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Map of the United States with Minnesota highlighted. Minnesota is a state situated in the Midwestern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, Minnesota is the 22nd most populous state with 5,706,494 inhabitants but the 14th largest by land area, spanning 79,626.74 square miles (206,232.3 km 2) of land. [1]
Minneapolis [a] is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. [4] With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 census , it is the state's most populous city . [ 7 ] Located in the state's center near the eastern border, it occupies both banks of the Upper Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul , the state capital ...
The Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington MN–WI Metropolitan Statistical Area, or Twin Cities, includes 15 counties, of which 13 are in Minnesota and two in Wisconsin. The Minnesota portion accounts for almost two-thirds of Minnesota's population.
Saint Paul is adjacent to Minnesota's most populous city, Minneapolis; they and their suburbs are collectively known as the Twin Cities metropolitan area, the country's 16th-largest metropolitan area and home to about 55% of the state's population. [81] The remainder of the state is known as "Greater Minnesota" or "Outstate Minnesota". [82]
Minneapolis flyby courtesy NASA/Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio Minneapolis on the Mississippi River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 151.3 km² (58.4 mi²). 142.2 km² (54.9 mi²) of it is land and 9.1 km² (3.5 mi²) of it (6.01%) is water.
The westerly portion surrounding the city's Chain of Lakes is loosely labeled Southwest Minneapolis, bounded on the east by I-35W and on the north by 36th St W, which extends west from Bde Maka Ska to the city limits. Common conceptions of Minneapolis neighborhoods do not always align with official city maps.
This list includes notable permanent geographic sections in Minneapolis, such as unofficial neighborhood, commercial districts, residential areas, and other defined places. The list excludes streets, venues, transit stops, trails, government facilities, lakes, parks, and events.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Minnesota: . Minnesota – U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States.The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents.