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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 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the West Division of the Big Ten. Nebraska plays its home games at Memorial Stadium, where it has sold out every game since 1962.

Nebraska is among the most storied programs in college football history and has the eighth-most all-time victories among FBS teams. Nebraska claims forty-six conference championships and five national championships (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, and 1997), and has won six other national championships the school does not claim. NU's 1971 and 1995 title-winning teams are considered among the best in college football history. Famous Cornhuskers include Heisman Trophy winners Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier, and Eric Crouch, who join twenty-two other Cornhuskers in the College Football Hall of Fame. Notable among these are players Bob Brown, Guy Chamberlin, Tommie Frazier, Rich Glover, Dave Rimington, and Will Shields, and coaches Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne. (Full article...)

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Catherine Clarke Fenselau (born 15 April 1939) is an American scientist who was the first trained mass spectrometrist on the faculty of an American medical school; she joined Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1968. She specializes in biomedical applications of mass spectrometry. She has been recognized as an outstanding scientist in the field of bioanalytical chemistry because of her work using mass spectrometry to study biomolecules. (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 Alfred D. Jones 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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The following are images from various Nebraska-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1888
(from Nebraska)
Image 2Nebraska grain bins and elevator (from Nebraska)
Image 3Omaha, Nebraska's largest city (from Nebraska)
Image 4The Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln (from Nebraska)
Image 5Nebraska in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate area of the future state highlighted (from Nebraska)
Image 6Ethnic origins in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 7Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Nebraska)
Image 8Nebraska National Forest (from Nebraska)
Image 9Köppen climate types of Nebraska, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Nebraska)
Image 10The Oglala National Grassland near Chadron, Nebraska (from History of Nebraska)
Image 11Football game at the University of Nebraska on September 6, 2008 (from Nebraska)
Image 12A map of Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 13A Dinohippus fossil horse from the late Pliocene found at Ashfall State Historical Park near Royal (from History of Nebraska)
Image 14Nebraska National Forest (from Nebraska)
Image 15Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1866 (from History of Nebraska)
Image 16Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1888
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Image 17A land offer from the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, 1872 (from History of Nebraska)
Image 18Population density in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 19A map of Nebraska (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 21A cropduster in agrarian Nebraska, far west of Omaha (from Nebraska)
Image 221859 map of route from Sioux City, Iowa, through Nebraska, to gold fields of Wyoming, partially following old Mormon trails. (from History of Nebraska)
Image 23Nebraska grain bins and elevator (from Nebraska)
Image 24The Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln (from Nebraska)
Image 25Omaha, Nebraska's largest city (from Nebraska)
Image 26Ethnic origins in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 27Köppen climate types of Nebraska, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Nebraska)
Image 28Population density in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 29Football game at the University of Nebraska on September 6, 2008 (from Nebraska)
Image 30"Crow Dog", a Brulé Native American in 1898. (from History of Nebraska)
Image 31Winter at Scotts Bluff National Monument (from Nebraska)
Image 32Nebraska in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate area of the future state highlighted (from Nebraska)
Image 33Winter at Scotts Bluff National Monument (from Nebraska)
Image 34Wagon train headed to California (from History of Nebraska)
Image 35A cropduster in agrarian Nebraska, far west of Omaha (from Nebraska)
Image 36Map 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 37Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Nebraska)

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... that Nebraska once sued a gremlin?
... that the First National Bank Tower, standing at 634 feet (193 meters), is the tallest building in the state of Nebraska?
... that a Nebraska public radio station operated from a 1916-built Carnegie library in the 1970s and 1980s?
... that the Elmwood Tower may have once been the tallest building in Omaha?
... that a Nebraska TV station stopped carrying live studio wrestling after wrestlers kicked a TV monitor?
... that Nebraska TV station Big 8 was a big bust, losing nearly $5 million between 1983 and 1986?

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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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See List of cities in Nebraska for a full list.

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