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Wilder Research

Independent research unit of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation

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Dec 16, 2025
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How many Somali immigrants live in Minnesota and what are their age demographics?

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...

Dec 8, 2025
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What percentage of Minnesota Somalian immigrants are on any type of public assistance.

Available reporting does not provide a single, definitive percentage of Minnesota’s Somali immigrants who are on any type of public assistance. Multiple recent news accounts note that many Somalis arr...

Dec 10, 2025
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How does the age, employment, and educational profile differ between immigrant and U.S.-born Somali populations in Minnesota in 2025?

Minnesota’s Somali population is now a mix of U.S.-born and foreign-born residents: multiple news outlets cite that roughly 57–58% of Somalis in Minnesota were born in the United States, while foreign...

Jan 27, 2026

What internal Minneapolis Police Department after‑action reports or use‑of‑force files exist for May–June 2020 and how can they be accessed?

A formal city-commissioned after-action report covering the May 25–June 3, 2020 civil unrest — commonly called the After-Action Review () — exists and is publicly downloadable from the records site . ...