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.

Ethiopian Community Development Council

Also known as Ethiopian Development Council.

901 S HIGHLAND ST, ARLINGTON, VA 22204-2400

Ethiopian Community Development Council is a nonprofit organization in Arlington, Virginia that serves immigrants and refugees.

Serves newly arrived refugees and immigrants (with Ethiopian roots) through formal reception and placement resettlement, employment/workforce readiness, and education, cultural, and community-leadership programs.

Mission

PROVISION OF EDUCATION AD CULTURAL PROGRAMS TO REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS. FACILITATE CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT FOR IMMIGRANTS. RECEPTION AND PLACEMENT: RESETTLEMEMT SERVICE FOR REFUGEES ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES. FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS) OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES: TRAINING AND PREPARATION OF NEW ARRIVALS FOR WORKFORCE READINESS AND EMPLOYMENT. SIGNIFICANT FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS) OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “Local office staff provide case management services to newcomers and connect them to generous and caring community volunteers and organizations.”
  • Cultural programming: “PROVISION OF EDUCATION AD CULTURAL PROGRAMS TO REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS.”
  • Education / youth: “PROVISION OF EDUCATION AD CULTURAL PROGRAMS TO REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS.”
  • Employment / job training: “EMPLOYMENT SERVICES: TRAINING AND PREPARATION OF NEW ARRIVALS FOR WORKFORCE READINESS AND EMPLOYMENT.”
  • Refugee resettlement (R&P): “RECEPTION AND PLACEMENT: RESETTLEMEMT SERVICE FOR REFUGEES ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES.”

Website in English only.

Communities served

Ethiopian.

Federal recognition and registries

  • ORR refugee resettlement funding
  • ORR unaccompanied children program
  • State Department refugee resettlement affiliate (R&P)

Contact

Founded 1985. IRS NTEE code P840. Revenue $92,430,245. Latest Form 990: 2022. EIN 52-1308986.

Other organizations in Arlington

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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).