Economy of Indiana

For the town in Wayne County, Indiana, see Economy, Indiana.

Economy of Indiana

Indiana State Quarter

Statistics
GDP| $352,272.7 million[1]

GDP per capita

| $43,492[2]

Population below poverty line

| 13.1%[3]

Gini coefficient

| 0.434[4]

Labor force

| 3,144,700 [5]
Unemployment| 3.9%[6]
Public finances
Revenues| $13,796.427 million[7]
Expenses| $13,036 million[8]

The economy of the state of Indiana is reflected in its gross state product in 2017 of US$359 billion and per capita income of $44,165.[9] A high percentage of Indiana's income is from manufacturing.[10] Indiana has been the largest steel producing state in the U.S. since 1975, with the Calumet Region of northwest Indiana being the largest single steel producing area in the U.S., accounting for 27% of all U.S. steel production. Indiana is also the 2nd largest auto manufacturing state. Indiana's other manufactures include pharmaceuticals and medical devices, automobiles, electrical equipment, transportation equipment, chemical products, rubber, petroleum and coal products, and factory machinery.

## History

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Further information: Midwestern United States § Economy, and History of Indiana

Indiana's earliest economy revolved around trade with the Native American tribes in the northern and central parts of the state, which were connected by rivers to the Great Lakes, and ultimately the Atlantic Ocean. The state government established a trading monopoly with the tribes who became the primary purchasers of Indiana settler's goods. Although the basis was established in the Northwest Ordinance[11] and well known, economic growth was slow to begin in the state, primarily due to the inability to ship goods to market affordably. After the Mississippi River was opened to American traffic following the Louisiana Purchase, agricultural grew rapidly in the state, but was still hampered by the lack of internal transportation in the state.[12]

The Indiana General Assembly attempted to remedy the transportation system in the late 1810s, but was thwarted by the Panic of 1819 which caused the state's only two banks to collapse. A second attempt was launched in the early 1830s leading to the passage of the Mammoth Internal Improvement Act. This state-funded development of canals, railroads and roads statewide resulted in a large rise in land and produce values, but it too was thwarted by the Panic of 1837; although this spending bankrupted the state, the foundation it provided allowed Indiana to grow into one of the leading farming states by the 1850s.

The 1860s Indiana in the American Civil War rapidly completed the state's railroad system and accelerated the growth of industry. Building railroad cars and glass manufacturing became the state early leading industries, established primarily in the central parts of the state. Southern Indiana, however was adversely affected by the war and never regained its economic dominance in the state. Prior to the war, the largest cities were along the Ohio River and had a thriving trade with the south and large ship building centers that languished in the war. In most of the state, the war led to a rise in the value of farm produce and significantly raised the state's standards of living.[13]

The Indiana Gas Boom began in the 1880s and lasted through 1910, when large-scale drilling and production of natural gas took place in the Trenton Gas Field of east-central Indiana. The Ball Corporation moved its headquarters from New York to Muncie, Indiana and built a glass factory to take advantage of the cheap natural gas, and became an icon of Muncie.

Indiana rapidly became a manufacturing powerhouse in the first 20 years of the 20th Century, as steel, oil refining, automobiles, railroad rolling stock, and consumer and industrial appliance companies established themselves, taking advantage of Indiana's central location, cheap and plentiful land, and the lower costs associated with smaller industrial cities. Enormous integrated steel mills were built in cities like East Chicago and Gary along the shore of Lake Michigan, with smaller mills built in cities like Muncie and Indianapolis. Railroads crisscrossed the state, the most iconinc being the Monon Line.

