Immigrant Support Atlas

Foreign-born share over time

How the immigrant share of the population shifts across the country. Press play to animate. Source: US Census ACS 5-year.

Access to immigrant-serving organizations

Spatial access by the enhanced two-step floating catchment area method (E2SFCA). Darker green = better access; orange = a service desert (people who need it, but no organization within reach); gray = no foreign-born population. Source: org locations + US Census ACS 2024.

Immigrant Inclusion Policy Index

How inclusive each state’s policies are toward immigrants, across seven domains: health coverage, language access, higher education, identification, integration & licensure, legal protection, and economic inclusion. Darker green = more inclusive; orange/red = more restrictive or limited. Click any state for its full profile.

Immigrant–Native Disparity Index

Standardized gaps between foreign-born and US-born residents (uninsured, crowded housing, rent burden, education, home internet, vehicle access, homeownership) from US Census ACS. Green = smaller gaps; red = larger gaps. This is an outcome measure, separate from the Policy map: it describes how immigrant and US-born residents differ, and is shaped by who has immigrated where (recency and composition), not by state policy alone. Click any state for its full profile.

English assimilationism

Project Implicit is a self-selected volunteer sample, not a representative survey; within each area, respondents are reweighted to the Census population by age, sex, race and ethnicity, and citizenship. Higher = less welcoming. Areas with too few respondents are left blank. See the note below for the exact survey item. Source: Project Implicit 2023-2025.

Immigrant attitudes

Project Implicit is a self-selected volunteer sample, not a representative survey; within each area, respondents are reweighted to the Census population by age, sex, race and ethnicity, and citizenship. Higher = less welcoming. Areas with too few respondents are left blank. See the note below for the exact survey item. Source: Project Implicit 2023-2025.

