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.

Centro Hispano de East Tennessee

201 3RD AVE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37917-7248

Centro Hispano de East Tennessee is a nonprofit organization in Knoxville, Tennessee that serves immigrants and refugees.

Centro Hispano is the leading Latino-serving organization in East Tennessee, providing ESL and adult education (GED/HiSET), workforce, financial and digital education, small-business support, youth afterschool and family programs, health education, and information/referral case management primarily in Spanish.

Mission

Centro hispando de east Tennessee provides Spanish language information and referral services to community services, basic adult education from literacy to GED preparation, English language classes, legal clincs and workshops on banking, taxes, health and legal issues...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “Case management for families needing additional assistance with mental health and behavioral health challenges is also available.”
  • Civic engagement: “Vote How the Government is Structured The Government Affects Your Daily Life How to Participate”
  • Cultural programming: “a rich bilingual experience with a focus on celebrating Latino culture and reducing summer learning loss for English Language Learners”
  • Digital literacy: “This EKnox Digital Literacy Program aims to increase students’ skills and confidence when using computers”
  • Economic development: “Education for small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs”
  • Education / youth: “Centro’s afterschool programs provide literacy tutoring, homework help, and educational enrichment for children from immigrant families.”
  • ESL / English: “5 levels of English classes (ESL)”
  • Financial literacy: “Centro also offers monthly financial education workshops on a variety of topics such as budgeting, savings, debt management, fraud detection, and credit building.”
  • Health education: “This program is designed to educate the Latino Community on the diseases to which we are predisposed and what we can do to prevent and manage them”

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish.

Website in English only.

Communities served

Hispanic/Latino.

Service area: East Tennessee / Greater Knoxville area.

Contact

Founded 2005. IRS NTEE code P80. Revenue $1M-4.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 20-3415545.

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Immigrant profiles by origin, language, and race / ethnicity

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