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Over the last 200 years, Minnesota's main exports have changed from raw materials to focusing on polished products and services. With its diverse economy, Minnesota's goods closely match the goods and services in the U.S. as a whole. Minnesota's gross domestic product income for 2008 was $262 billion. Thirty-three of the top thousand traded companies in the U.S. as of 2008 were founded in Minnesota, including popular brands like Target, Best Buy, General Mills, UnitedHealth Group, 3M, Land O' Lakes, Valspar, Ameriprise, U.S. Bancorp, Medtronic, and many others. Cargill, the largest privately owned company in the United States, as well as Carlson Companies, the parent company of Radisson Hotels, both private firms, also have their head quarters located in Minnesota.

In 2008, the average annual income per person was $42,772; the tenth highest sum in the nation. Minnesota ranked fifth in national three-year median household income at $55,914 from 2002 to 2004 and first in the 36 states not touches the Atlantic coast. Generally whites were found to earn more than the national average, but among minors, over 20% of Asians and Hispanics, as well as more than 40% of African Americans and Native American females lived in poverty.