Indiana, being a manufacturing and agricultural state, was utterly devastated by the Great Depression in the 1930s. Unemployment exceeded 25% at the depths of the Depression in early 1933, with many coal-mining southern counties seeing unemployment rates exceed 50%.[14] The Indiana Republican Party, which previously dominated the state and gave precedent to business interests, was destroyed in the elections of 1932, and the Indiana Democrats, led by newly elected governor Paul V. McNutt, swept to power and radically transformed the state, implementing public works projects and completely overhauling the state government. Trade unions gained new strength during the 1935 - 1945 period, and peaked at 41% in 1964. Unions would be a potent political force in Indiana through the 1990s, with a unionization rate of 20% as recently as 1990.[15]

However, Indiana's factories went into overdrive during World War II (1939–1945) to support the Allied and American war efforts. Full employment and prosperity returned. Indiana manufactured 4.5 percent of total United States military armaments produced during World War II, ranking eighth among the 48 states.

During the post-World War II boom from 1945 to 1973, Indiana's economy prospered and Indiana was ranked 20th out of 50 states plus Washington, D.C., in the late-1960s for personal income. However, Indiana's economy began to struggle after the recession of 1969-1970 as the manufacturing sector began to decline. Foreign competition, corporate mergers, automation, and new management strategies lead to downsizing, mass layoffs, diversification, and chronic unemployment. Cities such as Muncie, Anderson, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Gary, East Chicago, Hammond, Michigan City, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Elkhart, and Evansville all witnessed population declines and rising unemployment and poverty during the 1970s and 1980s. Northwest Indiana was hit especially by the steel crisis of 1974 - 1983.

Since the early-1990s, Indiana has diversified its economy away from heavy industry and towards service (such as banking, insurance, healthcare, education, financial services, information technology) and high-tech manufacturing. In 2016, 516,000 workers were employed in manufacturing, down from 696,000 in 2000 and nearly 750,000 in 1969, but up from 424,000 in 2009 at the depths of the Great Recession. Heavy industries such as oil, autos, and steel still comprise a significant portion of the states' GDP, but other industries such as electrical goods, medical equipment, and pharmaceuticals have grown recently as well. However, Indiana's wage growth has lagged behind other states, and Indiana has fallen from 20th in personal income during the 1960s to 39th in 2017.

## Fiscal policy

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See also: Taxation in Indiana

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## Sectors

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### Agriculture

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Indiana is the eighth largest agricultural exporter in the nation, exporting just over $4.6 billion in 2017. Indiana is the tenth largest farming state in the nation. Top 5 commodities (by value of sales)

Corn: $3.28 billion Soybeans: $3.08 billion Meat animals: $1.62 billion Poultry and eggs: $1.18 billion Dairy: $750 million

### Automotive

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In 2013, Indiana's automobile industry rose to 2nd place in the country, behind Michigan, in terms of automotive gross domestic product.[16]

### E-commerce

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### Energy

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Sources of electricity (2009) See below Navbox for individual facilities.

Fuel  | Capacity  | Percent of Total Consumed  | Percent of Total Production  | Number of Plants/Units

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Coal | 22,190.5 MW  | 63%  | 88.5%  | 28 Plants
Natural Gas | 2,100 MW  | 29%  | 10.5%  | 15 Facilities
*Often used in Peaking Stations
Wind
(Currently The fastest growing form of energy in Indiana)  | 1,036 MW
1,836.5 MW
when all current wind farms are complete  | ?  | ?  | 4 Farms
appx 1,000–1,100 Towers total
Coal Gasification | 600 MW  | ?  | ?  | 1 Facility under Construction
Petroleum | 575 MW  | 7.5%  | 1.5%  | 10 Units
Hydroelectric | 64 MW  | 0.0450%  | 0.0100%  | 1 Plant
Biomass | 28 MW  | 0.0150%  | 0.0020%  | 1 Facility
Wood & Waste | 18 MW  | 0.0013%  | 0.0015%  | 3 Units
Geothermal and/or Solar | 0 MW  | 0.0%  | 0.0  | No Facilities at this time
Nuclear | 0 MW  | 0.0%  | 0.0  | None
Total | 22,797.5 MW
* only includes top number of wind  | 100%  | 100%  | 46 Generating Facilities

