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.

Organization of Chinese Americans (Washington)

900 19TH ST NW 6TH FL, WASHINGTON, DC 20006-2105

Organization of Chinese Americans (Washington) is a nonprofit organization in Washington, District of Columbia that serves immigrants and refugees.

OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates is a national member-driven civil-rights nonprofit serving Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities through policy advocacy, civic engagement, leadership/youth development, scholarships, and cultural programming.

Mission

ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE AMERICANS, INC. (OCA-ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN ADVOCATES) IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF COMMUNITY ADVOCATES DEDICATED TO ADVANCING THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICANS. TO FULFILL ITS MISSION, OCA HAS ESTABLISHED THE FOLLOWING GOALS: ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND FAIR TREATMENT; PROMOTE CIVIC PARTICIPATION, EDUCATION, AND LEADERSHIP; ADVANCE COALITIONS AND COMMUNITY BUILDING; AND TO FOSTER CULTURAL HERITAGE.OCA AIMS TO EMBRACE THE HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS OF ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICANS IN THE U.S.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “OCA'S HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, DC GIVES THE NATIONAL CENTER AN EFFECTIVE VANTAGE POINT FOR MONITORING LEGISLATION AND POLICY ISSUES AFFECTING ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICANS.”
  • Civic engagement: “Our team fights to ensure that AAPIs can fully participate in our democracy, live without fear, and access critical resources.”
  • Cultural programming: “THIS WORK IS DONE THROUGH WORKSHOPS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, COMMUNITY FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS, AND OTHER EVENTS THAT BRING TOGETHER DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES TO BUILD UNDERSTANDING AND ALLYSHIP.”
  • Education / youth: “We offer scholarships for graduating high school seniors, rising college juniors, rising college seniors, and students pursuing a Masters in Public Administration.”

Website in English only.

Communities served

Asian American Pacific Islander, Chinese.

Contact

Founded 1975. Revenue $1,810,934. Latest Form 990: 2024. EIN 23-7250499.

Other organizations in Washington

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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).