Survey: Nearly 1 in 3 US Somalis live in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS Nearly one in three people with Somali ancestry in the United States live in Minnesota, although some activists claim there are more.The 1 in 3 estimate comes from new survey data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The bureau's American Community Survey says there are about 25,000 people with Somali ancestry in Minnesota and about 85,700 in the United States.The other states with large Somali populations are Ohio, Washington and California, but their communities are much smaller than Minnesota's. The figures include people born in Somalia and their decedents.

The latest release is an aggregate of five years of survey data that demographers say gives the best look at small population groups and small geographical areas since the 2000 Census.


The newly confirmed prime minister of Somalia’s internationally recognized Transitional Federal Government (T.F.G.),  Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed  and  Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Economist Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed both A hails from Upstate New York ,other Somali  cabinet from  Somali-American   Community included . Somalia's ministry of defense  Abdulhakim Hajji Fiki, and  Prof. Abdulkareem Hassan Jama both from Northern Virginaia .Somali minister of education, culture and higher education from ohio.