Capital: Indianapolis

State Nickname: Hoosier State

State Bird: Cardinal

State Flower: Peony

Admitted to the Union: December 11, 1816

November 7, 1816 to September 12, 1822:

Jonathan Jennings

September 12, 1822 to December 4, 1822:

Ratliff Boon

December 5, 1822 to February 12, 1825:

William Hendricks

February 12, 1825 to December 7, 1831:

James B. Ray

December 7, 1831 to December 6, 1837:

Noah Noble

December 6, 1837 to December 9, 1840:

David Wallace

December 9, 1840 to December 6, 1843:

Samuel Bigger

December 6, 1843 to December 27, 1848:

James Whitcomb

December 27, 1848 to December 4, 1849:

Paris C. Dunning

December 5, 1849 to January 12, 1857:

Joseph A. Wright

January 12, 1857 to October 4, 1860:

Ashbel P. Willard

October 4, 1860 to January 4, 1861:

Abraham A. Hammond

January 14, 1861 to January 16, 1861:

Henry S. Lane

January 16, 1861 to January 23, 1867:

Oliver P. Morton

January 24, 1867 to January 13, 1873:

Conrad Baker

January 13, 1873 to January 8, 1877:

Thomas A. Hendricks

January 8, 1877 to November 20, 1880:

James D. Williams

November 20, 1880 to January 10, 1881:

Isaac P. Gray

January 10, 1881 to January 12, 1885:

Albert G. Porter

January 12, 1885 to January 14, 1889:

Issac P. Gray

January 14, 1889 to November 21, 1891:

Alvin P. Hovey

November 21, 1891 to January 8, 1893:

Ira Joy Chase

January 8, 1893 to January 11, 1897:

Claude Matthews

January 11, 1897 to January 14, 1901:

James A. Mount

January 14, 1901 to January 9, 1905:

Winfield T. Durbin

January 9, 1905 to January 11, 1909:

J. Frank Hanly

January 11, 1909 to January 13, 1913:

Thomas R. Marshall

January 13, 1913 to January 8, 1917:

Samuel M. Ralston

January 8, 1917 to January 10, 1921:

James Putnam Goodrich

January 10, 1921 to April 30, 1924:

Warren T. McCray

April 30, 1924 to January 12, 1925:

emmett F. Branch

January 12, 1925 to January 14, 1929:

Edward Jackson

January 14, 1929 to January 9, 1933:

Harry G. Leslie

January 9, 1933 to January 11, 1937:

Paul V. McNutt

January 11, 1937 to January 8, 1945:

Henry F. Schricker

January 8, 1945 to January 10, 1949:

Ralph F. Gates

January 10, 1949 to January 12, 1953:

Henry F. Schricker

January 12, 1953 to January 14, 1957:

George N. Craig

January 14, 1957 to January 9, 1961:

Harold W. Handley

January 9, 1961 to January 11, 1965:

Matthew E. Welsh

January 11, 1965 to January 13, 1969:

Roger D. Branigan

January 13, 1969 to January 8, 1973:

Edgar D. Whitcomb

January 8, 1973 to January 12, 1981:

Otis R. Bowen

January 12, 1981 to January 8, 1989:

Robert D. Orr

January 9, 1989 to January 13, 1997:

Evan Byah

January 13, 1997 to 2003:

Frank L. O'Bannon

2003 --

Joe Kernan

Written by Paul Dresser
Composed by Paul Dresser

1820: 147,178

1830: 343,031

1840: 685,866

1850: 988,416

1860: 1,350,419

1870: 1,680,637

1880: 1,978,301

1890: 2,192,404

1900: 2,516,462

1910: 2,700,876

1920: 2,930,390

1930: 3,238,503

1940: 3,427,796

1950: 3,934,224

1960: 4,662,498

1970: 5,195,392

1980: 5,490,224

1990: 5,544,159

2000: 6,080,506