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.

Nihonmachi Legal Outreach

Also known as Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach.

310 8TH ST STE 305, OAKLAND, CA 94607-6508

Nihonmachi Legal Outreach is a nonprofit organization in Oakland, California that serves immigrants and refugees.

Serving low-income Asian and Pacific Islander immigrants—especially survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking, seniors, women, and youth—with immigration and naturalization legal representation, DV and anti-trafficking services, housing/eviction legal aid, and policy advocacy.

Mission

Api legal outreach works to tear down long-standing barriers that have denied asiansand pacific islanders equal justice and equal access to the American legal system...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY ATLOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS”
  • Citizenship: “API Legal Outreach helps individuals with citizenship issues, from filing fee waivers to more complex cases. We hold free naturalization workshops and also take one on one citizenship cases for free.”
  • Civic engagement: “continues to offer free legal services and educational outreach to encourage community members who are eligible to apply for citizenship to come forward”
  • Domestic violence services: “We are committed to serving survivors of domestic violence, stalking, harassment, and related forms of violence through a holistic and survivor-centered approach.”
  • Financial literacy: “Financial literacy trainings and workshops”
  • Housing: “We provide legal assistance and education for a variety of housing related topics to keep vulnerable tenants and homeowners in their homes.”
  • Legal / immigration: “Through the asylum system, VAWA, DACA, and the TVPA, there are a number of potential remedies for asylum seekers, youth, and survivors of crime.”

Languages

Services delivered in Chinese.

Website offers an automatic translation widget only.

Communities served

Asian, Pacific Islander.

Service area: Bay Area, California (San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo counties).

Contact

Founded 1979. IRS NTEE code I80Z. Revenue $5M-9.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 94-2583284.

Other organizations in Oakland

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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).