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.

Brooklyn Public Library

1 GRAND ARMY PLAZA, BROOKLYN, NY 11238-5611

Brooklyn Public Library is a nonprofit organization in New York, New York that serves immigrants and refugees.

Brooklyn Public Library serves the general Brooklyn public including new migrants, offering beginner ESOL classes, citizenship/HSE test prep, homework help and teen programs, small-business/entrepreneurship resources, and cultural programming.

Mission

IT IS THE MISSION OF THE LIBRARY TO ENSURE THE PRESERVATION AND TRANSMISSION OF SOCIETY'S KNOWLEDGE, HISTORY AND CULTURE, AND TO PROVIDE THE PEOPLE OF BROOKLYN WITH FREE AND OPEN ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR EDUCATION, RECREATION AND REFERENCE. NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES:DURING THE FY24 PERIOD, BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY CONTINUED TO ADVANCE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS. THESE SELF-MANAGED PROJECTS INCLUDED PHASE II OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARY BRANCH RENOVATION UNDER ITS MULTI-PHASE MASTER PLAN; THE RENOVATION OF THE WALT WHITMAN LIBRARY, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A NEW DEDICATED TEEN SPACE & NEW READING GARDEN THAT REUSES THE BAS RELIEFS FROM THE FORMER BROOKLYN HEIGHTS BRANCH;

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Citizenship: “CITIZENSHIP AND HSE TEST PREPARATION”
  • Cultural programming: “FREE CULTURAL EVENTS”
  • Economic development: “BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION LAUNCHED TO SUPPORT AND GROW BROOKLYN'S ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT AND SMALL BUSINESSES”
  • Education / youth: “TEEN TECH TIME AND HOMEWORK HELP SESSIONS”
  • ESL / English: “WE LAUNCHED BEGINNER ESOL CLASSES IN 25 BRANCH LIBRARIES ACROSS BPL”

Website in more than one language.

Contact

Founded 1959. IRS NTEE code B71Z. Revenue $168,015,880. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 11-1904261.

Other organizations in New York

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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).