{"id":172,"date":"2012-06-29T21:03:29","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T21:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2019-04-17T20:11:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T20:11:13","slug":"at-a-glance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/TwinCities3\/?page_id=172","title":{"rendered":"At a Glance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEMOGRAPHICS \/ AT A GLANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Population\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n5,611,179<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Area\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n86,943 square miles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Land Area\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n79,617 square miles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water Area\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n7,326 square miles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Great Lakes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n2,546 square miles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topography<\/strong><br \/>\nCentral hill\/lake region; northeastern rocky ridges and deep lakes; northwestern flat plains; southern rolling plains and deep river valleys.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highest Point<\/strong><br \/>\nEagle Mountain at 2,301 feet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lowest Point\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nLake Superior shoreline at 602 feet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agriculture\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nDairy products, corn, cattle, soybeans, hogs, wheat, turkeys Industry Machinery\/metal products, food processing, printing\/publishing, manufacturing, mining, tourism<\/p>\n<p><strong>Area Codes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n218, 320, 507, 612, 651, 763, 952<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Capital\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nSt. Paul<\/p>\n<p><strong>Largest Cities\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nMinneapolis, Saint Paul, Duluth, Rochester, Bloomington, Brooklyn Park, Plymouth, Eagan, Coons Rapids, Burnsville<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statehood\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nMay 11, 1858<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Flower\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nPink and white lady&#8217;s slipper<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Motto\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nL&#8217;Etoile du nord (The star of the north)<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Nickname\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nNorth Star State, Land of 10,000 Lakes<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Song\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nHail! Minnesota<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Tree\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nRed Pine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEMOGRAPHICS \/ AT A GLANCE Population\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5,611,179 Total Area\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 86,943 square miles Land Area\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 79,617 square miles Water Area\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7,326 square miles Great Lakes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2,546 square miles Topography Central hill\/lake region; northeastern rocky ridges and deep lakes; northwestern flat plains; southern rolling plains and deep river valleys. Highest Point Eagle Mountain at 2,301 feet Lowest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/TwinCities3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/TwinCities3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/TwinCities3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/TwinCities3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/TwinCities3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/TwinCities3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":741,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/TwinCities3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions\/741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/TwinCities3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}