Minnesota

Minnesota

Senators: SSCHROEDER F7 (I), JZIDONES D4 (I)

Representatives: SLAMBERT D8 (I), KMCCLURE D8 (D), SPALMA D8 (I)

Fact#1: "1/3 of the state is still remains forested." (slambert) Fact#2: "there are 59.5 people on avergae per square mile." (slambert) Fact#3: "Leading Lumber producer." (slambert) Fact#4: "In 2004 the unemployment rate was4.7%." (slambert)

Fact #2: Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shore line, that is more than Hawaii, California and Florida combined.(spalma) Fact #3: Minnesota is the 21st largest state in population, even though it only has 8 congressmen.(spalma) Fact #4: The first bone-marrow transplant and open heart surgerie were performed at the University of Minnesota.(spalma)**
 * Fact #1: The Metrodome is the only place in the country to host a Super Bowl, a World Series and an NCAA Final Four Championship.(spalma)

Fact #1: Minnesota has an estamited population of 5,220,393 (kmcclure) Fact #2: The per capitia income, as of 2005 is $37,290 which is the tenth-highest in the nation (kmcclure) Fact #3: Major industries are in Minnesota are farming (corn, soybeans, sugar beets, wheat, dairy products), paper pulp and mining (iron ore) Facts #4: The state motto is "L'Etoile du Nord", which means the Star of the North in french (kmcclure) Fact #5: Minnesota is known as the "land of 10,000 lakes" even though really has contains 15,291 lakes (kmcclure)

Fact# 1 Minnesota's Mall of America is the size of 78 football fields (9.2 million square feet) (SSchroeder) Fact# 2 Minnesota has the oldest playing theatre old log theatre (SSchroeder) Fact# 3 The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is the largest urban sculpture garden in the country (SSchroeder) Fact# 4 Minnesota has 90,000 miles of ocean shore line (SSchroeder) Fact# 5 The state capitol of Minnesota is St. Paul (SSchroeder)

Fact# 1 Minnesota has more than 10,000 lakes, there are 5,291 over 10 acres. (JZidones) Fact# 2 The highest point in the state is Eagle Mountain. It is 2,301 high. (JZidones) Fact# 3 An earthquake struck Minnesota on July 9, 1975, rated 5.0 on the Richter Scale. It was located in Stevens County in western Minnesota, and was felt as far away as Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota. (JZidones) Fact# 4 Minnesota is 357 (East to West)miles wide and 411 miles long (North to South). (JZidones) Fact# 5 Minnesota was named after the Dakota Indian word "minisota" meaning sky tinted waters. (JZidones)