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Minnesota (/ˌmɪnəˈsoʊtə/ ^ⓘ MIN-ə-SOH-tə) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" for having more than 14,000 bodies of fresh water covering at least ten acres each; roughly a third of the state is forested; much of the remainder is prairie and farmland. More than 60% of Minnesotans (about 3.7 million) live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, known as the "Twin Cities", the state's main political, economic, and cultural hub and the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Other minor metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas include Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rochester, and St. Cloud.

Minnesota, which gets its name from the Dakota language, has been inhabited by various Indigenous peoples since the Woodland period of the 11th century BCE. Between roughly 200 and 500 CE, two areas of the indigenous Hopewell tradition emerged: the Laurel complex in the north, and Trempealeau Hopewell in the Mississippi River Valley in the south. The Upper Mississippian culture, consisting of the Oneota people and other Siouan speakers, emerged around 1000 CE and lasted through the arrival of Europeans in the 17th century. French explorers and missionaries were the earliest Europeans to enter the region, encountering the Dakota, Ojibwe, and various Anishinaabe tribes. Much of what is now Minnesota formed part of the vast French holding of Louisiana, which the United States purchased in 1803. After several territorial reorganizations, the Minnesota Territory was admitted to the Union as the 32nd state in 1858. Minnesota's official motto, L'Étoile du Nord ("The Star of the North") is the only state motto in French; this phrase was adopted shortly after statehood and reflects both the state's early French explorers and its position as the northernmost state in the contiguous U.S.

As part of the American frontier, Minnesota attracted settlers and homesteaders from across the country. Its growth was initially based on timber, agriculture, and railroad construction. Into the early 20th century, European immigrants arrived in significant numbers, particularly from Scandinavia, Germany, and Central Europe; many were linked to the failed revolutions of 1848, which partly influenced the state's development as a center of labor and social activism. Minnesota's rapid industrialization and urbanization precipitated major social, economic, and political changes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; the state was at the forefront of labor rights, women's suffrage, and political reform. Consequently, Minnesota is unique among Midwestern states in being a relative stronghold of the Democratic Party, having voted for every Democratic presidential nominee since 1976, longer than any other U.S. state. (Full article...)

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Huntington Bank Stadium (formerly known as TCF Bank Stadium) is an outdoor stadium located on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The stadium opened in 2009, after three years of construction. It is the home field of the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten Conference.

The stadium also served as the temporary home of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2014 and 2015 seasons during the construction of U.S. Bank Stadium and the Minnesota United FC of Major League Soccer for the 2017 and 2018 seasons during the construction of Allianz Field. The 50,805-seat "horseshoe" style stadium cost $303.3 million to build and is designed to support future expansion to seat up to 80,000. (Full article...)

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Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (IATA: MSP, ICAO: KMSP, FAA LID: MSP), also less commonly known as Wold–Chamberlain Field, is a joint civil-military public-use international airport located in Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory, Minnesota, United States. Although situated within the unorganized territory, the airport is centrally located within 10 miles (16 kilometers; 9 nautical miles) of both downtown Minneapolis and downtown Saint Paul. In addition to primarily hosting commercial flights from major American and some international airlines, the airport is also home to several United States Air Force and Minnesota Air National Guard operations. The airport is also used by a variety of air cargo operators. MSP is the busiest airport in the Upper Midwest.

A joint civil-military airport, MSP is home to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport Joint Air Reserve Station, supporting both Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard flight operations. Units stationed there include the 934th Airlift Wing (934 AW). The airport is located in Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory. Small sections of the airport border the city limits of Minneapolis and Richfield. However, under Minnesota state law, the parcel of land covered by the airport is not part of any city or school district. MSP covers 2,930 acres (1,186 ha) of land. The airport generates an estimated $15.9 billion a year for the Twin Cities' economy and supports 87,000 workers. (Full article...)

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Image 1Logging pine c. 1860s–1870s (from History of Minnesota)
Image 2Ojibwa women in a canoe, Leech Lake, 1909 (from History of Minnesota)
Image 3Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway ore docks loading ships, circa 1900–1915. (from History of Minnesota)
Image 4Marshall Sherman poses with the 28th Virginia battle flag in 1864 (from Culture of Minnesota)
Image 5Hubert Humphrey (from History of Minnesota)
Image 6Ruins of old Fond du Lac trading post on the Saint Louis River in 1907 (from History of Minnesota)
Image 7Map of Minnesota Territory
(1849–1858) (from History of Minnesota)
Image 8Statue of William Worrall Mayo, M.D. near the Mayo Clinic in Rochester (from History of Minnesota)
Image 9The Washburn "A" Mill Complex, which now contains a milling museum on the Mississippi River (from History of Minnesota)
Image 10A painting of Father Hennepin 'discovering' Saint Anthony Falls (from History of Minnesota)
Image 11Dred Scott (from History of Minnesota)
Image 12Home of Henry Hastings Sibley (from History of Minnesota)
Image 13Fort Snelling played a pivotal role in Minnesota's history and in the development of nearby Minneapolis and Saint Paul (from History of Minnesota)
Image 14Fort Snelling (from History of Minnesota)
Image 15Nekima Levy Armstrong protesting against the murder of George Floyd (from History of Minnesota)
Image 16Some of the oldest stone tools found in Minnesota (from History of Minnesota)
Image 1718 layer kransekake (from Culture of Minnesota)
Image 18Cedar Lake bike trail in Minneapolis (from Transportation in Minnesota)
Image 19Mass hanging in Mankato, Minnesota (from History of Minnesota)
Image 20Various salads, including dessert salads, potato salads and pasta salads are popular in Minnesota (from Culture of Minnesota)

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... that during the 1916–1917 northern Minnesota lumber strike, multiple cities in Minnesota banned members of the Industrial Workers of the World from their municipalities?
... that American nurse Florence Church Bullard gave her French Croix de Guerre medal with a bronze star to the Sisters of Saint Marys, believing that her heroic deeds were a reflection of their teachings?
... that Minnesota's Dick Wildung played for back-to-back national championship teams and was twice selected as a consensus All-American?
... that the University of Minnesota Messenia Expedition has been described as "the first truly multidisciplinary archaeological expedition in Greece"?
... that as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Smiley v. Holm, the 1932 general election ballot in Minnesota contained 30 candidates for Congress?
... that College Football Hall of Fame inductee Pug Lund received his college degree 62 years after enrolling at the University of Minnesota?

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2020 Rank	City	2020 Census^[1]	2010 Census^[2]	Change	County
1	Minneapolis †	429,954	382,578	+12.38%	Hennepin
2	Saint Paul ††	311,527	285,068	+9.28%	Ramsey
3	Rochester †	121,395	106,769	+13.70%	Olmsted
4	Bloomington	89,987	82,893	+8.56%	Hennepin
5	Duluth †	86,697	86,265	+0.50%	St. Louis
6	Brooklyn Park	86,478	75,781	+14.12%	Hennepin
7	Plymouth	81,026	70,576	+14.81%	Hennepin
8	Woodbury	75,102	61,961	+21.21%	Washington
9	Maple Grove	70,253	61,567	+14.11%	Hennepin
10	Blaine	70,222	57,186	+22.80%	Anoka Ramsey

† County seat
†† State capital and county seat

See List of cities in Minnesota for a full list.

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^ "United States Census Bureau". U.S. Census Bureau. August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
^ "2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File". American FactFinder2. U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census. Retrieved November 24, 2012.^{[dead link]}