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Available reporting does not show a reliable national percentage of Somali Americans on welfare; advocates say “most Somalis are not on welfare” , while some critics point to concentrated poverty and ...
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 ...
States that vote Democratic (“blue”) and those that vote Republican (“red”) show of welfare spending, program participation, and receipt of federal public-health funds, but the answer to “which has mo...
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 how many Somali-born people and people of Somali ancestry live in the United States vary widely in available reporting: census-derived figures and public estimates put Somali ancestry or ...
Minnesota hosts by far the largest Somali community in the United States—estimates in recent reporting put the state’s Somali population between roughly 64,000 and 107,000, with multiple outlets citin...
Somali immigrant households in Minnesota are reported by multiple sources to have exceptionally high rates of public‑benefit use — figures as high as 81 percent of Somali households receiving some for...
Available reporting and public-data summaries in the provided sources do not give a clear, single percentage for how many Somali Minnesotans receive SNAP/EBT in 2024–2025; sources instead provide stat...
The short answer: the headline figure “81% of Somalis on welfare” originates from a December report about Somali households in Minnesota and refers to households receiving any form of public benefits,...
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...
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...
Data in the available reporting show Somali Minnesotans have faced substantially higher unemployment and poverty than the statewide average: multiple local accounts cite Somali unemployment rates arou...
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...
Estimates of the Somali-origin population in the United States vary widely: recent American Community Survey (ACS) figures put a 2023 estimate at about 169,799 people of Somali ancestry while 2020 Cen...
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,...
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 ...
Estimates of Minnesota’s Somali population vary widely across sources: recent 2023–2025 estimates cluster around roughly 61,000–64,000 people (e.g., World Population Review and Axios citing ~61,000 an...
Estimates for Minnesotans of Somali descent in 2024–25 cluster between roughly 61,000 and 107,000 people, depending on the data source and definition used: some Census-derived American Community Surve...
Available 2024–2025 reporting and summaries converge on a range: by several contemporary pieces . Discrepancies in phrasing, data years cited, and the outlets’ emphases produce variation, so the figur...
Estimates for Somali-born or Somali-origin people in the U.S. in recent reporting vary widely: several sources using American Community Survey (ACS) or aggregated counts place the total Somali-origin ...