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.

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