The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) Data Resources and Integrated Visualization Ecosystem (DRIVE) is an interactive data visualization dashboard that integrates several measures from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) across population groups.
DRIVE is a user-friendly tool that provides dynamic data visualizations for socioeconomic indicators and non-medical drivers of health. Refer to the DRIVE Overview for more information. This DRIVE User Guide provides detailed instructions to help users navigate and use the DRIVE dashboard.
How to use the OMH DRIVE dashboard
Use the drop-down menu to select a Population. The population groups in the menu are from the ACS Selected Population Profile. You can select one population group or select All Populations for available data for all the population groups.
- Use the drop-down menu to select Region. Select a state name to view data for a specific state or select United States to view available data for the entire United States. The list will only include states for which data on the population you selected are available.
- Click one of the dashboard boxes to view dashboard reports for Education, Housing, Finance, Language, or Other Resources. The report page will load with data on the combination of population and region you selected.
Report Page
- Within a report page, you can use the drop-down menus to filter available data by a different Population and Region without returning to the home page. The charts will update based on the Population and Region selected.
- To compare a metric across two populations and/or regions, click the Compare button next to a chart.
- To go back to the Home Page, click Main Menu.
Compare View
- Within the compare view, you will see two charts and four drop-down menus.
- To update the first chart, use the drop-down menus for Population 1 and Region 1.
- To update the second chart, use the drop-down menus for Population 2 and Region 2.
- You can compare the same population across two regions, two populations within the same region, or two different populations and regions.
- To go back to the Report Page, click Return. To go back to the Home Page, click Main Menu.
About DRIVE
The Data Resources and Integrated Visualization Ecosystem (DRIVE) was developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (HHS OMH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Geospatial Research, Analysis, and Services Program (CDC/ATSDR GRASP). Through a suite of data visualizations, DRIVE provides information on socioeconomic indicators and non-medical drivers of health across race and ethnicity groups.
The HHS OMH mission is to provide national leadership, resources, and coordination to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations and American Indians and Alaska Natives and eliminate health disparities.
CDC/ATSDR GRASP is a team of public health and geospatial science, technology, visualization, and analysis experts. The GRASP mission is to provide leadership, expertise, and education in the application of geography, geospatial science, and geographic information systems (GIS) to public health research and practice. The information presented in this document is disseminated by OMH (not CDC) and it should not be construed as CDC’s determination or policy.
Date Last Reviewed: October 2025