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Minnesota is in the Midwestern region of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state on May 11, 1858. Known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", the state's name is the Dakota word for "water". Those waters, together with forests, parks, and wilderness areas, offer residents and tourists a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities.Nearly sixty percent of Minnesota's residents live in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area known as the Twin Cities, the center of transportation, business, and industry, and home to an internationally known arts community.As of July 1, 2007, the state's population was estimated at 5,197,621 by the U.S. Census Bureau.

LIST OF SCHOOLS IN MINNESOTA OFFERING CNA PROGRAMS

Normandale Community College

9700 France Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55431

Phone: (952) 487-8200

Central Lakes College

501 W. College Dr. Brainerd, MN 56401

Phone: 218-855-8000

Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College

2101 14th Street, Cloquet, MN 55720

Phone: (218) 879-0800

Fax: (218) 879-0814

Lake Superior College