The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Minnesota:
Minnesota – U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. 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: Minnesota
Pronunciation: Official name: State of Minnesota Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: MN ISO 3166-2 code: US-MN Internet 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: Minnesota Demonym: Minnesotan
Geography of Minnesota
Geography of Minnesota
Minnesota is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America
Location
Northern hemisphere
Western hemisphere
Americas
North America
Anglo America
Northern America
United States of America
Contiguous United States
Canada–US border
Central United States
West North Central States
Midwestern United States
Upper Midwest
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
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