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The People

French Canadians, Swedes, Norwegians, Danes, Germans, and Irish were among the first foreign-born settlers of Minnesota. Late in the 1800s numerous immigrants from Finland, Poland, and Czechoslovakia also settled in Minnesota. The largest number of people of foreign heritage in Minnesota are Germans, who are found mostly in the southern and central portions of the state. Swedes are the next largest group, closely followed by Norwegians. Descendants of both Swedes and Norwegians are widely distributed throughout the state. The Finnish descendants are concentrated mostly in the northeastern part of the state.

The 1998 census had Minnesota's population as 4,919,479. The State Capital is St. Paul, other major cities or towns include Minneapolis, Bloomington, Duluth, Rochester, Brooklyn Park, Coon Rapids, Plymouth, Burnsville, Eagan.