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.

Refugees & Immigrants Cultural Empowerment Massachusetts

Also known as RICEMA.

75 WEBSTER STREET, WORCESTER, MA 01603-1932

Refugees & Immigrants Cultural Empowerment Massachusetts is a nonprofit organization in Worcester, Massachusetts that serves immigrants and refugees.

RICEMA serves Worcester's refugee and immigrant community (notably Vietnamese/AAPI) through cultural programming (lion dance, festivals, heritage arts), Vietnamese-language and adult education classes, a community garden, and civic engagement.

Mission

Ricema, is a performance arts and education community center, focusing on preserving the art and culture of refugees and immigrants through education and performing arts, connecting a rich cultural identity to the community and contributing to the American experience...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Cultural programming: “LION DANCE CULTURAL PROGRAMS COMMUNITY GARDEN ADULT EDUCATION VIETNAMESE CLASS (VSL)”
  • ESL / English: “RICEMA offers free ESL classes at the Worcester Public Library on Monday and Wednesday from 10am-12pm.”
  • Heritage language: “LION DANCE CULTURAL PROGRAMS COMMUNITY GARDEN ADULT EDUCATION VIETNAMESE CLASS (VSL)”

Languages

Services delivered in Vietnamese.

Website in English only.

Communities served

Vietnamese.

Service area: Worcester, MA.

Contact

Founded 2024. IRS NTEE code A23. Revenue $100,000-499,999. Latest Form 990: 2024. EIN 93-4622233.

Other organizations in Worcester

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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).