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Overview - Indiana State

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Indiana - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Indiana  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Indiana Home page. The Indiana Home page provides as much information as possible on Indiana. Knowing Indiana’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Indiana’s Home page, you will also find Indiana’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Indiana has a population of 6785528. Household median income in Indiana is $56,303Indiana’s Ethnic is the following: White(84.8%), Black(9.9%), Hispanic(7.3%), Asian(2.6%), Multiple(2.2%), Native(0.1%).


Indiana ( (listen)) is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th state on December 11, 1816. It is bordered by Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the south and southeast, and the Wabash River and Illinois to the west. Various indigenous peoples inhabited what would become Indiana for thousands of years, some of whom the U.S.


government expelled between 1800 and 1836. Indiana received its name because the state was largely possessed by native tribes even after it was granted statehood. Since then, 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 adjacent Ohio, and Southern Indiana by settlers from the Upland South, particularly Kentucky and Tennessee.Indiana has a diverse economy with a gross state product of $352.62 billion in 2021.


It has several metropolitan areas with populations greater than 100,000 and a number of smaller cities and towns. Indiana is home to professional sports teams, including the NFL's Indianapolis Colts and the NBA's Indiana Pacers. The state also hosts several notable competitive events, such as the Indianapolis 500, held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.