Nebraska#Religion

Nebraska's name is the result of anglicization of the archaic Otoe {{Lang|iow|Ñí Brásge}} (contemporary Otoe: {{Lang|iow|Ñíbrahge}}; pronounced {{IPA|sio|ɲĩbɾasꜜkɛ|}}), or the Omaha {{Lang|oma|Ní Btháska}}, (pronounced {{IPA|sio|nĩbɫᶞasꜜka|}}), meaning "flat water", after the Platte River which flows through the state.{{cite web |url=http://spot.colorado.edu/~koontz/faq/etymology.htm |title=Etymology |access-date=November 28, 2006 |author=Koontz, John |website=Siouan Languages |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512104157/http://spot.colorado.edu/~koontz/faq/etymology.htm |archive-date=May 12, 2013 |url-status=live }}

{{Main|History of Nebraska}}

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Indigenous peoples lived in the region of present-day Nebraska for thousands of years before European colonization. The historic tribes in the state included the Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and various branches of the Lakota (Sioux), some of which migrated from eastern areas into the region. When European exploration, trade, and settlement began, both Spain and France sought to control the region. In the 1690s, Spain established trade connections with the Apache, whose territory then included western Nebraska. By 1703, France had developed a regular trade with native peoples along the Missouri River in Nebraska, and by 1719 had signed treaties with several of these peoples. After war broke out between the two countries, Spain dispatched an armed expedition to Nebraska under Lieutenant General Pedro de Villasur in 1720. The party was attacked and destroyed near present-day Columbus by a large force of Pawnee and Otoe, both allied with the French. The massacre ended Spanish exploration of the area for the remainder of the 18th century.{{Cite journal |last=Hanson |first=James A |date=1993 |title=Spain on the Plains |url=http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH1993Spain.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Nebraska History |volume=74 |pages=2–21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525202819/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH1993Spain.pdf |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |accessdate=January 4, 2015 }}[http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0300/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0300/stories/0301_0113.html "Villasur Sent to Nebraska".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525202818/http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0300/frameset_reset.html?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nebraskastudies.org%2F0300%2Fstories%2F0301_0113.html |date=May 25, 2017 }} [http://www.nebraskastudies.org/ Nebraskastudies.org.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010819183039/http://www.nebraskastudies.org/ |date=August 19, 2001 }} Retrieved January 4, 2015.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080210060051/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/markers/texts/villasur_expedition_1720.htm "The Villasur expedition—1720".]}} {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20161129113841/http://nebraskahistory.org/archeo/pubs/Engineer%20Cantonment.pdf Nebraska State Historical Society.]}} Retrieved January 4, 2015.

In 1762, during the Seven Years' War, France ceded the Louisiana Territory to Spain. This left Britain and Spain competing for dominance along the Mississippi River; by 1773, the British were trading with the native peoples of Nebraska. Spain dispatched two trading expeditions up the Missouri River in 1794 and 1795; the second, under James Mackay, established the first European settlement in Nebraska near the mouth of the Platte River. Later that year, Mackay's party built a trading post, dubbed Fort Carlos IV (Fort Charles), near present-day Homer.[https://www.loc.gov/collections/static/louisiana-european-explorations-and-the-louisiana-purchase/images/lapurchase.pdf "Louisiana: European explorations and the Louisiana Purchase".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002080050/http://www.loc.gov/collections/static/louisiana-european-explorations-and-the-louisiana-purchase/images/lapurchase.pdf |date=October 2, 2018 }} [https://www.loc.gov/ Library of Congress.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430175700/http://loc.gov/ |date=April 30, 2011 }} Retrieved January 4, 2015.Wood, W. Raymond. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150809214409/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH1995FtCharles.pdf "Fort Charles or Mr. Mackey's Trading House".]}} Nebraska History 76 (Spring 1995), pp. 2–9. Retrieved January 4, 2015.

In 1819, the United States established Fort Atkinson as the first U.S. Army post west of the Missouri River, just east of present-day Fort Calhoun. The army abandoned the fort in 1827 as migration moved further west. European-American settlement was scarce until 1848 and the California Gold Rush. On May 30, 1854, the U.S. Congress created the Kansas and Nebraska territories, divided by the Parallel 40° North, under the Kansas–Nebraska Act.{{cite web |author=Interactive Media Group—Nebraska Educational Telecommunications |url=http://nebraskastudies.unl.edu/0500/frameset_reset.html?http://nebraskastudies.unl.edu/0500/stories/0502_0100.html |title=1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act signed |publisher=Nebraskastudies.unl.edu |access-date=May 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426005943/http://nebraskastudies.unl.edu/0500/frameset_reset.html?http%3A%2F%2Fnebraskastudies.unl.edu%2F0500%2Fstories%2F0502_0100.html |archive-date=April 26, 2012 |url-status=dead }} The Nebraska Territory included parts of the current states of Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana.The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper Utah: Everton Publishers, 2002). The territorial capital of Nebraska was Omaha.{{Cite web |author=Omaha Media Group LLC- |title=History of the Fort - History |url=https://www.fortatkinsononline.org/history |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Fort Atkinson State Historical Park |language=en |archive-date=April 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429205210/https://www.fortatkinsononline.org/history |url-status=live }}

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Late 19th century

In the 1860s, after the U.S. government forced many of the American Indian tribes to cede their lands and settle on reservations, it opened large tracts of land to agricultural development by European immigrants and American settlers. Under the Homestead Act, thousands of settlers migrated into Nebraska to claim free land granted by the federal government. Because so few trees grew on the prairies, many of the first farming settlers built their homes of sod, as had Native Americans such as the Omaha. The first wave of settlement gave the territory a sufficient population to apply for statehood.Marsha Hoffman and Dwight A. Radford, "Nebraska", Redbook: American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd ed. (Provo: Ancestry, 2004), 408. Nebraska became the 37th state on March 1, 1867, and the capital was moved from Omaha to the center at Lancaster, later renamed Lincoln after the recently assassinated President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. The battle of Massacre Canyon, on August 5, 1873, was the last major battle between the Pawnee and the Sioux.The Nebraska Indian Wars Reader, 1865–1877 By R. Eli Paul p. 88 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press (April 1, 1998) {{ISBN|0-8032-8749-6}}{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: States in the Senate {{!}} Nebraska Timeline |url=https://www.senate.gov/states/NE/timeline.htm#:~:text=Nebraska%20was%20admitted%20to%20the,to%20establish%20statehood%20for%20Nebraska. |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=www.senate.gov |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525044158/https://www.senate.gov/states/NE/timeline.htm#:~:text=Nebraska%20was%20admitted%20to%20the,to%20establish%20statehood%20for%20Nebraska. |url-status=live }}

During the 1870s to the 1880s, Nebraska experienced a large growth in population. Several factors contributed to attracting new residents. The first was that the vast prairie land was perfect for cattle grazing. This helped settlers to learn the unfamiliar geography of the area. The second factor was the invention of several farming technologies. New agricultural innovations such as barbed wire, windmills, and the steel plow, combined with fair weather, enabled settlers to transform Nebraska into prime farming land. By the 1880s, Nebraska's population had soared to more than 450,000 people.Redbook The Arbor Day holiday was founded in Nebraska City by territorial governor J. Sterling Morton. The National Arbor Day Foundation is still headquartered in Nebraska City, with some offices in Lincoln.

