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Minnesota At A Glance
Last Updated June 30, 2005
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The State:
- Profile: Click here for political history and analysis.
- Size: 86,939 square miles
- Population in 2000: 4,919,479; 70.9% urban; 29.1% rural
- Population in 1990: 4,375,099
- Population Change: Up
12.4% 1990-2000; Up
7.3% 1980-1990
- Population Rank: 21st of 50; 1.8% of total U.S. population
- Most Populous Cities:
Minneapolis (373,188);
St. Paul (280,404);
Rochester (92,507);
Duluth (85,734);
Bloomington (83,080)
- Registered Voters: No party registration
- Presidential Votes: Click here for analysis and past returns.
- Congressional Redistricting: Click here for additional details. An expanded
map of the current lines is also available.
- State
Senate: 35 D 31 R 1 I
- State House: 68 R 66 D
- State Legislative Term Limits: No
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The People:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2006 Guide to Usage.
- Race/Ethnic Origin:
4,337,143 (88.2%) white;
168,813 (3.4%) black;
141,083 (2.9%) Asian;
52,009 (1.1%) American Indian;
1,714 (0.0%) Pacific islander/Hawaiian;
70,304 (1.4%) two-plus races;
5,031 (0.1%) other;
143,382 (2.9%) Hispanic origin
- Ancestry:
25.2% German,
11.8% Norwegian,
7.7% Irish,
6.8% Swedish,
4.3% English
- State Natives: 70.2% of residents were born in-state.
- Non-Citizens: 3.3% of residents are foreign-born and not U.S. citizens
- Language Spoken, by Household: 89.6% English;
3.9% Other Eur.;
3.6% Spanish
- Education:
87.9% high school graduates;
27.4% college graduates
- Military Veterans:
464,968 (12.8%);
WWII: (20.2%);
Korea: (14.6%);
Vietnam: (32.8%);
First Gulf War: (7.6%)
The Economy:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2006 Guide to Usage.
- Industry:
2.6% agriculture;
5.9% construction;
7.2% finance;
2.5% information;
21.4% manufacturing;
29.7% professional;
3.4% public administration;
15.5% trade;
11.8% other
- Work Force: 23.3% blue collar; 62.3% white collar; 14.4% gray collar
- Work Sector: 80.4% private; 12.4% government; 6.9% self-employed; 0.3% unpaid family workers
- Unemployment: 0.3% unemployed
- Median Household Income:
$47,111
- 7.9% are below the poverty line
- 12.1% less than $15,000
- 23.8% $15-35,000
- 17.0% $35-50,000
- 34.5% $50-100,000
- 8.3% $100-150,000
- 4.4% more than $150,000
Median Home Value: $118,100
- 11.1% less than $50,000
- 27.6% $50-100,000
- 45.8% $100-200,000
- 10.1% $200-300,000
- 4.0% $300-500,000
- 1.3% more than $500,000
Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005
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