State symbols: flower: lady slipper, tree: red (or Norway) pine, bird: common loon (also called great northern diver), song: “Hail Minnesota”, fish: walleye, mushroom: morel
Nicknames: North Star State; Gopher State; Land of 10,000 Lakes
10 largest cities (2010): Minneapolis, 382,578; St. Paul, 285,068; Rochester, 106,769; Duluth, 86,265; Bloomington, 82,893 Brooklyn Park, 75,781; Plymouth, 70,576; St. Cloud, 65,842; Eagan, 64,206; Woodbury, 61,961