Identity & heritage community ranking

Top Somali communities in U.S. city markets.

Explore where this community is largest and where it represents the greatest share of the local city market. The default ranking lens is 2024 ACS ancestry response (B04006_082E).

Identity discovery only — never a score. Census ancestry, ethnicity, origin, race, and birthplace measures can overlap. V3.4.3 keeps those lenses separate and never adds them together. Identity context never changes the Follow Your Heart Index or any component score.

Top 10 by population

Largest communities

Estimated population under the governed default identity lens.

Rank	City and state	Community population	City-market population
#1	Minneapolis, Minnesota	18,281	423,069
#2	Columbus, Ohio	14,016	626,444
#3	Saint Paul, Minnesota	6,469	325,369
#4	Lincoln Village, Ohio	3,776	59,077
#5	Saint Cloud, Minnesota	3,560	78,880
#6	Seattle, Washington	3,318	709,956
#7	Kent, Washington	3,223	119,479
#8	San Diego, California	2,585	1,411,139
#9	Rochester, Minnesota	2,164	135,035
#10	Bloomington, Minnesota	1,998	88,605

Top 10 by representation

Highest community share

Share of the full city-market population under the same governed lens.

Rank	City and state	Community share	City-market population
#1	Lincoln Village, Ohio	6.39%	59,077
#2	Saint Cloud, Minnesota	4.51%	78,880
#3	Minneapolis, Minnesota	4.32%	423,069
#4	Shakopee, Minnesota	3.85%	50,041
#5	Burnsville, Minnesota	2.99%	64,463
#6	Seatac, Washington	2.79%	62,839
#7	Kent, Washington	2.70%	119,479
#8	Eagan, Minnesota	2.62%	67,960
#9	Bloomington, Minnesota	2.25%	88,605
#10	Columbus, Ohio	2.24%	626,444

Governed identity lenses

One community can have more than one Census lens.

Ancestry: 2024 ACS ancestry response (B04006_082E) — default ranking lens

The default lens controls this page's rankings. Secondary lenses remain preserved in the publication contract and are not combined with the default measure.

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