Indiana

The State of Indiana is the 19th  and is located in the  of the. With about 6.3 million residents, it is ranked 14th in and 17th in. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area.

Indiana is a diverse state with a few large urban areas and a number of smaller industrial cities. It is known for the , held annually over the  weekend, and a strong basketball tradition, often called.

Residents of Indiana are called s. There are several ideas about the origin of the name. Linguists have traced it to England, where in one dialect it meant "farmer." Others have traced it to the Indiana workers who crossed the to work for Sam Hoosier during construction of the ; these workers were known as "Hoosier's Men." Another story told to Indiana youths is that in the early 1800s, bar fights would break out in Indiana saloons, with many a man losing an ear. Someone would pick it up and ask "Whose ear?", which somehow evolved into Hoosier.

The state's name means "Land of the " and, one of the best preserved prehistoric  sites in the , can be found in southern Indiana near.

Geography
Indiana is bounded on the north by and the state of ; on the east by ; on the south by, with which it shares the  as a border; and on the west by. Indiana is one of the states.

The northern boundary of the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois was originally defined to be a latitudinal line drawn through the southernmost tip of Lake Michigan. Since such a line would not provide Indiana with usable frontage on the lake, its northern border was shifted ten miles (16 km) north. The northern borders of Ohio and Illinois were also shifted from this original plan.

The 475 mile (764 km) long bisects the state from northeast to southwest and has given Indiana a few theme songs,, The Wabash Cannonball and. The Wabash is also the longest free-flowing river east of the Mississippi; 400 mi from the Huntington dam to the Ohio River. The White River (a tributary of the Wabash, which is a tributary of the Ohio) zigzags through central Indiana.

There are 24, nine man-made reservoirs, and hundreds of lakes in the state. Areas under the control and protection of the or the  include:
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Northern Indiana
The northwest corner of the state is part of the and has nearly one million residents. , and the cities and towns that make up the northern half of, , and Counties bordering on , are effectively commuter suburbs of Chicago. Porter and Lake counties are commonly referred to as "The Calumet Region", or "The Region" for short. The name comes from the fact that the Grand Calumet and Little Calumet rivers run through the area. These counties are all in the Central along with Chicago. owns and operates the, a commuter rail line that runs electric-powered trains between and. Sand dunes and heavy industry share the shoreline of Lake Michigan in northern Indiana.



The, which winds through northern Indiana, serves somewhat as a demarcating line between suburban northwest Indiana and the rest of the state.

The metropolitan area, in north central Indiana, is the center of commerce in the region better known as. , the state's second largest city, is located in the northeastern part of the state.

Central Indiana
The state capital,, is situated in the central portion of the state. It is intersected by numerous and  highways, giving the state its motto as "The Crossroads of America". Other cities and towns located within the area include, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and.

Rural areas in the central portion of the state are typically composed of a patchwork of and ed areas.

Southern Indiana
, the third largest city in Indiana, is located in the southwestern corner of the state. It is located in a that includes Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. The southeastern cities of, , and are part of the  metropolitan area. , the oldest city in the state, is located on the.

Southern Indiana is a mixture of farmland and forest. The is a 200,000 acre (80,900 ha) nature preserve in south central Indiana. Southern Indiana's topography is more varied than that in the north and generally contains more hills and geographic variation than the northern portion, such as the "Knobs," a series of 1000 ft. hills that run parallel to the Ohio River in south-central Indiana. is well-known for its hills covered with colorful autumn foliage, T.S. Eliot's former home, and, the county seat and shopping destination.

The limestone geology of Southern Indiana has created numerous caves and one of the largest limestone quarry regions in the USA. Many of Indiana's official buildings, such as the State capitol building, the downtown monuments, the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis, many buildings at Indiana University in Bloomington, and the Indiana Government Center are all examples of Indiana architecture made with Indiana limestone. Indiana limestone has also been used in many other famous structures in the US, such as the ' Memorial Stadium, the, the , and the. In addition, 35 of the 50 state capitol buildings are also made of Indiana Limestone.

For sixty years, from 1890 to 1950, the United States Census found the to lie in southern Indiana.

Climate
Most of Indiana has a ( Dfa), with hot, humid summers and cool to cold winters. The extreme southern portions of the state border on a (Koppen Cfa) with somewhat milder winters. Summertime maximum temperatures average around 85 °F (29 °C) with cooler nights around 60 °F (16 °C). Winters are a little more variable, but generally cool to cold temperatures with all but the northern part of the state averaging above freezing for the maximum January temperature, and the minimum temperature below 20 °F (-8 °C) for most of the state. The state receives a good amount of precipitation, 40 inches (1,000 mm) annually statewide, in all four seasons, with March through August being slightly wetter.

