Indiana

State of Indiana

(Flag of Indiana) (Seal of Indiana)
State nickname: The Hoosier State
Other U.S. States
Capital	Indianapolis
Largest city	Indianapolis
Governor	Joe Kernan
Official languages	English
Area	94,321 km² (38th)
- Land	92,897 km²
- Water	1,424 km² (1.5%)
Population (2000)
- Population	6,080,485 (14th)
- Density	65.46 /km² (16th)
Admittance into Union
- Date	December 11, 1816
- Order	19st
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5 (5 counties unofficially observe DST) Central: UTC-6/-5 (extreme northwest and southwest)
Latitude	37°47'N to 41°46'N
Longitude	84°49'W to 88°4'W
Width	225 km
Length	435 km
Elevation
- Highest	383 m
- Mean	210 m
- Lowest	98 m
Abbreviations
- USPS	IN
- ISO 3166-2	US-IN
Web site	www.state.in.us

Indiana, meaning the "Land of the Indians", is a state of the United States with its capital Indianapolis. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the state is IN.

A resident of Indiana is called a Hoosier.

USS Indiana was named in honor of this state.

Contents

1 History 2 Law and Government 3 Geography 4 Economy 5 Demographics 5.1 Religion 6 Important cities and towns 7 Education 7.1 Colleges and universities 8 Professional sports teams 9 Miscellaneous information 10 Natural resources 11 External links

History

Indiana was originally part of the Northwest Territory and then the Indiana Territory and joined the Union in 1816 as the 19th state.

Law and Government

The current governor of Indiana is Joseph G. Kernan (Democrat), the former lieutenant governor for Frank O'Bannon, who died of a stroke on September 13, 2003. Mitch Daniels was elected governor on November 2, 2004, but will not take office until early 2005. The state's U.S. senators are B. Evans "Evan" Bayh III (Democrat) and Richard G. Lugar (Republican). See: List of Indiana Governors, Indiana General Assembly

Geography

Indiana is bounded on the north by Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan, on the east by Ohio, on the south by Kentucky with which it shares the Ohio River as a border, and on the west by Illinois.

See also: List of Indiana counties, Watersheds of Indiana

Economy

The total gross state product in 1999 was $182 billion placing Indiana 15^th in the nation. Indiana's Per Capita Income is $27,011. The state's agricultural outputs are corn, soybeans, hogs, cattle, dairy products and eggs. Its industrial outputs are steel, electrical equipment, transportation equipment, chemical products, petroleum and coal products and machinery. In addition, Indiana has the international headquarters of the Eli Lilly and the US headquarters of the Roche pharmaceutical companies.

Demographics

As of 2003, the population of Indiana was 6,195,643. Indiana is a state of mostly small towns and midsize cities. Its largest city and capital is Indianapolis, where the nation's most famous auto race, the Indianapolis 500, is held each year.

Racially, the state is:

• 85.8% White
• 8.4% Black
• 3.5% Hispanic
• 1% Asian
• 0.3% American Indian
• 1.2% Mixed race

The five largest ancestries in the state are: German (22.7%), American (12%), Irish (10.8%), English (8.9%), African American (8.4%).

Religion

Religiously, Indiana is overwhelmingly Protestant, although there is also a moderate-sized Roman Catholic population.

• Protestant – 67%
• Roman Catholic – 20%
• Other Christian – 1%
• Other Religions – 1%
• Non-Religious – 8%

The three largest Protestant denominations in Indiana are: Baptist (17% of the total state population), Methodist (10%), Lutheran (5%).

Important cities and towns

population > 1,000,000 (urbanized area) Indianapolis, capital city, near center of state population > 100,000 (urbanized area) Fort Wayne, in the northeast South Bend, near Michigan border, home of University of Notre Dame Evansville, in the southwest, on the Ohio River Gary, in the northwest, birthplace of Michael and Janet Jackson

population > 10,000 (urbanized area) Anderson Bloomington, home of Indiana University (main campus) Muncie, home of Ball State University Terre Haute, home of Indiana State University and Clabber Girl Baking Powder Elkhart Lafayette West Lafayette, home of the main campus of Purdue University Michigan City Kokomo Columbus Marion Richmond Warsaw Logansport New Castle Vincennes Auburn, home of Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum. Seymour Shelbyville Huntington Frankfort Connersville Crawfordsville Greenfield Peru Bedford Lebanon Madison Jasper Lawrenceburg Martinsville Washington Plymouth Wabash North Vernon Scottsburg Angola Elwood Kendallville Greensburg Decatur Brazil

