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The impact of refugee status on welfare eligibility among Somali households in Minnesota
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,...
The sources provided do not contain a single, up‑to‑date statistic that directly answers “ns are on welfare”; instead they offer related measures — , historical welfare‑child percentages, and the raci...
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...