State of IndianaGovernment

The State of Indiana is a constituent state of the United States located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions. Governed under its state constitution, it exercises sovereign governmental jurisdiction and public administration over its territory, divided into executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816, as the 19th U.S. state, it was previously organized as the Indiana Territory in 1800.