evidence: The Reformer has compiled a series of charts showing Minnesota’s trajectory on a variety of metrics, before and after Walz, that together offer a birds-eye view of the quality of life in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Caveats abound: Governors aren’t kings, and have limited ability to directly shape the numbers shown here. [...] One reason Minnesota’s population growth has slowed is that more people are now moving away from the state than into it, a trend that’s apparent in many other cold, northern states. Earlier this year the Walz administration announced efforts to turn those numbers around. [...] Nonetheless, it’s worth noting that Minnesotans enjoy a significant earnings premium over the average American, and that that premium has grown under Walz. In 2018, the year before he was elected, the typical Minnesota household earned roughly 13% more than the median American one, according to census data analyzed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.