The median household income of somalia in america is the Lowes in the country. Is this improving with young generations?

[Som]

As we know somalis are among the poorest immigrants in the west including america, this can be explained by the fact we are relatively new immigrants and most somalis came from poor backgrounds, some somalis may also lie on their income to get benefits so we don't have a precise picture of the phenomenon but nevertheless in america and the UK we are one of the poorest. Somalis came to the west in the Early mid 90s, the children of those immigrants are are in their 20s and 30s now. As Somali Millenials and generation Z are just approaching adult life do you think the situation is changing in America and other western countries? Will our diaspora succeed or at least reach the native population level?
Is the situation already changing when it comes to employment and education?

 

[trucel]

idk about poorest , but Somalis for the most part are very new to the west. I know a lot of Somalis in their 20s doing very well for themselves.

 

[babooshke]

Somalis came to the UK in the 90s.

they didn’t come to Canada till late 90s and early 2000s
And they didn’t come to the USA until well into the 2000s

The adult population of Somalis in the US are majority Fobs.

give it 1 or 2 more generations and the numbers will look better

 

[Juliet]

They lie about their income lmaooo

 

[Kimk]

Somalis do fine financially in the west..especially 2nd generation many who completed university and work professionally (make comfy middle class annual salary for 70-120k per person)

The thing about the west is kids are expensive…if Somalis in the west continue to have 6-7 kids per family (like the good old days) they will drift right back to poverty…120k a year with 6 kids and a stay at home wife is gaaajoo!!

to live comfortably in the west most people will need dual income household (high taxes and cost of living) which means women focus on work and have less kids…It’s the way the system is setup. They would rather have dogs than kids

 

[repo]

There’s so many excuses for this.