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.

Metropolitan Asian Family Services

Also known as MAFS.

7541 N Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60645

Metropolitan Asian Family Services is a nonprofit organization in Chicago, Illinois that serves immigrants and refugees.

MAFS serves South Asian and other immigrant seniors and families in Chicagoland with immigration/citizenship assistance, nutrition and benefits navigation, mental-health education and counseling, and adult ESL literacy.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “MAFS actively advocates at the local, state, and federal levels to protect critical services for immigrant seniors and families.”
  • Benefits enrollment: “We help individuals understand, apply for, and access public benefits they are eligible to receive.”
  • Citizenship: “U.S. Citizenship & Naturalization”
  • Cultural programming: “MAFS is proud to host annual cultural and fundraising events that bring communities together in celebration and support of our mission.”
  • ESL / English: “English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction”
  • Family reunification: “Family-Based Petitions”
  • Food assistance: “Culturally appropriate meals and nutrition education that promote health, connection, and food security for seniors.”
  • Health education: “Culturally appropriate meals and nutrition education that promote health, connection, and food security for seniors.”
  • Legal / immigration: “Support with citizenship applications, green card renewals, family petitions, and immigration-related guidance.”
  • Mental health: “Our programs include community education and stigma-reduction workshops, mental health screenings and referrals, and counseling support in culturally familiar languages”

Languages

Services delivered in Hindi.

Website in English only.

Communities served

South Asian.

Contact

Founded 2020. IRS NTEE code P81. EIN 36-3925432.

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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).