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A report by the Center for Immigration Studies about welfare use and poverty among Somali immigrants in Minnesota, using data from the American Community Survey from 2014-2023.
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,...
A December 2025 analysis — amplified by multiple outlets — reports that roughly 81 percent of Somali-headed households in receive at least one public benefit, with program-level rates of about 54 perc...
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) released a December 10, 2025 report asserting very high welfare use and concentrated poverty among Somali immigrants in Minnesota and citing American Community...
published a high-profile analysis asserting that roughly in Minnesota use some form of welfare, with 54 percent on food stamps and 73 percent on Medicaid, and that nearly 90 percent of Somali househol...