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.

Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity

4944 FRANKLIN AVE STE B, DES MOINES, IA 50310-1952

Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity is a nonprofit organization in Des Moines, Iowa that serves immigrants and refugees.

Monsoon serves Asian and Pacific Islander survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking in Iowa, offering multilingual counseling, crisis and legal/immigration advocacy, transitional housing, and community education and violence prevention.

Mission

Monsoon asians & pacific islanders in solidarity is a community-based organization working towards empowering Asian Pacific Islander youth and families and eliminating violence in their communities...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Benefits enrollment: “help with housing, education, employment and government benefit applications”
  • Case management: “providing crisis advocacy; safety plans; individual and group counseling; liaising with law enforcement, employers and educational institutions”
  • Cultural programming: “Youth ages 8-12 are invited to join Emily Frimml, Say to explore Cambodian culture through dance, storytelling and the Khmer language.”
  • Domestic violence services: “Monsoon functions as a resource, advocate and support for the Asian and Pacific Islander populations in Iowa affected by domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking by providing crisis advocacy”
  • Housing: “help with housing, education, employment and government benefit applications”
  • Interpretation / translation: “Its multilingual staff collectively speak 14 languages, ensuring culturally and linguistically responsive services.”
  • Legal / immigration: “immigration assistance, for example, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) or U-Visa applications”
  • Mental health: “individual and group counseling”

Website in English only.

Communities served

Asian, Pacific Islander.

Service area: statewide Iowa, all 99 counties.

Contact

Founded 2007. IRS NTEE code P84. Revenue $1M-4.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 35-2297207.

Other organizations in Des Moines

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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).