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.

Somali Development Center

10 MALCOLM X BLVD FL 2, ROXBURY, MA 02119-1775

Somali Development Center is a nonprofit organization in Boston, Massachusetts that serves immigrants and refugees.

The Somali Development Center serves Somali and other African refugees and immigrants in Greater Boston with post-resettlement support, housing stability, adult literacy/English, employment services, immigration assistance, mental health counseling, elder care, and maternal-child health services.

Mission

The mission of the Somali development center is to is to provide consistently excellent and accessible community services to all somalis and other African communities in boston...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “Access to resources and information Connecting individuals with vital community resources and info.”
  • Employment / job training: “Employment services and training Job search assistance, resume building, and skills development.”
  • ESL / English: “Basic adult literacy program English language and literacy classes tailored for adult learners.”
  • Housing: “Assisting with housing stability, preventing homelessness”
  • Legal / immigration: “Support with navigating immigration processes and paperwork.”
  • Mental health: “Mental health counseling Access to culturally sensitive mental health support services.”

Website in English only.

Communities served

Somali.

Service area: Greater Boston area.

Contact

Founded 1996. IRS NTEE code S80. Revenue $100,000-499,999. Latest Form 990: 2022. EIN 04-3318202.

Other organizations in Boston

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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).