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State of Indiana

State of Indiana
Flag of Indiana State seal 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"
Map of the United States with Indiana highlighted
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 16th
 • 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
Flag of Indiana.svg
Indiana state seal.png
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)
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
Indiana state route marker
State quarter
Indiana quarter dollar coin
Released in 2002
Lists of United States state symbols

Indiana Listeni/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 16th 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.

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.


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