United States - Internally displaced persons - IDPs
type: Dataset
description: Internally displaced persons are defined according to the 1998 Guiding Principles (http://www.internal-displacement.org/publications/1998/ocha-guiding-principles-on-internal-displacement) as people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of armed conflict, or to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters and who have not crossed an international border. "People Displaced" refers to the number of people living in displacement as of the end of each year. "New Displacement" refers to the number of new cases or incidents of displacement recorded, rather than the number of people displaced. This is done because people may have been displaced more than once. Contains data from IDMC's [data portal](https://github.com/idmc-labs/IDMC-Platform-API/wiki).
issued: 2025-10-01T03:15:55.765734
modified: 2025-10-01T03:15:55.765740
contact point: Organization
keyword: afrigeo
keyword: afrigeoss
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: ckan
keyword: displacement
keyword: eurogeo
keyword: eurogeoss
keyword: geo
keyword: geoss
keyword: global
keyword: idmc
keyword: population
keyword: un-hdx
keyword: united-nations

displacement_data
type: Distribution
description: Internally displaced persons - IDPs (new displacement associated with conflict and violence)
format: JSON
issued: 2017-09-04T10:13:09.833985
modified: 2025-10-01T03:15:55.749516
access URL: https://api.idmcdb.org/api/displacement_data

disaster_data
type: Distribution
description: Internally displaced persons - IDPs (new displacement associated with disasters)
format: JSON
issued: 2017-09-04T10:13:09.833999
modified: 2025-10-01T03:15:55.750421
access URL: https://api.idmcdb.org/api/disaster_data

UN Humanitarian Data Exchange
type: Agent