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General Information

Nickname
North Star State

State bird
Common Loon

State flower
Showy Pink and White Lady’s Slipper

Capital
St Paul

Date of admission to the Union
May 11 1858

Population
5,100,958 (official estimate 2004)

Population density
22.9 per sq km

2003 total overseas arrivals/US ranking
90,000/29

Time
Central (GMT - 6). Daylight Saving Time is observed.

The State
Minnesota, the second northernmost State in the USA (after Alaska), is one of the nation’s leading outdoor tourist destinations, with 68 State parks, 55 State forests and more than 12,000 lakes. The State borders Canada, the upper Midwest States and Lake Superior, the largest freshwater lake in the world.


   
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