The state does have its share of severe weather, both winter storms and. While generally not receiving as much snow as some states farther north, the state does have occasional, some due to. The state averages around 40-50 days of thunderstorms per year, with March and April being the period of most severe storms. While not considered part of, Indiana is the Great Lakes state which is most vulnerable to activity. In fact, three of the most severe tornado outbreaks in U.S. history affected Indiana, the of 1925, the  and the  of 1974. The killed 25 people, 20 people in Vanderburgh County and 5 in Warrick County.

History
The area of Indiana has been settled since before the development of the (ca. 100–400 CE). It was part of the from roughly the year 1000 up to 1400. The specific tribes that inhabited this territory at that time were primarily the  and the. The area was claimed for in the 17th century, handed over to the  as part of the settlement at the end of the, given to the  after the , soon after which it became part of the , then the , and joined the Union in 1816 as the 19th state. See.

Pioneer Era
On, , Indiana adopted a constitution, and on , , became the 19th to join the Union.

Indiana filled up from the Ohio River north. Migration, mostly from Kentucky and Ohio, was so rapid that by 1820 the population was 147,176, and by 1830 the sales of public lands for the previous decade reached 3,588,000 acres (5,600 sq mi; 14,500 km²) and the population was 343,031. It had more than doubled since 1820. The first state capital was in the southern Indiana city of.

Transportation
Down the Mississippi and its tributaries (the Ohio and Wabash) was to be found the sole outlet for the increasing produce of the Middle West, whose waters drained into the great valley. Districts which were not upon streams navigable by even the lightest draught steamboat were economically handicapped. The small, flat boat was their main reliance. Roads suitable for heavy carriage were few up to the middle of the century. The expense and time attending shipment of merchandise from the east at that time were almost prohibitive. To meet this condition, the building of canals (espoused by the constitution of 1816) was long advocated, in emulation of Ohio which took example after New York State. In 1826, Congress granted a strip two and a half miles wide on each side of the proposed canal. A very extensive and ambitious scale of main and lateral canals and turnpikes was advocated in consequence.

Work began on the in 1832, on the  in 1836, on the Central in 1837. Bad financing and "bad times" nearly wrecked the whole scheme; yet, the Wabash and Erie Canal was completed from Toledo to Evansville. It was a great factor in the development of the state, although it brought heavy loss upon the bondholders with the advent of the railroad. Upon completion, the canal actually increased prices of farm products three or fourfold and reduced prices of household needs 60%, a tremendous stimulus to agricultural development. By 1840, the population of the upper Wabash Valley had increased from 12,000 to 270,000. The canal boat that hauled loads of grain east came back loaded with immigrants. In 1846, it is estimated that over thirty families settled every day in the state.

Manufacturing also developed rapidly. In the ten years between 1840 and 1850, the counties bordering the canal increased in population 397%; those more fertile, but more remote, 190%. The tide of trade, which had been heretofore to New Orleans, was reversed and went east. The canal also facilitated and brought emigration from Ohio, New York, and New England, in the newly established counties in the northern two-thirds of the state. Foreign immigration was mostly from Ireland and Germany. Later, this great canal fell into disuse, and finally was abandoned, as railway mileage increased.

In the next ten years, by 1840, of the public domain 9,122,688 acres (14,250 mi²; 36,918 km²) had been sold. But the state was still heavily in debt, although growing rapidly. In 1851 a new constitution (now in force) was adopted. The first constitution was adopted at a convention assembled at Corydon, which had been the seat of government since December, 1813. The original statehouse, built of blue limestone, still stands; but in 1821, the site of the present capital, Indianapolis, was selected by the legislature. It was in the wilds, sixty miles from civilization. By 1910, it was a city of 225,000 inhabitants, and was the largest inland steam and electric railroad center in the United States that was not located on a navigable waterway. No railroad reached it before 1847.

Demographics


As of 2006, Indiana had an estimated population of 6,313,520, which is an increase of 47,501, or 0.8%, from the prior year and an increase of 233,003, or 3.8%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 196,728 people (that is 541,506 births minus 344,778 deaths) and an increase due to net of 51,117 people into the state. from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 68,935 people, and migration within the country produced a net loss of 17,818 people.

The of Indiana is located in, in the town of. Population growth since 1990 has been concentrated in the counties surrounding Indianapolis, with four of the top five fastest-growing counties in that area:, , , and. The other county is, which is near.