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Power stations in Indiana

Operating coal-fired
generating stations|

* A.B. Brown
* Cayuga
* Clifty Creek
* Crawfordsville Municipal
* F. B. Culley
* Eagle Valley
* Edwardsport
* R. Gallagher
* Gibson
* Jasper Municipal
* Merom
* Michigan City
* Dean H. Mitchell
* Noblesville
* Peru Municipal
* Petersburg
* H. T. Pritchard
* Rockport
* R. M. Schahfer
* Wabash River
* Warrick
* Whitewater Valley

Decommissioned coal-fired
generating stations|

* Bailly
* Harding Sreet
* Logansport
* Perry K.
* Frank E. Ratts
* State Line
* Tanner's Creek

Oil-fired peaking stations|

* Connersville
* Miami-Wabash County

Gas-fired peaking stations|

* Anderson
* Broadway
* Georgetown
* Henry County
* Lawrence County
* Lawrenceburg
* Montpelier
* Noblesville
* Northeast
* Portside
* Richmond
* Vermillion
* Wheatland
* Whiting Clean Energy
* Worthington

Hydroelectric dams|

* Markland
* Norway
* Oakdale
* Twin Branch

Wind farms|

* Benton County
* Fowler Ridge
* Hoosier
* Meadow Lake

Solar farms|

* Mammoth Solar

Biomass to energy plants|

* Milltown

Attempted nuclear plants|

* Marble Hill
* Bailly

Utility companies|

* AES Indiana
* Duke Energy Indiana
* Greenfield Mills
* Hoosier Energy
* Indiana Michigan Power
* Northern Indiana Public Service Company
* Vectren

#### Oil, natural gas, and coal

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#### Renewable

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##### Hydro

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Indiana has six hydroelectric dams. The Norway and Oakdale Dams near Monticello provide electrical power, recreation, and other benefits to local citizens. The Norway Dam created Lake Shafer and the Oakdale Dam created Lake Freeman. The Markland Dam, on the Ohio River, near Vevay, Indiana also produces electricity. The city of Wabash was the first electrically lighted city in the country.

##### Biofuels

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Indiana is becoming a leading state in the production of biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel. Indiana now has 12 ethanol and 4 biodiesel plants located in the state.[17] Reynolds, located north of Lafayette is now known as BioTown, USA. The town is experimenting with using biofuels and organic fuels, such as those made with manure, to power the town.[18]

##### Solar

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Further information: Solar power in Indiana

A 17.5MW plant built at the Indianapolis airport in 2013 was the largest airport solar farm in the U.S.[19]

##### Wind

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Further information: Wind power in Indiana

Commercial wind power in Indiana began in 2008 when the Benton County Wind Farm came online. New estimates of wind resources in 2006 raised the potential wind power capacity for Indiana from 30 MW at 50 m turbine hub height to 40,000 MW at 70 m, which could double at 100 m, the height of newer turbines.[20] At the end of June, 2008, Indiana had installed 130 MW of wind turbines and had under construction another 400 MW.[21] As of 31 December 2009[update], Indiana had a total of 1035.95 MW of wind power nameplate capacity installed,[22] with more under construction or in planning.[23]

##### Geothermal

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As of March 2008[update] Indiana has no geothermal electrical power generation facility. The Indiana Geological Survey was conducting a study to catalogue all potentially exploitable sources of geothermal heat in the state.[24]

In 2010, the Indiana Heating and Air-Conditioning Incentive Program (IHIP) provides rebates of up to $1000 for the purchase and installation of Energy Star-rated geothermal heat pumps.[25]

One of the largest geothermal heat pump systems in the United States is a GeoExchange pond coupled loop system by Geothermal Design Associates at the St. Joseph Medical Center in Fort Wayne.[26]

### Mining

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In mining, Indiana is probably best known for its decorative limestone from the southern, hilly portion of the state, especially from Lawrence County. One of the many public buildings faced with this stone is The Pentagon, and after the September 11, 2001, attacks, a special effort was made by the mining industry of Indiana to replace those damaged walls with as nearly identical type and cut of material as the original facing.[27] There are also large coal mines in the southern portion of the state. Like most Great Lakes states, Indiana has small to medium operating petroleum fields; the principal location of these today is in Southwestern Indiana, though operational oil derricks can be seen on the outskirts of Terre Haute.

