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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]
This list ranks the top 150 U.S. cities (incorporated places) by 2024 land area. Total areas including water are also given, but when ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities appear disproportionately larger. San Francisco is an extreme example: water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of 232 square miles (601 km 2).
City/municipality Municipality status Country Total area (km 2) Population Population density (per km 2) Sermersooq [1] Municipality Greenland: 575,300 24,148 0.04 Avannaata [1] Municipality Greenland: 522,700 10,920 0.02 Nagqu [2] Prefecture-level City China: 353,010 504,838 1 Hulunbuir [3] Prefecture-level City China: 234,545 2,242,875 10 ...
Minnesota has 6,564 natural rivers and streams that cumulatively flow for 69,000 miles (111,000 km). [11] The Mississippi River begins its journey from its headwaters at Lake Itasca and crosses the Iowa border 680 miles (1,094 km) downstream. [11]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 80.168 square miles (207.63 km 2), of which 71.658 square miles (185.59 km 2) is land and 8.510 square miles (22.04 km 2) is water. [2] It is Minnesota's second-largest city by land area, surpassed only by Hibbing.
Minnesota (/ ˌ m ɪ n ə ˈ s oʊ t ə / ⓘ MIN-ə-SOH-tə) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and North Dakota and South Dakota to the west.
The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska. Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.
It is commonly known as the Twin Cities after the area's two largest cities, Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Minnesotans often refer to the two together (or the seven-county metro area collectively) simply as "The Cities". [3] [4] The area is Minnesota's economic, cultural, and political center.