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 *Beginning about 1830, many settlers came from '''Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York'''. Eventually, settlers from the middle Atlantic states and Ohio outnumbered those from the Southern slave states.
 *Indiana did not attract as many overseas immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century as other Midwestern states. Over half of those who came to Indiana directly from overseas were of '''German''' origin, with the '''Irish''' a distant second. Most of the present Indiana population is of '''English, Scottish, Irish, or German descent'''.
+*Around 1900, East Chicago, Gary, and South Bend attracted Polish and other eastern and southern European immigrants.
-Most of the settlers were still in the southern half of the state by 1850, but after that date, as railroads were built and industrialization took place, the northern cities and counties began to fill. Around 1900, East Chicago, Gary, and South Bend attracted Polish and other eastern and southern European immigrants.
-Iowa was the favorite destination of those leaving Indiana in the 1850s, but by 1880 more were leaving Indiana for Illinois, Kansas, and Missouri.