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Indiana

Indiana

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State nickname: "The Hoosier State"
Other U.S. States
Capital	Indianapolis
Largest City	Indianapolis
Largest Metropolitan Area	Chicago
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 38th 94,321 km^2 1.51%
Population  - Total (2000)  - Density	Ranked 14th 6,080,485 64/km^2
Admittance into Union  - Order  - Date	19th December 11, 1816
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5 Central: UTC-6/-5 (extreme northwest and southwest)
Latitude Longitude	37°47'N to 41°46'N 84°49'W to 88°4'W
Width Length Elevation  -Highest  -Mean  -Lowest	225 km 435 km   383 meters 210 meters 98 meters
ISO 3166-2:	US-IN

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.

Table of contents

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

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

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, List of Indiana counties

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

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

Population > 1,000,000 (urbanized area) Indianapolis, capital city, near center of state population > 100,000 (urbanized area) Fort Wayne, in northeast South Bend, near Michigan border, home of University of Notre Dame Evansville in the southwest, on the Ohio River Elkhart Lafayette

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 Michigan City Kokomo Columbus Marion Richmond Warsaw Logansport New Castle Vincennes Auburn 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 Gary, suburb of Chicago, Illinois in northwest Goshen West Lafayette, suburb of Lafayette and home of Purdue University

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

The Hoosier State
State Bird:	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

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.

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

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