Indiana: Logistics As Identity, Life Sciences As Ambition
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation describes a state whose central location reaches both the steel belt and the agricultural heartland, with the nation's only statewide international port system and the world's second-largest FedEx hub. The same agency markets a statewide life-sciences economy, naming the Indiana University School of Medicine, Eli Lilly's global headquarters, and the North American headquarters of Roche Diagnostics. The Census Bureau's 2023 state file grounds the scale: 155,692 employer establishments across Indiana, 93.5% with fewer than 50 employees. Statewide positioning and statewide counts, not a metro story.
- Indiana Economic Development Corporation: Logistics and Transportation industry overview (undated current page; retrieved 2026-10-08)
- Indiana Economic Development Corporation: Life Sciences industry overview (undated current page; retrieved 2026-10-08)
- U.S. Census Bureau: 2023 County Business Patterns: State file (cbp23st) (2023 CBP; retrieved 2026-10-05)