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Nebraska ( nə-BRASS -kə ) is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States . It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River ; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west. Nebraska is the 16th-largest state by land area , with just over 77,220 square miles (200,000 km2 ). With a population of over 2 million as of 2024, it is the 38th-most populous state and the eighth-least densely populated . Its capital is Lincoln , and its most populous city is Omaha , which is on the Missouri River . Nebraska was admitted into the United States in 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War . The Nebraska Legislature is unlike any other American legislature in that it is unicameral , and its members are elected without any official reference to political party affiliation . Nebraska is one of only two states that divide electoral college votes by district, and is not winner-take-all.
Nebraska is composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains . The Dissected Till Plains region consists of gently rolling hills and contains the state's largest cities, Omaha and Lincoln. The Great Plains region, occupying most of western Nebraska, is characterized by treeless prairie . Eastern Nebraska has a humid continental climate while western Nebraska is primarily semi-arid . The state has wide variations between winter and summer temperatures; the variations decrease in southern Nebraska. Violent thunderstorms and tornadoes occur primarily during spring and summer, and sometimes in autumn. The Chinook wind tends to warm the state significantly in the winter and early spring.
Indigenous peoples, including Omaha , Missouria , Ponca , Pawnee , Otoe , and various branches of the Lakota (Sioux ) tribes, lived in the region for thousands of years before European discovery and exploration . The state is crossed by many historic trails, including that of the Lewis and Clark Expedition . The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad through Nebraska and passage of the Homestead Acts led to rapid growth in the population of American settlers in the 1870s and 1880s and the development of a large agriculture sector for which the state is known to this day. (Full article... )
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Nebraska . In 2015, the state legislature voted to repeal the death penalty, overriding governor Pete Ricketts ' veto . However, a petition drive secured enough signatures to suspend the repeal until a public vote. In the November 2016 general election, voters rejected the repeal measure, preserving capital punishment in the state. Nebraska currently has 11 inmates on death row.
On August 14, 2018, Nebraska executed Carey Dean Moore , convicted of murder, in what was the state's first execution in 21 years, and the first by lethal injection . Moore’s execution was also notable for being the first in the US to be carried-out using fentanyl , a powerful opioid painkiller . (Full article... )
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William Dayton Orr (March 15, 1935 – May 5, 2013) was an American insurance executive and author. The husband of former Nebraska
Governor Kay A. Orr , he served as the state's first and only First Gentleman to date from 1987 to 1991. Orr's position as a state First Gentleman, an unusual political occupation for a man at the time, earned him national attention. In 1989, Orr published a popular cookbook , the First Gentleman's Cookbook , which sold thousands of copies nationwide. Orr's cookbook included recipes contributed by Nancy Reagan , Warren Buffett , Johnny Carson , and Katharine Hepburn . (Full article... )
The following are images from various Nebraska-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Map of counties in Nebraska by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
Non-Hispanic White 40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90%+
Native American 60–70%
(from
Nebraska )
Image 3 Nebraska in 1718,
Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate area of the future state highlighted (from
Nebraska )
Image 4 Köppen climate types of Nebraska, using 1991-2020
climate normals (from
Nebraska )
Image 6 Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1888
(from
Nebraska )
Image 7 Lincoln, Nebraska's capital city (from
Nebraska )
Image 9 Population density in Nebraska (from
Nebraska )
Image 10 A
cropduster in agrarian Nebraska, far west of Omaha (from
Nebraska )
Image 11 Football game at the University of Nebraska on September
6, 2008 (from
Nebraska )
Image 12 Köppen climate types of Nebraska, using 1991-2020
climate normals (from
Nebraska )
Image 13 Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from
Nebraska )
Image 14 Wagon train headed to California (from
History of Nebraska )
Image 15 Nebraska grain bins and elevator (from
Nebraska )
Image 16 Lincoln, Nebraska's capital city (from
Nebraska )
Image 17 1859 map of route from Sioux City, Iowa, through Nebraska, to gold fields of Wyoming, partially following old Mormon trails. (from
History of Nebraska )
Image 19 "Crow Dog", a
Brulé Native American in 1898. (from
History of Nebraska )
Image 20 A
cropduster in agrarian Nebraska, far west of Omaha (from
Nebraska )
Image 21 Nebraska in 1718,
Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate area of the future state highlighted (from
Nebraska )
Image 24 Omaha, Nebraska's largest city (from
Nebraska )
Image 25 Ethnic origins in Nebraska (from
Nebraska )
Image 26 Omaha, Nebraska's largest city (from
Nebraska )
Image 27 Nebraska grain bins and elevator (from
Nebraska )
Image 28 A map of Nebraska (from
Nebraska )
Image 29 Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from
Nebraska )
Image 30 Population density in Nebraska (from
Nebraska )
Image 32 Football game at the University of Nebraska on September
6, 2008 (from
Nebraska )
Image 33 Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1888
(from
Nebraska )
Image 35 Map of counties in Nebraska by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
Non-Hispanic White 40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90%+
Native American 60–70%
(from
Nebraska )
Image 36 A map of Nebraska (from
Nebraska )
Image 37 Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1866 (from
History of Nebraska )
Image 38 A land offer from the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, 1872 (from
History of Nebraska )
Image 39 Ethnic origins in Nebraska (from
Nebraska )
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State
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2014 Rank
City
2016 Estimate[ 1]
2010 Census[ 2]
Change
County
1
Omaha
446,970
408,958
+9.29%
Douglas
2
Lincoln
280,364
258,379
+8.51%
Lancaster
3
Bellevue
53,505
50,137
+6.72%
Sarpy
4
Grand Island
51,517
48,520
+6.18%
Hall
5
Kearney
33,520
30,787
+8.88%
Buffalo
6
Fremont
26,519
26,397
+0.46%
Dodge
7
Hastings
24,991
24,907
+0.34%
Adams
8
North Platte
24,110
24,733
−2.52%
Lincoln
9
Norfolk
24,348
24,210
+0.57%
Madison
10
Columbus
22,851
22,111
+3.35%
Platte
11
Papillion
19,597
18,894
+3.72%
Sarpy
12
La Vista
17,143
15,758
+8.79%
Sarpy
13
Scottsbluff
14,883
15,039
−1.04%
Scotts Bluff
14
South Sioux City
13,120
13,353
−1.74%
Dakota
15
Beatrice
12,362
12,459
−0.78%
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