Important Suburbs of Indianapolis Beech Grove Brownsburg Carmel Fishers Greenwood Lawrence Noblesville Plainfield Speedway, home of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway of Chicago Crown Point East Chicago Gary Griffith Hammond Highland, Lake County Hobart Merrillville Munster Portage of Louisville Clarksville Jeffersonville New Albany of Fort Wayne Huntertown Leo-Cedarville New Haven of South Bend-Elkhart Goshen Granger Mishawaka

Education

Colleges and universities

State-Supported Ball State University Indiana State University Indiana University System Indiana University at Bloomington Indiana University East Indiana University at Kokomo Indiana University Northwest Indiana University at South Bend Indiana University Southeast Indiana University Purdue University at Columbus Indiana University Purdue University at Fort Wayne Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis Purdue University System Purdue University Purdue University Calumet Purdue University North Central Indiana University Purdue University at Columbus Indiana University Purdue University at Fort Wayne Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis Purdue University School of Technology Anderson Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo Muncie New Albany Richmond South Bend/Elkhart Versailles University of Southern Indiana

Private Anderson University Bethel College Butler University Calumet College of St. Joseph Christian Theological Seminary Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne DePauw University Earlham College Franklin College Goshen College Grace College Hanover College Holy Cross College Huntington College Indiana Institute of Technology Indiana Wesleyan University Manchester College Marian College Martin University Oakland City University Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Saint Joseph's College Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Saint Mary's College Taylor University Tri-State University University of Evansville University of Indianapolis University of Notre Dame University of Saint Francis Valparaiso University Wabash College

Professional sports teams

Indianapolis Colts, National Football League Indiana Pacers, National Basketball Association Indiana Fever, Women's National Basketball Association Indianapolis Ice, Central Hockey League

Minor League baseball teams Indianapolis Indians South Bend Silver Hawks Fort Wayne Wizards

Miscellaneous information

• State bird: Cardinal
• State language: English
• State flower: Peony
• State motto: "The Crossroads of America"
• State poem: Indiana (http://www.in.gov/sic/about/emblems/state_poem.html), by Arthur Franklin Mapes
• State river: Wabash
• State stone: Salem limestone
• State song: On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away (http://www.in.gov/sic/about/emblems/state_song.html), by Paul Dresser
• State tree: Tulip tree

Most of Indiana has exempted itself from the observation of daylight saving time (DST). The area that is within the Eastern time zone is legally exempt from daylight saving time; some counties within this area, particularly Floyd, Clark, and Harrison counties near Louisville, Kentucky, and Ohio and Dearborn counties near Cincinnati, Ohio, observe daylight saving time unofficially and illegally by local custom. Several counties in the northwestern corner of Indiana, near Chicago, Illinois, and several counties in the southwestern corner of Indiana are in the Central time zone and remain subject to daylight saving time.

The history of this unique arrangement is fairly convoluted. When DST was formally adopted, Indiana was in the Central time zone. However, many parts of the state stayed on Central DST the entire year. Eventually, a long-fought battle in the Indiana state legislature led to the current compromise. In the past several years, there have been attempts to place the entirety of Indiana in the Eastern time zone, with Eastern DST, but these have proved impossible to implement. More recently, support has begun to grow for returning Indiana to the Central time zone with Central time zone DST, but this has not been popular enough to implement.

Indiana is also the name of a town in Pennsylvania; see Indiana, Pennsylvania.

Indiana is also a place in Queensland, Australia, see: Indiana, Queensland

Indiana is also a place in São Paulo, Brazil, see Indiana, Brazil

Natural resources

There are 23 Indiana state parks, nine man-made reservoirs and hundreds of lakes in the state.

External links

• Indiana government home page (http://www.in.gov)

• Indiana state emblems (http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/ihb/emblems/index.html)

• US Census Bureau (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/18000.html)

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