87 TYLER ST, BOSTON, MA 02111-1833
Benefits enrollmentCase managementChildcareCitizenshipDigital literacyEconomic development
CantoneseChineseMandarinTaishanese
184 Hyde Park Ave, Boston, MA 02130
CitizenshipESL / EnglishLegal / immigrationCultural programming
Spanish
275 W BROADWAY, SOUTH BOSTON, MA 02127-1943
Case managementChildcareCitizenshipDigital literacyEducation / youthEmergency / basic needs
Haitian Creole
282 MERIDIAN ST 2ND FLOOR, BOSTON, MA 02128-1654
Advocacy / policyCase managementChildcareCitizenshipCivic engagementDigital literacy
Spanish
1626 BLUE HILL AVE, MATTAPAN, MA 02126-2121
Advocacy / policyBenefits enrollmentCase managementCivic engagementDigital literacyEducation / youth
FrenchHaitian CreoleSpanish
2 BOYLSTON STREET 3RD FL, BOSTON, MA 02116-4737
Advocacy / policyBenefits enrollmentCase managementCitizenshipEmergency / basic needsEmployment / job training
Spanish
PO BOX 990152, BOSTON, MA 02199-0152
ESL / English
178 TREMONT ST, BOSTON, MA 02111-1006
ChildcareEducation / youthEmployment / job trainingESL / EnglishFood assistanceHousing
CantoneseChineseCreoleFrenchKorean
PO BOX 120108, BOSTON, MA 02112-0108
Advocacy / policyCase managementDomestic violence servicesEmergency / basic needsESL / EnglishFood assistance
ArabicBanglaBengaliCantoneseChinese
330 FULLER ST, DORCHESTER, MA 02124-4225
Advocacy / policyDomestic violence servicesEducation / youthESL / EnglishFinancial literacyHousing
38 ASH ST, BOSTON, MA 02111-1517
Case managementChildcareCitizenshipCultural programmingDigital literacyEducation / youth
CantoneseChineseSpanish
BRIGHTON, MA 02135
ChildcareCultural programmingEducation / youthESL / English
Chinese
52 CHURCH ST, BOSTON, MA 02116-5420
CitizenshipDigital literacyEmployment / job trainingESL / English
39 Kingston St, Boston, MA 02111
Case managementEmergency / basic needsEmployment / job trainingESL / EnglishFood assistanceHousing
Spanish
25 JEFFRIES ST, EAST BOSTON, MA 02128-2247
Civic engagementEconomic developmentEmployment / job trainingESL / English
Spanish
28 ASH ST, BOSTON, MA 02111-1517
Advocacy / policyCase managementCitizenshipCivic engagementCultural programmingESL / English
Chinese
90 TYLER ST, BOSTON, MA 02111-1811
Case managementCultural programmingEducation / youthESL / EnglishHousing
Chinese
42 Seaverns Ave Boston, MA 02130
Advocacy / policyCitizenshipDomestic violence servicesEmployment / job trainingESL / EnglishFinancial literacy
1534 TREMONT ST, BOSTON, MA 02120-2929
Case managementEmployment / job trainingESL / English
185 DEVONSHIRE ST STE 700, BOSTON, MA 02110-1439
Advocacy / policyESL / English
590 SHAWMUT AVE, BOSTON, MA 02118-1704
Cultural programmingEducation / youthEmployment / job trainingESL / EnglishHeritage languageLegal / immigration
Tigrinya
42 ACADEMY CT, BOSTON, MA 02119-1245
CitizenshipCultural programmingEducation / youthESL / English
Spanish
155 WASHINGTON ST, DORCHESTER, MA 02121-3603
Digital literacyESL / EnglishHealth educationMental health
Haitian Creole
75 KNEELAND ST STE 204, BOSTON, MA 02111-1906
Benefits enrollmentCase managementCitizenshipEmployment / job trainingESL / EnglishFood assistance
Chinese
130 RIVER ST, MATTAPAN, MA 02126-2918
Digital literacyDomestic violence servicesEducation / youthEmployment / job trainingESL / EnglishFood assistance
1603 BLUE HILL AVE, MATTAPAN, MA 02126-2122
Advocacy / policyCase managementCitizenshipESL / EnglishHealth educationInterpretation / translation
Haitian Creole
75 FEDERAL ST LBBY 3, BOSTON, MA 02110-1900
CitizenshipDigital literacyEducation / youthEmployment / job trainingESL / EnglishFinancial literacy
87 TYLER ST, BOSTON, MA 02111-1833
ChildcareCultural programmingEducation / youthESL / EnglishHeritage language
CantoneseChinese
14 HARVARD AVE 2, ALLSTON, MA 02134-1706
Advocacy / policyDigital literacyEmergency / basic needsEmployment / job trainingESL / EnglishFood assistance
54 CLAYTON ST, DORCHESTER, MA 02122-2798
Case managementChildcareDigital literacyEducation / youthEmployment / job trainingESL / English
Haitian CreoleSpanish
143 BORDER ST, EAST BOSTON, MA 02128-1903
Education / youthESL / EnglishFinancial literacyHousing
Spanish
1486 HYDE PARK AVE, BOSTON, MA 02136-2626
Advocacy / policyCitizenshipCultural programmingEducation / youthEmployment / job trainingESL / English
10 MALCOLM X BLVD FL 2, ROXBURY, MA 02119-1775
Case managementEmployment / job trainingESL / EnglishHousingLegal / immigrationMental health
135 ORTON MAROTTA WAY 5036, SOUTH BOSTON, MA 02127-2585
Advocacy / policyCivic engagementDigital literacyESL / English
25 BEACH ST, DORCHESTER, MA 02122-2734
CitizenshipEconomic developmentESL / English
ChineseSpanishVietnamese
42 CHARLES ST FL 2, BOSTON, MA 02122-1441
Benefits enrollmentCase managementCitizenshipCivic engagementESL / EnglishHealth education
Vietnamese
MATTAPAN, MA 02126
Digital literacyEducation / youthEmployment / job trainingESL / EnglishFood assistanceHousing

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Free and low-cost English and ESL classes in Boston, MA (38 organizations)

The Immigrant Support Atlas lists 38 nonprofit organizations in Boston, Massachusetts that offer free and low-cost English classes. Besides that service, the services listed most often are employment and job training (21), education and youth (19) and case management (16). Languages other than English offered most often: Spanish (12), Chinese (10) and Cantonese (5). Sources: IRS exempt-organization records, federal and network directories, and each organization's own website (data as of October 29, 2026).

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Immigrant profiles by origin, language, and race / ethnicity

Pick a group to see its own profile: how large it is and how it lives, with the all-foreign-born and US-born averages shown for context. National estimates from US Census ACS 1-year microdata (PUMS).

Detailed groups by state and metro

Single countries of birth, single languages, and ancestries that include the US-born, for the nation, each state, and each metro area. Source: IPUMS USA, ACS 2020-2024 5-year microdata.

Health and access to care

Adults 18 and older in the United States, by nativity, years in the US, citizenship, and the language of the interview. National Health Interview Survey 2019-2025, pooled. Each bar is an estimate; the line through it is the 95% confidence interval.