AmeriCorps ranked Minnesota among the top five states in the country when it comes to formally volunteering, and just outside the top five states when it comes to informally helping out.

Only two states ranked higher for formal volunteering -- Wyoming and Utah. Among Minnesota's residents, 35.5% volunteered during 2020 and 2021, the survey reported. Nearly 62% percent of residents informally helped during the same time period, such tasks as watching someone's children or running errands for them.

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