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MINNESOTA.

Government.— Minnesota was admitted into the Union on May 11, 1858. The legislature consists of a Senate of 67 members, one being elected in each of the legislative districts, and a House of Representatives of 181 members elected in the same districts in numbers proportioned to population- Senators are elected for 4 years, all terms expiring at the same time. Representatives are elected for 2 years.

Governor.— J. A. 0. Preus, 1921-23 (7,500 dollars).

Secretary of Stale. — Julius A. Schmahl.

There are 86 counties, few of which contain leas than 400 square miles and 2,000 inhabitants. Townships, as in other western States, are geographically, areas of land 6 miles square, each divided into 36 sections of one square mile, numbered on a uniform principle. When organised they are corporate bodies with a town-meeting. 3 supervisors, and other officer* elected foroneyear. Incorporated villages have not less than 175 inhabitant*: they form separate flection and assessment districts and have each a village council. The State Capital is St. Paul.

Area, Population. Education. — Area 84,682 square miles, of which 3.S24 square miles is water. This is exclusive of 2,514 square mile* of Lake Superior. Census population on Jan. 1, 1920, 2,387,124.

The population at the date of each of the Federal Censuses was as follows :

Tear

White

Coloured

Total

Per sq. mile

1880 1890 1900 1910

776,884 1,296,408 1,737,036 2,059,227

8,889 13,875 14,358 16,481

760,773 1,310,283 1.751,394 2,075,708

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16-2

217

In 1910 the population by sex and race was : —

-

White

Negro

Asiatic

Indian

Total

1,099,425

959,802

4,183 2,901

Male.

Female

325 19

1,10P,511 967,197

ToUl

2,059,227

7,084

344

9,053

2,075,708

The foreign born inhabitants in 1910 numbered 543,595 comprising 109,627 Gertnans, 122,427 Swedes, 105,302 Norwegians, 29,856 English Canadians, 15,859 Irish. 16,137 Danes, 11,062 French Canadians, and 12,136 English. The Indian Reservations in the State have an area (1919) of 865 square miles and contain 12,477 Indians.

The largest towns are Minneapolis with a population of 380,582 in 1920 ; .ul (the administrative capital). 234,f>y5 ; Duluth, 98.917; Winona, 19,143 ; Hibbing, 15,089 ; St. Cloud, 15,873. Of the total population in 1910, 41 per cent, was urban.

The chief religious bodies are : the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Metho- dist, Presbyterian, and Baptist.

In 1920*the 9,136 public elementary schools of the State had 16,896 teachers