Editing Minnesota (section)

=== Race and ethnicity ===
Minnesota's racial demographics have significantly diversified since its early settlement period. As of 2020, according to U.S. census data, the white population had fallen to 77.5% from over 98% in the early to mid-20th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=August 12, 2021 |website=census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815165418/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Concurrently, other racial populations have markedly increased. The Black population has risen to 7%, the Asian population to 5.3%, and those identifying as two or more races to 6.1%.

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|+ Racial composition in 2020<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web | title=MINNESOTA: 2020 Census | website=U.S. Census Bureau | date=May 12, 2022 | url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/minnesota-population-change-between-census-decade.html | access-date=September 25, 2022 | archive-date=June 9, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609103749/https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/minnesota-population-change-between-census-decade.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
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! Race !! Percentage
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[White Americans|White]] || 77.5%
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[African American|Black or African American]] || 7.0%
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] || 1.2%
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[Asian American|Asian]] || 5.3%
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[Pacific Islander American|Pacific Islander]] || 0.1%
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Other race]] || 3.2%
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]] || 6.1%
|}

In the 2017 [[American Community Survey]], 5.1% of Minnesota's population were of [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] origin (of any race): [[Mexican American|Mexican]] (3.5%), [[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]] (0.2%), [[Cuban American|Cuban]] (0.1%), and other Hispanic or Latino origin (1.2%).<ref name="ACS2016DEMO">{{cite web |title=2016 American Community Survey – Demographic and Housing Estimates |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP05/0400000US27 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213005744/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP05/0400000US27 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 }}</ref> The ancestry groups claimed by more than 5% of the population were [[German Americans|German]] (33.8%), [[Norwegian American|Norwegian]] (15.3%), [[Irish American|Irish]] (10.5%), [[Swedish American|Swedish]] (8.1%), and [[English American|English]] (5.4%).<ref>{{cite web |title=2016 American Community Survey – Selected Social Characteristics |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP02/0400000US27 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213005732/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP02/0400000US27 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 }}</ref> Minnesota has the country's largest [[Somalis|Somali]] population, and the largest Hmong population per capita.<ref name="Imgpnanss">[http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/docs/New_Americans_in_the_North_Star_State_2009.pdf New Americans in the North Star State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226202334/http://immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/docs/New_Americans_in_the_North_Star_State_2009.pdf |date=December 26, 2013 }}</ref> Minnesota also has the largest [[Norwegian Americans|Norwegian American]] and [[Swedish Americans|Swedish American]] populations.