The Area has experienced a shift in their population. continues to lose population as of 2005 while has continued to grow by at least 3% a year. The other counties of the Area have started to grow at an increasingly faster rate, especially  and  Counties who are becoming 's suburban counties. County, long having been a very conservative, reluctant to grow, has seen at least two towns and  starting to become "Bedroom Communities" like  and  in  County. In addition, the two counties have seen their minority (in particular, their Asian African and Latin) populations just about double in the last 15 years as the area has started to become more receptive and tolerant of minorities.

As of 2005, the total population included 242,281 foreign-born (3.9%).

is the largest ancestry reported in Indiana, with 22.7% of the population reporting that ancestry in the Census. Persons citing (12.0%) and  ancestry (8.9%) are also numerous, as are  (10.8%) and  (3.0%).

Religion
Although the largest religious denomination in the state is, the state is predominantly various denominations. A study by the Graduate Center found that 20% are Roman Catholic, 14% are, 10% are , 9% are , and 6% are. The study also found that 16% are.

The state is home to the and also has a strong parochial school system in the larger metropolitan areas. Southern Indiana is the home to a number of Catholic monasteries and one of the two archabbeys in the United States,. Two conservative denominations, the and the, have their headquarters in Indianapolis as does the. is home to the headquarters of Church of God Ministries and Warner Press Publishing House. is the headquarters of the. is also home to one of The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod's seminaries -. The is headquartered just off  in, west of Indianapolis.

In 1906, the Census reported there were 938,405 members of different religious denominations; of this total, 233,443 were Methodists (210,593 of the Northern Church); 174,849 were Roman Catholics, 108,188 were Disciples of Christ (and 10,219 members of the Churches of Christ); 92,705 were Baptists (60,203 of the Northern Convention, 13,526 of the National (African American) Convention; 8,132 Primitive Baptists, and 6,671 General Baptists); 58,633 were Presbyterians (49,041 of the Northern Church, and 6,376 of the Cumberland Church—since united with the Northern); 55,768 were Lutherans (34,028 of the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference, 8,310 of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Ohio and other states), 52,700 were United Brethren (48,059 of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ; the others of the " Old Constitution ") and 21,624 of the German Evangelical Synod.

Cities and towns
is the capital of Indiana, near the geographic center of the state. Other functioning as centers of s include,  (home of 's main campus), , ,  (home of  and ),  (home of ),  (home of ), ,  (adjoining , home of ), ,  (home of ),  (home of ), and  (home of  and ). Indiana cities that function as centers of s include, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,, , and.

Other communities with populations of 10,000 or more include, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (home of ),  (home of ), , and.

The suburbs of Indianapolis include, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and.

The Indiana suburbs of, include , , , , , , , , , , , ,  , , , , , , and

The Indiana suburbs of include, , and.

Fort Wayne's Indiana suburbs include, , , , and.

Evansville's Indiana suburbs include, , , , and.

South Bend's Indiana suburbs include, , , , , and.

Law and government
Indiana's government has three branches: executive, legislative and judicial. The governor, elected for a four-year term, heads the executive branch. The General Assembly, the legislative branch, consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Indiana's fifty State Senators are elected for four-year terms and one hundred State Representatives for two-year terms. In odd-numbered years, the General Assembly meets in a sixty-one day session. In even-numbered years, the Assembly meets for thirty session days. The judicial branch consists of the Indiana Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, the Indiana Tax Court, and local s.

Politics
The current of Indiana is, whose campaign slogan was "My Man Mitch," an appellation given by  for whom Mitch Daniels was the director of the. He was elected to office on,.

After 1964, when Indiana supported over, Indiana has favored the Republican candidate in federal elections. Nonetheless, half of Indiana's governors in the 20th century were Democrats.

Indiana's delegation to the is not overly Republican as one might suspect. Instead, it has generally served as a bellwether for the political movement of the nation. For instance, Democrats held the majority of seats until the 1994 Republican Revolution, when Republicans took a majority. This continued until 2006, when three Republican congressmen were defeated in Indiana; (, and ), giving the Democrats a majority of the delegation again.

Former governor and current U.S. Senator announced in 2006 his plans for a presidential exploratory committee. His father was a three-term senator who was turned out of office in the 1980 by conservative Republican (and future ), a native of the small town of  in the northeastern part of the state. However, Bayh announced that he would not be seeking the Presidency on,.

The state's U.S. Senators are Senior Sen. and Junior Sen. .

Economy
The total gross state product in 2005 was US$214 billion in 2000 chained dollars. Indiana's per capita income, as of 2005, was US$31,150. A high percentage of Indiana's income is from manufacturing. The Calumet region of is the largest  producing area in the U.S.  Steelmaking itself requires generating very large amounts of electric power. Indiana's other manufactures include pharmaceuticals and medical devices, automobiles, electrical equipment, transportation equipment, chemical products, rubber, and  products, and factory machinery.

