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.

Brookland Center for Community Economic Change

1218 BATCHELOR ST, WEST COLUMBIA, SC 29169-6404

Brookland Center for Community Economic Change is a nonprofit organization in West Columbia, South Carolina that serves immigrants and refugees.

A community empowerment center in West Columbia, SC serving low-income residents of all ages with health education, food distribution, youth academic enrichment, clothing assistance, digital skills, and family support, with some outreach to immigrant/refugee families.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Digital literacy: “AARP Digital Skills Ready @50 For adults over 50 to master digital tools and enhance their connectivity in today's world.”
  • Education / youth: “Provide academic enrichment opportunities, during non-school hours for children in high poverty and low-performing schools.”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “WE CARE 2: Clothing and More Bank Providing essential clothing and resources to families.”
  • Financial literacy: “Financial Literacy”
  • Food assistance: “weekly distribution of food including fresh vegetables and fruits and a summer feeding program targeting children under age 18”
  • Health education: “HEALTH EDUCATION AND BEHAVIORAL SERVICES PROGRAM PROVIDES HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EDUCATION FOR DIABETES AND MENTAL HEALTH FOR ADULTS AND TEENS.”

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish.

Website in more than one language.

Contact

Founded 2004. IRS NTEE code P20. Revenue $1,837,450. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 57-1183699.

Other organizations in West 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).