Nebraska General Presentation

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NEBRASKA


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State of Nebraska Nickname: Cornhusker State Motto: Equality Before the Law Official language: English Capital: Lincoln Largest City: Omaha Area: Ranked 16 th in the US

Total: 77 ,421 sq mi (200,520 km2

)% water: 0.7Latitude: 40 o N to 43 o NLongitude: 95 o 19W to 104 o 03W
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Population: Ranked 38 th in the USTotal: 1, 796, 619 (2009 est.)

Elevation:Highest point: Panorama Point 5,424 ft (1,653 m)Lowest point: Missouri River 840 ft (256 m)

Admission to Union: March 1, 1867 Governor: Dave Heineman Lieutenant Governor: Rick Sheehy Time zones:

-most of state: Central: UTC 6/ - 5-panhandle: Mountain: UTC 7 / - 6 Website : http://www.nebraska.gov
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Nebraska ( i /nbrsk /) is a state located on theGreat Plains of the Midwestern United States. Thestate's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha.

Nebraska probably gets its name from the archaic Otoewords Brsge, pronounced [bask] (contemporary Otoe Brhge ), or the Omaha N Bthska, pronounced [nbaska] , meaning "flat water,"after the Platte River that flows through the state.American Indian tribes in Nebraska have included the

Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and variousbranches of the Sioux. Once considered part of the Great American Desert

(actually highly biodiverse prairie land), Nebraska isnow a leading farming and ranching state.

Nebraska is the only U.S. state with a unicameral

legislature.
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Nebraska state insignia Slogan: Nebraska, possibilitiesendless Bird: Western meadwalrk Animal: White-tailed deer

Fish: Channel catfish Insect: European honey bee Flower: Goldenrod Tree: Cottonwood Song: Beautiful Nebraska Grass: Little bluestem Beverage: Milk


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Quarter :

Dance: Square dance Fossil: Mammoth Gemstone:Blue agate Rock: Prairie agate Soil: Holdrege series

Realesed April7, 2006
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History Long before the Lewis and Clark Expedition, French-

Canadian explorers traversed the territory of Nebraska,including the Mallet brothers in 1739, on their way totrade in Santa Fe. European-American settlement didnot begin in any number until after 1848 and theCalifornia Gold Rush. On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act created the Kansas Territory and theNebraska Territory, divided by the Parallel 40 North.

The territorial capital of Nebraska was Omaha. In the 1860s, the first great wave of homesteaders

poured into Nebraska to claim free land granted by thefederal government. Many of the first farm settlers builttheir homes of sod because there were so few trees onthe prairies.


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Nebraska became the 37th state in 1867, shortlyafter the American Civil War. At that time, thecapital was moved from Omaha to Lancaster,

later renamed Lincoln after the recentlyassassinated President of the United States,Abraham Lincoln.

The Arbor Day holiday began in Nebraska. TheNational Arbor Day Foundation is stillheadquartered in Nebraska City, with someoffices also located in Lincoln.

Nebraska has a long history of civil rightsactivism, starting in 1912 with the founding of Omaha's National Association for theAdvancement of Colored People chapter.


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Geography 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 tothe southwest; and Wyoming to the west. The statehas 93 counties; it occupies the central portion of theFrontier Strip. Nebraska is split into two time zones.

The Central Time zone comprises the eastern half of the state, while the western half observes Mountain Time. Three rivers cross the state from west to east. The Platte River runs through the heart, the NiobraraRiver flows through the northern part of the state'sregion, and the Republican River traverses throughthe southern part of the state.


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Nebraska is composed of two major landregions: the Dissected Till Plains and the GreatPlains. The easternmost portion of the state wasscoured by Ice Age glaciers; the Dissected TillPlains were left behind after the glaciersretreated. The Dissected Till Plains is a region of gently rolling hills; Omaha and Lincoln arelocated within this region. The Great Plainsoccupy the majority of western Nebraska. TheGreat Plains itself consists of several smaller,diverse land regions, including the Sandhills, thePine Ridge, the Rainwater Basin, the High Plainsand the Wildcat Hills. Panorama Point, at 5,424

feet (1,653 m), is the highest point in Nebraska;despite its name and elevation, it is merely alow rise near the Colorado and Wyomingborders.


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A past Nebraska tourism slogan was

"Where the West Begins"; locationsgiven for the beginning of the "West"include the Missouri River, theintersection of 13th and O Streets inLincoln (where it is marked by a redbrick star), the 100th meridian, andChimney Rock. Nebraska is in fact a

triply landlocked state, as it does notborder the ocean, nor do any of thestates it borders, nor any that theyborder on.


