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     Why call an Indiana resident a Hoosier? Why move to Indiana? There are a million reasons for both. Indiana is the perfect example of Midwestern life with rows of corn as far as the eye can see, dairy cattle dotting the landscape and the friendliest folks you'll ever want to meet.

     But don't write off Indiana as just some bumpkin paradise. Indiana is home to three of the nation's most respected universities: Notre Dame in South Bend, Purdue in West Lafayette and the University of Indiana at Bloomington. The state's signature event is the Indianapolis 500 auto race, which has been roaring for 83 years. The Indy 500 draws an average crowd of over 400,000 racing fans, making it the largest single-day sporting event in the world.

     If you want some trivia about your new home state, you can't beat the following:

• Indianapolis is the state capital and also the largest city in the state, with a population exceeding 730,000.
• The population of Indiana is over 5.9 million, ranking it 14th in overall population among U.S. states. Over 65% of the state population lives in urban areas.
• Indiana has earned the nickname "Mother of Vice-Presidents" due to the fact that the state has been called home by five vice-presidents: Schuyler Colfax, Thomas A. Hendricks, Charles W. Fairbanks, Thomas Marshall and Dan Quayle.
• Temperatures average in the 20s during January and February and in the 70s during July and August.
• Frank Sinatra sang his first notes in public with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in Indianapolis in 1940.
• In 1880 Wabash, Indiana became the first city in the country to have electric street lights.