Indiana

Indiana is a <a href="/facts/U.S._state/PFwcRIYQ">state</a> in the <a href="/facts/Midwestern_United_States/VanHjkw2">Midwestern</a> region of the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>. It borders <a href="/facts/Lake_Michigan/t5ynSsvY">Lake Michigan</a> to the northwest, <a href="/facts/Michigan/bCurmfT2">Michigan</a> to the north and northeast, <a href="/facts/Ohio/YutCnTlh">Ohio</a> to the east, the <a href="/facts/Ohio_River/wSAPrwfS">Ohio River</a> and <a href="/facts/Kentucky/DaTW05Rt">Kentucky</a> to the south and southeast, and the <a href="/facts/Wabash_River/luLgK6sY">Wabash River</a> and <a href="/facts/Illinois/MuPb1Ctn">Illinois</a> to the west. Nicknamed "the <a href="/facts/Hoosier/gpjcj4u5">Hoosier</a> State", Indiana is the <a href="/facts/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area/q3nFXQlt">38th-largest by area</a> and the <a href="/facts/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population/ytDJqMaH">17th-most populous</a> of the <a href="/facts/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States/mWmHJNWv">50 states</a>. Its capital and largest city is <a href="/facts/Indianapolis/r8BQof9G">Indianapolis</a>. Indiana was admitted to the Union as the 19th state on December 11, 1816. 
<a href="/facts/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas/LG2r6wXm">Indigenous</a> resistance to American settlement was broken with defeat of the <a href="/facts/Tecumseh%2527s_confederacy/CGMAmmhv">Tecumseh's confederacy</a> in 1813. The new settlers were primarily Americans of <a href="/facts/British_people/xn7cqlzV">British</a> ancestry from the <a href="/facts/East_Coast_of_the_United_States/vrKUc0Wl">eastern seaboard</a> and the <a href="/facts/Upland_South/p61y2UHV">Upland South</a>, and <a href="/facts/Germans/F7mBCrJ4">Germans</a>. After the <a href="/facts/American_Civil_War/A9FT3ksD">Civil War</a>, in which the state fought for the <a href="/facts/Union_(American_Civil_War)/KW6wJt7J">Union</a>, natural gas attracted heavy industry and new <a href="/facts/European_immigration_to_the_United_States/yWvvpBhT">European immigrants</a> to its northern counties. In the first half of the 20th century, northern and central sections experienced a boom in goods manufacture and automobile production. Southern Indiana remained largely rural. 
After the rise and fall of the <a href="/facts/Indiana_Klan/xqneDBhz">Klan</a> in the 1920s, the state swung politically from the <a href="/facts/Republican_Party_(United_States)/XXM1EVPr">Republican</a> to <a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(United_States)/MNe3nDrL">Democratic Party</a> in the <a href="/facts/New_Deal/R33TXQFB">New Deal</a> 1930s. Today, with a decades-long record of returning Republican majorities, Indiana is counted a "<a href="/facts/Red_states_and_blue_states/Qmo0Nfa4">Red state</a>". 
Indiana has <a href="/facts/Economy_of_Indiana/yRwdHnEs">a diverse economy</a> with a gross state product in 2023 of 404.3 billion. Indianapolis is at the center of the state's largest <a href="/facts/Indianapolis_metropolitan_area/lI9WNyTd">metropolitan area</a>, with a population of over two million. The <a href="/facts/Fort_Wayne_metropolitan_area%2c_Indiana/SqYoPxqn">Fort Wayne metro area</a> follows with a population of 645,000.
Indiana is home to professional sports teams, including the <a href="/facts/National_Football_League/cBH0hxRV">NFL</a>'s <a href="/facts/Indianapolis_Colts/j4YvbgNh">Indianapolis Colts</a>, the <a href="/facts/National_Basketball_Association/Vd3EUFfa">NBA's</a> <a href="/facts/Indiana_Pacers/4ka0lSW6">Indiana Pacers</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Women%2527s_National_Basketball_Association/XsNIrXRF">WNBA</a>'s Indiana <a href="/facts/Indiana_Fever/zBw2ncBg">Fever</a>. The state also hosts several notable competitive events, such as the <a href="/facts/Indianapolis_500/zNasWCrK">Indianapolis 500</a>, held at <a href="/facts/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway/TVzIv9a1">Indianapolis Motor Speedway</a>.

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