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Immigration to Minnesota began after the 1851 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux opened the land for white settlement [107] in a land grab described as "pell mell". [108] In the 1850s, settlers moving onto Minnesota lands formerly inhabited by Native Americans created a population explosion of 2,831% (by far the nation's fastest). [ 109 ]
Many of the facets of Minnesota culture that are perceived as the area's early history in fact originated after this period. Notably, the heavy Scandinavian immigration for which the state is known, and the pioneering days chronicled by author Laura Ingalls Wilder occurred after statehood in the later 19th century. Unlike these later years, the ...
Many were attracted to the vast farmlands of the Midwest. States such as Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa became popular destinations due to the similarity in climate and terrain to their homeland. Between the late 1800s and early 1900s, there was a significant increase in Danish migration to the US.
By the middle of the 1880s, Norwegian migration to Minnesota began to shift to the cities. There was a large influx of Norwegian immigrants into the city of Minneapolis from the 1880s to early 20th century, along with a less substantial migration to St. Paul. [citation needed]
According to the Office of Immigration Statistics, in 1996, 439 people came directly from Somalia to Minnesota, but the office estimates many more first arrived in other states and moved to Minnesota. [38] In 2002, official estimates put the statewide population at around 15,000 residents. [39] Many came through VOLAGS, who helped them settle. [36]
The face of immigration in the early 1900s. Jessica Butler. Updated February 23, 2017 at 12:25 PM. The face of immigration in the early 1900s.
The most notable visitor was Hans Mattson (1832–1893), an early Minnesota settler who had served as a colonel in the Union Army and had been Minnesota's secretary of state. He visited Sweden in 1868–69 to recruit settlers on behalf of the Minnesota Immigration Board, and again in the 1870s to recruit for the Northern Pacific Railroad.
The Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning think tank, reported that immigrants in Minnesota illegally contributed about $222 million in state tax revenue in 2022. PolitiFact's ...