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Minnesota is consistently reported as the U.S. state with the largest Somali population (World Population Review and multiple analyses show Minnesota at about 61,000–64,000 Somali residents in recent ...
Estimates of how many Somalians (Somali Americans/Somali-origin residents) live in Minnesota vary widely in reporting: U.S. Census–based sources and data aggregators give figures in the 61,000–64,000 ...
Estimates of Minnesota’s Somali population vary widely across reputable and partisan sources: recent mainstream reporting and research groups put the figure between about 61,000 and nearly 110,000, wi...
Minnesota’s Somali population remains concentrated in specific Minneapolis neighborhoods — most notably Cedar‑Riverside (often called “Little Mogadishu”) and parts of the Lake Street corridor around K...
Community and faith organizations — refugee resettlement agencies (like Lutheran Social Services, Catholic Charities, International Institute of Minnesota), Somali-led nonprofits (Confederation of Som...
Somali-born residents in the United States rose sharply after the 1990s civil war and continued growing through the 2000s as refugees, secondary migrants and family-sponsored arrivals; the 2000 U.S. C...
Somali Minnesotans are a large, young, and economically mixed community: state and independent estimates place roughly 61,000–64,000 people in Minnesota, concentrated in the Twin Cities . Reporting an...
Estimates of Minnesota’s Somali population in 2025 vary widely across sources — commonly reported figures cluster between roughly 61,000 and 80,000 people, with some city-level counts putting Minneapo...
Ilhan Omar currently represents Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District (MN‑05), a seat she has held since January 2019 and which includes Minneapolis and nearby inner‑ring suburbs . Official and autho...
Between 2010 and the mid‑2020s Minnesota’s Somali community remained one of the youngest population groups in the state, with multiple reports finding roughly half (or more) of Somali Minnesotans unde...
Available reporting and public-data summaries provide partial, county-level population distributions for Somali Minnesotans and sectoral patterns (notably concentration in home health care, meatpackin...
Since the 1990s Somalis clustered in south Minneapolis neighborhoods—especially Cedar‑Riverside—but after 2000 the community both consolidated in those inner‑city hubs and spread outward into suburbs ...
Somali-American population estimates have risen sharply since the 1990s, with recent American Community Survey (ACS) and reporting placing the nationwide total in the roughly 160,000–260,000 range and...
Minnesota’s largest Somali populations cluster in the Twin Cities (roughly 78% of ~80,000+ Somali Minnesotans) with significant communities in Rochester and other Greater Minnesota cities; a dense net...
’s resettlement agencies, backed by a state Resettlement Programs Office, have been pivotal in channeling refugees into particular counties and cities by providing services, managing federal funds and...
Yes — were served to ’s office as part of a investigation into whether officials impeded federal ; multiple national outlets report the subpoenas were among six served to state and local government of...
Over the past decade the Somali population in Minnesota has continued to grow but estimates diverge sharply depending on the source: state and local data show steady increases and large communities co...
Somali Minnesotans in 2024–25 were concentrated in a handful of sectors: health care (especially home health care), education, retail trade, transportation and warehousing, and manufacturing — with no...
Available sources do not provide a county- or city-level breakdown of Somali SNAP recipients for 2024–2025; reporting and data instead document where Somali populations are concentrated (not SNAP coun...
Minnesota in recent estimates hosts the largest Somali community in the U.S., with state totals reported between roughly 61,000 and 64,000 people — about 1.1–1.12% of Minnesota’s population . Availabl...