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Climate Two major climates are represented in Nebraska:

the eastern half of the state has a humidcontinental climate (Koppen climate classificationDfa), and the western half of the state has asemi-arid continental steppe climate (KoppenBSk ). The entire state experiences wide seasonalvariations in temperature and precipitation.Average temperatures are fairly uniform acrossNebraska with hot summers and generally coldwinters, while average annual precipitationdecreases east to west from about 31.5 inches(800 mm) in the southeast corner of the state toabout 13.8 inches (350 mm) in the Panhandle.Humidity also decreases significantly from east towest. Snowfall across the state is fairly even, with

most of Nebraska receiving between 25 and35 inches (650 to 900 mm) of snow annually.
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Nebraska is located in Tornado Alley;thunderstorms are common in the spring andsummer months, and violent thunderstormsand tornadoes happen primarily during the

spring and summer, though can also happen inthe autumn. The chinook winds from the RockyMountains provide a temporary moderatingeffect on temperatures in western Nebraskaduring the winter months.
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Demographics As of 2009, Nebraska has an estimated population

of 1,796,619, which is an increase of 85,356, or5%, since the year 2000. This includes a naturalincrease since the last census of 77,995 people(that is 187,564 births minus 109,569 deaths) anda decrease due to net migration of 9,319 peopleout of the state. Immigration from outside theUnited States resulted in a net increase of 27,398people, and migration within the country produceda net loss of 36,717 people.

The center of population of Nebraska is located inPolk County, in the city of Shelby.

As of 2004, the population of Nebraska includedabout 84,000 foreign-born residents (4.8% of thepopulation).


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The five largest ancestry groups in Nebraskaare German (38.6%), Irish (12.4%), English

(9.6%), Swedish (4.9%), and Czech (4.9%). Nebraska has the largest Czech-American andnon-Mormon Danish-American population (as apercentage of the total population) in thenation. German-Americans are the largest

ancestry group in most of the state, particularlyin the eastern counties. Thurston County (madeup entirely of the Omaha and Winnebagoreservations) has an American Indian majority,and Butler County is one of only two counties inthe nation with a Czech-American plurality.


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Eighty-nine percent of the cities in Nebraska have fewer than3,000 people. Nebraska shares this characteristic with five otherMidwest and Southern states (Kansas, Oklahoma, North andSouth Dakota, and Iowa). Hundreds of towns have a populationof fewer than 1,000.

Fifty-three of Nebraska's 93 counties reported decliningpopulations between 1990 and 2000, ranging from a 0.06% loss

(Frontier County) to a 17.04% loss (Hitchcock County). Otherportions of the state have experienced substantial growth. In2000, the city of Omaha had a population of 390,007; in 2005,the city's estimated population was 414,521(427,872 includingthe recently annexed city of Elkhorn), a 6.3% increase over fiveyears. The city of Lincoln had a 2000 population of 225,581 and

a 2005 estimated population of 239,213, a 6.0% change. Regional population declines have forced many rural schools toconsolidate.


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Religion The religious affiliations of the people of Nebraskaare: Christian 90%

o Protestant 61%Lutheran 16%Methodist 11%Baptist 9%Presbyterian 4%Other Protestant 21%

o Roman Catholic 28%o Other Christian 1%

Non-religious 9% Other religions 1%


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Economy

The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimatesof Nebraska's gross state product in 2004was $68 billion. Per capita personal incomein 2004 was $31,339, 25th in the nation.Nebraska has a large agriculture sector, andis an important producer of beef, pork, corn(maize), and soybeans. Other importanteconomic sectors include freight transport

(by rail and truck), manufacturing,telecommunications, information technology,and insurance.


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Nebraska has four personal income taxbrackets, ranging from 2.6% to 6.8%.Nebraska has a state sales tax of 5.5%. Inaddition to the state tax, some Nebraskacities assess a city sales and use tax, up to amaximum of 1.5%. One county in Nebraska,Dakota County, levies a sales tax. All realproperty located within the state of Nebraskais taxable unless specifically exempted bystatute. Since 1992, only depreciablepersonal property is subject to tax and all

other personal property is exempt from tax.Inheritance tax is collected at the countylevel.

As of January 2010, the statesunemployment rate is only 4.6%.