In the late 19th century, African Americans migrated from the South to Nebraska as part of the Great Migration. Eventually, they moved primarily to Omaha which offered working-class jobs in meat packing, the railroads and other industries. Omaha has a long history of civil rights activism. Blacks encountered discrimination from other Americans in Omaha and especially from recent European immigrants who were also competing for the same jobs as well.{{Cite web |title=Making Invisible Histories Visible / African American Migration to Omaha |url=https://www.ops.org/Page/http://www.ops.org/site/default.aspx?PageID=1659 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=www.ops.org |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

During the early 20th century, In 1912, African Americans founded the Omaha chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to work for improved conditions in the city and state. During the Omaha Race Riots in 1919, many white rioters protested throughout Omaha due to there being an incident in which a black man was accused of sexually assaulting a white woman. The Great Depression also had greatly affected the residents of Nebraska at the time. From 1930 to 1936 the dust bowl was common in the state due to there being a drought, wind, and dirt being dug up throughout all of the Midwestern United States. Residents in Nebraska had passed an initiative in 1934, then the first session in the unicameral was held in 1937. Kay Orr was elected Nebraska's first female governor on November 4, 1986.{{Cite web |date=1914-07-28 |title=Timeline of 20th century Nebraska |url=https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/timeline-of-20th-century-nebraska |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Timetoast timelines |language=en}}

{{Further|List of counties in Nebraska|List of rivers of Nebraska|Geography of Omaha}}

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The state is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west. The state has 93 counties and is split between two time zones, with the majority of the state observing Central Time and the Panhandle and surrounding counties observing Mountain Time. Three rivers cross the state from west to east. The Platte River, formed by the confluence of the North Platte and the South Platte, runs through the state's central portion, the Niobrara River flows through the northern part, and the Republican River runs across the southern part.

The first Constitution of Nebraska in 1866 described Nebraska's boundaries as follows (The description of the Northern border is no longer accurate, since the Keya Paha River and the Niobrara River no longer form the boundary of the state of Nebraska. Instead, Nebraska's Northern border now extends east along the forty-third degree of north latitude until it meets the Missouri River directly.): {{Blockquote

|text=The State of Nebraska shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to-wit: Commencing at a point formed by the intersection of the western boundary of the State of Missouri, with the fortieth degree of north latitude; extending thence due west along said fortieth degree of north latitude, to a point formed by its intersection with the twenty-fifth degree of longitude west from Washington [the Southern border]; thence north along said twenty-fifth degree of longitude, to a point formed by its intersection with the forty-first degree of north latitude; thence west along said forty-first degree of north latitude to a point formed by its intersection with the twenty-seventh degree of longitude west from Washington; thence north along said twenty-seventh degree of west longitude, to a point formed by its intersection with the forty-third degree of north latitude [the Western border, which is the Panhandle]; thence east along said forty-third degree of north latitude to the Keya Paha river; thence down the middle of the channel of said river, with its meanderings, to its junction with the Niobrara River; thence down the middle of the channel of said Niobrara River, and following the meanderings thereof to its junction with the Missouri River [the Northern border]; thence down the middle of the channel of said Missouri River, and following the meanderings thereof to the place of beginning [the Eastern border, which is the Missouri River].{{cite web |url=https://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/reports/research/constitution2017.pdf |title=The Nebraska Constitution, 1866–2016 |publisher=Nebraska Legislature, Legislative Research Office |date=February 2017 |access-date=June 22, 2020 |archive-date=October 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017114600/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/reports/research/constitution2017.pdf |url-status=live }}}}

Nebraska is composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains. The easternmost portion of the state was scoured by Ice Age glaciers; the Dissected Till Plains were left after the glaciers retreated. The Dissected Till Plains is a region of gently rolling hills; Omaha and Lincoln are in this region. The Great Plains occupy most of western Nebraska, with the region consisting of several smaller, diverse land regions, including the Sandhills, the Pine Ridge, the Rainwater Basin, the High Plains and the Wildcat Hills. Panorama Point, at {{Convert|5424|ft|}}, is Nebraska's highest point; though despite its name and elevation, it is a relatively low rise near the Colorado and Wyoming borders. A past tourism slogan for the state of Nebraska was "Where the West Begins" (it has since been changed to "Honestly, it's not for everyone").{{Cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/10/18/honestly-its-not-for-everyone-says-nebraskas-self-deprecating-new-tourism-campaign |title='Honestly, it's not for everyone,' says Nebraska's self-deprecating new tourism campaign |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=October 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018000759/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/10/18/honestly-its-not-for-everyone-says-nebraskas-self-deprecating-new-tourism-campaign/ |archive-date=October 18, 2019 |url-status=live }} Locations given for the beginning of the "West" in Nebraska include the Missouri River, the intersection of 13th and O Streets in Lincoln (where it is marked by a red brick star), the 100th meridian, and Chimney Rock.

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Areas under the management of the National Park Service include:

• Agate Fossil Beds National Monument near Harrison
• California National Historic Trail
• Chimney Rock National Historic Site near Bayard
• Homestead National Monument of America in Beatrice
• Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
• Missouri National Recreational River near Ponca
• Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
• Niobrara National Scenic River near Valentine
• Oregon National Historic Trail
• Pony Express National Historic Trail
• Scotts Bluff National Monument at Gering

Areas under the management of the National Forest Service include:

• Nebraska National Forest
• Oglala National Grassland
• Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest

{{further|Climate change in Nebraska}}

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Two major climatic zones are represented in Nebraska. The eastern two-thirds of the state has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa), although the southwest of this region may be classed as a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) using the {{convert|−3|C|F|1|disp=or}} near the Kansas state line, analogous to the predominantly humid subtropical climate of Kansas and Oklahoma. Western Nebraska, including The Panhandle and adjacent areas bordering Colorado have a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The entire state experiences wide seasonal variations in both temperature and precipitation. Average temperatures are fairly uniform across Nebraska, with hot summers and generally cold winters. However, chinook winds from the Rocky Mountains provide a temporary moderating effect on temperatures in the state's western portion during the winter.{{cite web |url=http://www.nebraskaclimateoffice.unl.edu/weather.summary.Dec99 |title=Nebraska Climate Office {{pipe}} Applied Climate Science {{pipe}} SNR {{pipe}} UNL |publisher=Nebraskaclimateoffice.unl.edu |date=July 23, 2009 |access-date=April 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207190107/http://www.nebraskaclimateoffice.unl.edu/weather.summary.Dec99 |archive-date=December 7, 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tcdne.org/climate.htm |title=Climate—Twin Cities Development Association, Inc.—Nebraska: Scottsbluff, Gering, TerryTown, Mitchell, Bayard |publisher=Tcdne.org |access-date=February 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604023754/http://www.tcdne.org/climate.htm |archive-date=June 4, 2009 }} Thus, average January maximum temperatures are highest at around {{convert|43|F|C|1|disp=or}} in southwestern Dundy County, and lowest at about {{convert|30|F|C|1|disp=or}} around South Sioux City in the northeast.

