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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