Despite its reliance on manufacturing, Indiana has been much less affected by declines in traditional manufactures than many of its neighbors. The explanation appears to be certain factors in the labor market. First, much of the heavy manufacturing, such as industrial machinery and steel, requires highly skilled labor, and firms are often willing to locate where hard-to-train skills already exist. Second, Indiana's labor force is located primarily in medium-sized and smaller cities rather than in very large and expensive metropolises. This makes it possible for firms to offer somewhat lower wages for these skills than would normally be paid. In other words, firms often see in Indiana a chance to obtain higher than average skills at lower than average wages.

Indiana is home to the international headquarters of pharmaceutical company in Indianapolis as well as the headquarters of Mead Johnson Nutritionals, a division of, in Evansville. , in the north, has also had a strong economic base of pharmaceuticals, though this has changed over the past decade with the closure of Whitehall Laboratories in the 1990s and the planned drawdown of the large complex, announced in late 2005. Overall, Indiana ranks fifth among all U.S. states in total sales and shipments of pharmaceutical products and second highest in the number of biopharmaceutical related jobs. Medical device manufacturers include in Warsaw and  in Bloomington.

The state is located within the and the state's agricultural methods and principal farm outputs reflect this: a feedlot-style system raising corn to fatten hogs and cattle. are also a major cash crop. Its proximity to large urban centers, such as, assure that dairying, egg production, and specialty horticulture occur. Specialty crops include melons, tomatoes, grapes, and mint. Most of the original land was not prairie and had to be cleared of deciduous trees. Many parcels of woodland remain and support a furniture-making sector in the southern portion of the state.

Indiana is becoming a leading state in the production of, such as and. Indiana now has 12 ethanol and 4 biodiesel plants located in the state. , locted north of is now known as BioTown, USA. The town is experimenting with using biofuels and organic fuels, such as those made with manure, to power the town.

In mining, Indiana is probably best known for its decorative from the southern, hilly portion of the state, especially from  (the home area of Apollo I astronaut ). One of the many public buildings faced with this stone is, and after the , a special effort was made by the mining industry of Indiana to replace those damaged walls with as nearly identical type and cut of material as the original facing. There are also large coal mines in the southern portion of the state. Like most Great Lakes states, Indiana has small to medium operating fields; the principal location of these today is in the extreme southwest, though operational oil derricks can be seen on the outskirts of Terre Haute.

Indiana's economy is considered to be one of the most business-friendly in the U.S. This is due in part to its conservative business climate, low business taxes, relatively low union membership, and labor laws. The doctrine of employment, whereby an employer can terminate an employee for any or no reason, is in force.

Indiana has a flat state rate of 3.4%. Many Indiana counties also collect income tax. The state rate is 6%. es are imposed on both real and personal property in Indiana and are administered by the Department of Local Government Finance. Property is subject to taxation by a variety of taxing units (schools, counties, townships, cities and towns, libraries), making the total tax rate the sum of the tax rates imposed by all taxing units in which a property is located.

Energy
Indiana's Power Production chiefly consists of the consumption of fossil fuels, mainly coal. Indiana has 24 coal power plants, including the largest coal power plant in the United States,, located near. While Indiana has made commitments to increasing use of renewable resources such as wind, hydroelectric, biomass, or solar power, however, progress has been very slow, mainly due to the continued abundance of coal in Southern Indiana. Most of the new plants in the state have been "" Plants. Another mostly underutilized source is hydroelectric power. Indiana has at least 12 dams, however, only one of them, the, on the Ohio River, near actually produces electricity while the others simply hold back water in areas like , ,  and  and the  and  Resevoirs plus at least seven lock and dam systems on the  of similar design to Markland.

The Energy Makeup of Indiana (2001)

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US Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

US Department of Energy - State Energy Profiles

Indiana Office of Energy

Airports
serves the greater Indianapolis area and is currently in the process of a major expansion project. When fully completed, the airport will offer a new midfield passenger terminal, concourses, air traffic control tower, parking garage, and airfield and apron improvements.

Other major airports include, (which houses the 122nd Fighter Wing of the ), and. Although Fort Wayne is designated as an international airport, there are no international flights operating out of the facility. A long-standing proposal to turn the under-utilized into Chicago's third major airport received a boost in early 2006 with the approval of $48 million in federal funding over the next ten years.

The has no airlines operating out of the facility but is used for private flying. Since 1954, the 181st Fighter Wing of the Indiana has been stationed at the airport. However, the BRAC Proposal of 2005 stated that the 181st would lose its fighter mission and aircraft, leaving the Terre Haute facility as a general-aviation only facility.

The southern part of the state is also served by the across the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky.

Highways
The major U.S. Interstate highways in Indiana are, , , , , , , and. The various highways intersecting in and around earned it the nickname "The Crossroads of America".

There are also many maintained by the.

County Roads
Most Indiana counties use a grid-based system to identify county roads; this system replaced the older arbitrary system of road numbers and names, and (among other things) makes it much easier to identify the sources of calls placed to the system. For this reason, the system is often called "9-1-1 addressing".

Counties have an east-west division line, dividing the county into north and south parts, and a north-south meridian line, dividing it into east and west parts. Roads are numbered by taking the distance, in miles, from the appropriate baseline and multiplying it by 100. Thus, a north-south road that is 1 mile east of the meridian line is county road 100 E; and an east-west road that is 4.75 miles north of the division line is county road 475 N. Some roads run diagonally, or do not run in straight lines; these roads are sometimes given names rather than numbers.

Rail
Indiana has over 4,255 route miles, of which 91 percent are operated by Class I railroads, principally and. Other s in Indiana include and the, a  subsidiary, as well as. The remaining miles are operated by 37 regional, local, and switching & terminal railroads. The is one of the country's most notable commuter rail systems extending from  to. Indiana is currently implementing an extensive rail plan that was prepared in 2002 by the.

Ports
Indiana annually ships over 70 million tons of cargo by water each year, which ranks 14th among all U.S. states. More than half of Indiana's border is water, which includes 400 mi of direct access to two major freight transportation arteries: the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway (via Lake Michigan) and the Inland Waterway System (via the Ohio River). The manages three major ports which include, , and.

Education
Indiana is known as the "Brain Bank of the Midwest" as Indiana's colleges and universities attract the fourth largest number of out-of-state students in the nation and the largest out-of-state student population in the midwest. In addition, Indiana is the third best state in the country at keeping high school seniors in-state as Indiana colleges and universities attract 88% of Indiana's college attendees. Indiana universities also lead the nation in the attraction of international students with Purdue University and Indiana University ranked #3 and #17 respectively in the total international student enrollment of all universities in the United States. This exceptional popularity is attributed to the high quality of the research and educational universities located in the state. The state's leading higher education institutions include, , , , , , , , , , , and among the many public and private institutions located in the state.

Unfortunately, the state has had difficulty retaining its college graduates, bringing the issue of to the attention of Governor.

Sports
Indiana has a rich heritage that reaches back to the formative years of the sport itself. Although invented basketball in, in 1891, Indiana is where high school basketball was born. In 1925, Naismith visited an Indiana basketball state finals game along with 15,000 screaming fans and later wrote "Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport." The 1986 film  is based on the story of the 1954 Indiana state champions High School.

Indiana has a long history with. Indianapolis hosts the mile race over  weekend at the  every May. The name of the race is usually shortened to "Indy 500" and also goes by the nickname, "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing". The race attracts over 250,000 people every year. The track also hosts the  and the.

Indiana has had great sports success at the collegiate level. Notably, has won five NCAA basketball championships and seven NCAA soccer championships and  has won 11 football championships. Schools fielding athletic programs include:

Military installations
Indiana was formerly home to two major military installations, near Peru (reduced to reservist operations in 1994) and  near Indianapolis, now closed, though the  continues to operate a large finance center there.

Current active installations include fighter units at, and  airports (to be consolidated at Fort Wayne under the , with the Terre Haute facility remaining open as a non-flying installation). The conducts operations at  in  and helicopter operations out of  Airport. The is in the southwest of the state and the Army's, which is currently heavily involved in neutralizing dangerous chemical weapons stored there, is in the western part of the state. Also, is home to several  units as well as a  unit and a small contingent of active and full-time-support reserve personnel.

Time zones
Prior to 2006, most of Indiana historically exempted itself from the observation of (DST). Some counties within this area, particularly, , and counties near , and  and  counties near , observed daylight saving time unofficially and illegally by local custom. Due to the confusion of anyone not from Indiana, the state passed a bill in 2005 whereby the entire state began observing daylight saving time starting in April 2006. Residents and officials of Indiana continue to debate whether the state should be in the Central or Eastern Time Zone.

State symbols

 * Crossroads of America.
 * Indiana, by Arthur Franklin Mapes.
 * State river:
 * Salem
 * State river:
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Famous Hoosiers
Indiana is the home state of many s, including, , and. The state was the birthplace of numerous entertainers and athletes including, , , , , , , and. Other notable people who were in Indiana during a major part of their career include:


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