New York Times Database for Placement of Unaccompanied Children
2015 - 2024
https://github.com/nytimes/hhs-child-migrant-data
Example of Mapping Unaccompanied Children in an Annandale, Virginia Public School Pyramid
The New York Times database on Unaccompanied Children (UC) placement in the United States from January 2015 through May 2023 shows that over 1,500 Unaccompanied Children under 18 were placed in zip codes within the Justice Pyramid of Annandale, Virginia. The Office of Refugee Resettlement in the Department of Health and Human Services placed children in the following zip codes:
Zip Code 22041 - 1,051 Unaccompanied Children (UC) were placed here from 2015 – 2023. According to the US Census, the total population is 28,718, with 26 percent of residents under 19 years of age, or 7,467 youth. This means Unaccompanied Children (UC) could account for approximately 7% of all students enrolled in Glenn Forest, Bailey’s, Park Lawn, and Belvedere elementary schools and Justice High School.1 The gender of the UC was 664 male and 387 female youth, with 56 percent arriving in the US since 2019.
Zip Code 22044 – 411 Unaccompanied Children were placed here from 2015 through May 2023. The total population is 13,896, with 27 percent, or 3,752 youth, under 19 years of age. Unaccompanied Children (UC) account for approximately 11% of youth under 19 in Bailey’s Upper Elementary’s zip code 22044. These children would be enrolled in Bailey’s Upper Elementary. The gender of the UC was 262 male and 150 female, with 57 percent arriving in the US since 2019.