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Indiana

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.

History

Indiana joined the Union in 1816 as the 19th state.

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

Geography

See: List of Indiana counties

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.

Economy

The total gross state product in 1999 was 182billionplacingIndiana15thinthenation.Indiana′sPerCapitaIncomeis182 billion placing Indiana 15th in the nation. Indiana's Per Capita Income is 182billionplacingIndiana15thinthenation.Indiana′sPerCapitaIncomeis27,011. 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.

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.

Important Cities and Towns

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Evansville in the southwest, on the Ohio River

• Fort Wayne, the second largest city, in the northeast

• Gary in the northwestern corner, near Chicago

• Indianapolis, its capital and largest city, in the extreme central part

• South Bend, in north central Indiana near the Michigan border, home of the University of Notre Dame

• Anderson

• Bloomington, home of the main campus of Indiana University

• Columbus

• Kokomo

• Muncie, home of Ball State University

• Terre Haute, home of Indiana State University and Clabber Girl Baking Powder

• Goshen

• West Lafayette, home of Purdue University

• Lafayette, twin city of West Lafayette

Cardinal

State Language:

English

State Flower:

Peony

State Motto:

"The Crossroads of America"

State Poem:

Indiana, by Arthur Franklin Mapes

State River:

Wabash

State Stone:

Limestone

State Song:

On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away, by Paul Dresser

State Tree:

Tulip tree

Education

Colleges and Universities

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Anderson University

• Ball State 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 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

• Indiana Wesleyan University

• Manchester College

• Marian College

• Martin University

• Oakland City University

• 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 at Anderson

• Purdue University School of Technology at Columbus

• Purdue University School of Technology at Indianapolis

• Purdue University School of Technology at Kokomo

• Purdue University School of Technology at Muncie

• Purdue University School of Technology at New Albany

• Purdue University School of Technology at Richmond

• Purdue University School of Technology at South Bend Elkhart

• Purdue University School of Technology at Versailles

• 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

• University of Southern Indiana

• Valparaiso University

• Wabash College

Professional Sports Teams

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Indianapolis Colts, National Football League

• Indiana Pacers, National Basketball Association

• Indiana Fever, Women's National Basketball Association

• Minor League baseball teams

  • Indianapolis Indians
  • South Bend Silver Hawks
  • Fort Wayne Wizards

Miscellaneous Information

Most of Indiana has exempted itself from the observation of daylight saving time. 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.

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

Natural resources

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

External Links

• http://www.in.gov