Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Immigration
Ninth District Insight Report - Quarter 4, 2012
April 2013 - Ninth District Insight
Ninth District Insight Report - Quarter 2, 2012
Published by the Community Development Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
December 2012 - Ninth District Insight
"Agripreneur" program helps rural Latinos become small-scale farmers
An initiative of Minneapolis-based Main Street Project teaches budding farmers, or "agripreneurs," to raise and sell poultry and other agricultural products as part of an emerging local food network.
Jacob Wascalus
October 2012 - Community Dividend
Little Mogadishu in the All-America City? Somali entrepreneurship in Willmar, Minnesota
Somali immigrants encounter acceptance and some challenges as they establish businesses in a small city in central Minnesota.
Nima Hassan
October 2011 - Community Dividend
Hispanic entrepreneurship grows, but barriers persist
Despite recent progress, Hispanic-owned firms lag behind in some respects. Fortunately, federal and nonprofit agencies offer programs designed to help close the gap.
Michou Kokodoko
April 2011 - Community Dividend
Fed Governor Duke tours Minneapolis marketplaces
On a recent visit, Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth Duke toured two culturally diverse marketplaces that have helped revitalize their surrounding neighborhoods.
July 2010 - Community Dividend
Economic Myth Busters
Toby Madden, Rachel West
September 2009 - fedgazette
Minnesota Home Ownership Center assumes responsibility for EMHI
July 2009 - Community Dividend
New Markets Mortgage program broadens homeownership opportunities in Minnesota
A new profit-based mortgage product offered by the African Development Center in Minneapolis could help make homeownership possible for Muslims and other interest-averse communities.
Paula Woessner
July 2009 - Community Dividend
Fed releases report on concentrated poverty
January 2009 - Community Dividend
Community Affairs releases report on Hmong homeownership rates
November 2008 - Community Dividend
Directo a Mexico helps customers join the financial system
The Directo a Mexico remittance service could have two major benefits: helping financial institutions in the U.S. compete more effectively in the money-transfer market, and increasing the number of Me
Michael Grover, Jimmy Nguyen
November 2008 - Community Dividend
Accounting for Regional Migration Patterns and Homeownership Disparities in the Hmong-American Refugee Community, 1980-2000
An analysis of Hmong homeownership rates in the U.S. over the previous two decades, with a focus on examining gaps in rates among the geographic areas where Hmong refugees are concentrated.
Richard M. Todd, Michael Grover
October 2008 - Community Development Papers
Rolling the ICE dice
Immigrant workers play a key role in district labor markets, and employers and workers alike walk a legal tightrope.
Kathy Cobb
November 2007 - fedgazette
Stepping Beyond the Rice Fields
The Economics of Immigration--Winning Essay
Jordan Wong
September 2007 - The Region
Microenterprise development in the U.S.: Past, present and future
To learn more about the history of microenterprise development organizations in the U.S. and the challenges these organizations face, Community Dividend spoke with Elaine Edgcomb, director of the Aspe
Michou Kokodoko
May 2007 - Community Dividend
Bills target undocumented workers
Montana State Roundup
March 2007 - fedgazette
African American enterprises on the rise in Minnesota
Minnesota's African American entrepreneurs are likely to face a host of challenges that threaten to block their path to success. Fortunately, a network of organizations is ready to support African Am
Michou Kokodoko
November 2006 - Community Dividend
Huddling more massively
Poverty snapshot in the Ninth District: Immigrants vs. Native born.
Joe Mahon
November 2006 - fedgazette
Report reveals refugee resettlement trends
November 2006 - Community Dividend
Minnesota Hispanic chamber receives homebuyer counseling contract
July 2006 - Community Dividend
Entrance exam
The number of international college students has dipped since 9/11, and universities face more than visa challenges in turning that around.
Katherine Nesse
May 2006 - fedgazette
New St. Paul housing program announced
November 2005 - Community Dividend
Twin Cities refugee groups tackle community development
Refugee groups in Minnesota are expanding their mutual assistance efforts to include community development activities.
Bo Thao
September 2005 - Community Dividend
Homeownership initiative targets Minnesota's emerging markets
The State of Minnesota Emerging Markets Homeownership Initiative is charged with developing a business plan for dramatically reducing the state's homeownership gap by 2010.
Jacqueline King
May 2005 - Community Dividend
A good investment or money down the drain?
Immigrants have become a lightning rod for the resentment of native-born taxpayers who disapprove of extra spending on social services
Phil Davies
September 2004 - fedgazette
A rainbow coalition
Immigration is changing the face of the Ninth District, though still slowly in many parts.
Phil Davies
September 2004 - fedgazette
Bring us your tired, huddled masses (we’ve got job openings)
Employers strapped for labor have turned to immigrants to fill jobs spurned by many natives.
Phil Davies
September 2004 - fedgazette
Faces of change
In a flashback to the early 20th century, immigrants from all over the world are settling in the district, and not just in its inner cities.
Phil Davies
September 2004 - fedgazette
Foreign-Born Population, 2000
Charts: Ninth District Foreign-Born Population, 2000
September 2004 - fedgazette
Ninth Federal Reserve District County Analysis Summary
Table of Ninth Federal Reserve District County Analysis Summary
September 2004 - fedgazette
A better day in the neighborhood: The rise and decline of poverty concentration in the Twin Cities, 1970-2000
After increasing for two decades, the concentration of poverty in Minneapolis-St. Paul took a dramatic, unexpected plunge in the 1990s
Richard M. Todd
November 2003 - Community Dividend
A conversation with ... Kou Vang of JB Realty
Community Dividend speaks with Kou Vang, a Hmong business leader, about credit availability and the economic evolution of the Twin Cities Hmong community.
August 2003 - Community Dividend
Credit availability: A snapshot of the Hmong business community in Minneapolis and St. Paul
A Federal Reserve study examines credit markets from the borrowers' perspective
Arthur J. Rolnick, David Fettig
August 2003 - Community Dividend
Fed luncheon focuses on credit access in the Twin Cities Hmong community
Lenders, community development professionals and small business owners gathered in St. Paul to discuss lessons learned from the Federal Reserve's study of credit access in the Twin Cities Hmong commun
Paula Woessner
August 2003 - Community Dividend
Linking immigrants to farming opportunities
For immigrants in the Twin Cities area, farming is a source of income, opportunity, and independence.
Devon Idstrom
August 2003 - Community Dividend
A conversation with ... Wafiq Fannoun and Hussein Samatar
Community Dividend discusses Islamic financing with Wafiq Fannoun, business development specialist at Northside Residents Redevelopment Countil, and Hussein Samatar, a small business banking
August 2002 - Community Dividend
Size of Twin Cities Muslim population difficult to determine
When communities are based on faith, accurate demographic figures can be difficult to find.
Paula Woessner
August 2002 - Community Dividend
