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  1. <text id=93AT0473>
  2. <title>
  3. Minnesota--Vital Statistics
  4. </title>
  5. <history>
  6. Compact ALMANAC--United States Directory          
  7. Minnesota                                            
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Compact</source>
  11. <hdr>
  12. Vital Statistics                                                 
  13. </hdr>
  14. <body>
  15. <table>
  16. <row><c format=bold type=a>Nickname<c type=a>The North Star State
  17. <row><c>Motto<c>L'Etoile du Nord (The Star of the North)
  18. <row><c>Flower<c>Pink and White Lady's-Slipper
  19. <row><c>Bird<c>Common Loon
  20. <row><c>Tree<c>Red Pine
  21. <row><c>Song<c>Hail! Minnesota
  22. <row><c>Fish<c>Walleye
  23. <row><c>Grain<c>Wild Rice
  24. <row><c>Mushroom<c>Morel
  25. <row><c>Entered the Union<c>May 11, 1858
  26. <row><c>Capital<c>St. Paul
  27. <row><c format=bold type=a>Land Area (square miles)<c type=a>79,617
  28. <row><c>   Rank in Nation<c>14th
  29. <row><c>1990 Census Population<c>4,375,099
  30. <row><c>   Rank in Nation<c>20th
  31. <row><c>Density per square mile<c>54.95
  32. <row><c>1992 Estimated Population<c>4,480,34
  33. <row><c>Number of Representatives in Congress<c>8
  34. <row><c>Capital City<c>St. Paul
  35. <row><c>   Population<c>272,235
  36. <row><c>   Rank in State<c>2nd
  37. <row><c>Largest City<c>Minneapolis
  38. <row><c>   Population<c>368,383
  39. <row><c>Number of Places over 10,000 Population<c>73
  40. </table>
  41. <p>Source: The Book of the States, 1992-93 edition, Vol. 29; The Council of State Governments, Lexington, KY.
  42. </p>
  43. </body>
  44. </article>
  45. </text>
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