Today, a third of the City of Saint Paul’s residents are minorities, a figure that has doubled in the past fifteen years. Similarly, the City of Saint Paul’s business community has changed dramatically as well, and many of its older commercial strips are now home to new ethnic entrepreneurs serving new and existing markets.

The following Emerging Markets Economic Data highlights the buying power of the ethnic communities in the City of Saint Paul:

• American Indian Economic Data
• Asian American Economic Data
• African American Economic Data
• Latino Economic Data
• Mexican American Economic Data

• African Immigrant Capital
• Economic Contribution of Minorities in Exurbia, Minnesota
• HispanSource Hispanic Market Info
• Immigrant Capital in Minnesota
• Mexican Americans in Minnesota
• The Business of Color: Strengthening the Regional Economy 
• The Transformation of University Avenue by Asian Immigrant Businesses 1981 - 2005