EXHIBIT 21

                                  SUBSIDIARIES


                                                                                      STATE OR OTHER
                                                            PERCENTAGE                  JURISDICTION
SUBSIDIARIES (1)                                               OWNED                OF INCORPORATION
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Ameriana Bank and Trust, SB (2)                                100%                  United States

Ameriana Insurance Agency, Inc. (3)                            100%                  Indiana

Ameriana Financial Services, Inc. (3)                          100%                  Indiana

Deer Park Service Corporation (3)                              100%                  Ohio

Family Financial Life Insurance Company (4)                     14%                  Louisiana

Indiana Title Insurance Company, LLC (5)                        21%                  Indiana
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(1)  Operations of the Company's wholly-owned direct subsidiaries, Ameriana Bank
     and Trust, SB and Ameriana Bank and Trust, SB's wholly-owned  subsidiaries,
     Ameriana Insurance Agency, Inc, Ameriana Financial Services,  Inc. and Deer
     Park  Service  Corporation,  are  included  in the  Company's  consolidated
     financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K.
(2)  First-tier subsidiary of the Company.
(3)  Second-tier  subsidiary  of the  Company  100% owned by  Ameriana  Bank and
     Trust, SB, a first-tier subsidiary of the Company.
(4)  Third-tier  subsidiary of the Company 1/7th owned through stock  investment
     and less  than  1/7th  owned  through  partnership  interests  of  Ameriana
     Financial  Services,  Inc., a  second-tier  subsidiary  of the Company 100%
     owned by  Ameriana  Bank and  Trust,  SB, a  first-tier  subsidiary  of the
     Company.
(5)  Third-tier  subsidiary of the Company owned through  investment of Ameriana
     Financial  Services,  Inc. a second-tier  subsidiary of the Company 100% by
     Ameriana Bank and Trust, SB, a first-tier subsidiary of the Company.
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