DRIVE User Guide

Navigating the OMH DRIVE Home Page

Using the OMH DRIVE Report Page

Using the OMH DRIVE Compare View

Data Exploration Exercises

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 multiple population groups at national and state levels. OMH DRIVE is a user-friendly tool that provides dynamic data visualizations for socioeconomic indicators and non-medical drivers of health. Unique from other data tools, OMH DRIVE allows data to be explored and visualized for specific race and ethnicity groups.

OMH DRIVE includes data dashboards for five key factors related to health:

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Education

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Housing

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Finance

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Language

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Other Resources

Each dashboard supports filtering by population group and geographic location, allowing users to view tailored data charts for selected metrics related to the dashboard topic. OMH DRIVE also allows users to compare data across populations and regions.

Access the OMH DRIVE Dashboard

Use OMH DRIVE to compare data across populations, regions, and selected metrics.

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. Data are available for some populations only. You can select one population group or select All Populations for available data for all the population groups.

  1. Use the drop-down menu to select a 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.
  2. 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.

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Using the OMH DRIVE 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.


Date Last Reviewed: February 2026