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Wikipedia
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History of Somalis in Minneapolis–Saint Paul
11 hours ago - Somalis are an ethnic group in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area that makes up the largest Somali diaspora in the United States. In 2018, approximately 43,000 people born in Somalia were living in Minnesota (0.77% of the population), and approximately 94,000 Minnesotans spoke the ...
PBS
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5 things to know about the Somali community in Minnesota after Trump's attacks | PBS News
December 3, 2025 - Largest Somali American population ... Community Survey. The largest population is in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, home to about 84,000 residents, most of whom are American citizens....
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Minnesota Compass
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Somali population - Cultural communities - Minnesota Compass
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Why do Conservatives frequently bring up Somali immigration to Minnesota?
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July 21, 2025Minnesota in the USA has a large and seemingly random Somali and Hmong population. What other regions of the world have a large and seemingly random migrant population?
It isn’t random but you got large populations of Marshallese in Arkansas Samoan and Filipinos in Alaska Koreans in Uzbekistan More on reddit.com
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June 1, 2025NPR
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How Minnesota became a hub for Somali immigrants in the U.S. : NPR
December 4, 2025 - How Minnesota became a hub for Somali immigrants in the U.S. Minnesota boasts the largest population of Somalis in the U.S. — a community that's recently faced attacks from President Trump.
CNN
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Anxiety grips Minneapolis’s Somali community as immigration agents zero in on the Twin Cities | CNN
December 4, 2025 - Pockets and purses hung a little ... in the Twin Cities – home to the nation’s largest population of people from the East African country. Somali women shop at Karmel Mall, a Somali mall in Minneapolis, Minnesota....
CIS
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Somali Immigrants in Minnesota | @CIS_org
December 10, 2025 - In 2024, in the wake of the immigration surge of the preceding four years, people of Somali ancestry in Minnesota numbered over 75,000. The population has become especially visible because of its concentration in Minneapolis, where tension between ...
Wikipedia
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Somali Americans - Wikipedia
3 days ago - In 2008–2012, the largest concentration of Somalia-born people in the United States were in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area (17,320) of Minnesota.
KTTC
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By the numbers: Minnesota’s Somali population, according to Census data
The state’s largest Somali population is in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, home to about 84,000 residents, most of whom are American citizens.
Published December 4, 2025
Wikipedia
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Somali diaspora - Wikipedia
2 weeks ago - The Somali population in London alone accounts for roughly 78% of Britain's Somali residents. The earliest ethnic Somali immigrants to the United States were sailors who arrived in the 1920s, mainly from British Somaliland. In the late 1970s, more Somali immigrants followed. Not until the 1990s when the civil war broke out in Somalia did the majority of Somalis come to the US. The heaviest concentrations are in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St.
Washington Post
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Minnesota, known for a warm welcome, turns icy for Somali immigrants
December 5, 2025 - Minnesota has been a magnet for Somali immigrants for decades and now has America’s largest population of people of Somali descent.
FOX 9
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Trump targeting Somali community: How many Somalis live in Minneapolis? | FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
December 3, 2025 - Going by the larger estimates, the Census puts the total population of the Twin Cities metro at 3.4 million. That means the Somali community makes up just 1.88% of the state's population and 2.26% of the metro's population.
Minnesota Reformer
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Most Somali people in America and Minnesota are citizens • Minnesota Reformer
December 8, 2025 - The numbers could be off by around 10,000 to 20,000, and the precise number of Somalis in the state and country is unknowable. Still, all estimates indicate that Minnesota is home to the largest Somali population in the country.
Fox News
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Cedar-Riverside becomes 'Little Mogadishu' as Somalis settle in Minnesota | Fox News
But the Somali civil war forced thousands to flee their homeland beginning in the 1990s, with refugee resettlement and family reunification swelling the Somali population in Minnesota to roughly 80,000 to 100,000, depending on the estimate.
Published December 9, 2025
Minnesota Historical Society Library
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Overview - Somali-Americans in Minnesota - LibGuides at Minnesota Historical Society Library
2 weeks ago - Most Somalis who now live in Minnesota came to the United States as refugees, many after first living as refugees in countries like Kenya and Ethiopia. Minnesota is home to the country's largest population of Somali residents, which numbered 87,853 as of 2008. Most Somalis live in the metro ...
World Population Review
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Somali Population by State 2026
1 week ago - Minnesota has the largest Somali population in the United States with 64,354 Somalis, making up 1.12% of the state’s total population. Ohio is home to the second-largest Somali population with 21,051 individuals, comprising 0.18% of the state’s ...
CNN
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Scorned by the president, Somalis in Minnesota are embraced by the state that took them in | CNN
December 7, 2025 - Meanwhile, public officials in Minnesota have taken pains to show their solidarity with the Somali community. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara joined an interfaith prayer circle. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey made the rounds Wednesday at a mall that caters primarily to the Somali population.
University of Minnesota
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A Study of Somali People Living in Eden Prairie and ...
Today Minneapolis, Minnesota is home to one of the largest Somali populations outside of Somalia, and Eden Prairie, Minnesota has the largest Somali population within the suburbs of the Twin Cities. Voluntary agencies, also known as VOLAGs, contract with the U.S. government to resettle refugees ...
BBC
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'Not becoming of a president': Somali-Americans respond to Trump's 'garbage' remarks
While those accused of involvement represent a small fraction of Minnesota's large Somali population, Trump has repeatedly criticised the community, writing in a post last month that the state has become a "hub of fraudulent money laundering activity". The House Oversight Committee said on Wednesday it was opening an investigation into Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's handling of the allegations. Jamal Osman, a member of the Minneapolis City Council, moved to the US when he was 14 and is a naturalised citizen.
Published December 4, 2025
YouTube
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Somali population statistics in Minnesota - YouTube
FOX 9's Mike Manzoni has a breakdown of Somali population statistics in Minnesota.FOX 9 is your source for breaking news, weather forecasts and severe weathe...
Published December 4, 2025
Reddit
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r/AskConservatives on Reddit: Why do Conservatives frequently bring up Somali immigration to Minnesota?
July 21, 2025 -
There are roughly 40,000 Somali immigrants living in Minnesota, a state with a population of 5.8 million. If you include people that are ethnically Somali but aren't immigrants, it's still only 90,000. Yet I see people say things like "Minnesota isn't Minnesota any more" or "Somalis run the state now". Sure, there are certain neighborhoods with large Somali populations in terms of percentage, but the state overall has 44 times as many white people as Somali people. White people run Minnesota. There are a total of 4 black people in the Minnesota House and Senate combined, so even if all 4 were Somali, they would be 2% of the state legislature.
Note: Some of this data is from 2023 and 2024, so it might not be 100% accurate, but it should be close enough to present-day numbers
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