The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Minnesota:

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

– U.S. state located in the

Midwestern United States The Midwestern United States (also referred to as the Midwest, the Heartland or the American Midwest) is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. It occupies the northern central part of the United States. It ...

. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state on May 11, 1858. Known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, the state's name comes from a Dakota word for "sky-tinted water".

General reference

* Names ** Common name:

*** Pronunciation: Minnesota
Dictionary.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Retrieved on 2008-04-26. ** Official name: State of Minnesota ** Abbreviations and name codes *** Postal symbol: MN *** ISO 3166-2 code: US-MN ***

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second-level domain: .mn.us ** Nicknames *** Butter Country *** Bread and Butter State *** Bread Basket of the Nation *** Gopher State *** Land of 10,000 Lakes (currently used on license plates) *** Land of Lakes *** Land of Sky-Blue Waters *** North Star State *** State of Hockey * Adjectival:

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: Minnesotan

Geography of Minnesota

Geography of Minnesota * Minnesota is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America * Location **

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Western hemisphere The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and east of the 180th meridian.- The other half is called the Eastern Hemisphere. Geopolitically, ...

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North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...

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Northern America Northern America is the northernmost subregion of North America, as well as the northernmost region in the Americas. The boundaries may be drawn significantly differently depending on the source of the definition. In one definition, it lies dir ...

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Contiguous United States The contiguous United States, also known as the U.S. mainland, officially referred to as the conterminous United States, consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia of the United States in central North America. The te ...

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Central United States The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern United States, Eastern and Western United States, Western as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau's d ...

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Upper Midwest The Upper Midwest is a northern subregion of the U.S. Census Bureau's Midwestern United States. Although the exact boundaries are not uniformly agreed upon, the region is usually defined to include the states of Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wi ...

****** Great Lakes Region * Population of Minnesota: 5,303,925 (2010 U.S. Census) * Area of Minnesota: * Atlas of Minnesota

Places in Minnesota

* Historic places in Minnesota ** Ghost towns in Minnesota ** National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota ** Forts in Minnesota ** National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota *** Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota * National Natural Landmarks in Minnesota * State forests in Minnesota * State parks in Minnesota * County and regional parks in Minnesota

Environment of Minnesota

Environment of Minnesota * Climate of Minnesota **

Climate change Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in ...

** Weather records of Minnesota * Natural history of Minnesota * Geology of Minnesota * Protected areas in Minnesota ** State forests of Minnesota * Superfund sites in Minnesota * Wildlife of Minnesota ** Flora of Minnesota *** Aquatic plants of Minnesota *** Trees of Minnesota by family ( by scientific name) *** Wildflowers of Minnesota *** Grasses, sedges, and rushes of Minnesota ** Fauna of Minnesota *** Amphibians of Minnesota *** Ants of Minnesota *** Birds of Minnesota *** Fish of Minnesota *** Mammals of Minnesota *** Reptiles of Minnesota **** Snakes of Minnesota

Natural geographic features of Minnesota

* Ecoregions of Minnesota * Lakes of Minnesota *

Rivers of Minnesota Minnesota has 6,564 natural rivers and streams that cumulatively flow for . The Mississippi River begins its journey from its headwaters at Lake Itasca and crosses the Iowa border downstream. It is joined by the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling, ...

* Streams of Minnesota

Regions of Minnesota

Regions of Minnesota The U.S. State of Minnesota is the northernmost state outside Alaska; its isolated Northwest Angle in Lake of the Woods is the only part of the 48 Continental United States, contiguous states lying north of the 49th parallel north. Minnesota is ...

* Central Minnesota * Eastern Minnesota ** Twin Cities Metropolitan Region * Northern Minnesota ** Arrowhead Region ** Red River Valley ** Northwest Angle * Southern Minnesota ** Southeastern Minnesota

Administrative divisions of Minnesota

* The 87 counties of the state of Minnesota ** Municipalities in Minnesota *** Cities in Minnesota ****

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of Minnesota: Saint Paul **** Largest city of Minnesota:

Minneapolis Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the state's List of cities in Minnesota, most populous city. Locat ...

**** City nicknames in Minnesota *** Towns in Minnesota ** List of townships in Minnesota

Demography of Minnesota

Demographics of Minnesota

Government and politics of Minnesota

Politics of Minnesota *

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: U.S. state government * United States congressional delegations from Minnesota * Minnesota State Capitol * Elections in Minnesota ** Electoral reform in Minnesota * Political party strength in Minnesota

Branches of the government of Minnesota

Government of Minnesota

Executive branch of the government of Minnesota

* Governor of Minnesota ** Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota ** Secretary of State of Minnesota * State departments **

Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Minnesota ( ) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and ...