Average annual precipitation decreases east to west from about {{Convert|31.5|in}} in the southeast corner of the state to about {{Convert|13.8|in}} in the Panhandle. Humidity also decreases significantly from east to west. Snowfall across the state is fairly even, with most of Nebraska receiving between {{convert|25|and|35|in|m|2}} of snow each year.[http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/products/atlas.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007011536/http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/products/atlas.html|date=October 7, 2008}} Nebraska's highest-recorded temperature was {{convert|118|F}} in Minden on July 24, 1936. The state's lowest-recorded temperature was {{convert|-47|F}} in Camp Clarke on February 12, 1899.

Nebraska is located in Tornado Alley. Thunderstorms are common during both the spring and the summer. Violent thunderstorms and tornadoes happen primarily during those two seasons, although they also can occur occasionally during the autumn.

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Eighty-nine percent of the cities in Nebraska have fewer than 3,000 people. Nebraska shares this characteristic with five other Midwestern states: Kansas, Oklahoma, North Dakota and South Dakota, and Iowa. Hundreds of towns have a population of fewer than 1,000. Regional population declines have forced many rural schools to consolidate.

Fifty-three of Nebraska's 93 counties reported declining populations between 1990 and 2000, ranging from a 0.06% loss (Frontier County) to a 17.04% loss (Hitchcock County).

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More urbanized areas of the state have experienced substantial growth. In 2000, the city of Omaha had a population of 390,007; in 2005, the city's estimated population was 414,521 (427,872 including the recently annexed city of Elkhorn), a 6.3% increase over five years. The 2010 census showed that Omaha has a population of 408,958. The city of Lincoln had a 2000 population of 225,581 and a 2010 population of 258,379, a 14.5% increase.

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As of the 2010 census, there were 530 cities and villages in the state of Nebraska. There are five classifications of cities and villages in Nebraska, which are based upon population. All population figures are 2017 Census Bureau estimates unless flagged by a reference number.

Metropolitan Class City (300,000 or more)

• Omaha 466,893{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2017/demo/popest/total-cities-and-towns.html|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2010–2017|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922122027/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2017/demo/popest/total-cities-and-towns.html|archive-date=September 22, 2018|url-status=dead}}

Primary Class City (100,000–299,999)

• Lincoln 284,736

First Class City (5,000–99,999)

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• Bellevue 53,424
• Grand Island 51,390
• Kearney 33,835
• Fremont 26,457
• Hastings 24,989
• Norfolk 24,434
• North Platte 23,888
• Columbus 23,128
• Papillion 19,539
• La Vista 17,116
• Scottsbluff 14,874
• South Sioux City 12,911
• Beatrice 12,295
• Lexington 10,024
• Gering 8,319
• Alliance 8,164
• Blair 8,091
• York 7,862
• McCook 7,540
• Ralston 7,333
• Nebraska City 7,313
• Seward 7,181
• Crete 7,160
• Sidney 6,620
• Plattsmouth 6,451
• Schuyler 6,212
• Chadron 5,648
• Wayne 5,439
• Holdrege 5,494
• Gretna 5,062

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Second Class Cities (800–4,999) and Villages (100–800) make up the rest of the communities in Nebraska. There are 116 second-class cities and 382 villages in the state.

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Metropolitan areas 2017 estimate data

• Omaha-Council Bluffs 763,326 (Nebraska portion); 933,316 (total for Nebraska and Iowa)
• Lincoln 331,519
• Sioux City, Iowa 26,836 (Nebraska portion); 168,618 (total for Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota)
• Grand Island 85,045

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Micropolitan areas 2012 estimate data

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• Kearney 53,948
• Norfolk 48,286
• Scottsbluff 39,039
• North Platte 37,373
• Fremont 36,427
• Columbus 32,681
• Hastings 31,364
• Lexington 26,249
• Beatrice 21,806

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Other areas

• Grand Island, Hastings and Kearney comprise the "Tri-Cities" area, with a combined population of 174,530.
• The northeast corner of Nebraska is part of the Siouxland region.

{{US Census population

| 1860 = 28841

| 1870 = 122993

| 1880 = 452402

| 1890 = 1062656

| 1900 = 1066300

| 1910 = 1192214

| 1920 = 1296372

| 1930 = 1377963

| 1940 = 1315834

| 1950 = 1325510

| 1960 = 1411330

| 1970 = 1483493

| 1980 = 1569825

| 1990 = 1578385

| 2000 = 1711263

| 2010 = 1826341

| 2020 = 1961504

| estyear = 2024

| estimate = 2005465

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| align-fn = center

| footnote = Source: 1910–2020{{cite web |title=Historical Population Change Data (1910–2020) |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429012609/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |url-status=dead }}

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The 2020 United States census reported that the population of Nebraska was 1,961,504 on April 1, 2020, a 7.4% increase since the 2010 United States census. The center of population of Nebraska is in Polk County, in the city of Shelby.{{cite web|title=Population and Population Centers by State: 2000 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 5, 2008 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20080918020344/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt |archive-date=September 18, 2008}}

According to HUD's 2022 Annual Homeless Assessment Report, there were an estimated 2,246 homeless people in Nebraska.{{Cite web |title=2007-2022 PIT Counts by State |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |access-date=March 13, 2023 |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314020239/https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf|title=The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress|access-date=March 13, 2023|archive-date=March 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311234217/https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf|url-status=live}}

The table below shows the racial composition of Nebraska's population as of 2022.

According to the 2016 American Community Survey, 10.2% of Nebraska's population were of Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race): Mexican (7.8%), Puerto Rican (0.2%), Cuban (0.2%), and other Hispanic or Latino origin (2.0%).{{cite web |title=2016 American Community Survey—Demographic and Housing Estimates |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP05/0400000US31 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213005822/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP05/0400000US31 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead }} The largest ancestry groups were: German (36.1%), Irish (13.1%), English (7.8%), Czech (4.7%), Swedish (4.3%), and Polish (3.5%).{{cite web |title=2016 American Community Survey—Selected Social Characteristics |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP02/0400000US31 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213005502/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP02/0400000US31 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead }}

Nebraska has the largest Czech American and non-Mormon Danish American population (as a percentage of the total population) in the nation. Nebraska is also home to the largest Polish American population in the Great Plains. German Americans are the largest ancestry group in most of the state, particularly in the eastern counties. Thurston County (made up entirely of the Omaha and Winnebago reservations) has an American Indian majority, and Butler County is one of only two counties in the nation with a Czech-American plurality.

