Date Admitted to the Union:
May 11, 1858 - Minnesota was the 32nd state.
Minnesota State Capital:
St. Paul
State Nickname:
Gopher State
State Motto:
L'Etoile du Nord.
Translation: The North Star
Translation: The North Star
Minnesota State Bird:
Common Loon
Minnesota State Flower:
Pink and White Lady's Slipper
Minnesota State Tree:
Norway Pine
Cities 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