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Industry Kool-Aid was created in 1927 by Edwin

Perkins in the city of Hastings, whichcelebrates the event the second weekend of every August with Kool-Aid Days. Kool-Aid isthe official soft drink of Nebraska. CliffsNoteswere invented in Rising City, Nebraska byClifton Hillegass. His pamphlets were basedon the original Canadian idea, "Coles Notes."

Omaha is home to Berkshire Hathaway whose CEO


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Omaha is home to Berkshire Hathaway, whose CEOWarren Buffett was ranked in March 2009 by Forbesmagazine as the second richest person in the world.

The city is also home to ConAgra, Mutual of Omaha,InfoUSA, TD Ameritrade, West Corporation, ValmontIndustries, Woodmen of the World, Kiewit Corporation,and the Union Pacific Railroad. UNIFI Companies,Sandhills Publishing Company, and Duncan Aviationreside in Lincoln; The Buckle is based in Kearney.Sidney is the national headquarters for Cabela's, a

specialty retailer of outdoor goods. The world's largest train yard, Union Pacific's Bailey Yard, is located in North Platte. The Vise-Grip wasinvented by William Petersen in 1924, and wasmanufactured in De Witt until the plant closed in late2008.

Lincoln's Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing is the onlyKawasaki plant in the world to produce the Jet-Ski,ATV, and Mule lines of product. The facility employsmore than 1200 people.


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Transportation Railroads Nebraska has a rich railroad history. The Union

Pacific Railroad, headquartered in Omaha, wasincorporated on July 1, 1862, in the wake of thePacific Railway Act of 1862. Bailey Yard, located inNorth Platte, is the largest railroad classificationyard in the world. The route of the originaltranscontinental railroad runs through the state.

Other major railroads with operations in the stateare: Amtrak; Burlington Northern & Santa FeRailway; Canadian Pacific Railway; and IowaInterstate Railroad.


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Low and goverment Nebraska's government operates under the

framework of the Nebraska Constitution, adoptedin 1875, and is divided into three branches:executive, legislative, and judicial.

Executive branch The head of the executive branch is the Governor

Dave Heineman. Other elected officials in theexecutive branch are the Lieutenant GovernorRick Sheehy (elected on the same ticket as theGovernor), Attorney General Jon Bruning,Secretary of State John A. Gale, State TreasurerShane Osborn, and State Auditor Mike Foley. Allelected officials in the executive branch servefour-year terms.


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Legislative branch Nebraska is the only state in the United States with a

unicameral legislature. Although this house is officiallyknown simply as the "Legislature", and more commonlycalled the "Unicameral", its members call themselves"senators". Nebraska's Legislature is also the only statelegislature in the United States that is nonpartisan. Thesenators are elected with no party affiliation next totheir names on the ballot, and the speaker andcommittee chairs are chosen at large, so that membersof any party can be chosen for these positions. The

Nebraska Legislature can also override a governor'sveto with a three-fifths majority, in contrast to the two-thirds majority required in some other states.


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The Nebraska Legislature meets in thethird Nebraska State Capitol building, builtbetween 1922 and 1932. It was designedby Bertram G. Goodhue. Built from Indianalimestone, the Capitol's base is a crosswithin a square. A 400-foot domed towerrises from this base. The Golden Sower, a19-foot bronze statue representingagriculture, crowns the Capitol. The state

Capitol is considered an architecturalachievement. It has been recognized bythe American Institute of Architects.


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Important cities and

townsDowntown Omaha

DowntownLincoln

Omaha -

438,646Lincoln -2 51,624
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Papillion - 23,739(2009)

Columbus -21,595

La Vista - 16,643

Scottsbluff -14,785Beatrice - 12,769South Sioux City -

11,936Lexington -

10,126

Bellevue - 49,699 Grand Island -45,801

Kearney - 30,417 Hastings - 25,394 Fremont - 25,224 North Platte -

24,386 Norfolk - 24,107


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Culture

Arbor Day was founded by J. Sterling Morton. TheNational Arbor Day Foundation has itsheadquarters near his home in Nebraska City.

The swing in the Hebron, Nebraska city park at 5thand Jefferson streets is claimed to be the world'slargest porch swing, long enough to fit 18 adults or24 children.

Nebraska Huskers football influences many of Nebraska's residents. During home football games,Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, with a capacity of 85,500, becomes larger than Nebraska's third-largest city.

Job's Daughters was founded in Omaha in 1920 byEthel T. Wead Mick. There are now bethels inCanada, Australia, Brazil, and Philippines.


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