Indiana 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. 

Indiana has a diverse economy with a gross state product of $341.9 billion in 2016. Indiana has several metropolitan areas with populations greater than 100,000 and a number of smaller industrial cities and towns. Indiana is home to professional sports teams, including the NFL's Indianapolis Colts and the NBA's Indiana Pacers, and hosts several notable athletic events, such as the Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400 motorsports races.
Which state is this?
Of which country?
Where is it?
Is it the biggest state?
Which ranking is it?
What about in physical size?
When was it created?
Which number does that make it?
What is above it?
And on the right?
Left?
Below?
What body of water is nearby?
Indiana
Indiana 
U.S.
 U.S.
located in the midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America.
located in the midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America.
no
38th largest b
17th
 17th
38th largest
38th largest
December 11, 1816.
December 11, 1816.
19th
19th
Michigan
Michigan 
Ohio
Ohio
Illinois
Illinois 
Kentucky
Kentucky
Lake Michigan
 Lake Michigan