** Minnesota Department of Natural Resources **

Minnesota Department of Transportation The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT, ) oversees Transportation in Minnesota, transportation by all modes including land, water, air, rail, walking and bicycling in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The Cabinet (government), cabinet-lev ...

** Minnesota Housing Finance Agency ** Minnesota Indian Affairs Council ** Minnesota Public Utilities Commission ** Minnesota State Lottery ** Minnesota State Patrol

Legislative branch of the government of Minnesota

* Minnesota Legislature (

bicameral Bicameralism is a type of legislature that is divided into two separate Deliberative assembly, assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate ...

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Upper house An upper house is one of two Legislative chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted p ...

Minnesota Senate The Minnesota Senate is the upper house of the Minnesota Legislature, Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. At 67 members, half as many as the Minnesota House of Representatives, it is the largest upper house of any State legislature (Unite ...

Lower house A lower house is the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature, where the other chamber is the upper house. Although styled as "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has come to wield more power or otherwise e ...

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the U.S. state of Minnesota's Minnesota Legislature, legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper chamber, to write and pass legislation, whic ...

Judicial branch of the government of Minnesota

Courts of Minnesota * Supreme Court of Minnesota

Law and order in Minnesota

Law of Minnesota * Cannabis in Minnesota * Constitution of Minnesota * Crime in Minnesota * Gun laws in Minnesota * Law enforcement in Minnesota ** Law enforcement agencies in Minnesota *** Minnesota State Police ** Prisons in Minnesota * Same-sex marriage in Minnesota

Military in Minnesota

* Minnesota Air National Guard * Minnesota Army National Guard

History of Minnesota

History of Minnesota, by period

* Prehistory of Minnesota **

Indigenous peoples There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territ ...

* English territory of

Rupert's Land Rupert's Land (), or Prince Rupert's Land (), was a territory in British North America which comprised the Hudson Bay drainage basin. The right to "sole trade and commerce" over Rupert's Land was granted to Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), based a ...

, 1670–1707 * French colony of

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

, (1685–1699) * French colony of Louisiane, (1699–1764) ** Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762 ** Treaty of Paris of 1763 *

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...

territory of

, (1707–1818)-1870 **History of the area of Minnesota east of the

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Ita ...

from 1763 to 1849: **

(though predominantly

Francophone The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes. The term was coined by Onésime Reclus in 1880 and became important a ...

) Province of Quebec, (1763–1783)-1791 *

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...

, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783 **

United States Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen States of America in the original printing, is the founding document of the United States. On July 4, 1776, it was adopted unanimously by the Second Continen ...

, July 4, 1776 ** Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783 ***Unorganized territory of the

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, 1783–1787 ** Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, (1787–1800)-1803 ** Territory of Indiana, (1800–1809)-1816 ** Territory of Illinois, 1809–1818 ***

War of 1812 The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States United States declaration of war on the Uni ...

, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815 **** Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814 *** Anglo-American Convention of 1818 **** Northwest Angle ** Territory of Michigan, 1805-(1818–1836)-1837 *** Winnebago War, 1827 ***

Black Hawk War The Black Hawk War was a conflict between the United States and Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans led by Black Hawk (Sauk leader), Black Hawk, a Sauk people, Sauk leader. The war erupted after Black Hawk and a group of ...

, 1832 ** Territory of Wisconsin, 1836–1848 *** Webster–Ashburton Treaty of 1842 ****

Boundary Waters The Boundary Waters, also called the Quetico-Superior Country, is a region of wilderness straddling the Canada–United States border between Ontario and Minnesota, in the area just west of Lake Superior. While "Boundary Waters" is a common nam ...

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Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War (Spanish language, Spanish: ''guerra de Estados Unidos-México, guerra mexicano-estadounidense''), also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, ...

, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848 ** Unorganized Territory, 1821-(1848–1849)-1854 **History of the area of Minnesota west of the

from 1764 to 1849: ** Spanish (though predominantly

) district of Alta Luisiana, 1764–1803 *** Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800 ** French district of Haute-Louisiane, 1803 ***

Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase () was the acquisition of the Louisiana (New France), territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River#Watershed, Mississipp ...

of 1803 * Unorganized U.S. territory created by the

, 1803–1804 ** District of Louisiana, 1804–1805 ** Territory of Louisiana, 1805–1812 ** Territory of Missouri, 1812–1821 ***

, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815 **** Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814 *** Anglo-American Convention of 1818 **** Red River Valley of

** Unorganized Territory, (1821–1834)-1854 ** Territory of Michigan, 1805-(1834–1838)-1837 ** Territory of Iowa, 1838–1846 ** Unorganized Territory, 1821-(1846–1849)-1854 ***

, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848 * Territory of Minnesota, 1849–1858 * State of Minnesota becomes 32nd State admitted to the

on May 11, 1858 **

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...

, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 ***

Minnesota in the American Civil War The history of the U.S. state of Minnesota is shaped by its original Native Americans in the United States, Native American residents, European exploration and European colonization of the Americas, settlement, and the emergence of industries ...

History of Minnesota, by region

* By City ** History of Minneapolis ** History of Northfield, Minnesota ** History of Richfield, Minnesota ** History of Saint Paul, Minnesota

History of Minnesota, by subject

* List of Minnesota state legislatures * History of music of Minnesota * History of sports in Minnesota ** History of the Minnesota Twins *** Minnesota Twins Draft History ** History of the Minnesota Vikings * Natural history of Minnesota

Culture of Minnesota

Culture of Minnesota * Cuisine of Minnesota * Museums in Minnesota * Religion in Minnesota **

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. It is led by an archbishop who administers the archdiocese from the cities of Minneapolis–S ...

*** Franciscan Brothers of Peace **

Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...

*** Minnesota North District *** Minnesota South District ** Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota ** Orthodox Church in America Diocese of the Midwest ** Synagogues in Minnesota * Scouting in Minnesota * State symbols of Minnesota ** Flag of the State of Minnesota ** Great Seal of the State of Minnesota

The arts in Minnesota

* Music of Minnesota * Theater in Minnesota

Sports in Minnesota

Sports in Minnesota *

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

:* NFL –

Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. The Vikings compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. Founded in 1960 as ...

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...

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Minnesota Golden Gophers football The Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represents the University of Minnesota in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Founded in 1882, Minnesota has been a member of the Big Ten Conference since its incept ...

:* Women's Football Alliance – Minnesota Vixen *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

:* MLB –

Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The team is named afte ...

:* NCAA – Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball *

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

:* NBA – Minnesota Timberwolves :* NCAA – Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball, Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball :* WNBA – Minnesota Lynx *

Ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

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Minnesota Wild The Minnesota Wild are a professional ice hockey team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Wild compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Confer ...

:* NCAA – Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey, Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey :* National Women's Hockey League – Minnesota Whitecaps *

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

:* MLS – Minnesota United FC *

Rugby football Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league. Rugby football started at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, where the rules were first codified in 1845. Forms of football in which the ball ...

:* Minnesota Rugby Football Union – Blue Ox RFC, Minneapolis Mayhem

Economy and infrastructure of Minnesota

Economy of Minnesota * Communications in Minnesota ** Newspapers in Minnesota ** Radio stations in Minnesota ** Television stations in Minnesota * Energy in Minnesota ** Power stations in Minnesota ** Solar power in Minnesota ** Wind power in Minnesota * Health care in Minnesota ** Hospitals in Minnesota * Transportation in Minnesota ** Bicycling in Minnesota *** Rail trails in Minnesota ** Airports in Minnesota ** Rail transport in Minnesota *** Railroads in Minnesota *** Passenger rail in Minnesota ** Roads in Minnesota *** U.S. Highways in Minnesota *** List of Interstate Highways in Minnesota, Interstate Highways in Minnesota *** State highways in Minnesota

Education in Minnesota

Education in Minnesota * Schools in Minnesota ** List of school districts in Minnesota, School districts in Minnesota *** List of high schools in Minnesota, High schools in Minnesota ** List of colleges and universities in Minnesota, Colleges and universities in Minnesota *** University of Minnesota system **** University of Minnesota **** University of Minnesota Duluth **** University of Minnesota Morris **** University of Minnesota Crookston **** University of Minnesota Rochester *** Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system **** St. Cloud State University **** Minnesota State University, Mankato **** Winona State University **** Metropolitan State University **** Minnesota State University Moorhead **** Southwest Minnesota State University **** Bemidji State University

References

External links

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