MINNESOTA MINNESOTA U.S POPULATION INDUSTRY NATURAL RESOURCES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION YEAR OF ADMISSION 1858 ORDER OF ADMISSION 32ND DATE OF CURRENT STATE CONSTITUTION 1858 CAPITAL ST PAUL POPULATION 4686000 1997 LAND AREA 79617 SQ MI POPULATION DENSITY 57.9 PEOPLE PER SQ MI NICKNAME NORTH STAR STATE GOPHER STATE MOTTO L'ETOILE DU NORD THE STAR OF THE NORTH GOVERNMENT CONFIGURATION BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE HOUSES 2 NUMBER OF STATE SENATORS 67 NUMBER OF STATE REPRESENTATIVES 134 NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S CONGRESS 8 MAIN INDUSTRIES AGRIBUSINESS FOREST PRODUCTS MINING MANUFACTURING TOURISM MAJOR NATURAL RESOURCES FERTILE SOIL IRON ORE MANGANESE GRANITE SAND GRAVEL LIMESTONE SANDSTONE DENSE FORESTS
