Developing Cultural Competence in Disaster Mental Health Programs:
Guiding Principles and Recommendations

Appendix C:

Sources of Demographic and Statistical Information

The following World Wide Web resources offer demographic and statistical information useful for developing disaster mental health community profiles:

STATISTICS ABOUT IMMIGRATION PATTERNS

Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Department of Justice:
http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/aboutus/statistics/index.htm

NATIONAL, STATE, AND COUNTY STATISTICS AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA BY AGE, RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND LINGUISTIC SUBGROUPS

U.S. Bureau of the Census:
www.census.gov/population/www/index.html

UNEMPLOYMENT INFORMATION BY GENDER, RACE, AND AGE

Bureau of Labor Statistics:
http://stats.bls.gov/

DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION BY ZIP CODE

PeopleSpot:
http://peoplespot.com/statistics/demographics.htm

GENERAL INFORMATION

Government Information Sharing Project, Oregon State University:
http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/index.html

National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
www.cdc.gov/nchs/

Federal Healthfinder®:
www.healthfinder.gov/

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