In recent years, Nebraska has become home to many refugee communities. In 2016, it welcomed more refugees per capita than any other state.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/terrorized-by-isis-yazidi-refugees-find-welcoming-community-in-nebraska |title=Terrorized by ISIS, Yazidi refugees find welcoming community in Nebraska |website=PBS |date=January 15, 2018 |access-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920142044/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/terrorized-by-isis-yazidi-refugees-find-welcoming-community-in-nebraska |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |url-status=live }} Nebraska, and in particular Lincoln, is the largest home of Yazidis refugees and Yazidi Americans in the United States.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailynebraskan.com/news/lincoln-provides-safe-space-for-yazidi-refugee-community/article_6b14888a-e3c7-11e8-9fea-6387dadc0ef7.html |title=Lincoln provides safe space for Yazidi refugee community |date=November 9, 2018 |access-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920143111/http://www.dailynebraskan.com/news/lincoln-provides-safe-space-for-yazidi-refugee-community/article_6b14888a-e3c7-11e8-9fea-6387dadc0ef7.html |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/us/yazidis-settle-in-nebraska-but-roots-run-deep-in-iraq.html |title=Yazidis Settle in Nebraska, but Roots Run Deep in Iraq |website=The New York Times |date=September 8, 2015 |access-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027074411/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/us/yazidis-settle-in-nebraska-but-roots-run-deep-in-iraq.html |archive-date=October 27, 2015 |url-status=live |last1=Smith |first1=Mitch }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.omaha.com/opinion/editorial-nebraska-provides-a-welcoming-new-home-for-yazidis-fleeing/article_ac76659a-d4f3-5567-8c86-495a1365e3c9.html |title=Editorial: Nebraska provides a welcoming new home for Yazidis fleeing Iraq |date=August 5, 2019 |access-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920143110/https://www.omaha.com/opinion/editorial-nebraska-provides-a-welcoming-new-home-for-yazidis-fleeing/article_ac76659a-d4f3-5567-8c86-495a1365e3c9.html |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}

Notably, Nebraska was the last of all 50 states to maintain a ban on the issuance of driver's licenses to adults who had entered the United States illegally as children (also known as Dreamers). The state legislature lifted the ban in December 2016.{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/last-state-to-ban-drivers-licenses-for-dreamers-nebraska-passes-bill-to-allow-them | title=Last state to ban drivers licenses for Dreamers, Nebraska, passes bill to allow them | website=Fox News | date=December 6, 2016 | access-date=December 7, 2022 | archive-date=December 7, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207033550/https://www.foxnews.com/world/last-state-to-ban-drivers-licenses-for-dreamers-nebraska-passes-bill-to-allow-them | url-status=live }}

Mexico, India, China, Guatemala, and El Salvador are top countries of origin for Nebraska's immigrants.{{Cite web|url=https://www.immigrationresearch.org/system/files/immigrants_in_nebraska.pdf|title=Immigrants in Nebraska|access-date=August 11, 2023|archive-date=August 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811215930/https://www.immigrationresearch.org/system/files/immigrants_in_nebraska.pdf|url-status=live}}

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As of 2011, 31.0% of Nebraska's population younger than age{{spaces}}one were minorities."[http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html Americans under age{{spaces}}1 now mostly minorities, but not in Ohio: Statistical Snapshot] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714084214/http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html |date=July 14, 2016 }}". The Plain Dealer. June 3, 2012.

Note: For 2013–2015, births in table don't add up, because Hispanics are counted both by their ethnicity and by their race, giving a higher overall number. Since 2016, data for births of White Hispanic origin are not collected, but included in one Hispanic group; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

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}}The religious affiliations of the people of Nebraska are predominantly Christian, according to a 2014 survey by the Pew Research Center. At the 2020 Public Religion Research Institute survey, 73% of the population identified as Christian.{{Cite web |title=PRRI – American Values Atlas |url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/States/religion/m/US-NE |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=ava.prri.org |archive-date=April 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404161714/https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/States/religion/m/US-NE |url-status=dead }} At the 2014 Pew Research Center's survey, 20% of the population were religiously unaffiliated; in 2020, the Public Religion Research Institute determined 22% of the population became religiously unaffiliated. The 2023–24 Pew Research Center Religious Landscape Study found that 74% of Nebraskans identified as Christians and 21% were religiously unaffiliated.

The largest single denominations by number of adherents in 2010 were the Roman Catholic Church (372,838), the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (112,585), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (110,110) and the United Methodist Church (109,283).{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/31/rcms2010_31_state_name_2010.asp |title=The Association of Religion Data Archives {{pipe}} State Membership Report |publisher=www.thearda.com |access-date=November 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012074516/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/31/rcms2010_31_state_name_2010.asp |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

Nebraska has a progressive income tax. The portion of income from $0 to $2,400 is taxed at 2.56%; from $2,400 to $17,500, at 3.57%; from $17,500 to $27,000, at 5.12%; and income over $27,000, at 6.84%. The standard deduction for a single taxpayer is $5,700; the personal exemption is $118.{{cite web |url=http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/228.html |title=State Individual Income Tax Rates, 2000–2010 |publisher=The Tax Foundation |date=March 25, 2010 |access-date=March 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424224553/http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/228.html |archive-date=April 24, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

Nebraska has a state sales and use tax of 5.5%. In addition to the state tax, some Nebraska cities assess a city sales and use tax, in 0.5% increments, up to a maximum of 1.5%. Dakota County levies an additional 0.5% county sales tax.[http://www.revenue.ne.gov/question/slstax_faq.html#s02 "Frequently Asked Questions about Nebraska Sales and Use Tax".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124233000/http://www.revenue.ne.gov/question/slstax_faq.html#s02 |date=January 24, 2012 }} [http://www.revenue.ne.gov/index.html Nebraska Department of Revenue.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125005342/http://www.revenue.ne.gov/index.html |date=January 25, 2012 }} Retrieved August 27, 2012. Food and ingredients that are generally for home preparation and consumption are not taxable.{{cite web|url=http://www.revenue.ne.gov/question/slstax_faq.html#s12|title=Sales and Use Tax FAQs|website=Revenue.ne.gov|access-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023143601/http://www.revenue.ne.gov/question/slstax_faq.html#s12|archive-date=October 23, 2013|url-status=dead}} All real property within the state of Nebraska is taxable unless specifically exempted by statute. Since 1992, only depreciable personal property is subject to tax and all other personal property is exempt from tax. Inheritance tax is collected at the county level.

{{See also|Nebraska locations by per capita income}}

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• Total employment (2016): 884,450{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/IA |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Iowa |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110053724/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/IA |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |url-status=live }}
• Total employer establishments: 54,265

The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates of Nebraska's gross state product in 2010 was $89.8 billion.{{cite web|title=GDP by State|url=http://greyhill.com/gdp-by-state|publisher=Greyhill Advisors|access-date=September 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216110805/http://greyhill.com/gross-state-product/|archive-date=February 16, 2012|url-status=dead}} Per capita personal income in 2004 was $31,339, 25th in the nation. Nebraska has a large agriculture sector, and is a major producer of beef, pork, wheat, corn (maize), soybeans, and sorghum.{{cite web|url=http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Ag_Overview/AgOverview_NE.pdf |title=Nebraska State Agriculture Overview—2006 |access-date=October 17, 2007 |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025084938/http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Ag_Overview/AgOverview_NE.pdf |archive-date=October 25, 2007}} Other important economic sectors include freight transport (by rail and truck), manufacturing, telecommunications, information technology, and insurance.

