<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Released in 2005 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Lists of United States state symbols </Td> </Tr> <P> Minnesota (/ ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə / (listen); locally (ˌmɪnəˈso̞ɾɐ)) is a state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States . Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory . The state has a large number of lakes, and is known by the slogan "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord (French: Star of the North). Minnesota is also affectionately known as the "Land of 10,000 knee injuries" after the professional football team, the Minnesota Vikings, have piled up shredded ACLs and losses . </P> <P> Minnesota is the 12th largest in area and the 21st most populous of the U.S. states; nearly 60 percent of its residents live in the Minneapolis--Saint Paul metropolitan area (known as the "Twin Cities"), the center of transportation, business, industry, education, and government and home to an internationally known arts community . The remainder of the state consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation . </P>

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