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Minnesota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United
States. The 12th-largest state by area in the U.S., it is the 21st most
populous, with just over five million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the
eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the 32nd
state on May 11, 1858. The state is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"; those
lakes and the other waters for which the state is named, together with state and
national forests and parks, offer residents and tourists a variety of outdoor
recreational opportunities.
Nearly 60% of Minnesota's residents live in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul
metropolitan area known as the Twin Cities, the center of transportation,
business, and industry, and home to an internationally known arts community. The
remainder of the state, often referred to as "Greater Minnesota" or "Outstate
Minnesota", consists of western prairies now given over to intensive
agriculture; eastern deciduous forests, also heavily farmed and settled; and the
less populated northern boreal forest. The state's stereotypical image of being populated by
whites of Nordic and German descent has some truth, but diversity is increasing;
substantial influxes of African, Asian, and Latin American immigrants have
joined the descendants of European immigrants and of the original Native
American inhabitants.
The state is known for its moderate-to-progressive politics and social policies, its civic involvement, and high voter turnout. Minnesota ranks among the healthiest states by a number of measures, and has one of the most highly educated and literate populations.
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