In October 2021, Nebraska recorded an unemployment rate of 1.9%, the lowest ever recorded for any state.{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/business-nebraska-omaha-8a6f24c649291f57ed132f50bbc90d51|title=Nebraska's 1.9% unemployment rate the lowest on record in US|date=November 19, 2021|website=AP NEWS|access-date=December 23, 2022|archive-date=December 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223182028/https://apnews.com/article/business-nebraska-omaha-8a6f24c649291f57ed132f50bbc90d51|url-status=live}}

Kool-Aid was created in 1927 by Edwin Perkins in the city of Hastings, which celebrates the event the second weekend of every August with Kool-Aid Days,{{Cite web |url=https://www.kool-aiddays.com/ |title=Kool-Aid Days |access-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701171116/http://kool-aiddays.com/ |archive-date=July 1, 2019 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.checkiday.com/6226a36c7f8125411b621e0c89954fce/national-kool-aid-day|title=It's National Kool-Aid Day!|website=Checkiday.com|access-date=August 13, 2021|archive-date=August 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813163321/https://www.checkiday.com/6226a36c7f8125411b621e0c89954fce/national-kool-aid-day|url-status=live}} and Kool-Aid is the official soft drink of Nebraska.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/1998/5/22/19381503/nebraska-takes-sweet-turn-names-kool-aid-state-drink|title=Nebraska takes sweet turn, names Kool-Aid state drink|date=May 22, 1998|website=Deseret News|access-date=August 13, 2021|archive-date=August 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813163319/https://www.deseret.com/1998/5/22/19381503/nebraska-takes-sweet-turn-names-kool-aid-state-drink|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://hastingsmuseum.org/exhibit/kool-aid/ |title=History: Kool-Aid: Hastings Museum |publisher=Hastings Museum |access-date=February 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205191059/http://hastingsmuseum.org/koolaid/kahistory.htm |archive-date=February 5, 2009 }} CliffsNotes were developed by Clifton Hillegass of Rising City. He adapted his pamphlets from the Canadian publications, Coles Notes.

Omaha is home to Berkshire Hathaway, whose chief executive officer (CEO), Warren Buffett, was ranked in March 2009 by Forbes magazine as the second-richest person in the world. The city is also home to Mutual of Omaha, InfoUSA, West Corporation, Valmont Industries, Woodmen of the World, Kiewit Corporation, Union Pacific Railroad, and Gallup. Ameritas Life Insurance Corp., Nelnet, Sandhills Publishing Company, Duncan Aviation, and Hudl are based in Lincoln. The Buckle is based in Kearney. Sidney is the national headquarters for Cabela's, a specialty retailer of outdoor goods now owned by Bass Pro Shops. Grand Island is the headquarters of Hornady, a manufacturer of ammunition.

The world's largest train yard, Union Pacific's Bailey Yard, is in North Platte. The Vise-Grip was invented by William Petersen in 1924, and was manufactured in De Witt until the plant was closed and moved to China in late 2008.Jirovsky, Kristin. [http://journalstar.com/articles/2009/01/08/news/business/doc4966307080dcd635956810.txt "Owner of Nail Jack Tools wants to share former Vise-Grip plant"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220155811/http://journalstar.com/business/owner-of-nail-jack-tools-wants-to-share-former-vise-grip-plant/article_01c3ecc7-f932-53b2-9c85-e51c644f8657.html |date=February 20, 2021 }}, Lincoln Journal-Star. January 8, 2009.

Lincoln's Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing is the only Kawasaki plant in the world to produce the Jet Ski, all-terrain vehicle (ATV), and MULE product lines. The facility employs more than 1,200 people.

The Spade Ranch, in the Sandhills, is one of Nebraska's oldest and largest beef cattle operations.

{{See also|List of power stations in Nebraska}}

Nebraska has been the nation's second-largest producer of ethanol biofuels. It has few fossil-fuel resources except for crude oil from the Niobrara Formation which underlays a portion of the state's western region. It hosts one uranium leach mining operation near its northwest border with Wyoming. It has an abundance of renewable generation resources, including untapped biomass generation potential from its productive agriculture industry. It has been a top-ten state for per-capita energy consumption due in large part to its energy-intensive agriculture, meat packing, and food processing industries.{{cite web |url=https://www.eia.gov/state/analysis.php?sid=NE |title=Nebraska Electricity Profile Analysis |publisher=U.S. EIA |access-date=2021-03-11 |archive-date=March 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320210313/https://www.eia.gov/state/analysis.php?sid=NE |url-status=live }}

Nebraska is the only state in the US where all electric utilities are publicly owned.{{cite magazine |last=Hanna |first=Thomas M. |date=Jan 30, 2015 |title=Community-Owned Energy: How Nebraska Became the Only State to Bring Everyone Power From a Public Grid |url=https://www.yesmagazine.org/economy/2015/01/30/nebraskas-community-owned-energy/ |magazine=Yes! |publisher=Christine Hanna |access-date=March 19, 2020 |archive-date=March 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320032301/https://www.yesmagazine.org/economy/2015/01/30/nebraskas-community-owned-energy/ |url-status=live }} Half of its electricity is generated from coal and the fastest-growing source in recent years has been wind. Nebraska has no renewable portfolio standard while supporting net metering.

{{Further|List of Nebraska railroads}}

The Union Pacific Railroad, headquartered in Omaha, was incorporated on July 1, 1862, in the wake of the Pacific Railway Act of 1862.[http://www.cprr.org/Museum/Pacific_Railroad_Acts.html "An Act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527113235/http://www.cprr.org/Museum/Pacific_Railroad_Acts.html |date=May 27, 2016 }} 12 Stat. 489, July 1, 1862{{cite web |url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4608/ |title = Profile Showing the Grades upon the Different Routes Surveyed for the Union Pacific Rail Road Between the Missouri River and the Valley of the Platte River |website = World Digital Library |year = 1865 |access-date = July 16, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131102054019/http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4608/ |archive-date = November 2, 2013 |url-status = live }} Bailey Yard, in North Platte, is the largest railroad classification yard in the world. The route of the original transcontinental railroad runs through the state.

Other major railroads with operations in the state are Amtrak; BNSF Railway; Canadian National Railway; and Iowa Interstate Railroad.

{{Further|List of Nebraska numbered highways}}

{{center|Interstate Highways through the State of Nebraska

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• Lincoln StarTran
• Omaha Metro Transit
• Scottsbluff Tri-City Roadrunner
• Sioux City Transit

• Burlington Trailways
• Express Arrow
• Jefferson Lines
• Panhandle Trails

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{{PresHead|place=Nebraska|source={{cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=2008&fips=31&f=1&off=0&elect=0&type=state|title=Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Nebraska|publisher=US Election Atlas|access-date=January 2, 2023|author=Leip, David|archive-date=January 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103013146/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=2008&fips=31&f=1&off=0&elect=0&type=state|url-status=live}}}}

