 The next largest concentrations of Somalis are in Columbus, Ohio (40,280), Seattle, Washington (31,850), San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos in California (27,845), Washington, D.C.-Arlington-Alexandria in the Virginia-D.C. area (2,715), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta in Georgia (2,305), Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale in Arizona (1,965), Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro in Oregon (1,480), Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin in Tennessee (1,420), Boston-Cambridge-Quincy in Massachusetts (1,380), and other areas (28,650).In 2014, the Minneapolis City Council passed a resolution marking July 1 as Somali American Day.The event commemorates the Independence Day of Somalia, which is annually celebrated on the same day.