He said he often sees other Africans around town. Sometimes they stop him and ask for advice on how to get a job.
“A lot of them are farm people, and they come here thinking they can go into the fields and lift stuff,” he said. “But it’s not really like that, so they end up working at Wal-Mart.”
It’s hard to estimate how many foreigners are in this part of North Dakota. But the number of blacks and Hispanics in the state rose by over 50% between 2010 and 2013, according to North Dakota Department of Commerce. And that figure likely misses all the workers that are here on a temporary basis, living in hotel rooms, RV’s, or company provided “man camps,” said Kevin Iverson, manager of North Dakota’s Census Office.
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