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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|556,846|374,583|24,954|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|2016|Republican|495,961|284,494|63,777|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|2012|Republican|475,064|302,081|17,234|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|2008|Republican|452,979|333,319|14,983|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|2004|Republican|512,814|254,328|11,044|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|2000|Republican|433,862|231,780|31,377|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1996|Republican|363,467|236,761|77,187|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1992|Republican|344,346|217,344|177,593|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1988|Republican|398,447|259,646|4,279|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1984|Republican|460,054|187,866|4,170|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1980|Republican|419,937|166,851|54,066|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1976|Republican|359,705|233,692|14,271|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1972|Republican|406,298|169,991|0|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1968|Republican|321,163|170,784|44,904|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|276,847|307,307|0|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1960|Republican|380,553|232,542|0|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1956|Republican|378,108|199,029|0|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1952|Republican|421,603|188,057|0|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1948|Republican|264,774|224,165|1|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1944|Republican|329,880|233,246|0|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1940|Republican|352,201|263,677|0|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|247,731|347,445|12,847|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|201,177|359,082|9,878|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1928|Republican|345,745|197,959|3,440|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1924|Republican|218,585|137,289|108,299|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1920|Republican|247,498|119,608|15,637|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|117,771|158,827|10,717|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|54,226|109,008|86,249|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|126,997|131,099|8,703|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1904|Republican|138,558|52,921|34,253|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1900|Republican|121,835|114,013|5,582|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|103,064|115,007|5,111|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1892|Republican|87,213|24,943|88,036|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1888|Republican|108,425|80,552|13,655|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1884|Republican|76,912|54,391|2,899|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1880|Republican|54,979|28,523|3,950|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1876|Republican|31,915|17,413|0|Nebraska}}

{{PresRow|1872|Republican|18,329|7,603|0|Nebraska}}

{{PresFoot|1868|Republican|9,772|5,519|0|Nebraska}}

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The Government of Nebraska operates under the framework of the Nebraska Constitution, adopted in 1875,[http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/state/state-p6.html "Nebraska as a State".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202081819/http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/state/state-p6.html |date=December 2, 2008 }} [http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/hon_tabl.html Andreas's History of the State of Nebraska.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529112742/http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/hon_tabl.html |date=May 29, 2009 }}. Retrieved February 18, 2010. and is divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.

{{Further|Governor of Nebraska}}The head of the executive branch is Governor Jim Pillen (Republican).{{cite web |title=Governor of Nebraska |url=https://governor.nebraska.gov/ |website=governor.nebraska.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=April 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427145852/https://governor.nebraska.gov/ |url-status=live }} The Governor of Nebraska is the head of government of the U.S. state of Nebraska as provided by the fourth article of the Constitution of Nebraska. Other elected officials in the executive branch{{cite web |title=State of Nebraska |url=https://www.nebraska.gov/government/executive-branch/ |website=nebraska.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426193740/https://www.nebraska.gov/government/executive-branch/ |url-status=live }} are Lieutenant Governor Joe Kelly,{{cite web |title=Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska |url=https://ltgov.nebraska.gov/ |website=ltgov.nebraska.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=April 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418002736/https://ltgov.nebraska.gov/ |url-status=live }} Attorney General Mike Hilgers,{{cite web |title=Nebraska Attorney General |url=https://ago.nebraska.gov/about |website=ago.nebraska.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |language=en |archive-date=April 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412110054/https://ago.nebraska.gov/about |url-status=live }} Secretary of State Bob Evnen,{{cite web |title=Nebraska Secretary of State |url=https://sos.nebraska.gov/ |website=sos.nebraska.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603080315/https://sos.nebraska.gov/ |url-status=live }} State Treasurer John Murante,{{cite web |title=Nebraska State Treasurer |url=https://treasurer.nebraska.gov/about-the-treasurer.aspx |website=treasurer.nebraska.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=October 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014213642/https://treasurer.nebraska.gov/about-the-treasurer.aspx |url-status=live }} and State Auditor Mike Foley.{{cite web |title=Nebraska Auditor of Public Accounts |url=https://auditors.nebraska.gov/About_Us/AboutAuditor.html |website=auditors.nebraska.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=November 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118111524/https://auditors.nebraska.gov/About_Us/AboutAuditor.html |url-status=live }} All elected officials in the executive branch serve four-year terms.

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Nebraska is the only state in the United States with a 'single-house' unicameral legislature.{{cite web |title=Nebraska Legislature |url=https://nebraskalegislature.gov/about/history_unicameral.php |website=nebraskalegislature.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=March 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304185859/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/about/history_unicameral.php |url-status=live }} Although this house is officially known simply as the "Legislature", and more commonly called the "Unicameral", its members call themselves "senators". Nebraska's Legislature is also the only state legislature in the United States that is officially nonpartisan. The senators are elected with no party affiliation next to their names on the ballot, and members of any party can be elected to the positions of speaker and committee chairs.{{cite web |title=Nebraska Legislature - on Unicameralism |url=https://nebraskalegislature.gov/about/ou_facts.php |website=nebraskalegislature.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426192629/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/about/ou_facts.php |url-status=live }} The Nebraska Legislature can also override the governor's veto with a three-fifths majority, in contrast to the two-thirds majority required in some other states.

When Nebraska became a state in 1867, its legislature consisted of two houses: a House of Representatives and a Senate. For years, U.S. Senator George Norris (Senator 1913–1943) and other Nebraskans encouraged the idea of a unicameral legislature and demanded the issue be decided in a referendum. Norris argued:

{{blockquote|The constitutions of our various states are built upon the idea that there is but one class. If this be true, there is no sense or reason in having the same thing done twice, especially if it is to be done by two bodies of men elected in the same way and having the same jurisdiction.}} Unicameral supporters also argued that a bicameral legislature had a significant undemocratic feature in the committees that reconciled House and Senate legislation. Votes in these committees were secretive, and would sometimes add provisions to bills that neither house had approved.{{cite web |title=Nebraska Legislature |url=https://nebraskalegislature.gov/about/ou_experience.php |website=nebraskalegislature.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426192630/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/about/ou_experience.php |url-status=live }} Nebraska's unicameral legislature today has rules that bills can contain only one subject,{{cite web |title=Nebraska Legislature |url=https://nebraskalegislature.gov/about/lawmaking.php |website=nebraskalegislature.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426192630/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/about/lawmaking.php |url-status=live }} and must be given at least five days of consideration. In 1934, due in part to the budgetary pressure of the Great Depression, Nebraska citizens ran a state initiative to vote on a constitutional amendment creating a unicameral legislature, which was approved, which, in effect, abolished the House of Representatives (the lower house).

The Legislature meets in the third Nebraska State Capitol building, built between 1922 and 1932. It was designed by Bertram G. Goodhue. Built from Indiana Limestone, the capitol's base is a cross within a square. A 400-foot (122 m) domed tower rises from this base. The Sower, a 19-foot (5.8 m) bronze statue representing agriculture, crowns the building.

