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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...
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...
Available reporting and data sources in the packet do not provide program-by-program welfare participation rates (SNAP, TANF, Medicaid) specifically for Somali Minnesotans; Minnesota-focused demograph...
Available sources disagree on totals but consistently show Minnesota as the state with the largest Somali community and a very young age profile: several sources put Minnesota’s Somali population arou...
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Available public sources do not publish a simple ranked list of Minnesota counties showing the largest gaps in public‑assistance receipt between specific immigrant groups (for example, Somali vs. Hmon...
Available sources do not provide county-level 2025 employment rates specifically for Somali Americans in Minnesota; statewide estimates and broader labor statistics are available instead. Minnesota’s ...
The American Community Survey (ACS) estimates that a slight majority of Minnesotans of Somali background were born in the United States — roughly “almost 58%” U.S.-born versus about 42% born abroad, a...
Available reporting shows Somali Minnesotans have historically had higher poverty and lower workforce participation than the statewide average, but indicators have improved over time as employment, in...
Somali Minnesotans are concentrated in the Twin Cities and number roughly 80,000 in the state, where official and journalistic accounts show both long‑standing economic participation and persistent ga...
The American Community Survey’s sampling design and margins of error can substantially blur poverty and welfare rates for small immigrant groups like Somalis in Minnesota, producing confidence interva...
Available sources do not provide detailed 2025 unemployment or underemployment rates for Somali Minnesotans broken down by age, gender, education level, and immigration generation; reporting and state...
Available sources do not provide a single definitive 2025 employment rate for Somali Minnesotans; reporting and public datasets give fragmented signals: Minnesota Compass / state reporting lists the S...
Between roughly 2015 and 2024 available reporting shows a consistent pattern: Somali Minnesotans experienced higher poverty and lower formal educational attainment and workforce participation than the...
Minnesota’s Somali community has higher citizenship and naturalization rates than the state’s foreign‑born population overall: most Somalis in Minnesota are U.S. citizens, with roughly six in ten Soma...
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...
Second‑generation Somali Americans in Minnesota show markedly better educational and economic outcomes than their refugee‑parent generation, with many entering college and professional fields, yet pop...
For raw county-level SNAP recipient counts Minnesota reports to USDA/FNS, the federal SNAP Data Tables (downloadable .zip with county files) are the primary source; FNS notes not all states report at ...