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| | | MINNESOTA: The Gopher State
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| State Home Page: | | http://www.state.mn.us/ | | Capital: | | St. Paul | | Year Admitted to Union: | | 1858 - 32nd | | Population: | | 5,132,799 (2005) |
| Density: | | 61.8 persons per sq. mi. (31st) | | Per Capita Income: | | $34,039 (10th) | | Land Area: | | 84,402 sq mi (14th) | | Percent of Land Federally Owned: | | 8.2 | | Governor: | | Tim Pawlenty (R) | | Lottery start-up year: | | 1989 | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White persons: | | 4,598,988 (89.6%) |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 184,781 (3.6%) |
| African-American or Black persons: | | 220,710 (4.3%) |
| American Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 61,594 (1.2%) |
| Asian, Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 179,648 (3.5%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats in House: | | 134 two-year term average district population: 32,650 | | Seats in Senate: | | 67 | | Number of Constitutions: | | 1 | | Effective Date of Present Constitution: | |
May 11, 1858 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 8 | | Curious Facts:
| | Northwest Airlines based out of Twin Cities, was the first major airline to ban smoking on international flights.The first library to have a Children’s department was the Minneapolis Public Library in 1889.The Mall of America in Bloomington is over 9.5 million square feet in size. |
| | | More fishing licenses are sold per capita than any other state | | | | Minnesota is home to the
largest lake in the world | |
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