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By job gal | December 19, 2008
Indiana
Indiana is located in the Midwestern region of the United States. Indiana is bordered by Michigan to the north, Ohio to the east, Kentucky to the south and Illinois to the west. Indianapolis serves as the state capital and largest city.
The name Indiana means “Land of the Indians.” Native Americans may have inhabited the state as early as 10,400 BC. The first European explorers came to Indiana during the 1670s and claimed the territory for France. Following the French and Indian War, the territory came under British control, but was transfered to the United States following the American Revolutionary War. Indiana was admitted as the 19th state into the Union in 1816.
Following its inception into the Union, Indiana nearly became bankrupted when it tried to construct railroads, roads, canals and public schools. The state also played an important role during the American Civil War, after which it began to focus on industrialization. Angel Mounds State Historic Site, one of the best preserved prehistoric Native American Sites, is located in Southwestern Indiana, near Evansville.
Indiana’s Job Market
In 2005, Indiana had a gross state product of $214 billion. The majority of the state’s income comes from manufacturing, and the Calumet region of Northwest Indiana is the largest steel-producing area in the country. The state manufactures: pharmaceuticals and medical devices, automobiles, electrical equipment, transportation equipment, chemical products, rubber, petroleum and coal products and factory machinery. Other industries important to the state’s economy include: agriculture, biofuels, energy mining and business.
The state’s fastest-growing industries include: information technology, healthcare, leisure and hospitality and professional and business services
Work Trends
Indiana unemployment rate: 6.4 percent
National unemployment rate: 6.5 percent
Mean travel time to work: 22.6 minutes
Indiana’s Largest Employers
WellPoint
120 Monument Circle
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Eli Lilly
Lilly Corporate Center
Indianapolis, IN 46285
Cummins
500 Jackson St.
Columbus, IN 47201
NiSource
801 E. 86th Ave.
Merrillville, IN 46410
Conseco
11825 N. Pennsylvania St.
Carmel, IN 46032
Steel Dynamics
6714 Pointe Inverness Way
Fort Wayne, IN 46804
Brightpoint
2601 Metropolis Parkway
Plainfield, IN 46168
Zimmer Holdings
345 E. Main St.
Warsaw, IN 46580
Simon Property Group
225 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Berry Plastics Group
101 Oakley St.
Evansville, IN 47710
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Cheezhead
JobCentral
Craigslist
IndianaJobs
TopUSAJobs
Indiana State Personnel Department
CareerBuilder
Indiana Government Job Search
Surrounding Area Job Search
Bloomington, IN
Carmel, IN
Indianapolis, IN
Terre Haute, IN
Auburn, IN
Ft. Wayne, IN
South Bend, IN
Evansville, IN
Cincinnati, OH
Louisville, KY
Continuing Education
Purdue University
Indiana University
Indiana University-Purdue University
Ball State University
Indiana Wesleyan University
Discovering Indiana
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
Children’s Science & Technology Museum
Indy 500
Brickyard 400
Indianapolis Colts
Indiana Pacers
Indiana State Fair
Amish Acres
Indiana Statistics
Population
Total population: 6,313,520
Persons under five-years old: 6.8 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 25 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 12.4 percent
Female: 50.7 percent
White: 88.3 percent
Black: 8.9 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: .3 percent
Asian: 1.3 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: less than 1 percent
Multi-racial: 1.1 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 4.8 percent
Non-Hispanic White: 83.9 percent
Education
High school graduates: 82.1 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 19.4 percent
Housing
Housing units: 2,756,331
Homeownership rate: 71.4 percent
Housing units in multi-unit structures: 19.2 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $94,300
Households: 2,336,306
Persons per household: 2.53
Income
Median household income: $43,217
Per capita income: $20,397
Persons below poverty: 11.1 percent
Transportation
Airports: Indianapolis International, Evansville Regional, Fort Wayne International, South Bend Regional
Railroads: Amtrak
Public mass transit: Indiana Department of Transportation
Weather (Indianapolis)
Average annual precipitation: 41.26 inches
Average low temp. in January: 18 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 86 degrees
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