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 2023.

Immigrant Policy Inclusion 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.

Acercamiento Hispano de Carolina del Sur

Also known as SC Hispanic Outreach.

827 Wildwood Ave, Columbia SC 29203

Acercamiento Hispano de Carolina del Sur is a nonprofit organization in Columbia, South Carolina that serves immigrants and refugees.

Serving the Latino/Hispanic community in South Carolina, the org provides HIV and health screenings, health education, a food bank, financial-literacy and tax help, and referrals to legal, medical, and social services.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “PROVIDED REFERRALS FOR LEGAL, MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN SOUTH CAROLINA”
  • Financial literacy
  • Food assistance: “Healthy Life Food Bank Program is dedicated to providing nutritious food and essential resources to families in need”
  • Health education: “We offer a comprehensive prevention and education program for HIV, STDs, cholesterol, and glucose management”
  • Health / medical: “IN 2022 PERFORMED 506 RAPID HIV TESTS, CHOLESTEROL AND GLUCOSE SCREENINGS.”

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish.

Website in more than one language.

Communities served

Hispanic/Latino.

Contact

Founded 1997. IRS NTEE code S80. Revenue $100,000-499,999. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 57-1030805.

Other organizations in Columbia

All organizations in Columbia | All organizations in South Carolina

Sources: IRS exempt-organization records, Form 990 filings, federal and network directories, and the organization's own website. Data as of October 19, 2026. Information here can change; contact the organization to confirm.

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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).