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Migrating sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) depart their overnight roosting area in the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska, at dawn (2015).

Nebraska (/nəˈbræskə/ ^ⓘ nə-BRASS-kə) is a triply 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 1.9 million, it is the 37th most populous state and the 7th 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 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. 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...)

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The 2020 United States presidential election in Nebraska was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Nebraska voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Nebraska has five electoral votes in the Electoral College, two from the state at large, and one each from the three congressional districts.

Located in the conservative Great Plains, Nebraska is one of the most reliably Republican states in the country, having backed the Democratic presidential nominee only once since 1936, during Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 landslide, and having gone to the Republican nominee by a double-digit margin in every presidential election since. However, Nebraska is one of two states, the other being Maine, to allocate its electoral votes by congressional district. A candidate receives one electoral vote for each district won while the statewide winner receives an additional two electoral votes. Ever since Nebraska first adopted this system in 1992, in practice the Republican nominee has almost always won all three districts, and hence all the state's electoral votes. The first time it split its electoral votes came in 2008 when Barack Obama carried Nebraska's 2nd congressional district, anchored by Omaha, and thus received one electoral vote from the state despite losing statewide. The 2nd district returned to the Republican column in the following two elections, but in 2020 it was considered a key battleground. (Full article...)

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Alfred D. Jones (January 13, 1814 – August 30, 1902) was a late 19th-century lawyer, surveyor and politician in the Midwestern United States. In 1846 he platted Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and in 1854 he platted Omaha, Nebraska. He became the first settler in Omaha, as well as the first postmaster, a member of the first Omaha City Council and the first Omaha School Board, and was among the first legislators of the Nebraska Territory. (Full article...)

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Stephen Dee Richards Jake Diekman Doris Stevens Alex Gordon Solomon Butcher Adele Astaire Constance Kies Jaime King Jake Diekman Henry Fonda Sam Crawford Bill Rumler Catherine Clarke Fenselau Bob Gibson William A. Paxton Wynonie Harris Evelyn Hooker Dave Hoppen Hiram Chase David Domina Bill Orr (Nebraska first gentleman) Fred Astaire Warren Buffett Gerald Ford Antonine Barada

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From List of counties in Nebraska

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Image 1Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1888
(from Nebraska)

Map of counties in Nebraska by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Non-Hispanic White

40–50%

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90%+

Native American

60–70%

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Image 3A map of Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 4Ethnic origins in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 5Football game at the University of Nebraska on September 6, 2008 (from Nebraska)
Image 6Population density in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 7Nebraska in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate area of the future state highlighted (from Nebraska)
Image 8Nebraska grain bins and elevator (from Nebraska)
Image 9A cropduster in agrarian Nebraska, far west of Omaha (from Nebraska)
Image 10Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1866 (from History of Nebraska)
Image 11Winter at Scotts Bluff National Monument (from Nebraska)
Image 12Köppen climate types of Nebraska, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Nebraska)
Image 13A map of Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 14Nebraska National Forest (from Nebraska)
Image 15Winter at Scotts Bluff National Monument (from Nebraska)
Image 16Population density in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 17Nebraska in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate area of the future state highlighted (from Nebraska)
Image 18Nebraska National Forest (from Nebraska)
Image 19Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Nebraska)
Image 20A cropduster in agrarian Nebraska, far west of Omaha (from Nebraska)
Image 21Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Nebraska)
Image 22Omaha, Nebraska's largest city (from Nebraska)
Image 23Football game at the University of Nebraska on September 6, 2008 (from Nebraska)
Image 24Map of counties in Nebraska by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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- Non-Hispanic White
    40–50%
  
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
  
    90%+
  
  Native American
    60–70%
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Image 25"Crow Dog", a Brulé Native American in 1898. (from History of Nebraska)
Image 26Nebraska grain bins and elevator (from Nebraska)
Image 27Omaha, Nebraska's largest city (from Nebraska)
Image 28A land offer from the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, 1872 (from History of Nebraska)
Image 29The Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln (from Nebraska)
Image 30Köppen climate types of Nebraska, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Nebraska)
Image 31Ethnic origins in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 32A Dinohippus fossil horse from the late Pliocene found at Ashfall State Historical Park near Royal (from History of Nebraska)
Image 33Wagon train headed to California (from History of Nebraska)
Image 341859 map of route from Sioux City, Iowa, through Nebraska, to gold fields of Wyoming, partially following old Mormon trails. (from History of Nebraska)
Image 35Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1888
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Image 36The Oglala National Grassland near Chadron, Nebraska (from History of Nebraska)
Image 37The Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln (from Nebraska)

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... that a Nebraska public radio station operated from a 1916-built Carnegie library in the 1970s and 1980s?
... that Nebraska TV station Big 8 was a big bust, losing nearly $5 million between 1983 and 1986?
... that Kimball County, Nebraska, was named after railroad executive Thomas Lord Kimball?
... that University of Nebraska alumnus M. Khalid Roashan helped draft the 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan?
... that after it broadcast for the last time, KHAT became Rock Steady and was part of a Triathlon?
... that the Enterprise, a black newspaper in Omaha, supported a separate African American department at the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition?

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Largest cities

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%	Gage

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State capital and county seat

See List of cities in Nebraska for a full list.

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