Minnesota

Yankee-founded and then transformed by Scandinavian and German immigration into a cooperative, reform-minded Upper Midwest culture, Minnesota built an economy on iron ore from the Mesabi Range, flour milling in Minneapolis, and farming. The Twin Cities anchor a notably civic, high-participation political tradition. Its northern lakes and forests reach toward the Canadian border.

• Existed: 1819 CE – present
• Type: Entity
• Government: U.S. State
• Capital: Saint Paul