavailable.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "NOTES: A visitor may visit more than one state. ""Percent of U.S. total"" represents the percent of overseas visitors visiting the state. These columns, therefore, do not sum to 100. Some states are not shown due to low sampling size of overseas visitors.",,,,,,,,,, "The District of Columbia is included, together with the rest of its metropolitan area, in table 4-22.",,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, "SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Tourism Industries, Overseas Visitors to Select U.S. States and Territories, Washington, DC: Annual Issues, available at http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/ as of Oct. 5, 2006.",,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,