Date Admitted to the Union:
May 11, 1858 - Minnesota was the 32nd state.Minnesota State Capital:
St. PaulState Nickname:
Gopher StateState Motto:
L'Etoile du Nord.Translation: The North Star
Minnesota State Bird:
Common LoonMinnesota State Flower:
Pink and White Lady's SlipperMinnesota State Tree:
Norway PineCities With Population Over 100,000:
- Minneapolis
- Saint Paul
Famous People From Minnesota :
- Warren Burger, Supreme Court Justice
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, Author
- Garrison Keillor, Humorist
- Sinclair Lewis, Author of The Jungle
- Walter Mondale, Vice President Under Jimmy Carter
- Charles Schulz, Cartoonist

