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St. Cloud

City on tripoint of Benton, Sherburne and Stearns Counties in Minnesota, United States

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Nov 26, 2025
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How has Minnesota's Somali population changed over the last 20 years?

Available sources disagree widely on counts but consistently report that Minnesota hosts the largest Somali community in the United States; recent estimates cited range from "more than 32,000" (Census...

Nov 26, 2025
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Which Minnesota counties and cities have the largest Somali immigrant and Somali American communities in 2025?

Minnesota is widely reported as home to the nation’s largest Somali population — U.S. Census/ACS–based aggregations place the state’s Somali population around 61,000–64,000 in recent 2025 compilations...

Nov 25, 2025
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How many Somali immigrants and Somali Americans live in Minnesota as of 2025?

Estimates for the Somali population in Minnesota in 2025 vary widely depending on the source and method: recent U.S. Census–based analyses put the Somali count near 61,000–64,000 (e.g., 61,353 and 64,...

Dec 20, 2025

Which Minnesota cities have the largest Somali-born populations in 2025?

The best available 2025 city-level estimates point to Minneapolis as by far the largest concentration of Somalia-born residents in Minnesota, followed at a distance by St. Paul and St. Cloud; smaller ...

Dec 17, 2025

What cities and neighborhoods in Minnesota have the largest Somali communities?

Minnesota hosts the largest Somali population in the United States, concentrated primarily in the Twin Cities metro — especially Minneapolis’s Cedar‑Riverside (“Little Mogadishu”) and parts of St. Pau...

Dec 6, 2025

Which industries and occupations have the highest Somali American employment concentrations?

Somali American employment is concentrated most visibly in healthcare (including home health and broader health services), food and meat-processing manufacturing, and transportation/logistics; Minneso...

Dec 8, 2025

What are the latest 2025 estimates for Minnesota's Somali population by county and city?

Recent 2024–2025 estimates for Minnesota’s Somali population vary widely by source: several news outlets and data sites cite roughly 107,000 people of Somali descent in Minnesota (American Community S...

Jan 3, 2026

How have Somali settlement patterns in the Twin Cities shifted between inner‑city neighborhoods and suburbs since 2000?

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 ...

Dec 3, 2025

How many Somali in Minnesota

Estimates of Minnesotans of Somali descent vary widely: contemporary local and national reporting cites figures from roughly 61,000 to more than 107,000 people, with several outlets and datasets ident...

Nov 26, 2025

What social services, mosques, and cultural organizations are concentrated in Minnesota's largest Somali communities in 2025?

Minnesota’s largest Somali populations are concentrated in Minneapolis (especially Cedar‑Riverside) and St. Paul, with smaller but visible communities in St. Cloud and other Twin Cities suburbs; recen...

Jan 21, 2026

What role did Minnesota resettlement agencies play in shaping settlement patterns for other refugee groups?

’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...

Jan 20, 2026

crowd of mostly Somalis surrounds and starts attacking an ICE vehicle in St. Cloud, Minnesota,

A confrontation occurred at a St. Cloud strip mall on Jan. 12 where dozens of ICE agents met a crowd of protesters that included many Somali residents; videos and local reporting show vehicles were bl...

Jan 3, 2026

where are Somali businesses in Minnesota?

Somali-owned businesses in Minnesota are concentrated in Minneapolis–Saint Paul’s commercial corridors—especially Cedar-Riverside and Lake Street—anchored by multi-tenant centers like Karmel Mall and ...

Jan 3, 2026

How have political participation, civic representation, and social integration of Somalis in Minnesota evolved in the past two decades?

Over the past two decades Somali Minnesotans have moved from a largely refugee, service-dependent population to an increasingly visible political constituency that wields local clout, has elected high...

Dec 15, 2025

Which Minnesota cities or neighborhoods have the highest Somali population concentrations?

Minnesota is consistently reported as home to the largest Somali population in the United States, with recent estimates ranging from about 61,000 to more than 107,000 people of Somali descent statewid...

Dec 9, 2025

What local policies and services (schools, health, language access) do Minnesota cities provide for Somali communities in 2025?

Minnesota cities and local entities in 2025 provide a mix of public-school programs, city-run and nonprofit health and social services, and language-access initiatives targeted at Somali communities —...

Dec 1, 2025

How do Somali cultural centers in Minnesota support language, arts, and youth programming?

Somali cultural centers and organizations in Minnesota run museums, monthly public programs, language and arts classes, festivals and youth clubs that explicitly aim to preserve Somali language, music...

Nov 26, 2025

Which Minnesota cities and neighborhoods have the largest Somali populations?

Minnesota is consistently reported as the U.S. state with the largest Somali population; recent estimates in the available reporting range from about 40,200–52,400 (Minnesota Demographer) up to commun...