Acknowledgements | Survey

Internment Camps for Japanese Americans
During World War II
STATE
CAMPS
OPENED
CLOSED
DETAINEES
CALIFORNIA

Tule Lake



Manzanar
May 27, 1942
March 20, 1946


March 21, 1942
November 21, 1945

18,789



10,046
IDAHO
Minidoka
August 10, 1942
October 28, 1945
10,046
WYOMING
Heart Mountain
August 12, 1942
November 10, 1945
10,767
UTAH
Topaz
Sept.11, 1942
October 31, 1945
8,130
ARIZONA

Poston



Gila River
May 8, 1942
November 28, 1945


July 20, 1942
November 10, 1945

17,814



13,348
COLORADO

Amache
(aka Granada)
August 27, 1942
October 15, 1945
7,318
ARKANSAS

Rohwer



Jerome

Sept. 18, 1942
November 30, 1945


Oct. 6, 1942
June 30, 1944

8,475



8,497
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DETAINEES
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