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The judicial system in Nebraska is unified, with the Nebraska Supreme Court{{cite web |title=Nebraska Supreme Court |url=https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/courts/supreme-court |website=supremecourt.nebraska.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |date=30 June 2016 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426195256/https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/courts/supreme-court |url-status=live }} having administrative authority over all the courts within the state.{{cite web |title=Nebraska Supreme Court |url=https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/branch-overview |website=supremecourt.nebraska.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |date=1 July 2016 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426195249/https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/branch-overview |url-status=dead }} Nebraska uses the Missouri Plan for the selection of judges at all levels, including county courts (as the lowest-level courts){{cite web |title=Nebraska Supreme Court |url=https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/courts/county-courts |website=supremecourt.nebraska.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |date=30 June 2016 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426195246/https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/courts/county-courts |url-status=dead }} and twelve district courts,{{cite web |title=Nebraska Supreme Court |url=https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/courts/districts |website=supremecourt.nebraska.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |date=20 April 2017 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426195301/https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/courts/districts |url-status=live }} which contain one or more counties. The Court of Appeals hears appeals from the district courts,{{cite web |title=Nebraska Supreme Court |url=https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/courts/district-court |website=supremecourt.nebraska.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |date=30 June 2016 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426195252/https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/courts/district-court |url-status=live }} juvenile courts,{{cite web |title=Nebraska Supreme Court |url=https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/courts/separate-juvenile-courts |website=supremecourt.nebraska.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |date=30 June 2016 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426195258/https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/courts/separate-juvenile-courts |url-status=live }} and workers' compensation courts.{{cite web |title=Nebraska Supreme Court |url=https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/courts/workers-compensation-court |website=supremecourt.nebraska.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |date=30 June 2016 |archive-date=March 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309003310/http://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/courts/workers-compensation-court |url-status=live }}

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Nebraska is represented in the U.S. Senate by Republican Deb Fischer,{{cite web |title=State of Nebraska |url=https://www.nebraska.gov/government/federal-government/ |website=nebraska.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426201656/https://www.nebraska.gov/government/federal-government/ |url-status=live }} who was first elected in 2012.{{cite web |last1=About Deb Fischer |title=United States Senator Deb Fischer |url=https://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/biography |website=www.fischer.senate.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=April 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427132006/https://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/biography |url-status=live }} Nebraska's other Senate seat is currently held by Pete Ricketts, who took office on January 23, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Hammel |first=Paul |date=December 5, 2022 |title=Ben Sasse makes it official, will resign U.S. Senate seat Jan. 8 |url=https://nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/ben-sasse-makes-it-official-will-resign-u-s-senate-seat-jan-8/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Nebraska Examiner |language=en-US |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001064323/https://nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/ben-sasse-makes-it-official-will-resign-u-s-senate-seat-jan-8/ |url-status=live }}

Nebraska has three representative seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Until the next election, Nebraska's representatives are Mike Flood (R) of the 1st district,{{cite web|url=https://mikefloodfornebraska.com/|website=mikefloodfornebraska.com|title=Mike Flood for U.S. Congress|date=June 28, 2022|access-date=July 13, 2022|archive-date=February 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216081232/https://mikefloodfornebraska.com/|url-status=live}} Don Bacon (R) of the 2nd district,{{cite web |title=U.S. Representative Don Bacon |url=https://bacon.house.gov/about/about-don.htm |website=bacon.house.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304085140/https://bacon.house.gov/about/about-don.htm |url-status=live }} and Adrian Smith (R) of the 3rd district.{{cite web |title=U.S. Representative Adrian Smith |url=https://adriansmith.house.gov/about |website=adriansmith.house.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |date=3 December 2012 |archive-date=April 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427203843/https://adriansmith.house.gov/about |url-status=live }}

Nebraska is one of two states (Maine is the other) that allow for a split in the state's allocation of electoral votes in presidential elections.{{cite web |title=National Archives |url=https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/allocation |website=archives.gov |access-date=26 April 2022 |date=19 September 2019 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210024436/https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/allocation |url-status=live }} Under a 1991 law, two of Nebraska's five votes are awarded to the winner of the statewide popular vote, while the other three go to the highest vote-getter in each of the state's three congressional districts.

{{Further|Political party strength in Nebraska}}

For most of its history, Nebraska has been a solidly Republican state. Republicans have carried the state in all but one presidential election since 1940: the 1964 landslide election of Lyndon B. Johnson. In the 2004 presidential election, George W. Bush won the state's five electoral votes by a margin of 33 percentage points (making Nebraska's the fourth-strongest Republican vote among states) with 65.9% of the overall vote; only Thurston County, which is majority-Native American, voted for his Democratic challenger John Kerry. In 2008, the state split its electoral votes for the first time: Republican John McCain won the popular vote in Nebraska as a whole and two of its three congressional districts; the second district, which includes the city of Omaha, went for Democrat Barack Obama. Since then, the state has split its electoral vote twice, with the second district going for the Democratic Party candidates Joe Biden in 2020 and Kamala Harris in 2024.

Despite the current Republican domination of Nebraska politics, the state has a long tradition of electing centrist members of both parties to state and federal office; examples include George W. Norris (who served a few years in the Senate as an independent), J. James Exon, Bob Kerrey, and Chuck Hagel. Voters have tilted to the right in recent years, a trend evidenced when Hagel retired from the Senate in 2008 and was succeeded by conservative Republican Mike Johanns to the U.S. Senate, as well as with the 2006 re-election of Ben Nelson, who was considered the most conservative Democrat in the Senate until his retirement in 2013. Johanns retired in 2015 and was succeeded by Ben Sasse, while Nelson retired in 2013 and was succeeded by Deb Fischer, both conservative Republicans.

Though its politics are generally conservative, the state also has a history of progressive reform. Nebraska was the first U.S. state to outlaw sexual assault within a marriage, in 1975.{{cite web |last1=Johnston Polisi |first1=Caroline |title=Spousal Rape Laws Continue to Evolve |url=https://womensenews.org/2009/07/spousal-rape-laws-continue-evolve/ |website=Women's eNews |access-date=June 6, 2021 |date=July 1, 2009 |archive-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625071249/https://womensenews.org/2009/07/spousal-rape-laws-continue-evolve/ |url-status=live }} In 1980 it became the first U.S. state to divest from South Africa to protest the racist system of apartheid.{{cite journal |last=Lansing |first=Paul |date=1981 |title=The Divestment of United States Companies in South Africa and Apartheid |url=https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2025&context=nlr |journal=Nebraska Law Review |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=301 |access-date=June 6, 2021 |archive-date=June 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606202851/https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2025&context=nlr |url-status=live }}

Former President Gerald Ford was born in Nebraska but moved away shortly after birth. Illinois native William Jennings Bryan represented Nebraska in Congress, served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson, and unsuccessfully ran for president three times. Former Vice President Dick Cheney was born in Lincoln but moved to Casper.

{{See also|List of colleges and universities in Nebraska|List of high schools in Nebraska|List of school districts in Nebraska}}

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University of Nebraska system

• University of Nebraska–Lincoln
• University of Nebraska at Kearney
• University of Nebraska at Omaha
• University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture

Nebraska State College System

• Chadron State College
• Peru State College
• Wayne State College

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Community Colleges

• Central Community College
• Little Priest Tribal College
• Metropolitan Community College
• Mid-Plains Community College
• Nebraska Indian Community College
• Northeast Community College
• Southeast Community College
• Western Nebraska Community College

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Private colleges/universities

• Bellevue University
• Clarkson College
• College of Saint Mary
• Concordia University
• Creighton University
• Doane University
• Grace University
• Hastings College
• Midland University
• Nebraska Christian College
• Nebraska Methodist College
• Nebraska Wesleyan University
• Summit Christian College
• Union College
• York College

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Museums

{{Main|List of museums in Nebraska}}

Performing arts

• Lied Center for Performing Arts, in Lincoln
• Orpheum Theatre, in Omaha
• Holland Performing Arts Center, in Omaha
• Omaha Community Playhouse, in Omaha
• Rose Blumkin Performing Arts Center, in Omaha
• Blue Barn Theatre, in Omaha
• Omaha Symphony

{{Main|Sports in Nebraska}}

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{{Main|List of college athletic programs in Nebraska}}

Nebraska is currently home to seven member schools of the NCAA, eight of the NAIA, seven of the NJCAA, one of the NCCAA, and one independent school.

