Why Does Minnesota Have So Many Somalis 2024. Did you know somalis have been in the us since the 1920s and in minnesota since the 1990s? For 11 or more years.

Around 150,000 somalis, both refugees and nonrefugees, live in the united states, according to u.n. Minnesota compass reports a total of 86,610 somali americans reside in the state, the largest population in the country.