NPR
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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. Here's a brief history of how they came to settle there. Updated December 4, 202511:23 AM ET Originally published December 3, 20256:56 PM ET ... Women walk down a street in the predominantly Somali neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside in Minneapolis in 2022.
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 ...
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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
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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Wikipedia
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History of Somalis in Minneapolis–Saint Paul - Wikipedia
7 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), ...
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.
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 ...
Minnesota Compass
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Somali population - Cultural communities - Minnesota Compass
By tracking and analyzing trends in areas that affect our quality of life, Compass gives everyone in our state a common foundation to act on issues to improve our communities.
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.
Wikipedia
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Somali Americans - Wikipedia
3 days ago - During his second term as president ... December 2025: "Those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain". A week earlier, Trump had called Somalis "garbage" and "said he didn't want any of them to be in the US". Trump's administration has ended the Temporary Protected Status program for Somalis in Minnesota and directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to conduct raids in Minneapolis...
Factually
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How has Minnesota's Somali population changed over the...
November 26, 2025 - Cloud, with Hennepin and Ramsey counties holding the largest concentrations; one county-level breakdown cited Hennepin County with about 28,053 Somali residents and Minneapolis around 19,870 in a 2025 snapshot [3] [10]. The Minnesota Demographer and historical reporting likewise describe a ...
Neilsberg
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Somali Population in Minnesota by City : 2025 Ranking & Insights | Neilsberg
October 1, 2025 - The Somali population in Minnesota totals 61,353, according to recent U.S. Census estimates. Leading cities include Minneapolis (19,870), followed by St. Paul (6,669) and St. Cloud (3,740), each hosting visible segments of the community. While these urban centers anchor much of the population, ...
Zip Atlas
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Percentage of Somali Population in Minnesota by City in 2025 | Zip Atlas
Percentage of Somali Population in Minnesota is 1.12%.
CBS Austin
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Fact Check Team: Minnesota's Somali community: from refugees to political powerhouses
December 10, 2025 - The United States began issuing refugee visas to Somalis in 1992, opening the door for large-scale resettlement. Population estimates vary widely, but most reports place the Somali population in Minnesota between 80,000 and 100,000 today.
Minnesota Historical Society Library
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Overview - Somali-Americans in Minnesota - LibGuides at Minnesota Historical Society Library
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 ...
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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Implications of Refugee Resettlement Policy in Urban and Suburban Communities: A Study of Somali People Living in Eden Prairie and Minneapolis
Thousands of Somali refugees live and work in Minnesota. Somali refugees have been coming to Minnesota since the early 1990’s when violence and famine erupted in Somalia. 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.
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.
Mnchamber
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Contributions change over time | Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
Beginning in the early 1990s, Somali refugees moved to Minnesota fleeing extreme violence as a result of the collapse of the Somali government. As of 2019, Minnesota had the largest Somali population in the U.S. Currently, Minnesota’s foreign-born Somali population totals 36,495,70 the vast majority of whom (~77%) reside in the Twin Cities metro area.