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32nd state, May 11, 1858
Population - 5,100,958
Persons per square mile - 61.8
Counties - 87
Land Area - 79,548 sq. mi., 12th
Bird - Loon
Tree - Red Pine
Flower - Pink/white lady's-slipper
Song - Hail! Minnesota
Motto - Star of the North
Capital - St Paul
Mean travel time to work - 21.9
Geographic center - In Crow Wing Co., 10 mi. SW of Brainerd
State forests - 58 (nearly 4 million ac.)
State parks - 72
Male: 2,435,631 (49.5%)
Female: 2,483,848 (50.5%)
White: 4,400,282 (89.4%)
Black: 171,731 (3.5%)
American Indian: 54,967 (1.1%)
Asian: 141,968 (2.9%)
Other race: 65,810 (1.3%)
Two or more races: 82,742 (1.7%)
Hispanic/Latino: 143,382 (2.9%)
percent population 18 and over: 73.8
65 and over: 12.1
median age: 35.4 |
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Star witness in Petters case sentenced to 1 year in prison
2 Sep 2010 at 9:07am
The woman who blew the whistle on Tom Petters' $3.7 billion Ponzi scheme, even as she was implicated herself, has been sentenced to one year in prison.
Off-duty Lakeville Police officer dies in motorcycle crash
2 Sep 2010 at 9:00am
When Lakeville Police officers were called to a motorcycle crash Wednesday night, they learned the victim was one of their own.
Gulf oil rig explodes off La. coast
2 Sep 2010 at 9:06am
An offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.
Some bunker down, some flee as Earl approaches US
2 Sep 2010 at 7:17am
Hurricane Earl blew toward the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday as a major storm with winds of around 145 mph.
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