Minnesota
Minnesota (
i/ˌmɪnᵻˈsoʊtə/; locally 
[ˌmɪnəˈso̞ɾɐ]) is a state in the midwastren an northren regions o the Unitit States. Minnesota wis admittit as the 32nt U.S. state on Mey 11, 1858, creatit frae the eastren hauf o the Minnesota Territory. The state haes a muckle nummer o lochs, an is kent bi the slogan "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Its offeecial motto is L'Étoile du Nord (French: Starn o the North).
Minnesota | |
|---|---|
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| Afore stateheid | Minnesota Territory |
| Admittit tae the Union | Mey 11, 1858 (32nt) |
| Lairgest ceety | Minneapolis |
| Lairgest metro | Minneapolis–Saint Paul |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Tim Walz (DFL) |
| • Lieutenant Governor | Peggy Flanagan (DFL) |
| Legislatur | Minnesota Legislatur |
| • Upper hoose | Senate |
| • Lawer hoose | Hoose o Representatives |
| U.S. senators | Amy Klobuchar (DFL) Tina Smith (DFL) |
| U.S. Hoose delegation | 4 Democrats, 4 Republicans (leet) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,489,594 (2,015 est)[1] |
| • Density | 26.6/km2 (68.9/sq mi) |
| • Median hooseaud income | $68730[2] |
| • Income rank | 6t |
| Leid | |
| Trad. abbreviation | Minn. |
| Latitude | 43° 30′ N tae 49° 23′ N |
| Longitude | 89° 29′ W tae 97° 14′ W |
Minnesota is the 12t lairgest in aurie an the 22nt maist populous o the U.S. states; nearly 60 percent o its residents live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan aurie (kent as the "Twin Cities"), the centre o transportation, business, industrie, eddication, an govrenment an hame tae an internaitionally kent airts commonty. The remainder o the state consists o westren prairies nou gien ower tae intensive agricultur; deciduous forests in the sootheast, nou pairtially cleared, fermed an settled; an the less populatit North Woods, uised for minin, forestry, an recreaution.
Minnesota is kent for its progressive poleetical orientation an its heich rate o ceevic pairteecipation an voter turnoot. Til; European settlement, Minnesota wis inhabitit bi the Dakota an Ojibwe/Anishinaabe. In the 19t an early 20t centuries, a muckle nummer o European settlers entered the state that haed mainly emigratit frae Scandinavie an Germany. The state remeens the day a centre o Scandinavian American an German American cultur. In recent decades, immigration frae Asie, the Horn o Africae, the Middle East an Laitin Americae haes braidened its historic demografic an cultural composeetion. Minnesota's staundart o leevin index is amang the heichest in the Unitit States, an the state is an aa amang the best-eddicatit an walthiest in the naition.[3]
References
eedit- ↑ National, State, and Puerto Rico Commonwealth Totals Datasets: Population, population change, and estimated components of population change: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015 U.S. Census Bureau (2015)
- ↑ "Median Annual Household Income". The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ↑ Frohlich, Thomas. "America's Most (and Least) Educated States". 24/7 WallStreet. 24/7 WallStreet. Retrieved 2 Februar 2015.
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