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The Twin Cities (Minneapolis–St. Paul) host by far the largest Somali population in the United States — about 64,000–80,000 Somalis in Minnesota with most concentrated in the Twin Cities metro — and a...
From 2005–2025 Somali Minnesotans grew into a large, visible diaspora with civic institutions, cultural centers and nonprofits—but their gains in political representation and cultural infrastructure c...
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...
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...
Minnesota’s Somali-majority neighborhoods — especially Cedar-Riverside and the Lake Street/Karmel corridor in Minneapolis — host a dense network of community service organizations, mosques and cultura...
Local organizations, adult-education programs, and targeted workforce efforts in Minnesota have demonstrable roles in advancing Somali employment, education and mobility — for example, Somali Success ...