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Minnesota
Motto: Official: "L'etoile du Nord" - French - "The star of the North"
Territorial motto never repealed: "Quae sursum volo videre" - Latin - I long to see what is beyond"
Nicknames: "The North Star State" - "Land of 10,000 Lakes" - "The Bread and Butter State" - "The Gopher State"
Capital: St. Paul
Population: 5,059,375 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau 7/01/03); Ranks 21st in US State Population
Size: 360 miles from east to west and about 407 miles from north to south; covers 86,943 square miles - 12th largest of the 50 states
State Bird: Loon
State Flower: Lady's Slipper
The name of this state came from the Minnesota River. The river was so named by the Dakota Sioux for the river's "cloudy" or "milky water," which is what the Dakota word "mnishota" means.
Minnesota became a state on May 11, 1858. It was the 32nd state to be admitted to the Union.
People who live or come from Minnesota are called "Minnesotans."
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