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.

City of Refuge

10 N GARTH AVENUE, COLUMBIA, MO 65203-4183

City of Refuge is a nonprofit organization in Columbia, Missouri that serves immigrants and refugees.

City of Refuge serves refugees and immigrants in mid-Missouri with wraparound relational care, basic needs, employment and housing assistance, immigration legal services, and a preschool for young children.

Mission

Organization's primary exempt purpose is to educate, train and assist refugees and immigrants in mid-missouri in and with employment opportunities and practices, educational options, language skills, housing options, transportation options and transitional living assistance, in order that they may become productive, successful and contributing members of their community and the united states...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “RTAC Case Manager”
  • Economic development: “The Global Artisan Program brings refugee artisans together to preserve cultural traditions, build meaningful community, develop creative skills, and earn supplemental income through the sale of handcrafted goods.”
  • Education / youth: “City Preschool exists to support the social-emotional and language development of young children.”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “Basic Needs Program Manager”
  • Employment / job training: “Career Empowerment Specialist”
  • Legal / immigration: “Immigration Legal Services Sandy Echols DOJ Accredited Representative”
  • Transportation: “Transportation Team – We will need on-call individuals who are able to help transport people to and from various appointments (medical, school, etc.).”

Website in English only.

Communities served

Burmese, Karen, Myanmar.

Service area: Columbia, Missouri / Mid-Missouri.

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider

Contact

Founded 2011. IRS NTEE code P40. Revenue $1M-4.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 27-3994145.

Other organizations in Columbia

All organizations in Columbia | All organizations in Missouri

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).