25 Facts About Indiana State

1. Vice President Mike Pence—who grew up in Indiana State—served as Governor of Indiana for four years.

2. Vice President Mike Pence—who grew up in Indiana State—served as Governor of Indiana for four years.

3. Indiana State continues to struggle with recruiting and keeping teachers on the job, according to federal education data from 2016 to 2017 collected by the California-based Learning Policy Institute.

4. Vice President Mike Pence—who grew up in Indiana State—served as Governor of Indiana for four years.

5. Vice President Mike Pence—who grew up in Indiana State—served as Governor of Indiana for four years.

6. Vice President Mike Pence—who grew up in Indiana State—served as Governor of Indiana for four years.

7. Vice President Mike Pence—who grew up in Indiana State—served as Governor of Indiana for four years.

8. Indiana State is currently implementing an extensive rail plan that was prepared in 2002 by the Parsons Corporation.

9. Indiana State allows highways of different classifications to have the same number.

10. Indiana State is home to the coal-fired plant with the highest sulfur dioxide emissions in the United States, the Gallagher power plant just west of New Albany.

11. In 2011 Indiana State was ranked first in the Midwest and sixth in the country for best places to do business according to CEO magazine.

12. Indiana State is home to the international headquarters and research facilities of pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, the state's largest corporation, as well as the world headquarters of Mead Johnson Nutritionals in Evansville.

13. In 2016, Indiana State was home to seven Fortune 500 companies with a combined $142.5 billion in revenue.

14. Indiana State has had great sports success at the collegiate level.

15. Indiana State is host to a major unlimited hydroplane racing power boat race circuits in the major H1 Unlimited league, the Madison Regatta.

16. Indiana State was formerly home to two major military installations; Grissom Air Force Base near Peru and Fort Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis, now closed, though the Department of Defense continues to operate a large finance center there (Defense Finance and Accounting Service).

17. Indiana State is home to several current and former military installations.

18. Indiana State includes two natural regions of the United States: the Central Lowlands and the Interior Low Plateaus.

19. The largest immigrant group to settle in Indiana State were Germans, as well as numerous immigrants from Ireland and England.

20. Indiana State 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.

21. Indiana State is the 38th largest by area and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States.

22. Vice President Mike Pence—who grew up in Indiana State—served as Governor of Indiana for four years.

23. Indiana State is a leader in agriculture with corn the principal crop.

24. Indiana State scored 40 points in the paint as Emondre Rickman had 12 points while Bronson Kessinger added 10 points.

25. Indiana State was the first public university in Indiana to require incoming freshmen to have a laptop.