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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 ...
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 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...
Minnesota’s Somali population remains concentrated in specific Minneapolis neighborhoods — most notably Cedar‑Riverside (often called “Little Mogadishu”) and parts of the Lake Street corridor around K...
Community and faith organizations — refugee resettlement agencies (like Lutheran Social Services, Catholic Charities, International Institute of Minnesota), Somali-led nonprofits (Confederation of Som...
Somali-born residents in the United States rose sharply after the 1990s civil war and continued growing through the 2000s as refugees, secondary migrants and family-sponsored arrivals; the 2000 U.S. C...
Somali Minnesotans are a large, young, and economically mixed community: state and independent estimates place roughly 61,000–64,000 people in Minnesota, concentrated in the Twin Cities . Reporting an...
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...
Estimates of Minnesota’s Somali population in 2025 vary widely across sources — commonly reported figures cluster between roughly 61,000 and 80,000 people, with some city-level counts putting Minneapo...
Ilhan Omar currently represents Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District (MN‑05), a seat she has held since January 2019 and which includes Minneapolis and nearby inner‑ring suburbs . Official and autho...
Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District is a compact, heavily urban district centered on the city of Minneapolis that combines pronounced racial and linguistic diversity with stark neighborhood‑level i...
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 reporting and public-data summaries provide partial, county-level population distributions for Somali Minnesotans and sectoral patterns (notably concentration in home health care, meatpackin...
ACS-based county estimates for 2025 show Hennepin County by far the largest Somali‑born/Somali‑descent community in Minnesota, with other leading counties — Ramsey, Dakota and Anoka — trailing by wide...
Somali-American population estimates have risen sharply since the 1990s, with recent American Community Survey (ACS) and reporting placing the nationwide total in the roughly 160,000–260,000 range and...
Minnesota’s largest Somali populations cluster in the Twin Cities (roughly 78% of ~80,000+ Somali Minnesotans) with significant communities in Rochester and other Greater Minnesota cities; a dense net...
Somali neighborhoods in Minnesota show large, documented socioeconomic gaps compared with the state average: a Center for Immigration Studies analysis reports about 81% of Somali-headed households use...
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...
’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...
Yes — were served to ’s office as part of a investigation into whether officials impeded federal ; multiple national outlets report the subpoenas were among six served to state and local government of...