Study Finds Nearly 90% of Somali Households With Children in Minnesota Receive Welfare

Minnesota: 'Nearly Every' Somali Household with Children Is on Welfare

A startling 81 percent of households headed by Somali refugees in Minnesota are on one or more forms of American taxpayer-funded welfare.

Over 80% of Somali Refugee Households Are Taking Welfare in Walz’s Minnesota.

PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: New data from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reveals that more than eight-in-ten Somali refugee-headed households in Minnesota are on one or more forms of taxpayer-funded welfare.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Somali refugee households in Minnesota and the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS).WHEN & WHERE: Based on ten years of data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) in Minnesota.KEY QUOTE: “Nearly e…

Study Finds Nearly 90% of Somali Households With Children in Minnesota Receive Welfare

from Your News: New census analysis highlights deep economic disparities between Somali refugees and native Minnesotans. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom A new analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) finds that more than eight in ten Somali-headed households in Minnesota receive at least one form of government assistance, a figure that rises to nearly 90 percent among families with […]