Minnesota State Profile and Resources
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Minnesota was the thirty-second state to be admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858. The land area is 79,617 square miles. The total area is 89,943 square miles. You guessed it, 7326 square miles is water! There is a reason Minnesota is called the land of 10,000 lakes. The 2003 estimate of population is 5,059,375 people. Mean travel time to work twenty-one minutes. Origin of the word "Minnesota" is based on the Dakota Sioux Indian word for "sky-tinted water". The red or Norway pine (Pinus resinosa) became the official state tree in 1953. The state flower is the pink and white Lady's slipper (Cypridedium reginae). The state bird is the common loon (Gavia). Minnesota has many community colleges and universities, including the University of Minnesota Medical School and the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. |
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State Information
Quick Facts from the Census
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/27000.html
Healthy People 2010 Minnesota
http://www.health.state.mn.us/strategies/
Population Profiles
http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/special/profile2k/MN_2K_Profile.pdf
Minnesota Congressional Districts
http://www.sos.state.mn.us/redist/Cong_Map_State_View.pdf
National Association of Counties
http://www.naco.org/
State Health Information
Minnesota Department of Health
http://www.health.state.mn.us/
State Health Facts Online (from the Kaiser Foundation)
http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org
(enter Minnesota in the search box)
State Health Resource Lists
State Resources - Minnesota (from the Rural Assistance Center)
http://www.raconline.org/states/minnesota.php
Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA)
Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA's)
http://hpsafind.hrsa.gov/
(enter Minnesota in the search box)
HPSA Designation Criteria
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/shortage/hpsacrit.htm
Medically Underserved Areas/Medically Underserved Populations
MUA/MUP - Medically Underserved Areas/Medically Underserved Populations
http://muafind.hrsa.gov/
(enter Michigan in the search box)
Health Workforce Profiles
Health Resource Shortage Area Workforce Profiles
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/reports/statesummaries/minnesota.htm
Health Resource Workforce Profiles Highlights
ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/workforceprofiles/minnesota.pdf
Specific Populations - General Information
Office of Minority Health (OMH)
http://www.omhrc.gov/
Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/
MedlinePlus Population Group Topics
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/populationgroups.html
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs020514b.htm
African American
African American Health, a MedlinePlus topic sheet
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.html
African American Health Disparities Information
http://www.lib.wayne.edu/shiffman/aah/
Additional GMR Resources
Native American
Native American Health, a MedlinePlus topic sheet
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/nativeamericanhealth.html
Indian Health Service (IHS)
http://www.ihs.gov/
IHS Publications & Reports
http://www.ihs.gov/PublicInfo/Publications/Index.asp
Native Health Research Database
http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/IHS_Stats/Statistical_Databases.asp
Minnesota Indian Tribes
http://www.500nations.com/Minnesota_Tribes.asp
Additional GMR Resources
Hispanic American
Hispanic American Health, a MedlinePlus topic sheet
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hispanicamericanhealth.html
HispanicHealth.org
http://www.hispanichealth.org/
Latino/Hispanic Health (LasCulturas.com)
http://www.lasculturas.com/lib/libHealth.php
Additional GMR Resources
Asian American
Asian American Health, a MedlinePlus topic sheet
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asianamericanhealth.html
Asian and Pacific Islander Populations
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/api.html
South Asian Health Issues (SAWNET - South Asian Women's NETwork)
http://www.sawnet.org/health/
Additional GMR Resources
Government Information Resources
FedStats -
A gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. federal agencies
http://www.fedstats.gov/
USA.gov -
The official U.S. gateway to all government information
http://www.usa.gov/
Google Search: Uncle Sam
http://www.google.com/unclesam
State & Local Government on the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net/
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