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 [showhide]
1 History

2 Law and Government

3 Geography

4 Economy

5 Demographics

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

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

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Law and Government
The current Governor of Indiana is Joe 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 U.S. senators are Evan Bayh (Democrat) and Richard G. Lugar (Republican). See: List of Indiana Governors, Indiana General Assembly

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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

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Economy
The total gross state product in 1999 was $182 billion placing Indiana 15th 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.

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Demographics

The 2000 population was 6,080,485. 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.

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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

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Education
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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

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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

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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: 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

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

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External links
http://www.in.gov

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