MPR’s Nikki Tundel interviews Michele Garnett McKenzie, director of the Refugee and Immigrant Program at Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, about newly released figures show Minnesota's largest minority groups are making significant economic strides. McKenzie says over the last few decades the state has become a magnet for the county's newest residents.
The latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that poverty rates are down and education levels are up among the state's Hmong, African, and Mexican populations.