Minnesota - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood St. Paul May 11, 1858 the 32nd state State nickname Name for residents State motto The Land Of 10,000 Lakes Minnesotans L'etoile du Nord (Star of the North) Abbreviation MN LAND Total area 225,171 sq km 86,939 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 12th 206,208 sq km 79,617 sq mi Highest point Eagle Mountain 701 m/2,301 ft Forested land as a share of total area Federally owned land as a share of land area 32.7 percent (2002) 6.9 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 5,197,621 (2007 estimate) 21st 12.4 percent (1990-2000) 25 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 65 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population 70.9 percent (2000) Largest cities (by population) Minneapolis 372,811 (2005 estimate) Saint Paul 275,150 (2005 estimate) Rochester 94,950 (2005 estimate) Duluth 84,896 (2005 estimate) Bloomington 81,164 (2005 estimate) Ethnic groups Whites 89.4 percent (2000) Blacks 3.5 percent (2000) Asians 2.9 percent (2000) Native Americans Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders Mixed heritage or not reporting Hispanics (of any race) 1.1 percent (2000) less than 0.1 percent (2000) 3 percent (2000) 2.9 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 77.8 years (1989-1991) 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 351 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 320 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 9.2 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 16.3 (2003) Government spending per student (K-12) $9,907 (2002-2003) Share of students attending private school 10.9 percent (1999) Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 90.7 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Tim Pawlenty (term ends January 2011) Legislature Senate, 67 members House of Representatives, 134 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 8 Electoral votes 10 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita $245 billion (2006) $36,173 (2004) GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 1.4 percent (2004) Industry Construction 5.1 percent (2004) Manufacturing 13.7 percent (2004) Mining 0.2 percent (2004) Transportation and utilities 4.8 percent (2004) Services Finance, insurance, and real estate 21.6 percent (2004) G overnment Information technology Retail trade Wholesale trade Other services 10.1 percent (2004) 4 percent (2004) 6.7 percent (2004) 7 percent (2004) 25.7 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers 2,939,000 (2006 estimate) Unemployment rate 4 percent (2006 estimate) Share of workers in unions 15.7 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind 5.5 percent (2005 estimate) Share from hydroelectric 1.5 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 24.2 percent (2005 estimate) Share from thermal 68.8 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 160 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 61.6 percent (2003 estimate) 9.7 books per person (2002) 212,511 km (2005) 132,048 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 1,473 km (2005) 915 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 7,385 km (2004) 4,589 mi (2004) Airports 10 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
