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"By the end of 1942, more than 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry had been uprooted from their homes. TTheir final destinations would be one of 10 camps--"instant cities"--constructed by the War Relocation Authority in seven states. Deeply isolated from the rest of America, these "evacuees"--65 percent of whom were American citizens--would spend up to four years imprisoned, working to rebuild their lives."1
The ten camps were:
Poston, 17,814 detainees
Heart Mountain, 10,767 detainees
Topaz, 8,130 detainees
Jerome, 8,497 detainees
Manzanar, 10,046 detainees
Rohwer, 8,475 detainees
Tule Lake, 18,789 detainees
Minidok, 9,397 detainees
Gila River 13,348 detainees
Amache 7,318 detainees