### Pharmaceuticals & medical devices

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Indiana is home to the international headquarters of pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, the state's largest corporation. Evansville is home to Mead Johnson Nutritionals, a subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb, another large producer. Elkhart has also had a strong economic base of pharmaceuticals, though it has decreased over with the closure of Whitehall Laboratories in the 1990s and of the large Bayer complex, announced in late 2005.[28] Overall, Indiana ranks fifth among all U.S. states in total sales and shipments of pharmaceutical products and second highest in the number of biopharmaceutical related jobs.[29] Warsaw is dubbed the "Orthopedic Capital of the World"; the Warsaw region is home to nearly one-third of the $38 billion global orthopaedic industry [30] including Zimmer, Biomet and DePuy. Other medical device companies include Roche Diagnostics in Indianapolis, and Cook in Bloomington.

## See also

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* Indiana portal

* List of U.S. states by GDP (nominal)
* Great Lakes Megalopolis

## Notes

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1. ^ "Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total in Indiana". January 1997.
2. ^ "Per Capita Personal Income in Indiana". January 1929.
3. ^ "State Rankings--Statistical Abstract of the United States--Persons Below Poverty Level". Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
4. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
5. ^ "Civilian Labor Force in Indiana: 1976-01-01 to 2022-05-01". U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - via research.stlouisfed.org.
6. ^ "Unemployment Rate in Indiana: 1976-01-01 to 2022-05-01". U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - via research.stlouisfed.org.
7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2017-12-07.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2011-10-06.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
9. ^ "Indiana". Bureau of Economic Analysis. U.S. Department of Commerce. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
10. ^ "Indiana Economy at a Glance". U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
11. ^ Northwest Ordinance Art 4: "The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor."
12. ^ Gray, p. 3-4
13. ^ Gray, p. 202
14. ^ "Indiana History Chapter Nine". Indiana Center for History. Archived from the original on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
15. ^ "Indiana's unionization rate a third of what it was a few decades ago". Times of Northwest Indiana. Tribune Media. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
16. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2022-07-08.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
17. ^ "Biofuels Indiana". Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
18. ^ About BioTown
19. ^ INDSolarFarm
20. ^ Indiana's Renewable Energy Resources Archived 2014-02-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 20 August 2008
21. ^ U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Indiana Archived 2010-09-18 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 20 August 2008
22. ^ "U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Indiana". American Wind Energy Association. 2009-12-31. Archived from the original on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
23. ^ "Indiana Office of Energy Development - Wind Power". IN.gov \- Official Website of the State of Indiana. Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
24. ^ "IGS to play key role in search for renewable geothermal energy". Indiana Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
25. ^ Coggeshall, Wade (2010-02-03). "State offers heating, cooling system rebates". Indiana Economic Digest. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
26. ^ "Du Pont Medical Center: Fort Wayne, Indiana, from Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium - Business White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies". BNET. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
27. ^ Pentagon Renovation Program Archived February 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
28. ^ WNDU-TV: News Story: Bayer is leaving Elkhart - November 16, 2005[permanent dead link]
29. ^ "Economy & Demographics". Terre Haute Economic Development Co. Archived from the original on 2006-07-16. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
30. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2013-04-23.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

## References

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* Gray, Ralph D (1995). Indiana History: A Book of Readings. Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-32629-X.

## External links

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* Indiana Chamber of Commerce Archived 2009-04-08 at the Wayback Machine

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