The College World Series has been held in Omaha since 1950. It was held at Rosenblatt Stadium from 1950 through 2010, and has been domiciled at Charles Schwab Field Omaha since 2011.

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• Index of Nebraska-related articles
• Outline of Nebraska
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• Andreas, Alfred T., [https://web.archive.org/web/20021102054428/http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/ History of the State of Nebraska] (1882) (a highly detailed history)
• Archer, J. Clark, et al. Atlas of Nebraska. (U of Nebraska Press, 2017). Pp. xxii+ 214, color maps, illustrations, photographs, charts, graphs, bibliography. [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/723758/summary online review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308202219/https://muse.jhu.edu/article/723758/summary |date=March 8, 2021 }}
• Creigh, Dorothy Weyers. Nebraska: A Bicentennial History (1977)
• Faulkner, Virginia, ed. Roundup: A Nebraska Reader (1957)
• Chokecherry Places, Essays from the High Plains, Merrill Gilfillan, Johnson Press, Boulder, Colorado, trade paperback, {{ISBN|1-55566-227-7}}.
• Hickey, Donald R. Nebraska Moments: Glimpses of Nebraska's Past (1992).
• Miewald, Robert D., [https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=51597481 Nebraska Government & Politics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525173458/http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=51597481 |date=May 25, 2012 }} (1984)
• Luebke Frederick C. Nebraska: An Illustrated History (1995)
• Naugle, Ronald C., John J. Montag, and James C. Olson. History of Nebraska (4th ed. U of Nebraska Press, 2015). 568 pp. [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/726864/summary online review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308204508/https://muse.jhu.edu/article/726864/summary |date=March 8, 2021 }}
• Wishart, David J. ed. Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, University of Nebraska Press, 2004, {{ISBN|0-8032-4787-7}}. [http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/ complete text online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106192449/http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/ |date=November 6, 2011 }}; 900 pages of scholarly articles
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=tCrgpwHv7wEC&q=chadron+to+chicago+horse+race Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State, WPA Guide, 1939; scanned online edition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806205740/https://books.google.com/books?id=tCrgpwHv7wEC&dq=chadron+to+chicago+horse+race&source=gbs_navlinks_s |date=August 6, 2020 }}

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• Barnhart, John D. "Rainfall and the Populist Party in Nebraska". American Political Science Review 19 (1925): 527–40. in JSTOR
• Beezley, William H. "Homesteading in Nebraska, 1862–1872", Nebraska History 53 (spring 1972): 59–75
• Bentley, Arthur F. "The Condition of the Western Farmer as Illustrated by the Economic History of a Nebraska Township". Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science 11 (1893): 285–370
• [https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=89553965 Cherny, Robert W. Populism, Progressivism, and the Transformation of Nebraska Politics, 1885–1915 (1981)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525173519/http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=89553965 |date=May 25, 2012 }}
• Bogue Allen G. Money at Interest: The Farm Mortgage on the Middle Border (1955)
• Brunner, Edmund de S. Immigrant Farmers and Their Children (1929)
• Chudacoff, Howard P. Mobile Americans: Residential and Social Mobility in Omaha, 1880–1920 (1972)
• Chudacoff, Howard P. "A New Look at Ethnic Neighborhoods: Residential Dispersion and the Concept of Visibility in a Medium-sized City". Journal of American History 60 (1973): 76–93. about Omaha; in JSTOR
• [https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=105476144 Coletta, Paolo E. William Jennings Bryan.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525173505/http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=105476144 |date=May 25, 2012 }} 3 vols. (1964–69)
• Dick, Everett. The Sod-House Frontier: 1854–1890 (1937)
• Farragher, John Mack. Women and Men on the Overland Trail (1979)
• Fuller, Wayne E. The Old Country School: The Story of Rural Education in the Midwest (1982)
• Grant, Michael Johnston. "Down and Out on the Family Farm" (2002)
• Harper, Ivy. Walzing Matilda: Life and Times of Nebraska Senator Robert Kerrey (1992)
• Holter, Don W. Flames on the Plains: A History of United Methodism in Nebraska (1983)
• Jeffrey, Julie Roy. Frontier Women: The Trans-Mississippi West, 1840–1880 (1979)
• Klein, Maury. Union Pacific: The Birth of a Railroad, 1862–1893 (1986)
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• Larsen, Lawrence H. The Gate City: A History of Omaha (1982)
• Lowitt, Richard. George W. Norris 3 vols. (1971)
• Luebke, Frederick C. Immigrants and Politics: The Germans of Nebraska, 1880–1900 (1969)
• Luebke, Frederick C. "The German-American Alliance in Nebraska, 1910–1917". Nebraska History 49 (1969): 165–85
• Olson, James C. J. Sterling Morton (1942)
• Overton, Richard C. Burlington West: A Colonization History of the Burlington Railroad (1941)
• Parsons Stanley B. "Who Were the Nebraska Populists?" Nebraska History 44 (1963): 83–99
• Pierce, Neal. The Great Plains States (1973)
• Pederson, James F., and Kenneth D. Wald. Shall the People Rule? A History of the Democratic Party in Nebraska Politics (1972)
• Riley, Glenda. The Female Frontier. A Comparative View of Women on the Prairie and the Plains (1978)
• Wenger, Robert W. "The Anti-Saloon League in Nebraska Politics, 1898–1910". Nebraska History 52 (1971): 267–92

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• [http://www.usgs.gov/state/state.asp?State=NE USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Nebraska] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230094104/http://www.usgs.gov/state/state.asp?State=NE |date=December 30, 2006 }}
• [http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/state-fact-sheets/state-data.aspx?StateFIPS=31&StateName=Nebraska#.U8BCjfldUeo Nebraska State Facts from USDA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714204434/http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/state-fact-sheets/state-data.aspx?StateFIPS=31&StateName=Nebraska#.U8BCjfldUeo |date=July 14, 2014 }}
• [http://nebraskaccess.ne.gov/NEfaq.asp Nebraska Frequently Asked Questions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016161139/http://nebraskaccess.ne.gov/NEfaq.asp |date=October 16, 2020 }}
• [http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/docs/pilot/pilot.html Nebraska State Publications Online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511134402/http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/docs/pilot/pilot.html |date=May 11, 2011 }}
• [http://www.city-data.com/city/Nebraska.html Nebraska city-data] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719145314/http://www.city-data.com/city/Nebraska.html |date=July 19, 2006 }}
• [http://www.nebraskastudies.org nebraskastudies.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010819183039/http://www.nebraskastudies.org/ |date=August 19, 2001 }} History of Nebraska from Nebraska Department of Education, Nebraska State Historical Society, and NET
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