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Demograthics Of African immigrant population in U.S.

African immigrants make up a small share of the nation’s immigrant population, but their overall numbers are growing – roughly doubling every decade since 1970, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 2.1 million African immigrants living in the United States in 2015, up from 881,000 in 2000 and a substantial increase from 1970 when the U.S. was home to only 80,000 foreign-born Africans. They accounted for 4.8% of the U.S. immigrant population in 2015, up from 0.8% in 1970.

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THE FLAG

The flag of Somalia was designed by Maxamed Cawaale Liibaan and it was adopted on October 12, 1954. It is a rectangular banner, sky blue in color and it has a good-sized white star in the middle. The star, which is called Star of Unity, has five pointy sides, which represent all the Somalis whose lands are in: (1) Waqooyi (the North) of Somalia, (2) Koonfur (the South) of Somalia, (3) Jabuuti, (4) Soomaali Galbeed (in Ethiopia) and (5) Waqooyi-Bari (in Kenya). There many songs dedicated to the flag, but the most popular one is:

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The Somali American Youth Parent Association (SAYPA) is a nonprofit organization with the center vision for African immigrants families in Massachusetts to have the ability to completely explore and take an interest in the educational system.