Outline of Minnesota

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. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state on May 11, 1858. Known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, the state's name comes from a Dakota word for "sky-tinted water".

General reference

Names
* Common name: Minnesota
** Pronunciation:
* Official name: State of Minnesota
* Abbreviations and name codes
** Postal symbol: MN
** ISO 3166-2 code: US-MN
** Internet second-level domain: .mn.us
* Nicknames
** Butter Country
** Bread and Butter State
** Bread Basket of the Nation
** Gopher State
** Land of 10,000 Lakes
** Land of Lakes
** Land of Sky-Blue Waters
** North Star State
** State of Hockey
Adjectival: Minnesota
Demonym: Minnesotan

Geography of Minnesota

Geography of Minnesota

Minnesota is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America
Location
* Northern Hemisphere
* Western Hemisphere
** Americas
*** North America
**** Anglo America
**** Northern America
***** United States of America
****** Contiguous United States
******* Canada–US border
******* Central United States
******** West North Central States
******* Midwestern United States
********Upper Midwest
***** Great Lakes Region
Population of Minnesota: 5,303,925
Area of Minnesota:
Atlas of Minnesota

Places in Minnesota

Environment of Minnesota

Environment of Minnesota

Climate of Minnesota
* Climate change
* Weather records of Minnesota
Natural history of Minnesota
Geology of Minnesota
Protected areas in Minnesota
* State forests of Minnesota
Superfund sites in Minnesota
Wildlife of Minnesota
* Flora of Minnesota
** Aquatic plants of Minnesota
** Trees of Minnesota by family
** Wildflowers of Minnesota
** Grasses, sedges, and rushes of Minnesota
* Fauna of Minnesota
** Amphibians of Minnesota
** Ants of Minnesota
** Birds of Minnesota
** Fish of Minnesota
** Mammals of Minnesota
** Reptiles of Minnesota
*** Snakes of Minnesota

Natural geographic features of Minnesota

Regions of Minnesota

Regions of Minnesota

Administrative divisions of Minnesota

The 87 counties of the state of Minnesota
* Municipalities in Minnesota
** Cities in Minnesota
*** State capital of Minnesota: Saint Paul
*** Largest city of Minnesota: Minneapolis
*** City nicknames in Minnesota
** Towns in Minnesota
* List of townships in Minnesota

Demography of Minnesota

Demographics of Minnesota

Government and politics of Minnesota

Politics of Minnesota

Branches of the government of Minnesota

Government of Minnesota

Executive branch of the government of Minnesota

Legislative branch of the government of Minnesota

Judicial branch of the government of Minnesota

Courts of Minnesota

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Law and order in Minnesota

Law of Minnesota

Military in Minnesota

History of Minnesota

History of Minnesota

History of Minnesota, by period

Prehistory of Minnesota
*Indigenous peoples
English territory of Rupert's Land, 1670–1707
French colony of Canada,
French colony of Louisiane,
*Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
*Treaty of Paris of 1763
British territory of Rupert's Land, -1870
*History of the area of Minnesota east of the Mississippi River from 1763 to 1849:
*British Province of Quebec, -1791
American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
*United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
*Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
**Unorganized territory of the United States, 1783–1787
*Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, -1803
*Territory of Indiana, -1816
*Territory of Illinois, 1809–1818
**War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
***Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
**Anglo-American Convention of 1818
***Northwest Angle
*Territory of Michigan, 1805--1837
**Winnebago War, 1827
**Black Hawk War, 1832
*Territory of Wisconsin, 1836–1848
**Webster–Ashburton Treaty of 1842
***Boundary Waters
**Mexican–American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
*Unorganized Territory, 1821--1854
*History of the area of Minnesota west of the Mississippi River from 1764 to 1849:
*Spanish district of Alta Luisiana, 1764–1803
**Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800
*French district of Haute-Louisiane, 1803
**Louisiana Purchase of 1803
Unorganized U.S. territory created by the Louisiana Purchase, 1803–1804
*District of Louisiana, 1804–1805
*Territory of Louisiana, 1805–1812
*Territory of Missouri, 1812–1821
**War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
***Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
**Anglo-American Convention of 1818
***Red River Valley of Rupert's Land
*Unorganized Territory, -1854
*Territory of Michigan, 1805--1837
*Territory of Iowa, 1838–1846
*Unorganized Territory, 1821--1854
**Mexican–American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
Territory of Minnesota, 1849–1858
State of Minnesota becomes 32nd State admitted to the United States of America on May 11, 1858
*American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
**Minnesota in the American Civil War

History of Minnesota, by region

History of Minnesota, by subject

Culture of Minnesota

Culture of Minnesota

The arts in Minnesota

Sports in Minnesota

Sports in Minnesota

Economy and infrastructure of Minnesota

Economy of Minnesota

Education in Minnesota

Education in Minnesota

Schools in Minnesota
* School districts in Minnesota
** High schools in Minnesota
* Colleges and universities in Minnesota
** University of Minnesota system
*** University of Minnesota
*** University of Minnesota Duluth
*** University of Minnesota Morris
*** University of Minnesota Crookston
*** University of Minnesota Rochester
** Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system
*** St. Cloud State University
*** Minnesota State University, Mankato
*** Winona State University
*** Metropolitan State University
*** Minnesota State University Moorhead
*** Southwest Minnesota State University
*** Bemidji State University