Northeastern Indiana

State of Indiana
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): The Hoosier State
Motto(s): The Crossroads of America
State song(s): "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away"
Official language	English
Spoken languages	English, Spanish, other languages
Demonym	Hoosier
Capital (and largest city)	Indianapolis
Largest metro	Indianapolis metropolitan area
Area	Ranked 38th
• Total	36,418 sq mi (94,321 km2)
• Width	140 miles (225 km)
• Length	270 miles (435 km)
• % water	1.5
• Latitude	37° 46′ N to 41° 46′ N
• Longitude	84° 47′ W to 88° 6′ W
Population	Ranked 17th
• Total	6,633,053 (2016 est.)
• Density	182/sq mi  (70.2/km2) Ranked 16th
• Median household income	$51,983 (35th)
Elevation
• Highest point	Hoosier Hill 1,257 ft (383 m)
• Mean	700 ft  (210 m)
• Lowest point	Confluence of Ohio River and Wabash River 320 ft (97 m)
Before statehood	Indiana Territory
Admission to Union	December 11, 1816 (19th)
Governor	Eric Holcomb (R)
Lieutenant Governor	Suzanne Crouch (R)
Legislature	General Assembly
• Upper house	Indiana Senate
• Lower house	Indiana House of Representatives
U.S. Senators	Joe Donnelly (D) Todd Young (R)
U.S. House delegation	7 Republicans, 2 Democrats (list)
Time zones
• 80 counties	Eastern: UTC −5/−4
• 12 counties	Central: UTC −6/−5
ISO 3166	US-IN
Abbreviations	IN, Ind.
Website	www.in.gov

Indiana state symbols
The Flag of Indiana
The Seal of Indiana
Living insignia
Bird	Cardinal
Fish	Largemouth Bass
Flower	Peony
Tree	Tulip tree
Inanimate insignia
Colors	Blue and gold
Firearm	Grouseland Rifle
Food	Sugar cream pie
Mineral	Coal
Motto	The Crossroads of America
Poem	"Indiana"
Rock	Salem Limestone
Ship	USS Indianapolis (4), USS Indiana (4)
Slogan	Honest to Goodness Indiana
Soil	Miami
Song	official "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" unofficial "Back Home Again in Indiana"
Sport	Basketball
Other	River: Wabash
State route marker
State quarter
Released in 2002
Lists of United States state symbols

Indiana /ɪndiˈænə/ is a U.S. state located in the midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th largest by area and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U.S. state on December 11, 1816. Indiana borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north, Ohio to the east, Kentucky to the south and southeast, and Illinois to the west.

Before becoming a territory, varying cultures of indigenous peoples and historic Native Americans inhabited Indiana for thousands of years. Since its founding as a territory, settlement patterns in Indiana have reflected regional cultural segmentation present in the Eastern United States; the state's northernmost tier was settled primarily by people from New England and New York, Central Indiana by migrants from the Mid-Atlantic states and from adjacent Ohio, and Southern Indiana by settlers from the Southern states, particularly Kentucky and Tennessee.